Empire State Bastard Announce Intimate Debut Shows

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Simon Neil’s (Biffy Clyro) new band Empire State Bastard have announced that they’ll be playing three intimate debut shows later this month.

The new band comprised of Simon Neil and long time collaborator Mike Vennart have announced that they will be joined by Slayer’s Dave Lombardo on drums, and Bitch Falcon’s Naomi Macleod on bass.

The Tour will kick off at Glasgow’s Cathouse on March 26th, before heading down the country to Manchester’s Rebellion on the 27th, and finally finish up at The Underworld Camden on March 28th.

Tickets for the intimate tour will go on sale later this week on Friday 3rd March at 10am.

Empire State Bastard will play 3 intimate UK shows later this month, featuring the legendary @TheDaveLombardo on drums

Tickets on sale at 10am GMT this Friday 3rd March 🤘 pic.twitter.com/xE4QCNafzU

— Empire State Bastard (@ESB666_) March 1, 2023

The duo have already announced sets at Hellfest, 2000 Trees, Arctangent, and Download Festival later this year.

While no songs have been released from the band as of yet, Simon Neil has previously described the project as a “grindcore extreme metal” band. However the band recently shared a snippet of what to expect, check it out below: