In the year that we played our first ever USA shows headlining Melodic Rock Fest in Chicago and also explored our inner Heavy Metal touring across Europe with Saxon, Raven and Wayward Sons, we thank each and every one of you for your unwavering support.
We've had an amazing year playing shows with some great pals including Dare, Toby Jepson and Hand Of Dimes, and festivals too... Frontiers Rock Fest in Milan where our set was recorded for our new live DVD - THE ITALIAN JOB - out in February, the two Melodic Rock Fests in Chicago and Malmo and Leicester Rocks with King King. It's always fantastic to see so many familiar faces in the crowd. With our touring schedule for 2019 building up nicely we can't wait to see you all again next year!
To all our fans old and new, a massive thank you for being part of FM's Atomic Generation in 2018. We look forward to blowing the doors off in 2019!
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.
Steve, Merv, Pete, Jem and Jim x
FM live at O2 Ritz Manchester - 9 June 2018 - by Marty Moffatt
We'll be joining forces with The Quireboys in April 2019 to celebrate 35 years since both bands started out back in 1984. 35 years! Doesn't time fly...
Party with FM, The Quireboys and Special Guests the excellent Bad Touch and Vega at these shows:
April 2019
01 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
02 - CARDIFF The Globe
04 - WAKEFIELD Warehouse23
06 - SHEFFIELD Corporation
07 - MANCHESTER O2 Ritz
08 - GLASGOW The Garage
09 - WOLVERHAMPTON - KK's Steel Mill
Tickets on general sale from 9am Friday 14 December at seetickets.com
BREAKING NEWS: Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the release of FM's brand new live album & video – THE ITALIAN JOB - on 22 February 2019.
EXCLUSIVE SIGNED PRE-ORDER:
Pre-order your signed DVD/CD and Blu-ray direct from the band at bit.ly/FM-preorder-italian-job.
Please note - the pre-order for signed copies will close on Wednesday 13 February 2019.
Hot on the heels of the release of their 10th studio album ATOMIC GENERATION, UK’s melodic rock finest FM started their tour cycle with a stunning appearance in front of the Frontiers Rock Festival crowd in Milan, Italy. FM offered up a set which included fan favourites and classic songs from their first two albums, "Indiscreet" and "Tough It Out", alongside cuts from recent releases "Heroes & Villains" and the aforementioned "Atomic Generation", along with some surprises, such as the 1987 single "Let Love Be The Leader," thrown in the mix.
THE ITALIAN JOB documents this show. An absolute gem of an album, it is unmissable not only for FM followers, but all fans of the melodic rock genre.
Bassist and founder member Merv Goldsworthy says: "Knowing we were recording and
filming the show there was a lot more pressure this time. But that aside we knew
the Italian fans and the fans travelling from around the world would not let us down.
We need not have worried as you will see from the footage, it was a marvellous evening.
We were blown away by the audience reaction. This is the only live album that features
some of the newer material from Metropolis, Rockville, Heroes And Villains and Atomic
Generation. It's a good representation of where the band is today."
TRACKLISTING
1 Intro
2 Black Magic
3 I Belong To The Night
4 Life Is A Highway
5 Let Love Be The Leader
6 Someday (You’ll Come Running)
7 Killed By Love
8 Metropolis
9 Over You
10 Closer To Heaven
11 Does It Feel Like Love
12 Story Of My Life
13 Love Lies Dying
14 Bad Luck
15 Tough It Out
16 That Girl
17 Other Side Of Midnight
2018
23 Nov – Southampton – UK – Engine Rooms
01 Dec – Nantwich – UK – Civic Hall
2019
19 Jan – Skegness – UK – Great British Rock & Blues Festival
25 Jan – Estoril – Portugal – Cascais Rock Fest
27 Jan – Minehead – UK – Giants of Rock
08 Feb – Preston – UK – Guild Hall
16 Feb – Holmfirth – UK – Picturedrome
22 Feb – Barcelona – Spain – Razzmatazz 2
23 Feb – Madrid – Spain – Sala Copernico
01 Mar – Reading – Sub89
02 Mar – Leamington Spa – Assembly
23 Jun – Dessel – Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
*** Win two tickets to an FM show of your choice ***
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
We're having a great deal of fun touring across Europe with Saxon and Raven... It's not all hard work! We want you to join in by getting your thinking caps on...
