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REHEARSALS RESUME AT UNIT ONE TODAY – PREPARATIONS FOR TWO BIG GIGS AND UK TOUR BEGIN

19 Feb 2023 — Leave a comment
Our last sessions a few weeks back

We have a big year coming up with several important shows to prepare for. Rehearsals as ever will be taking place tonight at Unit One, Colchester.

The first of these is supporting current Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra, and Brandon Gibbs at The Music Room, Ipswich on April 15th. Joel Hoekstra is best known as the guitarist for “Whitesnake” and “Trans-Siberian Orchestra” along with a long list of other bands and projects he has worked with including Cher and Night Ranger. With impeccable guitar soloing and blazing riffs, Joel Hoekstra is without a doubt a guitar legend and one of the top guitarists in the world. Brandon Gibbs is not only the frontman for the supergroup “Devil City Angels” but also joined Poison in 2022 on the Def Leppard/Motley Crue Stadium Tour utilizing his searing voice on backup vocals. Brandon Gibbs is also known for his blues/rock style of guitar playing and his riveting song writing.

On May 19th we celebrate 5 years of Kaine in its current form coming together at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester alongside our friends in Osmium Guillotine, Draugrheim, and Killerkorp. This gig will be recorded for a live album/video.

Finally, as announced, we’ll be touring again in June, this time in support of the legendary W.A.S.P Guitarist Chris Holmes.  We’ll be playing several dates across Wales, Scotland, and England as seen below.

Tickets for all these events are selling fast – so book now using the buy links below to avoid missing out:

  • April 15th, 2023 – The Music Room, Ipswich (Buy Tickets) **
  • May 19th, 2023 – Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester (Buy Tickets)
  • June 16th, 2023 – The Patriot, Crumlin (Buy Tickets) *
  • June 17th, 2013 – The Tivoli Venue, Buckley (Buy Tickets) *
  • June 18th, 2023 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (Buy Tickets) *
  • June 22nd, 2023 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (Buy Tickets) *
  • June 23rd, 2023 – The Black Prince, Northampton (Buy Tickets) (Buy VIP) *
  • June 24th, 2023 – Boston Arms Music Room, London (Buy Tickets) *
  • June 25th, 2023 – The Waterloo, Blackpool (Buy Tickets) *

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR CHRIS HOLMES MEAN MAN (EX W.A.S.P) AND KAINE UK TOUR 2023

10 Feb 2023 — Leave a comment

  • June 16th, 2023 – The Patriot, Crumlin (Buy Tickets)
  • June 17th, 2023 – The Tivoli Venue, Buckley (Buy Tickets)
  • June 18th, 2023 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (Buy Tickets)
  • June 22nd, 2023 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (Buy Tickets)
  • June 23rd, 2023 – The Black Prince, Northampton (Buy Tickets) (Buy VIP)
  • June 24th, 2023 – Boston Arms Music Room, London (Buy Tickets)
  • June 25th, 2023 – The Waterloo, Blackpool (Buy Tickets)

SD Entertainment is delighted to announce that the ‘Chris Holmes Mean Man’ 65 Tour will visit seven venues across the UK in June 2023. The tour goes on sale Friday 10 February 2023 at 9am, tickets direct from the venue box offices. This tour marks not only Chris’ anticipated return to the UK but also celebrates his 65th birthday with very special VIP tickets available for an exclusive pre show birthday party available for the show in Northampton on 25 June! Support will come from Kaine on all dates.

Chris’ guitar work is synonymous with W.A.S.P.’s first four studio albums including ‘W.A.S.P.’, ‘The Last Command’,‘ Inside The Electric Circus’ and ‘The Headless Children’. He left W.A.S.P. in 1991 before re-joining, once again as lead guitarist, in 1995 remaining until 2001. In this time he played on two studio albums including ‘Kill F£@% Die’ and ‘Helldorado’ He can also be heard on 1987’s ‘Live. . . In The Raw’.

Since 2019, he has recruited new members for his band. Taking lead on the original W.A.S.P. material is Oliver Tindall, with Lex Gifford on bass [both coming from the band Wicked Jackals].Stephen Jackson on drums [from Heart Break Remedy] has been Chris ‘partner in crime for almost four years.

Chris will be performing a mix of W.A.S.P. classics along with his own original material including tracks from his latest album ‘Unbearable Influence’ which was released in September 2021.

