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ERRA Announces Spring 2024 North American Tour

Prolific metalcore progressives ERRA will release their new album "Cure" , on April 5 via UNFD . Additionally, the band has announced its upcoming spring 2024 headline North American tour, with MAKE THEM SUFFER , VOID OF VISION and NOVELISTS as support. The tour kicks off on April 23 in Philly and runs through June 2 in New York.

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ERRA on tour with MAKE THEM SUFFER , VOID OF VISION and NOVELISTS :

Apr. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA ( buy tickets ) Apr. 24 - Baltimore, MD - Soundstage ( buy tickets ) Apr. 26 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl ( buy tickets ) Apr. 27 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Heaven) ( buy tickets ) Apr. 28 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City ( buy tickets ) Apr. 30 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution ( buy tickets ) May 01 - Tampa, FL - Jannus Live ( buy tickets ) May 03 - Houston, TX - Rise Rooftop ( buy tickets ) May 04 - Dallas, TX - South Side Music Hall ( buy tickets ) May 05 - San Antonio, TX - Vibes Event Center ( buy tickets ) May 07 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater ( buy tickets ) May 08 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues ( buy tickets ) May 10 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theater ( buy tickets ) May 11 - Santa Ana, CA - Observatory ( buy tickets ) May 12 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ( buy tickets ) May 13 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst ( buy tickets ) May 15 - Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades ( buy tickets ) May 17 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon ( buy tickets ) May 18 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater ( buy tickets ) May 20 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex ( buy tickets ) May 21 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall ( buy tickets ) May 23 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater ( buy tickets ) May 24 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater ( buy tickets ) May 25 - St. Louis, MO - Red Flag ( buy tickets ) May 26 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues ( buy tickets ) May 28 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrews Hall ( buy tickets ) May 29 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall ( buy tickets ) May 31 - Montreal, QC - Beanfield Theatre ( buy tickets ) Jun. 01 - Boston, MA - Paradise ( buy tickets ) Jun. 02 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza ( buy tickets )

"Cure" is ERRA 's sixth album and it highlights and expands on the forward-thinking sound and guitar-driven style that the band has built its reputation on. Following 2021's self-titled release, "Cure" is a stunning execution of both raw talent and surgical technicality. It's as emotional powerful as it is musically proficient, which is not an easy feat to achieve. Yet ERRA makes it look and sound easy. "Cure" is a sonic thrill ride — one that you hope will never end.

The "Cure" title track serves up plate-shifting grooves with intricate guitar work and alternately sung and screamed vocals that ooze with ominous tones.

" 'Cure' was one of the last songs we wrote for the records," says guitarist/vocalist Jesse Cash . "I had this groove riff that I was just so obsessed with, to the point that I wanted to stay with it for the full duration of the song. So even though the song stays in 4/4 for the most part, we're always staying locked into this dotted sequence of on rhythm guitars and kick, making the rhythm feel complex yet easy to latch onto as a listener. In the final breakdown section, we stay with this dotted sequence, but switch the time signature to 6/8 for a few bars, before reverting back to 4/4 to close out the song. These playful tinkerings with time signature serve as a suitable introduction to the approach we took with grooves throughout the whole record."

J.T. Cavey - Vocals Jesse Cash - Vocals + Guitars Conor Hesse - Bass Alex Ballew - Drums Clint Tustin - Guitar

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Hopefully it’s going to become a far more mainstream proposition in the near future, but at this point in time the underground sensation of modern heavy music is without a shadow of a doubt progressive metal. There are more and more bands with a predilection for ever changing tempos and time signatures crossed with guttural growls and breakdowns than ever before. While it may sound like underground music personified, the following it’s gotten in the past couple of years on both sides of the pond is growing at a rate of knots thanks to word of mouth, constant touring and some incredible music. Birmingham, Alabama’s very own ERRA are a band that personify the latter two aspects and are also one of the surprisingly few bands that are making the sound their own by expertly adding elements of death metal and post hardcore to the already potent brew. It’s a combination that leads to some incredible live shows with something for every fan of heavy music, beautiful melodic moments, ridiculously heavy drops and riffs to die for. They’re the complete package and the best part is that these guys live for what they do, whether they become the biggest name in metal history or not is beside the point, they will be playing whether ten or ten thousand people turn up to watch them. So with that in mind, there’s no excuse to miss them the next chance you get. Highly recommended.

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Rocked! They were so good, and I loved seeing them live. I live for them, and got to say hi to Jesse down in the merch area. It was so good, and awesome to see the band live. Jesse killed it when he was singing, his clean vocals are really awesome and JT rocked it as usual. JT’s screams are as solid on record as they are live. Sean was on point, and Conor was awesome as well as Alex. They did an amazing job, and expectations were high and they surpassed.

Every band at that show brought out an amazing energy in the crowd which was awesome to experience! It was my first time seeing Crystal Lake and Currents, they put on a phenomenal show and gained a new fan for sure. Erra and Northlane put on a tremendous show as well and the crowds energy was explosive for a venue of such a small size. Or so it felt small with how packed it was. All in all amazing show!!!

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ERRA 2024 Announce North American Tour

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In an electrifying announcement, ERRA is set to embark on a comprehensive North American tour, bringing with them a lineup of acclaimed bands: Make Them Suffer, Void Of Vision, and Novelists. This musical voyage is in celebration of their highly anticipated album "Cure," set to release in April, marking a new chapter for the band.

Tour Highlights

• Tour Launch : The journey kicks off in Philadelphia on April 23, setting the tone for an unforgettable series of performances.
• Tour Conclusion : The finale will take place in New York on June 2, wrapping up the spring tour on a high note.
• Album Celebration : The tour is in honor of ERRA's upcoming album "Cure," offering fans a live experience of the new material.
• Release Date : "Cure" will be available from April 5, via UNFD, adding to the anticipation of the tour.

