Having landed on English soil earlier this year as guests on Tyketto‘s trip round the UK, Warrior Soul are returning to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their landmark album Drugs, God And The New Republic, with special guests Gypsy Pistoleros.
Formed in New York in 1987, Warrior Soul exploded onto the international rock scene with an incendiary fusion of hard rock, punk attitude and politically charged lyrics, fronted by the incomparable Kory Clarke. Landmark albums including Last Decade Dead Century, Drugs, God And The New Republic and Salutations From The Ghetto Nation earned the band a fiercely loyal worldwide following and a major-label deal with Geffen Records, cementing their reputation as one of rock’s most fearless and uncompromising acts. Nearly four decades on, they remain one of the most electrifying live bands on the planet.
Joining them are one of the UK’s most original, theatrical and genre-defying acts. Gypsy Pistoleros, whose latest album Dark Faerie Tales has been hailed by critics as their finest work to date, deal in a collision of swagger-drenched punk, gothic glamour, dark cabaret, flamenco flourishes, massive hooks and cinematic storytelling, proving that rock music doesn’t have to sound like everybody else.
For Gypsy Pistoleros, the invitation carries real weight. Warrior Soul have long been a major influence on the band, making this more than another run of dates. It’s a chance to share the stage with one of the defining underground rock acts of the last four decades.
The pairing promises one of 2026’s most explosive touring packages: two fiercely independent bands united by the same philosophy. Rock ‘n’ roll should challenge. Rock ‘n’ roll should surprise. Rock ‘n’ roll should never be vanilla. Expect danger, glamour, punk and theatre. Expect the unexpected.
WARRIOR SOUL/GYPSY PISTOLEROS UK TOUR DATES
18th Sept Holy Diver, Stockport
19th Sept The Face Bar, Reading
21st Sept 1865, Southampton
26th Sept Underworld, Camden
27th Sept The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
28th Sept The Cluny, Newcastle
29th Sept The Fulford Arms, York
30th Sept The Boiler Room, Guildford
1st Oct KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton
2nd Oct The Baths, Ipswich
4th Oct The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
GYPSY PISTOLEROS UK TOUR DATES
6–9 August – Rebellion Punk Festival, Blackpool Winter Gardens
3rd Oct – The Dreadnought Bathgate
10th Oct – The Giffard Wolves
24th Oct – Level 3 Swindon
31st Oct – The International Leicester
8th Nov – The Cluny Newcastle
