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BRMC release the first full length studio album with new drummer on their own label, Abstract Dragon.

Robyn Chelsea-Seifert

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Thrashing blues alt rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have confirmed the release date of their upcoming fifth album "Beat The Devil's Tattoo" via their website. The first full length studio album on the band's own Abstract Dragon label comes out March 9th in the US and Canada, March 8th for the UK/Europe/Japan/Australia territories and March 16th in Germany.  
  
"Beat The Devil's Tattoo" was written and recorded in Philadelphia at the Basement Studio where the band scored big in 2005 with there third album "Howl."  
  
According to bass player Robert Been, "We lived and breathed this record for 6 months out in one the coldest Philadelphia winters in history. Every track on there was frozen to our bones, and chipped off one sliver at a time.The album marks drummer Leah Shapiro's first recording with the band when after years of drama and erratic behavior due to drug addiction, original drummer, Nick Jago left the band. If you are eager to hear new material you can catch their exclusive single, "Done All Wrong" off the "Twilight: New Moon" soundtrack also featuring Muse, Bon Iver, The Killers and Death Cab For Cutie.  
  
BMRC will headline a tour throughout North America, UK and Europe, kicking off in Sacramento, CA, February 26. Pre-sale tickets for U.S. shows will start Wednesday, December 2. UK and Europe shows go on sale April 12 unless otherwise noted. The following is a list of tour dates for North America and Europe:  
  
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR  
  
February 26 Sacramento, CA Harlow's  
February 27 Reno, NV Knitting Factory  
February 28 Las Vegas, NV Wasted Space @ Hard Rock Hotel  
March 2 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre  
March 4 Boise, ID Knitting Factory  
March 5 Seattle, WA Showbox Market  
March 6 Vancouver, B.C. Commodore  
March 7 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom  
March 9 San Francisco, CA Slim's  
March 13 San Diego, CA House of Blues  
March 14 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex  
March 18 Dallas, TX House of Blues  
March 20 Houston, TX House of Blues  
March 21 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom  
March 23 St. Louis, MO Pageant  
March 24 Madison, WA High Noon  
March 25 Chicago, IL Metro  
March 26 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom  
March 27 Minneapolis, MN First Ave.  
March 30 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall  
March 31 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues  
April 1 Toronto, ONT Phoenix  
April 2 Montreal, QC La Tulipe  
April 3 Boston, MA House of Blues  
April 5 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club  
April 6 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts  
April 7 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small's Theatre  
April 8 New York, NY Webster Hall  
  
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB UK & EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR  
  
April 16 Glasgow, UK ABC  
April 17 Whitehaven, UK Civic Hall  
April 19 Newcastle, UK University  
April 20 Manchester, UK Ritz  
April 21 Leamington, UK Spa Assembly  
April 22 Southampton, UK Uni  
April 23 London, UK Forum  
April 24 Nottingham, UK Rock City  
April 26 Leeds, UK AcademyvApril 27 Liverpool, UK Academy  
April 28 Wolves, UK Wulfun Hall  
April 29 Brighton, UK Concorde 2  
May 1 Copenhagen, DK Vega (on sale 8.12.09)  
May 2 Hamburg, DE Markthalle (on sale 30.11.09)  
May 3 Cologne, DE Essigfabrik (on sale 30.11.09)  
May 4 Berlin, DE Postbahnoff (on sale 30.11.09)  
May 5 Munich, DE Backstage Werk (on sale 30.11.09)  
May 7 Milan, IT Magazzini Generali (on sale TBA)  
May 8 Bologna, IT Estragon (on sale TBA)  
May 9 Rome, IT Piper (on sale TBA)  
May 11 Clermont, FR Ferrand Coop De Mai (on sale 2.12.09)  
May 12 Paris, FR Bataclan (on sale 2.12.09)  
May 13 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso (on sale 5.12.09)  
May 14 Belgium Les Nuits Festival, Marquee (on sale TBA)  
May 15 Switzerland Longirock (on sale TBA)  
May 17 Vienna, AT Arena