A Glimpse into "Cure"

The title track "Cure" has already made waves, showcasing the band's innovative approach to music. Jesse Cash, the guitarist and vocalist of ERRA, shares insights into the creative process behind the song. Described as one of the last compositions for the album, Cash reveals his fascination with a particular groove riff, which became the song's foundation. This dedication to rhythm complexity, while maintaining listener accessibility, highlights the band's musical craftsmanship.

Musical Innovations

• Rhythmic Complexity : The track maintains a 4/4 time signature, engaging listeners with a dotted sequence rhythm on guitars and kick.
• Time Signature Play : In a breakdown section, the song briefly transitions to a 6/8 time signature, adding a layer of complexity before returning to 4/4.
• Creative Approach : These rhythmic experiments serve as an introduction to ERRA's innovative approach to grooves throughout "Cure."

ERRA's upcoming tour and album release represent a significant moment for the band and their fans. With a lineup of talented supporting acts and a fresh collection of tracks from "Cure," the tour promises to be a celebration of musical evolution and artistic expression. As the spring season unfolds, ERRA and their companions are set to deliver performances that will resonate across North America.

ERRA Tour Dates 2024

23 Philadelphia, PA — TLA 24 Baltimore, MD — Soundstage 26 Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl 27 Atlanta, GA — Masquerade (Heaven) 28 Birmingham, AL — Iron City 30 Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution

1 Tampa, FL — Jannus Live 3 Houston, TX — Rise Rooftop 4 Dallas, TX — South Side Music Hall 5 San Antonio, TX — Vibes Event Center 7 Albuquerque, NM — Sunshine Theater 8 Las Vegas, NV — House of Blues 10 Mesa, AZ — Nile Theater 11 Santa Ana, CA — Observatory 12 Los Angeles, CA — Echoplex 13 Santa Cruz, CA — Catalyst 15 Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades 17 Seattle, WA — El Corazon 18 Portland, OR — Roseland Theater 20 Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex 21 Denver, CO — Summit Music Hall 23 Lawrence, KS — Granada Theater 24 Minneapolis, MN — Varsity Theater 25 St. Louis, MO — Red Flag 26 Chicago, IL — House of Blues 28 Detroit, MI — Saint Andrews Hall 29 Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall 31 Montreal, QC — Beanfield Theatre

1 Boston, MA — Paradise 2 New York, NY — Irving Plaza

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ERRA announce North American tour with Make Them Suffer, Void Of Vision, Novelists

Following the release of new album Cure in April, ERRA will be touring across North America throughout spring.

ERRA have just announced a big North American tour with Make Them Suffer , Void Of Vision and Novelists .

The band will be hitting the road throughout spring in celebration of their upcoming album Cure, which is due out on April 5 via UNFD. And presumably we’ll be getting to hear plenty of that new material live on this tour – which kicks off in Philadelphia on April 23 and wraps up in New York on June 2 – including the recently-released title-track.

Speaking about Cure (the song) guitarist and vocalist Jesse Cash shared that it was “one of the last songs we wrote for the record. I had this groove riff that I was just so obsessed with, to the point that I wanted to stay with it for the full duration of the song. So even though the song stays in 4/4 for the most part, we’re always staying locked into this dotted sequence of on rhythm guitars and kick, making the rhythm feel complex yet easy to latch onto as a listener. In the final breakdown section, we stay with this dotted sequence, but switch the time signature to 6/8 for a few bars, before reverting back to 4/4 to close out the song.

“These playful tinkerings with time signature serve as a suitable introduction to the approach we took with grooves throughout the whole record.”

Catch ERRA, Make Them Suffer, Void Of Vision and Novelists at the following:

23 Philadelphia, PA — TLA 24 Baltimore, MD — Soundstage 26 Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl 27 Atlanta, GA — Masquerade (Heaven) 28 Birmingham, AL — Iron City 30 Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution

1 Tampa, FL — Jannus Live 3 Houston, TX — Rise Rooftop 4 Dallas, TX — South Side Music Hall 5 San Antonio, TX — Vibes Event Center 7 Albuquerque, NM — Sunshine Theater 8 Las Vegas, NV — House of Blues 10 Mesa, AZ — Nile Theater 11 Santa Ana, CA — Observatory 12 Los Angeles, CA — Echoplex 13 Santa Cruz, CA — Catalyst 15 Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades 17 Seattle, WA — El Corazon 18 Portland, OR — Roseland Theater 20 Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex 21 Denver, CO — Summit Music Hall 23 Lawrence, KS — Granada Theater 24 Minneapolis, MN — Varsity Theater 25 St. Louis, MO — Red Flag 26 Chicago, IL — House of Blues 28 Detroit, MI — Saint Andrews Hall 29 Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall 31 Montreal, QC — Beanfield Theatre

1 Boston, MA — Paradise 2 New York, NY — Irving Plaza

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ERRA announce their North American tour to celebrate the release of their new album Cure , which will be released on April 5 via UNFD.

The band will be supported by none other than Make Them Suffer, Void Of Vision, and Novelists. Also, the tour kicks off in Philadelphia on April 23 and ends in New York on June 2. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 9 at 10 am local time, with VIP tickets available now while stocks last. Get your ticket from the band’s official website .

Talking about the latest title track, Cure , the band’s frontman said:

“It was one of the last songs we wrote for the record. I had this groove riff that I was just so obsessed with, to the point that I wanted to stay with it for the full duration of the song. So even though the song stays in 4/4 for the most part, we’re always staying locked into this dotted sequence of on rhythm guitars and kick, making the rhythm feel complex yet easy to latch onto as a listener. “In the final breakdown section, we stay with this dotted sequence, but switch the time signature to 6/8 for a few bars, before reverting back to 4/4 to close out the song. These playful tinkerings with time signature serve as a suitable introduction to the approach we took with grooves throughout the whole record.”

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ERRA, Make Them Suffer, Void Of Vision & Novelists Announce North American Tour

A spring North American headlining tour is in the cards for progressive metalcore band ERRA . That Birmingham, AL-based  group, who will be releasing their new album “ Cure ” on April 05th, set their sights internationally for openers on this trek.

