Black Stone Cherry
‘The Human Condition’ Digital Deluxe Edition With Bonus Tracks
Out Now
 
+ UK/European Tour Dates in 2021 and 2022
 

Black Stone Cherry have announced a deluxe digital edition of their 2020 album The Human Condition which includes an array of special bonus tracks.  The album is released via Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group and is available from today. The band will also be touring the UK in September this year and Europe in 2022.

As the world plummeted into the COVID-19 pandemic, the four members of Black Stone Cherry were nestled deep in the woods of Kentucky, scrambling to complete their 7^th album. There, they could feel the disease closing in as they watched the news daily, and it became apparent the album they were finishing featured lyrics that were eerily prescient. The resulting 13-track record is broadly emotive, and anthemic. It was finished just before the global lockdown was imposed, and it’s aptly titled, The Human Condition.
 
At the time of release they said, “there was a real urgency and fear of the unknown during those sessions—it was a scary time,” recalls drummer, John Fred Young. “Every song on this album tells a story of the experiences we all go through—our happiness, our struggles, and how we have to adapt.” Sonically, The Human Condition is also one of BSC’s most visceral and hooky albums. Adds guitarist/vocalist Ben Wells: “With this one, we cranked up the amps, the drums are in your face, and there are some really heavy riffs. After 19 years and 7 albums, we wanted to prove that we still kick ass. This album feels like a rebirth.”
 
The album has already amassed 30m streams and features the single Again, which itself has already had nearly 15m streams and is the bands’ first Top 15 hit on the Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart in the US since 2014s “Me and Mary Jane” as well as “In Love With The Pain,” “The Chain,” and “Ringin’ In My Head.” The deluxe release also includes songs from their Live From The Sky live stream show (“Again,” “Ringin’ In My Head” and “Ride”) and a Sirius XM live session of “In Love With The Pain” as well as two versions of Tracy Chapman classic “Give Me One Reason”, including their own muscular southern rock take on “Give Me One Reason (The Plug).”

2021 Tour Dates (UK, w/ Kris Barras Band)
 
Tickets available from: www.blackstonecherry.com
 
09 Sep     O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
10 Sep     O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
11 Sep     Engine Shed, Lincoln
13 Sep     Rock City, Nottingham
14 Sep     O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds – UK
16 Sep     O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester
17 Sep     Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
18 Sep     Usher Hall, Edinburgh
20 Sep     O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle
21 Sep     O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool
23 Sep     Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
24 Sep     Saint David’s Hall, Cardiff
25 Sep     University of Exeter Great Hall, Exeter
27 Sep     O2 Guildhall, Southampton
28 Sep     Corn Exchange, Cambridge
29 Sep     Royal Albert Hall, London UK
 

2022 Tour Dates (EU)
 
12 Sep     E-Werk, Erlangen – Germany
13 Sep     Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht – Netherlands
14 Sep     Markethalle, Hamburg – Germany
17 Sep     Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo – Norway
18 Sep     Debaser Hornstulls Strand, Stockholm – Sweden
19 Sep     Amager Bio, Copenhagen - Denmark
21 Sep     Metropol, Berlin - Germany
22 Sep     Arena Wien, Wien – Austria
23 Sep     Barba Negra, Budapest – Hungary
24 Sep     Tonhalle, Munich - Germany
26 Sep     Alcatraz, Milan – Italy
27 Sep     Komplex 457, Zurich – Switzerland
28 Sep     LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart – Germany
30 Sep     Santana 27, Bilbao – Spain
01 Oct     Razzmatazz, Barcelona – Spain
02 Oct     La Riviera, Madrid – Spain
04 Oct     Rocher De Palmer, Bordeaux - France
05 Oct     Trianon, Paris – France