Rock duo Royal Blood have announced Hot Wax and Bad Nerves as the special guests supporting their North American tour which takes place later this year. The tour, which begins in September, spans 26 dates starting from the Fillmore in Detroit and ending at The Sound in San Diego, California.
Hot Wax, who are playing on the Western leg of the tour, announced the news on Instagram. They said, as shown below, “This is insane! we are headed to America for the first time in november supporting Royal Blood on the west coast leg of their tour. hope you like rock music”
Hot Wax have generated a lot of buzz this year, especially after performing a lengthy string of great shows around the United Kingdom. Their sound is a blend of grunge, heavy guitar, and impressive lyrics which are often sung by all three band members; a mix which makes them a key feature in the current rock scene that prevails in the South East. NME.com even wrote an article about them, saying they could be “Britain’s next great guitar band“.
The band, featuring three 18-year-olds from Hastings, released their debut EP A Thousand Times on May 19th with Marathon Artists. It garnered great reviews across the internet and social media. The lead single “Rip It Out” was premiered on BBC Radio 1’s Future Alternative segment on May 22nd.
The official video for the song can be viewed below:
Supporting Royal Blood will be the first time the band have toured outside of the UK.
On the other end, Bad Nerves, a five-piece punk band from London, are the support for the Eastern leg of the tour. They announced the news on twitter, as shown below:
NORTH AMERICA HERE WE COME @royalblooduk pic.twitter.com/EADMN08F61
— BAD NERVES (@BADBADNERVES) May 30, 2023
The band self-describe themselves to “play ferociously fast distorted pop songs, with melodies that hook so deep, even the most skilled lobotomist would struggle to scrape them out.” Their debut, self-titled, and only album came out in 2020, and the band have an impressive 420,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Adding fuel to the metaphorical fire, the band released a live album this year, aptly titled Alive In London.
The band supported Royal Blood already at a massive show at Nottingham Rock City on the 26th of May, and are set to support them again at a sold out show in Newcastle on the 21st of June. They are also supporting Nothing But Thieves in Luxembourg in June, and are set to play under rock giants Guns N Roses, The Pretenders, and The Darkness at Hyde Park this summer.
Listen to “Can’t Be Mine” from Bad Nerves below:
The announcement of both Bad Nerves and Hot Wax supporting them in North America is huge news for all parties.
The news of support acts comes after Royal Blood announced a UK and Ireland tour as well, set to happen this October. This is shown here:
Despite all of the news, Royal Blood very recently courted controversy after having a meltdown on stage whilst performing at Radio 1’s Big Weekend. Read more about it here.
Royal Blood UK and Ireland tour (takes place between Eastern and Western legs of US tour):
20/10/2023 – O2 Apollo – Manchester
22/10 – Globe – Stockton
24/10 – Eventim Apollo – London
25/10 – Mountford Hall – Liverpool
26/10 – Wolverhampton Hall – Wolverhampton
27/10 – Guildhall – Portsmouth
29/10 – Telegraph Building – Belfast
30/10 – 3Olympia Theatre – Dublin
The North American tour dates are as follows:
Royal Blood with Bad Nerves:
16/09/2023 – Sea.Hear.Now Festival, Asbury Park – New Jersey
18/09 – The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, Michigan
19/09 – Agora Theatre – Cleveland, Ohio
21/09 – Louder Than Life Festival – Louisville, Kentucky
22/09 – The Pageant – St. Louis, Missouri
23/09 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, Illinois
25/09 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Toronto, Ontario
26/09 – MTELUS – Montreal, Quebec
27/09 – Roadrunner – Boston, Massachusetts
29/09 – College St. Music Hall – New Haven, Connecticut
30/09 – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
02/10 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, New York
3/10 – Webster Hall – New York City, New York
Royal Blood with Hot Wax:
09/11/2023 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, California
10/11 – Fox Theater – Oakland, California
11/11 – The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, California
13/11 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, Washington
14/11 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver, British Columbia
15/11 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, Oregon
17/11 – Union Event Center – Salt Lake City, Utah
18/11 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, Colorado
20/11 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, Oklahoma
21/11 – South Side Ballroom – Dallas, Texas
22/11 – ACL Live at The Moody Theater – Austin, Texas
25/11 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, New Mexico
26/11 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, Arizona
27/11 – The Sound – San Diego, California
All available tickets for the UK are available here. Tickets for the US shows can be found here.
Their new album Back To The Water Below is due to be released September 8th.