Booked to share the stage with them are Australians Make Them Suffer and Void Of Vision and French band Novelists . Tickets will be up this Friday, February 09th at 10:00am local time.

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May 9-12: Paris, La Défense Arena

May 17-19: Stockholm, Sweden, Friends Arena

May 24-30: Lisbon, Portugal, Estadio Da Luz

June 2-3: Lyon, France, Groupama Stadium

June 7-9: Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium

June 13-15: Liverpool, U.K., Anfield Stadium

June 18: Cardiff, Wales, Principality Stadium

June 21-23: London, Wembley Stadium

June 28-30: Dublin, Aviva Stadium

July 4-6: Amsterdam, Johan Cruijff Arena

July 9-10: Zurich, Switzerland, Stadion Letzigrund Zurich

July 13-14: Milan, Italy, San Siro Stadium

July 17-19: Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Veltins-Arena

July 23-24: Hamburg, Germany, Volksparkstadion

July 27-28: Munich, Germany, Olympiastadion

August 1-3: Warsaw, Poland, PGE Narodowy

August 8-10: Vienna, Austria, Ernst-Happel-Stadion

August 15-17, August 19-20: London, Wembley Stadium

October 18-20: Miami, Hard Rock Stadium

October 25-27: New Orleans, Caesars Superdome

November 1-3: Indianapolis, Indiana, Lucas Oil Stadium

November 14-16, November 21-23: Toronto, Canada, Rogers Centre

December 6-8: Vancouver, Canada, BC Place

Taylor Swift The Eras Tour: Dates, Ticket Prices, Openers, On-Sale Info, and Everything We Know So Far

Start planning your ticket strategy now, because Taylor Swift is officially going on tour in 2023.

As many fans suspected, Taylor is embarking on tour in support of the many albums she's released since 2017's Reputation and its tour in 2018, including Lover , evermore , folklore , Midnights and all the Taylor's Version re-records . Because that's a lot to pack into one tour, Taylor has cleverly titled her latest trip around the United States the "Eras Tour," and in her own words, it's been "a long time coming." (And if you're overseas, don't worry — she'll be heading your way too!)

Taylor shared the big news on Instagram with a pic of the tour poster, which features images from Fearless, Lover , and Red, among several others. "I’m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!)" she wrote. "The first leg of the tour will be in stadiums across the US, with international dates to be announced as soon as we can!" Below, find out everything you need to know about Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour.

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When does The Eras Tour kickoff?

Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour will kickoff in Glendale, Arizona on March 18 and wrap on August 5 in Los Angeles. If you live near a major U.S. city, you're in luck, as she's stopping at some of the biggest stadiums in the nation, including Atlanta, Nashville, Philadelphia, Chicago and Seattle.

Who are the openers for The Eras Tour?

Taylor will be bringing some of her friends along for the ride as special guests on The Eras Tour! Paramore, Phoebe Bridgers , Girl in Red, Haim, MUNA, Gracie Abrams, beabadoobee, Gayle, and Owenn will join her at specific stops along the four-month tour.

When are tickets for The Eras Tour going on sale?

Taylor has partnered with Ticketmaster's Verified Fan program for The Eras Tour. Fans can register here for the Verified Fan presale from November 1 to November 9 at 11:59 p.m. ET. According to the tour press release, registered fans who receive a code will have exclusive access to purchase tickets on Tuesday, November 15 starting at 10 a.m. their local venue time. If you or a family member are a Capital One cardholder, you can also get exclusive presale tickets — you'll have priority access to buy tix on November 15 at 2 p.m. local venue time until 10 p.m. on November 17, or until tickets last.

Ticket prices will range from $49 up to $449, and VIP packages will start at $199 up to $899 on a first come, first served basis. If you were previously a Lover Fest Verified Fan purchaser, you'll receive preferred access to participate in the presale. Public on-sale of The Era Tour tickets will begin on Friday, November 18 at 10 a.m. local venue time. Get ready!

What are the tour dates for The Eras Tour?

March 18: Glendale, AZ — State Farm Stadium (With Paramore and GAYLE)

March 25: Las Vegas, NV — Allegiant Stadium (With beabadoobee and GAYLE)

April 1: Arlington, TX — AT&T Stadium (With beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams)

April 2: Arlington, TX — AT&T Stadium (With beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams)

April 14: Tampa, FL — Raymond James Stadium (With beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams)

April 15: Tampa, FL — Raymond James Stadium (With beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams)

April 22: Houston, TX — NRG Stadium (With beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams)

April 28: Atlanta, GA — Mercedes-Benz Stadium (With beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams)

April 29: Atlanta, GA — Mercedes-Benz Stadium (With beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams)

May 5:  Nashville, TN — Nissan Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Abrams)

May 6:  Nashville, TN — Nissan Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and GAYLE)

May 12: Philadelphia, PA — Lincoln Financial Field (With Phoebe Bridgers and GAYLE)

May 13: Philadelphia, PA — Lincoln Financial Field (With Phoebe Bridgers and GAYLE)

May 14: Philadelphia, PA — Lincoln Financial Field (With Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Abrams)

May 19: Foxborough, MA — Gillette Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and GAYLE)

May 20: Foxborough, MA — Gillette Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and GAYLE)

May 21: Foxborough, MA — Gillette Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Abrams)

May 26: East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and GAYLE)

May 27: East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Abrams)

May 28: East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium (With Phoebe Bridgers and OWENN)

June 2: Chicago, IL — Soldier Field (With girl in red and OWENN)

June 3: Chicago, IL — Soldier Field (With girl in red and OWENN)

June 10: Detroit, MI — Ford Field (With girl in red and OWENN)

June 17: Pittsburgh, PA — Acrisure Stadium (With girl in red and OWENN)

June 24: Minneapolis, MN — U.S. Bank Stadium (With girl in red and OWENN)

July 1: Cincinnati, OH — Paycor Stadium (With MUNA and Gracie Abrams)

July 8: Kansas City, MO — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium (With MUNA and Gracie Abrams)

July 15: Denver, CO — Empower Field at Mile High (With MUNA and Gracie Abrams)

July 22: Seattle, WA — Lumen Field (With HAIM and Gracie Abrams)

July 23: Seattle, WA — Lumen Field (With HAIM and Gracie Abrams)

July 28: Santa Clara, CA — Levi’s® Stadium (With HAIM and Gracie Abrams)

July 29: Santa Clara, CA — Levi’s® Stadium (With HAIM and Gracie Abrams)

August 3: Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium (With HAIM and Gracie Abrams)

August 4: Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium (With HAIM and OWENN)

August 5: Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium (With HAIM and GAYLE)

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Mobsters and Lobsters is a trolley tour around Boston that melds the mystique of mobsters with the decadence of lobsters. Husband and wife team Tom and Tori Collins run the tour out of a big blue trolley. Starting in the North End and winding through Boston’s historic streets, learning bits of history along the way. The final stop is for a lobster dinner at the Venezia restaurant.