We set the milometer to zero on our splitter bus at the start of this mammoth trek. Your job is to work out how many miles (or kilometres) will be on the clock when we get back to London after our last show with Saxon in Manchester.
Comment below or email your answer to us (please put "FM Mileage Competition" in the subject line).
The person who guesses the closest figure to our final mileage tally will receive two tickets to the FM headline show of their choice. In the event of a tie a winner will be selected at random from the tied entries.
Click the poster below or see the FM Live page for all the dates.
We are delighted to be confirmed as Special Guests on the Saxon
Thunderbolt Part 3 Tour starting 19 September and we wish Dave Meniketti
all the best for a swift recovery.
Please note we are busy trying to reschedule our 5th and 6th October dates at Cambridge Junction and Holmfirth Picturedrome.
We look forward to seeing you in Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands and the UK!
It is with great regret that we announce the San Francisco rockers Y&T will not be joining us on the Saxon Thunderbolt European Tour this Autumn as previously announced.
Y&T guitarist Dave Meniketti has a serious back injury that has meant he cannot travel to Europe for the shows.
Dave Meniketti states:
“It is with great disappointment that I announce Y&T's decision to withdraw from Saxon's upcoming fall Europe/UK tour”
As many of you already know, I severely injured my back in July and have been under the care of a sports doctor/back specialist ever since. After I received two rounds of cortisone injections to reduce the inflammation, we all had high hopes I'd get "back on the field" in time for this tour. But as many people know, recovering from this kind of back injury takes time.
Given the advice of my doctor and the urging of everyone around me, really, the only course of action for my long-term health is to stay home and properly complete my recovery. This decision has weighed heavily on me--and believe me, I'd much rather be on tour playing for all of you--but getting on an 11-hour flight and sitting for five weeks on drives of up to 10+ hours every day in a van traveling 11,000 miles/18,000 km would be a reckless approach at this stage of my recovery. I can't risk another setback like I experienced last month when I played a show against my doctor's advice.
I apologize to the fans and to our buddies in Saxon for any inconveniences and disappointments that this has caused. We're big fans of Saxon and consider them to be one of the best live straight-ahead rock bands out there, so we're all disappointed to miss what surely would've been a great time on tour with them.
For my part, and for Y&T going forward, I'm on the mend and can't wait to get back up on stage later this year. To our amazing fans in Europe and the UK, again, my apologies. We'll be back in 2019”
Saxon have added UK rock band FM to the bill as Y&T’s replacement for all the shows.
Biff Byford “We were gutted to hear of Dave’s injury and we wish him all the best in a full recovery very soon. We are pleased to announce FM are joining us now on all the dates. We are old friends and it’s going to be fun touring with them”
NWOBHM Stalwarts Raven open the bill on all European shows and up and coming UK stars Wayward Sons open the UK shows.
To join the "FM Premier League" classic league you will need the following code: 559020-120425.
To join the "FM Face To Face" head-to-head league the code is: 559020-188176. In the head-to-head league your team is pitted against another team from the FM league every week.
The new season starts on 10 August so don't delay... register your team and good luck to all!
We are pleased to announce five more UK shows have been added to our touring schedule later this year and going into 2019.
In October / November this year we will be heading to Holmfirth Picturedrome, Bilston Robin 2 and Southampton Engine Rooms and in February 2019, Preston Guild Hall.
Tickets on sale from Monday 18 June 2018. Please see the FM Live page for more info.
"Killed By Love" is the new single taken from our album ATOMIC GENERATION and according to Classic Rock Magazine it has "a chorus bigger than an adult elephant"!
To celebrate our first-ever show in the USA - Special Edition Melodic Rock Fest T-shirt featuring the FM biker skull logo and USA flag on the front and Chicago 'license plate' on the back.
"Black Magic" - the opening track from new FM album ATOMIC GENERATION - will get its first play on Paul Anthony's Planet Rock breakfast show at 8.10am on Wednesday, 28 February 2018.
