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Skindred Announced UK Tour in April & May

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:31:15 +0000

We already heard that Skindred is going on a tour with Rob Zombie and that they have announced a new album, Union Black, but now Skindred have announced a UK tour in light of the new album.

Starting 26th April Skindred will embark on a tour supporting their new ragga album Union Black through England and Wales. So not only will we be able to hear the new raga sound on our media devices but we will also be able to hear them and see them during 11 shows in April and May.

April 26th – BRIGHTON CONCORDE 2
April 27th – PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
April 29th – NORWICH WATERFRONT
April 29th – WOLVERHAMPTON WULFRUN HALL
April 30th – NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
May 2nd – EXETER LEMON GROVE
May 3rd – CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SOLUS
May 4th – POOLE CHORDS
May 5th – LIVERPOOL O2 ACADEMY
May 6th – SHEFFIELD CORPORATION
May 7th – LONDON HMV FORUM

Tickets for Skindred’s 2011 UK Shows are on sale from 9am on Friday 26th November.

Skindred Tour with Rob Zombie This Winter

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:14:53 +0000

Rob Zombie will be playing in the UK during a small February tour after 12 years.

Yeah, we haven’t seen Rob Zombie in 12 years and great news keep coming in as Skindred will be joining this horror show.

So all the Rob Zombie and Skindred fans be sure not to miss them February 2011:

16.02. – LONDON O2 Brixton Academy
17.02. – MANCHESTER Academy
18.02. – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy
20.02. – GLASGOW O2 Academy
21.02. – LEEDS O2 Academy
22.02. – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy

Two New Skindred Concerts Announced

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:26:40 +0000

Skindred fans we have great news for you, Skindred has announced two more independent concerts which are not part of any tour. The first one is just around the corner, it will be held in Agincourt in Camberly on Friday Sept 17th.

The second concert is to warm up the fans for the Freeze festival and it will be held on October 3oth in Black Flag in Wakefield, just before the Freeze Festival on the 31st.

Skindred Interview – Behind Sonisphere 2010

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:38:40 +0000

August 16th 2010, Skindred Interview by LiveTheScene.com
Benji Webbe talking about past, present and future, he even hinted that they are working on a new album and that we can expect it in May 2011 if everything goes well, so look forward to it!

Skindred Signs a Global Record Deal with BMG

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:17:33 +0000

Skindred’s manager Seven Webster at 7pm Management said, “We are really excited to be working with Tony Moss and the Worldwide BMG team. After all the nominations the band have received at various awards in the last couple of weeks and seeing the band play to around 40,000 people at the weekend at Knebworth it helps highlight the importance of this act as a fast growing global concern and is a key part in our strategy going forwards.”

The deal takes into account all songs written by all four band members to date as well as their individual work as writers with frontman Benji Webb also penning cuts on Bullet for My Valentine’s last album and new Roadrunner Records signing Revoker whom he is also producing.

Skindred at the Freeze Festival in London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:35:32 +0000

Skindred was confirmed for the Freeze Festival, third so far, in London lasting from 29th to 31st October.

According to the statement released for the press by the Freeze Festival Skindred will be performing on the past day of the Festival, 31st October.

All information about the festival and the tickets can be found at Freeze Festival official website: http://www.thefreezefestival.com.

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Who is Skindred?

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:57:01 +0000

Except for the fans that have been following the band Skindred for the past decade there isn’t so much as the online biography to be found. So instead let’s try and focus on who Skindred is, what they represent, along with the facts of their history and some plans for the future.

The band Skindred was formed in 1998, when the previous band of the vocalist Benji Webbe called Dub War disbanded. Dub War is considered to be the founder of the genre Skindred is in, ragga metal, which is the combination of rock, metal and reggae. The band was formed in 1993 and lasted a few years with two albums released before the band fell apart, but it was here long enough to start something new and force the singer Benji Webbe to continue with the new brand of music with his new band Skindred.
Benji Webbe first tried to get his band members from Dub War to start a new project, but since that seemed impossible he found three new members for his new project. Well at first he formed Skindred with Jeff Rose and Ginge Ford, but they started to argue and their first album titled Babylon ended up pretty bad. But soon after Daniel Pugsley, guitarist Mikey Demus, and drummer Dirty Arya Goggin joined Webbe and re-recorded the Babylon album which was released as their debut album in 2002. A new sound swept across the world soon to be known as the popular Ragga Metal, pairing up with bands like Korn, Sepultura and many of the greats. But the fact that they had to struggle and reissue the album two more times until the final recognition of their work in 2004.

Their first album Babylon soon after started getting a lot of attention, it was number one on the US Reggae billboard and it was in almost every rock top 10 in the world. Their hit single “Nobody” soon became known around the world, featured in video games like the famous Need for Speed. In 2006 they were already categorized as mainstream with only one album behind them, but that was soon to change as they released their second album titled “Roots Rock Riot” in 2007.
That was it for the band; they gained recognition by other musicians, labels and the world, making them at the top of their career still moving forward. They placed a considerable amount of talent and hard work in their last album released last year, 2009, titled ”Shark Bites and Dog Fights”. They are currently preparing for a new tour that will start on Jul 16 2010 at the Gurten Festival in Bern. Their new single, “You can’t stop it”, is rocking the chart lists and the way things are going we will be seeing a lot of Skindred in the future, well at least we hope so.
Stayed tuned to Skindred.com , the Unofficial fan website of the band Skindred for news and updates on this Ragga Metal sensation.