Following the release of her 2024 live CD and DVD album 20 Years of Blues Rock!, and her critically acclaimed 2025 studio album Smell The Roses, internationally acclaimed guitarist, and singer songwriter Erja Lyytinen has announced three UK concerts this coming November – Bridgewater, Bar Brunell (13th Nov , Tenby Blues Festival (14th Nov), and London, The Half Moon Putney (18th Nov).
To coincide with the news of her UK concerts, Lyytinen has just released a music video for ‘Going To Hell’ – The latest single taken from her Smell The Roses album.
“Going To Hell’ is one of my favourite songs from Smell The Roses,” said Lyytinen. “We decided to shoot a music video for the song where a dashing devil wreathed in flame amps up the passion. We had never used fire as an element in our music videos, and that made the video shoot especially thrilling!”
The guitarist continued, “The core message of the song comes to life in a visual format. The blues was once thought of as the devil’s music, and that notion is contrasted with the truth of the matter, that no one is superior or inferior to their fellow human beings, even if they’ve managed to convince themselves that they are.”
“So, without further ado, let’s play our way down to Hell!”
Coming on like Iron Maiden one minute and a maniacal waltz with dancing fiery licks the next, there’s the added melodrama of the kind served up by classic Arthur Brown and Alice Cooper in their schlock horror heydays during Erja Lyytinen’s new single ‘Going To Hell’. Having seen her perform this number live, I can vouch that it turns into of an awesome epic instrumentally.
The Smell The Roses album is available on CD and vinyl via, alongside various merchandise bundles, a selection of exclusive t-shirts and tote bag from her website.
Tickets for Erja Lyytinen‘s November UK dates available here.
