Black Star Riders, the Anglo American rockers featuring Ricky Warwick (lead vocals/guitar), Robert Crane (bass guitar) and drummer Zak St. John, have announced the replacement for Stone Sour/Corey Taylor guitarist Christian Martucci, who parted the band earlier this year.
Sam Wood, from Wayward Sons, joins the band and his first dates will be the UK shows this coming weekend in London (the band’s label Earache’s 35th Anniversary party) and Trecco Bay in South Wales for Planet Rockstock.
Ricky Warwick: “I first saw Sam back in 2019 when Wayward Sons were guests to Black Star Riders and I was absolutely blown away! I had Sam join me for some Fighting Hearts dates a few months back and knew he was the guy for us. If ever there was a new GUITAR HERO waiting in the wings, then it’s Sam! Black Star Riders have had some of the World’s finest guitar players in their ranks and Sam is truly up there as one of them. We couldn’t be happier!”
The line-up for the two aforementioned shows together with the 10TH anniversary UK tour in February 2023, will see Black Star Riders welcome back guitarist Scott Gorham and original drummer Jimmy DeGrasso for the celebrations.
The band’s forthcoming album Wrong Side Of Paradise is released January 20 2023 on Earache records.