"It was spiralling out of control. You find yourself in some dodgy situations waiting outside train stations at three in the morning": How Orange Goblin's Ben Ward turned his life around

With their frontman now slimmed down and sobered up, Orange Goblin’s new album Science, Not Fiction is similarly fat-free, ferocious and muscular

In January 2023, Orange Goblin frontman Ben Ward cut off his hair. The dark, arse-length locks that he’d flung around for 30 years, while spurting mouthfuls of beer and roaring into the faces of happy metalheads at Orange Goblin gigs, were no more. The end of an era had come. 

“The main reason was because it was really getting in my way at the gym!” he says in softly spoken tones, accompanied by a chuckle. “It got annoying to the point where I was like: “You know what? I’m just gonna shave my head.’” 

This is not something you’d have heard from Ben Ward in the past. Sitting in the local boozer he rarely frequents, near his home in North West London, Ward has now gone 796 days without a drink. Six-foot-six of muscle and tattoos in his Carcass T-shirt, shorts and hoodie, he nurses an alcohol-free Peroni and chats about his workout routine: four days a week in the local gym at 5.30am (his wife works there as a personal trainer), upper body days, leg days, 10,000 steps a day, macro-friendly meals. You’ll hear it in the propulsive chops and tunes of Science, Not Fiction , Orange Goblin’s first new album in six years. 

“There’s no downside to looking after yourself, is there?” he muses. “I’m fifty this year and I feel fitter and stronger than ever before, which is great. I fit into the trousers I haven’t worn since my teens!” 

He takes out his phone and shows us an ‘I’m Sober’ app, which reveals that he’s saved a staggering £23,890 and nearly two million calories in the last 796 days. He’s bought a nicer house. He went on holiday. He realised that he loved walking (with podcasts and albums playing in his ears), and found a sense of community at the gym not unlike the rock and metal world he still loves. Now he’s even looking seriously into bodybuilding. It’s a remarkable turnaround for a man who in his twenties was told by doctors that his liver was twice as bad as the late, great footballer George Best’s. 

“I think by fifty-five I’ll be entering the seniors’ competitions,” he enthuses. “I’ve always had a big frame, I’ve always been athletic… So yeah, I’m gonna give it a go.”

With Ward off the sauce he notoriously imbibed for so long, and the arrival of new bassist Harry Armstrong, you’d be forgiven for wondering how different the band will feel. As Science, Not Fiction confirms, not very. The lyrics strike some fresh notes – tied up with the sci-fi vibes of their roots – but the familiar Orange Goblin tropes are all there: the ferocity, the fun, the headbanger-blues riffage from guitarist Joe Hoare, the heavy, psychedelic, groovy flavours of Black Sabbath , Motörhead and Pink Floyd . 

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It helps that their new bassist is an old friend, who coined the ‘Orange fucking Goblin, baby!’ battle cry so synonymous with the band and all who sail in it. Now, though, it’s filtered through a singer newly curious about the world. It’s made for some interesting band debates, not least with drummer Chris Turner, who has a degree in astrophysics. 

“I’ve discovered myself, basically,” a smiling Ward says. “I used to be quite closed off to the idea of conspiracy theories, spirituality and stuff like that. Now I’ve opened my mind a bit. I find it really refreshing.” 

It all began in lockdown. One of many agents laid off by his old employers, United Talent Agency, Ward found himself stuck at home with a decent severance package and nothing to do. He started drinking heavily. The bear-like, ‘happy drunk’ tone of his stage persona took a darker turn. 

“When I started drinking a lot, it meant I had to put a call in and order some coke,” he sighs. “And then a one-night session turned into four- or five-day sessions. It was spiralling out of control. You find yourself in some dodgy situations waiting outside train stations at three in the morning. So I… [pauses] And it weren’t just the health impacts. I’d become really sort of aggressive and depressed and bloated, a hundred and thirty kilos, really unfit and unhealthy. It was affecting my relationship with my wife, with the band…” 

Everything came to a head when he and his wife had a major bust-up. Seeing how much he’d upset her, Ward knew that he had to step up. “I looked at myself in the mirror, and didn’t really like what was looking back at me. I was like: ‘This isn’t working.’ And, you know, I’ve got nothing to prove. I had thirty years of doing that, I had some great times and had some wild parties and everything along the way. But I needed to make a change.”

To understand Ward’s relationship with alcohol – and in turn his leonine stage self – it helps to go back to his formative years. Raised in his parents’ pub in Ramsgate, drinking a lot seemed normal. At grammar school he liked sports, history and languages. He loved football but was put on rugby teams with older kids, on account of his size. Plans to join the RAF as an engineer were thrown by an offer from Queens Park Rangers FC, when he was 15. Soon after, he found heavy metal. This was in the 90s; excess was the norm. 

“I used to be really shy,” he admits. “I probably still am, to a certain extent. I think that’s why alcohol was like a revelation to me, when I discovered that it brought out this… not showman, but a more extroverted, extravagant person.” 

Thus his Jekyll & Hyde-esque character was born, leaning into age-old rock-star archetypes that still linger in the outlooks of many in the industry. In previous interviews, Ward hailed the revelry of Lemmy and lamented the lack of “danger” in younger bands. 

