Ward XVI

Ward XVI have announced the name and release date of the first single to come from their upcoming album titled ‘ID3NTITY’. Blood is the new Black will be released on 4/4/25 on all major (and minor) streaming platforms and is WARD XVI at their most bombastic. PRE ORDER HERE Blood is the new Black

The inmates have been announced as performers at the 2025 Whitby Goth Weekend along with Doctor and the Medics and Wasted Youth. Get your tickets now and your goth on!

We are insanely excited to announce that WARD XVI 3 will be released via Earache Records digital distribution platform and we’re also working through them with the physical CD release. To be working in one way or another with a label we hold in such regard and who have worked with so many of the bands we aspire to be is incredible, and we’re looking forward to bringing you the best and most crazy album to date. #WeAreOne

The Inmates of WARD XVI have been announced as support for SKINDRED on the Liverpool leg on their forthcoming UK tour. On October 25th we will be bringing our show to Liverpool Olympia- which will be the first time in 8 years that the Doktor will have played in his home city. Tickets are selling fast, read the whole story in the link below https://www.fireworks-magazine.com/post/skindred-announce-inspired-list-of-support-acts-for-autumn-tour?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=blog.post-promoter&utm_campaign=7bca5999-6e7d-4623-ade6-c34d2cf8d6c7&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1YUwGUoS86LKC53Cu-A3hEHdtn5SbaSUkkcUIXZ5GKlm2z9Pj8qKYADZM_aem_IQgdoRxDCk6aZa95FANYxQ

The inmates are proud to announce that they will be headlining the Sunday night at Breaking Bands X (2025) “Breaking Bands Festival X (2025) – Grassroots Festival of the year 2023 4 days of awesome music across 2 stages (no band clashes) plus acoustic, horror theme fancy dress, quiz and a lot more. So far we have: Friday Headliners Black Spiders & King KrakenSaturday Special Guests: These Wicked Rivers (one headliner to announce)Sunday Headliners Ward XVI & JAYLER Also confirmed are Exaust, Regicide, Struck/Down, Sypha, Kit Trigg That’s 25% of the line-up completed, 50% of tickets sold and still 49 weeks until the festival starts. I think we are owning it for 2025! Tickets are just £65 adults, £20 kids and we have a £10 deposit option (pay the rest by the end of the year). Go to https://bbfest.uk for tickets and details. Sponsor shout outs: HeartWork Clothing & STMS Studio”

WARD XVI- LIVE 2024   “Look no further than the madcap mayhem that is Ward XVI! Bringing theatrics to rock or is it taking rocking to the theatre? Either way this troupe are unique in their stunning delivery” – Metalplanetmusic   Thurs 28 March – Bristol – Thekla Fri 29 Mar – London – Underworld Sat 30 Mar – Brighton – The Arch Sun 31 Mar – Birmingham – Asylum Mon 1 Apr – Carlisle – Brickyard Tues 2 Apr – Newcastle – Trillians Wed 3 Apr – Hull – The Welly Thurs 4 Apr – Glasgow – Ivory Blacks Fri 5 Apr – Manchester – Academy 3 Sat 6 Apr – Swansea – Sin City Sun 7 Apr – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms Fri May 3rd – Slaughterhouse festival (Friday night headliner)- Birmingham- Castle and falcon Sat 4th May Outlaw Rock’N’Roll weekend – The Globe Glossop – (Saturday night headliner) Fri 31 May- Festival on the hills -Devon Sat 29 June- Wildfire Festival- Scotland Sat 20 July- Maid of stone festival (Firestarter Stage Headliner)  

The Inmates of WARD XVI have been announced as the headliners of the Firestarter stage on Saturday 20th July at MAID OF STONE FESTIVAL 2024, and will appear along side the likes of Wolfmother, MR. BIG, Living Colour, Massive Wagons.   Tickets available via   www.maidofstonefestival.com or https://skiddle.com/e/36405233

People of the United Kingdom…your decimation is imminent! The Inmates are bringing their show to you this Spring on their surprise tour with Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees & Beyond We’re taking a break from recording Album 3 to bring our show to many places that haven’t witnessed our show before. Thurs 28 March – Bristol – Thekla Fri 29 Mar – London – Underworld Sat 30 Mar – Brighton – The Arch Sun 31 Mar – Birmingham – Asylum (Easter Sunday) Mon 1 Apr – Carlisle – Brickyard (Easter Monday) Tues 2 Apr – Newcastle – Trillians Wed 3 Apr – Hull – The Welly Thurs 4 Apr – Glasgow – Ivory Blacks Fri 5 Apr – Manchester – Academy 3 Sat 6 Apr – Swansea – Sin City Sun 7 Apr – Nottingham Rescue Rooms   “An undisputed smash at festivals everywhere, Tragedy are undeniably entertaining in the flesh; their heavy metal reworkings of pop and disco hits so well executed that resistance is generally useless.” – Blabbermouth   Special guest – Ward XVI. “Look no further than the madcap mayhem that is Ward XVI! Bringing theatrics to rock or is it taking rocking to the theatre? Either way this troupe are unique in their stunning delivery” – Metal Planet Music