British post-punk outfit Killing Joke have announced their upcoming tour “Honour The Fire”, which will entail a run of ten shows across the UK that will commence in March, including performances in Liverpool, Manchester, Cardiff and London. The band will be supported on the tour by UK punk rockers The Imbeciles and will also be joined by The Fall songwriter Brix Smith on the final show of the tour at London’s Apollo. Tickets for the tour can be purchased here.

Unlike a lot of bands from the 70s and 80s who are still touring and/or releasing music today, Killing Joke’s current line-up features all four original members of the band, despite going through numerous changes here and there throughout their four decades as a band. The group have been releasing music steadily since their inception, with their most recent album having been released in 2015, entitled Pylon. The record is their fifteenth studio album, and proved to be the band’s first UK Top 20 album since 1994. A deluxe edition of the album was released in the same year, containing five additional tracks. Both versions of the record are available via all steaming services, and physical media can be purchased here. You can listen to “Euphoria” from the record below.

The band’s career commenced in 1979, and have long been considered a highly influential group, not just within post-punk but within other genres too, with the likes of heavy metal titans Metallica, grunge legends Nirvana and industrial rock outfit Nine Inch Nails citing the band as inspiration.

The band’s self-titled debut album was released in 1980, and whilst very much fit the sonic mould of post-punk of the time, their approach was noticeably heavier than peers such as Wire or Siouxsie and the Banshees. One only has to look to a song such as “Wardance” to see this; the guitar and bass are metallic and aggressive and are accompanied by a thundering drum beat and a downright scary distorted filter applied to the vocals. Later, the group would find commercial success with their fifth studio album (1985’s Night Time) and the tune “Love Like Blood” which was the second single from that album.

A complete list of dates for Killing Joke’s “Honour The Fire” tour can be viewed down below.

28/03/2022- Tramshed- Cardiff
29/03- Rock City- Nottingham
31/03- O2 Academy- Bristol
01/04- O2 Academy- Liverpool
02/04- O2 Institute- Birmingham
04/04- Albert Hall- Manchester
05/04- Boiler Shop- Newcastle
06/04- Barrowland- Glasgow
08/04- O2 Academy- Leeds
09/04- Eventim Apollo- London (w/ Brix Smith)

Photo Credit: Marv Watson