Sober, he has a more nuanced, updated perspective: “You’re expected to have long hair, you’re expected to wear denim and leather. That’s cool to a certain extent, but it’s not necessarily true. You can still be heavy metal or rock’n’roll in your core; you don’t have to be dressed the same as everybody else. It puts the focus back on the music – that’s what you should judge a band on.” 

Still, now he’s no longer emulating Lemmy in the lifestyle stakes, does he view him in a different light? 

“Not at all. I still admire his music, his intellect, I admire him as a lyricist and vocalist. Everybody does things they regret, whether it’s drink or drugs or other things. I’m not here to be judgemental. I’m just doing what I think is right for myself and my family.” 

So far it’s paying off. His booking agency is doing well. His marriage is flourishing, as is his relationship with his son (from a previous partner). On recent Orange Goblin tours in Germany and Japan, he went out for early-morning walks while his bandmates slept off hangovers. 

But on stage he’s still Ben Ward. Still towering. Still pumped. Still gladiatorial. “When I stopped drinking, I wondered whether I’d be able to go on stage and do what I do,” he admits. “Then I realised actually, there is this natural adrenaline.” 

And that’s just it. Rock’n’roll shouldn’t be about following a dress code. As Ward says, it’s in your core – long hair or shaved head, drinking or not. “We don’t take ourselves too seriously,” he says, “we never have. But I do feel that Orange Goblin are where we are because, at the crux of it, we’re a fucking good band.” 

Science, Not Fiction is out on now via Peaceville. Orange Goblin’s UK & Ireland tour begins on October 4. Get tickets .

Polly is deputy editor at Classic Rock magazine, where she writes and commissions regular pieces and longer reads (including new band coverage), and has interviewed rock's biggest and newest names. She also contributes to Louder, Prog and Metal Hammer and talks about songs on the 20 Minute Club podcast. Elsewhere she's had work published in The Musician, delicious. magazine and others, and written biographies for various album campaigns. In a previous life as a women's magazine junior she interviewed Tracey Emin and Lily James – and wangled Rival Sons into the arts pages. In her spare time she writes fiction and cooks.

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As Oasis break the internet to announce their reunion shows, we take a look at the guitars that have powered Noel Gallagher’s career, and how likely they are to make an appearance on the Oasis ’25 tour.

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“The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.” With those words Oasis , one of the biggest and most influential guitar bands of the last 30 years, announced that, despite everything, they’d be reforming in 2025 for a series of anniversary gigs to mark the 30th anniversary of their seminal, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? album.

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There were few bands more important than Oasis in the 1990s, and there are few more influential guitarists to come out of the latter half of that decade than Noel Gallagher . In the 15 years since they broke up, it seemed impossible for Noel or his little brother Liam to get in front of a microphone without their drama – which ultimately led to Oasis’s downfall in 2009 – gaining a fresh chapter, but the tabloid stuff often eclipses a deeper truth.

Noel – both in Oasis and in later years with his High Flying Birds – is a truly brilliant songwriter, and a guitarist with a rare gift for melody and memorable lines. He’s an unapologetic rock star in the most traditional sense – uncompromising, opinionated and never more in his element than when he’s playing his timeless songs to thousands of people joyfully singing along.

There are few guitarists of the last 30 years to have inspired more people to pick up the instrument – and no doubt 2025’s reunion shows will inspire a new generation. But what will Noel be using to bring Oasis’s stellar back catalogue back to life after all this time? Below we chart the varied and interesting guitars that he used to weave his magic, and debate how likely they are to make an appearance when Oasis step out onto the Principality Stadium stage in Cardiff on 4 July 2025.

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Oasis came to define British working class music in the 90s, and so it stands to reason that when they first started out, the gear at their disposal was pretty humble. In fact as the band went into record their seismic debut album Definitely Maybe , Noel’s primary guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul Standard.

That guitar had been Noel’s weapon of choice as Oasis made a name for themselves on the UK toilet circuit, was used in writing and demo sessions prior to the album’s recording, and then prominently featured in the video for the band’s first single, Supersonic  – it’s currently up for auction and expected to fetch as much as £80,000.

But for the album itself, Noel needed a proper Les Paul, but as Noel was still unemployed at the time, he certainly couldn’t afford one – enter another Mancunian guitar legend. Johnny Marr had become friends with Gallagher in the years prior, and the former Smiths man let him borrow his beautiful 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard that had previously been owned by Pete Townshend of The Who.

Marr is famously not precious about his instruments, and apparently neither was Noel – the guitar was used on Slide Away and Live Forever  before he managed to break the guitar’s neck. Such is the generosity of the man, Marr duly loaned him another guitar from his collection – a black Les Paul Custom (which Gibson released as a limited edition signature model last year ) – while it was in for repair.

Interestingly, while the guitar was getting its neck repaired, it turned out that the neck wasn’t an original Gibson one – you’d imagine famous gear-smasher Townshend might have had something to do with that – but once it was fixed it came back to Noel. And there it stayed – Marr never asked for the guitar back, and Gallagher still owns it to this day – regularly using it in the studio.

Another notable Noel Les Paul was probably his most unique – a silver-sparkle finished Custom Shop one-off with F-holes that he somewhat hyperbolically once described as “the best guitar in the world” when he got it in 1997. Despite this bold claim, it was used as a touring guitar for a couple of years but never became one of his primary instruments, and has been sold at auction several times in the last few years.

Noel hasn’t been much of a Les Paul man since the 90s however, leaning far more into Gibson semi-hollows in the decades since, so we think it’s pretty unlikely – though not impossible – that he leans on a single-cut during the reunion shows. It almost certainly won’t be the  actual Epiphone if he does want to throw it back to the old days, however, as that’s due to go up for auction later this year .

If you’re looking to capture the vibe of the Definitely Maybe era, you’re spoiled for choice with plenty of great Epiphone Les Paul Standard options that probably sound better than Noel’s did in 1994, while the Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s will get you even closer.