“Man, I’d such a great time in UK last November and the fans are amazing. They love me and I love them so I wanna’ celebrate my birthday by giving back to them and celebrating with them. See you on the road!”

Chris Holmes

Chris Holmes is an enduring talent who has carved his own niche in rock ‘n’ roll history – don’t miss these very special celebratory dates.

Kaine is a young Heavy Metal band from Essex, England inspired by bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Saxon and more having recently toured with American Metal legends Lillian Axe and Riot Act (ex-Riot) as well as previously supporting American Thrash legends Mordred, and Monument (ex-White Wizard) on tours in years previous. They will be performing songs from their new album After Extinction.

KAINE TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF W.A.S.P GUITAR LEGEND CHRIS HOLMES – MEAN MAN IN JUNE

8 Feb 2023 — Leave a comment

We are delighted to announce that we will be touring in support of Chris Holmes – Mean Man in June! Chris Holmes is a legendary American guitarist and was a founding member of 80’s Metal legends W.A.S.P, appearing on their self-titled debut album, The Last Command, Inside the Electric Circus, and The Headless Children, he also appeared on later albums Kill F£@% Die and Helldorado.

Tickets will go on sale Friday for:

KAINE ON TOUR – NEXT WEEK! COMING TO WOLVERHAMPTON, NEWCASTLE, BRADFORD, EDINBURGH, SWANSEA AND LONDON!

17 Aug 2022 — Leave a comment

We will be setting off on tour next week in support of Lillian Axe and Riot Act! We are looking forward to hitting the road at the following dates/venues:

  • August 22nd, 2022 – Robin 2, Wolverhampton (buy tickets)
  • August 23rd, 2022 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (buy tickets)
  • August 24th, 2022 – Nightrain, Bradford (buy tickets)
  • August 25th, 2022 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (buy tickets)
  • August 26th, 2022 – Hangar 18, Swansea (buy tickets)
  • August 27th, 2022 – Underworld, Camden, London (buy tickets)

OVER 2500 HITS ON TOUR DATES TAB SINCE TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

29 Jun 2022 — Leave a comment
Tour Dates

As recently announced we will be going on tour with Lilian Axe and Riot Act in August and so far we have seen a record number of people clicking our tour dates and buy tickets tabs on this website.

You can still get tickets for the tour by clicking the links in the list below:

  • August 22nd, 2022 – Robin 2, Wolverhampton (buy tickets)
  • August 23rd, 2022 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (buy tickets)
  • August 24th, 2022 – Nightrain, Bradford (buy tickets)
  • August 25th, 2022 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (buy tickets)
  • August 26th, 2022 – Hangar 18, Swansea (buy tickets)
  • August 27th, 2022 – Underworld, Camden, London (buy tickets)

OVER 1’1OO CLICKS ON TOUR DATES PAGE SINCE LILLIAN AXE AND RIOT ACT TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

13 Jun 2022 — Leave a comment

Our Tour Dates page has experienced an increase in traffic after the recent tour announcement. Over 1’100 people have clicked through onto the page and the “Buy Tickets” links since the tour announcement last week.

Tickets are still available at the dates bellow, click (buy tickets) to order:

  • August 22nd, 2022 – Robin 2, Wolverhampton (buy tickets)
  • August 23rd, 2022 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (buy tickets)
  • August 24th, 2022 – Nightrain, Bradford (buy tickets)
  • August 25th, 2022 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (buy tickets)
  • August 26th, 2022 – Hanger 18, Swansea (buy tickets)
  • August 27th, 2022 – Underworld, Camden, London (buy tickets)

If you are hoping to attend the tour please let us know here.

KAINE TO SUPPORT LILLIAN AXE AND RIOT ACT ON FIRST UK TOUR FOR 29 YEARS

8 Jun 2022 — Leave a comment

As announced earlier this week, Kaine will be supporting Lillian Axe and Riot Act (ex-Riot) on their UK Tour in August. Lillian Axe is an American hard rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, US, best known for its major label albums, Lillian Axe, Love + War, Poetic Justice and Psychoschizophrenia. Originally formed in 1983, the group is still active, and features Steve Blaze and bassist Michael Max Darby from the original line-up.

