Art company Studio54 have announced that a limited edition fine art print of Saxon's Crusader album will be made available. Paul Raymond Gregory is the artist. He's done the artwork on most of Saxon's albums, as well as some from bands such as Blind Guardian and Dio. The print is limited to 500 copies, and will cost £165.00 (including shipping and handling).

Visit www.studio54.co.uk for more information.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Saxon

When Saxon undertake their extensive tour of Europe next year, they will be joined with Power Metallers Masterplan and also Rose Tattoo. Masterplan and Rose Tattoo will be 'special guests' at every show, except 6th, 7th, 8th March (UK) and 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th March (Germany) where only Masterplan will be playing. Also some unamed guests will be playing at a few shows. The tour will start in February 2007 and will finish in mid-May.

For a full (long) list of Saxon Europe tour dates, visit Saxon's official website - www.saxon747.com

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Saxon
Event:	Saxon: European Tour

British heavy metallers, Saxon have lined up the following South American/Mexican tour dates supported by Stratovarius and After Forever and set to take place in October:

Oct. 07 - MEX - Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes / Live 'n' Louder Festival
Oct. 08 - MEX - Chihuahua El Quevedo (2)
Oct. 11 - ARG - Buenos Aires Teatro Flores (1)
Oct. 12 - ARG - Buenos Aires Teatro Flores (1)
Oct. 14 - BRA - Sao Paulo Arena Skol Anhembi / Live 'n' Louder Festival
Oct. 15 - BRA - Floroanopolis TBA

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Saxon

Blind Guardian, Saxon, Stratovarius, Grave Digger, Therion, Samael and Schandmaul have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to perform at the festival is the reunited Norwegian black metal band Immortal, who will make its only German appearance at Wacken.

The organizers of the festival also extended their thanks to "the fans for making Wacken 2006 the success that it was that caused Wacken to sell out for the first time ever!"

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Veteran NWOBH-metallists Saxon have announced an (extensive!) European tour schedule for 2007 and also some for this year, including the Live 'n' Louder Festival (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina).

Here are the 2006 dates:

18.06.2006 - Monsters of Rock - Festival - Zaragoza, Spain
24.06.2006 - Hellfest - Nantes, France
25.06.2006 - Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belguim
07.07.2006 - Ruisrock - Turku, Finland
08.07.2006 - Rock Sound Festival - Huttwil, Switzerland
16.07.2006 - Evolution Fest - Brescia, Italy
21.07.2006 - Earthshaker Fest - Kreuth, Germany
22.07.2006 - Festival - Villalba, Spain
29.07.2006 - Metalway Festival - Jerez, Spain
04.08.2006 - Monsters Of Rock Festival - Varna, Bulgaria
07.10.2006 - Palacio De Los Deportes - Live 'n' Louder Festival - Mexico City, Mexico
12.10.2006 - River Plate Stadium - Live 'n' Louder Festival - Buenos Aires, Argentina
14.10.2006 - Caninde - Live 'n' Louder Festival - Sao Paulo, Brazil
18.11.2006 - Zaal Maeckeblijde - Poperinge, Belgium

And here are 2007 dates:

28.02.2007 - Garage - Glasgow, UK
02.03.2007 - Spring & Airbrake - Belfast, UK
03.03.2007 - Temple Bar Music Centre - Dublin, Ireland
04.03.2007 - Academy 2 - Manchaster, UK
06.03.2007 - Civic Hall - Wolverhampton, UK
07.03.2007 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
08.03.2007 - Coal Exchange - Cardiff, UK
09.03.2007 - Astoria - London, UK
10.03.2007 - Hof Ter Lo - Antwerpen, Belguim
11.03.2007 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
13.03.2007 - LMH - Köln, Germany
14.03.2007 - Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle, Germany
15.03.2007 - Markthalle - Hamburg, Germany
16.03.2007 - Huxleys Neue Welt - Berlin, Germany
17.03.2007 - Werk 2 - Leipzig, Germany
18.03.2007 - Stadthalle - Lichtenfels, Germany
20.03.2007 - Longhorn / LKA - Stuttgart, Germany
21.03.2007 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
22.03.2007 - Havana Cafe - Toulouse, France
23.03.2007 - TBA, Spain
24.03.2007 - TBA, Spain
25.03.2007 - TBA, Spain
26.03.2007 - TBA, Spain
27.03.2007 - TBA, Spain
29.03.2007 - Transbordeur - Lyon, France
30.03.2007 - Elysee Montmartre - Paris, France
12.04.2007 - Garage - Saarbrücken, Germany
13.04.2007 - Stadthalle - Langen, Germany
14.04.2007 - Große Elser Halle - München, Germany
15.04.2007 - Alcatraz - Mailand, Italy
17.04.2007 - Alpheus - Rome, Italy
20.04.2007 - TBA - Athens, Greece
21.04.2007 - Idrogeios - Thessaloniki, Greece
22.04.2007 - TBA - Sofia, Bulgaria
24.04.2007 - SKC - Beograd, Serbia
25.04.2007 - Boogaloo Club - Zagreb, Croatia

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Source:	saxon747.com
Band profile:	Saxon

Nigel Glocker (drummer of Saxon) posted the following message in his official website:

"Just a quickie! - we're back out for a short pre-Christmas tour starting this Saturday 3rd December in Stockholm. Due to the US tour being postponed, we didn't waste anytime and spent a couple of weeks trying a few new song ideas out. After the Christmas and New Year break, we aim to get into "Serious Writing Mode" - obviously, this won't affect any touring schedules. Other news - went and saw Motorhead down in Southampton - once again , superb! Thanks to Phil, Lem, and Mikky for the hospitality! The support, 'In Flames', were great too!

On a final note, The Mad Men track, 'Cheers Murray'(aka 'Pit Stop'), is on the new 'They Think It's all over....' dvd. See you on the road."

Source:	nigelglockler.com
Band profile:	Saxon