The Epiphone Hollowbody Era

While both Noel and fellow Oasis guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs had owned Epiphone hollowbodies in the Definitely Maybe era (Noel’s appears on the record, while Bonehead can be seen using his live while Noel was still using his Les Paul), it would be during the writing and recording of the follow-up – the epoch-defining (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? album that they truly embraced the sound.

Part of this was because of Noel’s deep love of the Beatles of course, who remain the poster boys for Epiphone hollowbody guitars to this day. But while Paul, George and, especially, John were great lovers of the Casino model, Noel and Bonehead ended up buying themselves Riviera models – with full-sized humbuckers rather than P-90s.

The Riviera would be the springboard to a period where Gallagher was rarely seen without an Epiphone hollowbody, and he still owns both his original and Bonehead’s Rivieras today. What’s more this guitar would be the springboard to Noel’s most recognisable guitar a Sheraton II modded with a Union Jack paintjob, Frequensator tailpiece and mini-humbuckers.

That guitar spawned Noel’s first ever signature model, dubbed the Supernova. This was effectively a Sheraton but with a tune-o-matic tailpiece and full-sized Epiphone humbuckers – it was available in Union Jack finish, or the more reserved options of red or his beloved Manchester City blue. The guitar was available between 1997 and 2005, but there’s scant evidence that Noel ever actually used it, because by this point his heart had been captured by another instrument…

The good news on the Epiphone front is that the Riviera and Sheraton are still in production today, there’s even a Gallagher signature Riviera that Epiphone launched last year .

Given that the reunion shows are marking the 30th Anniversary of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? there’s a fair chance that we’ll see the Rivieras pulled out of storage – some of Noel’s Epiphones were recently featured in a museum exhibit so tracking them down shouldn’t be hard. And surely the iconic Union Jack Sheraton will arrive to throw things back to the pomp and glory of 1997 and Maine Road?

His True Love, The ES-355

In 1997 Noel Gallagher bought himself a cherry 1960 Gibson ES-355 and promptly fell in love. It became one of his primary writing and recording guitars, but felt that it was “too nice” to let it go out on the road. Then, in the mid-2000s he realised he didn’t want to leave this guitar at home and it quickly became his number one guitar on tour as well.

By the time Oasis reached their explosive climax in 2009, Noel was rarely seen on stage without one of his platoon of similar 60s Gibson ES guitars in cherry red – including a different ES-355 that would prove to have a key part to play in the band’s dénouement.

So the legend goes, an argument between the two brothers at a show in Paris in August 2009 ended up with Liam wielding the 355 “like an axe” and ultimately smashing the guitar in the course of the dispute. Within hours Noel had quit the band and Oasis was over.

As much as losing a Golden Era Gibson must have stung Noel, he must have been quietly relieved that it wasn’t his number one 355 that felt Liam’s wrath – the guitar has continued to be a constant companion throughout his post-Oasis career, and Gibson even issued a ultra detailed signature replica of the guitar created by the Murphy Lab – but they were $9,999 and just 200 were made. The destroyed 355 ended up being repaired and restored, and was sold at auction for €385,500 in 2022 .

At the more realistic end of the market while you won’t find any non-Custom Shop Gibsons with a Varitone control like Noel’s, the Gibson Standard line ES-335 and 345 models are very good guitars, while at the more affordable end of the spectrum, the Epiphone Inspired By ES-355 is a wonderful guitar for the money.

As sure as anything else in this article however, you can bet your bottom dollar that these guitars will form the bedrock of Noel’s guitar choices for the reunion shows – they were his mainstays in the last days of Oasis, and have become even more essential to him in the intervening 15 years.

Strats, Jazzmasters and more

Gallagher has been one of the most visible users of Gibson and Epiphone guitars in pop over the last two decades, but as an undeniable guitar nut he’s been spotted using a huge array of electrics over the years.

Despite once jokingly claiming that “I’m not sure one should be seen in public with a white Stratocaster”, Noel has quietly used Strats for a long time – not least a 1965 model that he again borrowed from Marr and used on songs like, Wonderwall  and Don’t Look Back In Anger .

Noel has also used various Telecasters and Esquires over the years, and in recent years has become something of a Jazzmaster fan, regularly using both a modded Fender American Professional model as well as some J-style offsets made by respected boutique luthier Bill Nash.

We don’t imagine that any of these instruments makes an appearance for the reunion shows however – Noel’s Oasis pomp was powered almost exclusively by Gibson-style guitars in a live setting, and it would both look and sound a little strange to see him trot out something Fender-y with Oasis.

Noel’s Acoustics

When it comes to Noel’s acoustic moments, we’re again primarily talking about Gibsons, and specifically Gibson Jumbos. In the early days, Gallagher started out on an Epiphone EJ-200 and then moved on to its Gibson counterparts, the J-150 and J-200. The only difference between a J-150 and a J-200 is that a J-200 has binding on the neck and headstock, and a J-150 does not, so sonically, they’re about as close as you can get.

But it’s the more humble J-150 that has been Noel’s favourite acoustic for the last two decades – a guitar that can easily be identified by a bootleg adidas sticker above the fingerboard on the guitar’s body. Gibson made a signature version of this guitar in 2021 but again it was limited to just 200 pieces .

There’s little doubt that that J-150 and its stablemates will be a key plank of the reunion shows – from Wonderwall to Half The World Away , some of Oasis’ most powerful and beloved tunes are driven by acoustic, and it would be hugely surprising to see Noel use anything else.

The good news about most of Gallagher’s gear is that broadly speaking he doesn’t mod his guitars too much, so if you track down a generic version of said instrument, you’ll probably get quite close to his sound. There are various Gibson J-150 and Epiphone J-200 models that will do the job here if you’re on a budget.

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Sverdlovsk Oblast and Yekaterinburg are located near the center of Russia, at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and also the southern and northern parts of Russia. Winters are longer and colder than in western section of European Russia. Snowfalls can be heavy. Winter temperatures occasionally drop as low as - 40 degrees C (-40 degrees F) and the first snow usually falls in October. A heavy winter coat, long underwear and good boots are essential. Snow and ice make the sidewalks very slippery, so footwear with a good grip is important. Since the climate is very dry during the winter months, skin moisturizer plus lip balm are recommended. Be alert for mud on street surfaces when snow cover is melting (April-May). Patches of mud create slippery road conditions.

Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg (kilometer 1818 on the Trans-Siberian Railway) is the fourth largest city in Russia, with of 1.5 million and growth rate of about 12 percent, high for Russia. Located in the southern Ural mountains, it was founded by Peter the Great and named after his wife Catherine, it was used by the tsars as a summer retreat and is where tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed and President Boris Yeltsin lived most of his life and began his political career. The city is near the border between Europe and Asia.

Yekaterinburg (also spelled Ekaterinburg) is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains in the headwaters of the Iset and Pyshma Rivers. The Iset runs through the city center. Three ponds — Verkh-Isetsky, Gorodskoy and Nizhne-Isetsky — were created on it. Yekaterinburg has traditionally been a city of mining and was once the center of the mining industry of the Urals and Siberia. Yekaterinburg remains a major center of the Russian armaments industry and is sometimes called the "Pittsburgh of Russia.". A few ornate, pastel mansions and wide boulevards are reminders of the tsarist era. The city is large enough that it has its own Metro system but is characterized mostly by blocky Soviet-era apartment buildings. The city has advanced under President Vladimir Putin and is now one of the fastest growing places in Russia, a country otherwise characterized by population declines

Yekaterinburg is technically an Asian city as it lies 32 kilometers east of the continental divide between Europe and Asia. The unofficial capital of the Urals, a key region in the Russian heartland, it is second only to Moscow in terms of industrial production and capital of Sverdlovsk oblast. Among the important industries are ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, machine building and metalworking, chemical and petrochemicals, construction materials and medical, light and food industries. On top of being home of numerous heavy industries and mining concerns, Yekaterinburg is also a major center for industrial research and development and power engineering as well as home to numerous institutes of higher education, technical training, and scientific research. In addition, Yekaterinburg is the largest railway junction in Russia: the Trans-Siberian Railway passes through it, the southern, northern, western and eastern routes merge in the city.

Accommodation: There are two good and affordable hotels — the 3-star Emerald and Parus hotels — located close to the city's most popular landmarks and main transport interchanges in the center of Yekaterinburg. Room prices start at RUB 1,800 per night.

History of Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg was founded in 1723 by Peter the Great and named after his wife Catherine I. It was used by the tsars as a summer retreat but was mainly developed as metalworking and manufacturing center to take advantage of the large deposits of iron and other minerals in the Ural mountains. It is best known to Americans as the place where the last Tsar and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918 and near where American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Gary Powers, was shot down in 1960.

Peter the Great recognized the importance of the iron and copper-rich Urals region for Imperial Russia's industrial and military development. In November 1723, he ordered the construction of a fortress factory and an ironworks in the Iset River Valley, which required a dam for its operation. In its early years Yekaterinburg grew rich from gold and other minerals and later coal. The Yekaterinburg gold rush of 1745 created such a huge amount of wealth that one rich baron of that time hosted a wedding party that lasted a year. By the mid-18th century, metallurgical plants had sprung up across the Urals to cast cannons, swords, guns and other weapons to arm Russia’s expansionist ambitions. The Yekaterinburg mint produced most of Russia's coins. Explorations of the Trans-Baikal and Altai regions began here in the 18th century.

Iron, cast iron and copper were the main products. Even though Iron from the region went into the Eiffel Tower, the main plant in Yekaterinburg itself was shut down in 1808. The city still kept going through a mountain factory control system of the Urals. The first railway in the Urals was built here: in 1878, the Yekaterinburg-Perm railway branch connected the province's capital with the factories of the Middle Urals.

In the Soviet era the city was called Sverdlovsk (named after Yakov Sverdlov, the man who organized Nicholas II's execution). During the first five-year plans the city became industrial — old plants were reconstructed, new ones were built. The center of Yekaterinburg was formed to conform to the historical general plan of 1829 but was the layout was adjusted around plants and factories. In the Stalin era the city was a major gulag transhipment center. In World War II, many defense-related industries were moved here. It and the surrounding area were a center of the Soviet Union's military industrial complex. Soviet tanks, missiles and aircraft engines were made in the Urals. During the Cold War era, Yekaterinburg was a center of weapons-grade uranium enrichment and processing, warhead assembly and dismantlement. In 1979, 64 people died when anthrax leaked from a biological weapons facility. Yekaterinburg was a “Closed City” for 40 years during the Cold Soviet era and was not open to foreigners until 1991

In the early post-Soviet era, much like Pittsburgh in the 1970s, Yekaterinburg had a hard struggle d to cope with dramatic economic changes that have made its heavy industries uncompetitive on the world market. Huge defense plants struggled to survive and the city was notorious as an organized crime center in the 1990s, when its hometown boy Boris Yeltsin was President of Russia. By the 2000s, Yekaterinburg’s retail and service was taking off, the defense industry was reviving and it was attracting tech industries and investments related to the Urals’ natural resources. By the 2010s it was vying to host a world exhibition in 2020 (it lost, Dubai won) and it had McDonald’s, Subway, sushi restaurants, and Gucci, Chanel and Armani. There were Bentley and Ferrari dealerships but they closed down

Transportation in Yekaterinburg

Getting There: By Plane: Yekaterinburg is a three-hour flight from Moscow with prices starting at RUB 8,000, or a 3-hour flight from Saint Petersburg starting from RUB 9,422 (direct round-trip flight tickets for one adult passenger). There are also flights from Frankfurt, Istanbul, China and major cities in the former Soviet Union.

By Train: Yekaterinburg is a major stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Daily train service is available to Moscow and many other Russian cities.Yekaterinburg is a 32-hour train ride from Moscow (tickets RUB 8,380 and above) or a 36-hour train ride from Saint Petersburg (RUB 10,300 and above). The ticket prices are round trip for a berth in a sleeper compartment for one adult passenger). By Car: a car trip from Moscow to Yekateringburg is 1,787 kilometers long and takes about 18 hours. The road from Saint Petersburg is 2,294 kilometers and takes about 28 hours.