Riot Act features former Riot guitarist Rick Ventura, Don Chaffin-vocals, Paul Ranieri-bass, Claudio Galinski-drums. Rick Ventura was born in Brooklyn, NY. Along with Mark Reale, he comprised the guitar driven, high energy sound of Riot. He went on to play and contribute songs on four studio albums and two live albums including the legendary Fire Down Under, touring the world with the likes of AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Rush and so on.

Kaine are honoured to be supporting both Lillian Axe and Riot act on the following dates in August:

  • August 22nd, 2022 – Robin 2, Wolverhampton (buy tickets)
  • August 23rd, 2022 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (buy tickets)
  • August 24th, 2022 – Nightrain, Bradford (buy tickets)
  • August 25th, 2022 – Bannerman’s, Edinburgh (buy tickets)
  • August 26th, 2022 – Hanger 18, Swansea (buy tickets)
  • August 27th, 2022 – Underworld, Camden, London (buy tickets)

To raise funds for the tour, Kaine has released a limited edition t-shirt and poster available to buy on Bandcamp:

You can pre-order the shirt here: https://kaine.bandcamp.com/merch/reforge-the-steel-2022-great-britain-tour-shirt-signed-poster-pre-order

KAINE COMING TO BLACKPOOL AND NUNEATON IN 2021 – MORE DATES ANNOUNCED

28 Apr 2021 — Leave a comment

Kaine have been added to two more NWOBHM events for 2021. These include the bands first ever appearance at the Layton Institute, in Blackpool and their return to the Queens Hall, Nuneaton at the end of the year. There are more dates to be announced and more details to be added.

  • May 22nd, 2021  – The Music Room, Ipswich [Tickets]
  • June 25th, 2021 – Hanger 18, Swansea [Tickets]
  • July 9th, 2021 – The Victoria Bikers Pub, Coalville [Tickets]
  • July 14th, 2021 – CODA, Colchester [Tickets]
  • August 28th, 2021 – TBA
  • October 1st, 2021 – The Victoria Bikers Pub, Coalville [Tickets]
  • October 2nd, 2021 – TBA
  • October 18th, 2021 – The Layton Institute, Blackpool
  • October 23rd, 2021 – The Victoria Bikers Pub, Coalville [Tickets]
  • October 30th, 2021 – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend
  • October 31st, 2021 – Trillian’s, Newcastle
  • December 23rd, 2021 – The Queens Hall, Nuneaton

KAINE: UPDATE ON NEW ALBUM, EP ORDERS, NEW GIG DATES AND PATREON

25 Apr 2021 — Leave a comment
Last Weeks Sessions at Unit One

Kaine are about to finish the rehearsal stages on their new album and are preparing to enter the studio ASAP. They will be at Unit One Studios, Colchester again today to continue work on the new album. The band is also getting a number new of the new songs ready to play live when they return next month at The Music Room, Ipswich.

So far Kaine will be performing at the following dates with more to be announced:

  • May 22nd, 2021  – The Music Room, Ipswich [Tickets]
  • June 25th, 2021 – Hanger 18, Swansea [Tickets]
  • July 9th, 2021 – The Victoria Bikers Pub, Coalville [Tickets]
  • July 14th, 2021 – CODA, Colchester [Tickets]
  • August 28th, 2021 – TBA
  • October 1st, 2021 – The Victoria Bikers Pub, Coalville [Tickets]
  • October 18th, 2021 – TBA
  • October 23rd, 2021 – The Victoria Bikers Pub, Coalville [Tickets]
  • October 30th, 2021 – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend
  • October 31st, 2021 – Trillian’s, Newcastle

There will be an update on the new album recording sessions soon. In the meantime the EP CD’s and T-Shirts are being printed. Shirts have been limited to those who have pre-ordered the CD with a limited number being available once they go on general sale.

The bands next project will be to write and record a new EP which will be exclusive to Patreon members.

KAINE ADDED TO NWOBHM LEGENDS EVENTS AS THE BAND RETURN TO GRAVESEND AND NEWCASTLE IN OCTOBER 2021

19 Apr 2021 — Leave a comment

Kaine will be playing back to back NWOBHM legends events on the 30th and 31st of October 2021. Kaine will return to Gravesend, Kent for the first time since 2019 at Leo’s Red Lion and will be making their first appearance in Newcastle since 2014 with their first ever gig at the legendary Trillian’s venue there.

On the bills will be bands such as Sacriledge, Rhabstallion, Witchfynde, Troyen, Millennium, Battleaxe and Airforce.

More information to be announced.