The Kris Barras Band Announces February/March 2019 Headline Tour

Talking about the tour Barras says; “2018 has been an amazing year for me and it looks like 2019 is going to be even better. I’m really excited to be heading out on a UK tour in February/March. We are taking a step up in venue size and I will be getting to perform in some great places that I’ve always wanted to play in, like The Garage in London.”

The Devon born Barras, has had a whirlwind year. The band have become one of the hottest rising stars over the past 6 months. They released the mesmerising ‘The Divine And Dirty’ in March, supported Beth Hart in April and Joanne Shaw Taylor in October on their UK tours. Barras became the front-man and guitarist for Supersonic Blues Machine with ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons and toured Europe through July including playing the prestigious Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London. They played a rapturous set atRamblin’ Man Fair in the summer to the biggest crowd of the second stage all weekend and toured the country to sold out headline shows in March and September with an upcoming 3 date tour with GUN still to come.

They went from being a completely unplayed artist to being the most played artist for 5 weeks at Planet Rock Radio for their A-List single ‘Lovers or Losers’, they performed an acoustic session on BBC Radio 2 to an audience of 2 million people and have picked up praise from across the UK press throughout the year.

Kris Barras isn’t one to shy away from a challenge.  As a former Mixed Martial Artist, the Devon born singer and guitarist has fought in front of 8000 people, dealt with bankruptcy, suffered deep and personal loss, unleashed blues fury on stages across Europe and been voted one of the best 13 Blues Guitarists in the World Right Now by Music Radar. He picked up the guitar and took up martial arts as a child. After playing in bands throughout his teens he became disillusioned. By his early 20s, offers for fights were coming thick and fast. Music took a backseat as he travelled the world to compete in tournaments, winning 14 out of 17 fights and even settling to live in Las Vegas and Thailand. He retired from the cage in 2014, feeling like he had achieved everything that he was going to achieve. It had consumed his life for so long, making so many sacrifices that he felt that it was time to move on. Music, his real love was too strong for him to ignore.

Armed with this kind of passion and dedication, The Kris Barras Band are coming out swinging. Stand back – rock has a new hero.

12 Oct     Concorde, Brighton w/JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
13 Oct     Roadmenders, Northampton w/JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
14 Oct     Public Halls, Harpenden w/JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
01 Nov    Guild Hall, Preston w/GUN
02 Nov    Tivoli, Buckley w/GUN
03 Nov    Queens Hall, Nuneaton w/GUN
01 Dec     Planer Rockstock, Porthcawl, WALES
06 Feb     The Globe, Cardiff 
07 Feb     Deaf Institute, Manchester 
08 Feb     The Cluny, Newcastle 
09 Feb     The Welly Club, Hull 
12 Feb     Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 
13 Feb     The Portland Arms, Cambridge 
14 Feb     Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
15 Feb     The Tivoli, Buckley 
16 Feb     Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek 
21 Feb     Thekla, Bristol 
22 Feb     The Harlington, Fleet 
23 Feb     The Garage, London 
26 Feb     The Haunt, Brighton 
27 Feb     The Bullingdon, Oxford 
01 Mar    The Old Bakery, Truro 
08 Mar    Cheese & Grain, Frome 
09 Mar    The Wharf, Tavistock 
10 Mar    Planet Rock’s Winter’s End Festival, Poole 
15 Mar    Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh