The Damn Truth confirm July and August 2023 UK tour

Coinciding with Steelhouse Festival

The Damn Truth
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 1st Mar 2023
Last updated 1st Mar 2023

Planet Rock favourites The Damn Truth have announced seven headline UK shows for summer 2023 coinciding with their previously announced appearance at Steelhouse Festival.

The Canadian rock n’ rollers will bring their rip-roaring sounds to London O2 Islington Academy (21st July), Shoreham Ropetackle (22nd July), Leicester Musician (25th July), Buckley Tivoli (27th July), Leek Foxlowe Arts (28th July), Sheffield Greystones (30th July), and Milton Keynes Stables (1st August).

The septet of shows bookend The Damn Truth’s eagerly awaited performance up the mountain at Steelhouse Festival on Saturday 29th July.

Tickets to The Damn Truth’s headline UK tour are on sale from Planet Rock Tickets now.

The Damn Truth

Following their summer shows, The Damn Truth return to Blighty in the autumn for Planet Rock’s Rocktober headlined by Glenn Hughes.

Glenn Hughes’ Rocktober shows celebrate the 50th anniversary of Deep Purple’s seminal album ‘Burn’ and will also feature other songs from the MKIII and MKIV era of Deep Purple when Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale were members of the legendary band.

You can still get tickets to Glenn Hughes’ tour RIGHT HERE.

The Damn Truth’s headline UK tour dates:

JULY 2023

London O2 Islington Academy – Fri 21st

Shoreham Ropetackle – Sat 22nd

Leicester The Musician – Tue 25th

Buckley The Tivoli – Thu 27th

Leek Foxlowe Arts – Fri 28th

Steelhouse Festival – Sat 29th

Sheffield The Greystones – Sun 30th

AUGUST 2023

Milton Keynes The Stables – Tue 1st

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Planet Rock’s Rocktober with Glenn Hughes and The Damn Truth:

OCTOBER 2023

Holmfirth Picturedrome – Tue 10th

Southampton The 1865 – Thu 12th

Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion – Fri 13th

Nottingham Rock City – Sun 15th

Newcastle Boiler Shop – Tue 17th

Glasgow Queen Margaret Union – Fri 20th

Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill – Sat 21st

Bury St Edmunds The Apex – Mon 23rd

London Electric Ballroom – Wed 25th

Frome Cheese & Grain – Sat 28th

Manchester Academy – Sun 29th

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18 bands named after songs by other bands:

Judas Priest

British heavy metal legends Judas Priest took inspiration for their brilliant name from the Bob Dylan song 'The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest' from his 1967 album 'John Wesley Harding.' The moniker was the idea of early Judas Priest bassist Brian 'Bruno' Stapenhill who exited the band in 1970 before they had laid down any recordings.

Deep Purple

Initially called Roundabout, the rock legends initially toyed with band names including Orpheus, Concrete God and Sugarlump but eventually settled on Deep Purple; taken from the 1933 Peter DeRose piano composition. The song was a huge favourite of Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother and she would often perform it on piano throughout Ritchie's childhood.

Mr Big

In 1988, Eric Martin, Billy Sheehan, Paul Gilbert and the late-great Pat Torpey named their new band after the Free song 'Mr. Big', which appeared on their breakthrough 1970 album 'Fire and Water'. Mr. Big later covered 'Mr. Big' on their third studio album 'Bump Ahead' in 1993.

Motörhead

After being dismissed from Hawkwind in 1975 following an arrest for drug possession in Canada, Lemmy started his own self-professed "fast and vicious" band and took the name Motörhead from the final song he had penned for Hawkwind just a few months earlier, 'Motorhead'. Two years later, Motörhead re-recorded 'Motorhead' as the opening track on their eponymous debut album.

Poison

Originally called Paris upon their formation in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983, singer Bret Michaels, guitarist Matt Smith, bassist Bobby Dall and drummer Rikki Rockett wisely ditched their tame sounding band name in favour of 'Poison'; a nod to the 1981 track 'Poison' by glam metallers 'Sinner'.

Nazareth

The Scottish hard rock veterans were called the Shadettes upon their formation in the late 1960s but were unhappy with what they perceived to be a 'lightweight' name. They decided to hit a boozer to discuss a new name when 'The Weight' by The Band started playing through the bar's soundsystem. Upon hearing the opening line "I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead", bassist Pete Agnew suggested 'Nazareth' and the band agreed. The rest, they say, is history.

Volbeat

Danish rockers Volbeat took their name from the 1997 studio album 'Vol.Beat' by singer Michael Poulsen's previous band, the death metal act Dominus.

The Rolling Stones

Founder and original band leader Brian Jones gave The Rolling Stones their moniker after the 1950 Muddy Waters track 'Rollin' Stone'. The fledgling group played their first show as The Rolling Stones on 12th July 1962, at the famous Marquee Club in London.

Sepultura

The idea of former guitarist, singer and co-founding band member Max Cavalera, the Brazilian metallers called themselves Sepultura, which is the Portuguese word for "grave". Max took inspiration from one of his favourite songs, Motörhead's 'Dancing On Your Grave.'

Radiohead

Founded in Oxford in mid-1980s, Radiohead were originally called On A Friday in reference to their music rehearsal day at Abingdon School. When they signed a six-album deal with EMI in 1991, the imprint implored them to change their name and they ultimately took their band name from the song 'Radio Head' from Talking Heads' 1986 album 'True Stories'.

Bad Brains

Washington DC punks Bad Brains named themselves after the Ramones track 'Bad Brain', which appears on their 1978 album 'Road To Ruin'.

Lady Gaga

Stefani Germanotta's stage name is derived from the Queen classic 'Radio Ga Ga'. Producer Rob Fusari claims to have been the person who coined 'Lady Gaga' in the mid-noughties when they worked together.

At The Drive-In

Influential post-hardcore noisemakers At The Drive-In got their moniker from a line in Poison's 1987 single 'Talk Dirty To Me' – "Cause baby we'll be / At the drive-in / In the old man's ford / Behind the bushes / Till I'm screamin' for more." The name was guitartist Jim Ward's suggestion shortly after the band former in 1993.

Seether

Formed in South Africa in 1999 as Saron Gas, the band ditched the name as their US label Wind-up Records noted its similarity to the toxic synthetic organophosphorus compound, sarin gas. Ultimately they settled on Seether after the 1994 Veruca Salt single 'Seether'.

The Sisters of Mercy

When they formed 40 years ago in Leeds, the gothic rockers took their name from the Leonard Cohen track 'Sisters of Mercy' from his seminal 1967 album 'Songs of Leonard Cohen.' The Sisters of Mercy took inspiration from Robert Altman's 1971 movie McCabe & Mrs Miller thats' soundtracked by three Leonard Cohen songs.

Stiff Little Fingers

Previously called Highway Star and The Fast, the Belfast punks eventually decided to call themselves Stiff Little Fingers after the 1977 Vibrators song of the same name.

Overkill

Wisely abandoning the prospective band name Virgin Killer (a nod to the Scorpions), New Jersey thrash metallers Overkill ultimately honoured their other musical heroes Motörhead by naming themselves after the trio's 1979 album 'Overkill' and the single of the same name.

Panic! at the Disco

Although many people erroneously think that Panic! at the Disco are named after The Smiths' song 'Panic' and its chorus of "burn down the disco", former band leader Brendon Urie has said in multiple interviews that they take their name from a track also called 'Panic' by Californian emo band Name Taken. The song's lyrics read: "Panic at the disco/Sat back and took it so slow/Are you nervous?/Are you shaking?".

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