Europe expand War Of Kings

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
published

Repacked edition adds Wacken 2015 live set - while Tempest and co announce US tour

Europe have announced they’ll release an expanded edition of their War Of Kings album.

The original launched in March this year and the repacked version will appear on December 4.

The Special Edition will contain the original 10th album, along with a film of their live set from this year’s Wacken festival in Germany.

It’ll be issued digitally, on CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray and a limited-edition Deluxe Package on CD/DVD/Blu-ray. The latter will be bundled with a photobook, with pre-orders starting from October 21.

In addition, the band will head out on a 16-date road trip across the US starting in January.

Frontman Joey Tempest says: “It’s so great to soon be back in the USA after our very successful east coast shows earlier this year – covering a lot more States this time. The War of Kings tour continues.”

Tickets for the dates go on general sale on Friday (October 23) at 12noon ET via Europe’s official website.

War Of Kings Special Edition tracklist

CD

  1. War Of Kings
  2. Hole In My Pocket
  3. The Second Day
  4. Praise You
  5. Nothin’ To Ya
  6. California 405
  7. Days Of Rock ’N’ Roll
  8. Children Of The Mind
  9. Rainbow Bridge
  10. Angels (With Broken Hearts)
  11. Light It Up
  12. Vasastan

DVD/Blu-ray tracklist

  1. War Of Kings
  2. Hole In My Pocket
  3. Superstitious
  4. Scream Of Anger
  5. Last Look At Eden
  6. Second Day
  7. Firebox
  8. Sign Of The Times
  9. Praise You
  10. The Beast
  11. Ready Or Not
  12. Girl From Lebanon
  13. Nothin’ To Ya
  14. Let The Good Times Rock
  15. Rock The Night
  16. Days Of Rock ’N’ Roll
  17. The Final Countdown

Europe US tour dates

Jan 19: San Jose Rockbar Theater, CA
Jan 20: Anaheim The Grove, CA
Jan 22: Los Angeles Saban Theater, CA
Jan 23: Las Vegas Hard Rock Live, NV
Jan 24: San Diego Music Box Theater, CA
Jan 25: Chandler Wild Horse Pass Casino, AZ
Jan 27: Lawrence The Granada Theater, KS
Jan 28: Sioux Falls Badlands Pawn, SD
Jan 29: Shawnee The Grand Events Center, OK
Jan 30: Dallas House of Blues, TX
Jan 31: Houston House of Blues, TX
Feb 02: Fort Lauderdale Revolution, IL
Feb 03: St Petersburg The Concert Courtyard, FL
Feb 04: Lake Buena Vista House of Blues, FL
Feb 05: Biloxi Hard Rock Casino, MS
Feb 06: Atlanta The Masquerade, GA

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.