SAXON Announces March 2027 European Leg of 'Gods Of Thunder' Tour

SAXON announced a March 2027 European leg of the Gods Of Thunder world tour and confirmed the album Gods Of Thunder for 22 January 2027. The band will revive its 30-foot mechanized Eagle for dates in Brussels, Zurich, Cologne and Tilburg.

British heavy metal veterans SAXON have announced the March 2027 European leg of their Gods Of Thunder world tour and confirmed the new album Gods Of Thunder for release on 22 January 2027. The announcement includes a full run of dates and specifies the album will be released via Silver Lining Music.

The run is scheduled from 1 to 24 March 2027 and lists venues including Ancienne Belgique in Brussels (1 March), Grosse Freiheit 36 in Hamburg (3 March), Volkshaus in Zurich (17 March), E-Werk in Cologne (23 March) and Poppodium 013 in Tilburg (24 March). The band will revive their 30-foot mechanized Eagle for the Brussels, Zurich, Cologne and Tilburg dates; the original Eagle was built in the early 1980s by Midlands company LSD using airport runway lights.

Ticket on-sale dates are staggered in the announcement: Italian shows go on sale 27 October, Zurich on 28 October, Oslo on 29 October and the remaining dates on 30 October (source does not specify the year). The album is credited as produced by Biff Byford and mixed by Andy Sneap. The touring lineup listed includes Biff Byford (vocals), Nigel Glockler (drums), Doug Scarratt (guitar), Brian Tatler (guitar) and Tim “Nibbs” Carter (bass); the text notes Tatler replaced Paul Quinn in the touring lineup in 2023.