Regional Transport: The region's public transport includes buses and suburban electric trains. Regional trains provide transport to larger cities in the Ural region. Buses depart from Yekaterinburg’s two bus stations: the Southern Bus Station and the Northern Bus Station.

Regional Transport: According the to Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT): “Public transportation is well developed. Overcrowding is common. Fares are low. Service is efficient. Buses are the main form of public transport. Tram network is extensive. Fares are reasonable; service is regular. Trams are heavily used by residents, overcrowding is common. Purchase ticket after boarding. Metro runs from city center to Uralmash, an industrial area south of the city. Metro ends near the main railway station. Fares are inexpensive.

“Traffic is congested in city center. Getting around by car can be difficult. Route taxis (minivans) provide the fastest transport. They generally run on specific routes, but do not have specific stops. Drivers stop where passengers request. Route taxis can be hailed. Travel by bus or trolleybuses may be slow in rush hour. Trams are less affected by traffic jams. Trolley buses (electric buses) cannot run when temperatures drop below freezing.”

Entertainment, Sports and Recreation in Yekaterinburg

The performing arts in Yekaterinburg are first rate. The city has an excellent symphony orchestra, opera and ballet theater, and many other performing arts venues. Tickets are inexpensive. The Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater is lavishly designed and richly decorated building in the city center of Yekaterinburg. The theater was established in 1912 and building was designed by architect Vladimir Semyonov and inspired by the Vienna Opera House and the Theater of Opera and Ballet in Odessa.

Vaynera Street is a pedestrian only shopping street in city center with restaurants, cafes and some bars. But otherwise Yekaterinburg's nightlife options are limited. There are a handful of expensive Western-style restaurants and bars, none of them that great. Nightclubs serve the city's nouveau riche clientele. Its casinos have closed down. Some of them had links with organized crime. New dance clubs have sprung up that are popular with Yekaterinburg's more affluent youth.

Yekaterinburg's most popular spectator sports are hockey, basketball, and soccer. There are stadiums and arenas that host all three that have fairly cheap tickets. There is an indoor water park and lots of parks and green spaces. The Urals have many lakes, forests and mountains are great for hiking, boating, berry and mushroom hunting, swimming and fishing. Winter sports include cross-country skiing and ice skating. Winter lasts about six months and there’s usually plenty of snow. The nearby Ural Mountains however are not very high and the downhill skiing opportunities are limited..

Sights in Yekaterinburg

Sights in Yekaterinburg include the Museum of City Architecture and Ural Industry, with an old water tower and mineral collection with emeralds. malachite, tourmaline, jasper and other precious stone; Geological Alley, a small park with labeled samples of minerals found in the Urals region; the Ural Geology Museum, which houses an extensive collection of stones, gold and gems from the Urals; a monument marking the border between Europe and Asia; a memorial for gulag victims; and a graveyard with outlandish memorials for slain mafia members.

The Military History Museum houses the remains of the U-2 spy plane shot down in 1960 and locally made tanks and rocket launchers. The fine arts museum contains paintings by some of Russia's 19th-century masters. Also worth a look are the History an Local Studies Museum; the Political History and Youth Museum; and the University and Arboretum. Old wooden houses can be seen around Zatoutstovsya ulitsa and ulitsa Belinskogo. Around the city are wooded parks, lakes and quarries used to harvest a variety of minerals. Weiner Street is the main street of Yekaterinburg. Along it are lovely sculptures and 19th century architecture. Take a walk around the unique Literary Quarter

Plotinka is a local meeting spot, where you will often find street musicians performing. Plotinka can be described as the center of the city's center. This is where Yekaterinburg holds its biggest events: festivals, seasonal fairs, regional holiday celebrations, carnivals and musical fountain shows. There are many museums and open-air exhibitions on Plotinka. Plotinka is named after an actual dam of the city pond located nearby (“plotinka” means “a small dam” in Russian).In November 1723, Peter the Great ordered the construction of an ironworks in the Iset River Valley, which required a dam for its operation. “Iset” can be translated from Finnish as “abundant with fish”. This name was given to the river by the Mansi — the Finno-Ugric people dwelling on the eastern slope of the Northern Urals.

Vysotsky and Iset are skyscrapers that are 188.3 meters and 209 meters high, respectively. Fifty-story-high Iset has been described by locals as the world’s northernmost skyscraper. Before the construction of Iset, Vysotsky was the tallest building of Yekaterinburg and Russia (excluding Moscow). A popular vote has decided to name the skyscraper after the famous Soviet songwriter, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. and the building was opened on November 25, 2011. There is a lookout at the top of the building, and the Vysotsky museum on its second floor. The annual “Vysotsky climb” (1137 steps) is held there, with a prize of RUB 100,000. While Vysotsky serves as an office building, Iset, owned by the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, houses 225 premium residential apartments ranging from 80 to 490 square meters in size.

Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center

The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center (in the city center: ul. Yeltsina, 3) is a non-governmental organization named after the first president of the Russian Federation. The Museum of the First President of Russia as well as his archives are located in the Center. There is also a library, educational and children's centers, and exposition halls. Yeltsin lived most of his life and began his political career in Yekaterinburg. He was born in Butka about 200 kilometers east of Yekaterinburg.

The core of the Center is the Museum. Modern multimedia technologies help animate the documents, photos from the archives, and artifacts. The Yeltsin Museum holds collections of: propaganda posters, leaflets, and photos of the first years of the Soviet regime; portraits and portrait sculptures of members of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of various years; U.S.S.R. government bonds and other items of the Soviet era; a copy of “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, published in the “Novy Mir” magazine (#11, 1962); perestroika-era editions of books by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Vasily Grossman, and other authors; theater, concert, and cinema posters, programs, and tickets — in short, all of the artifacts of the perestroika era.

The Yeltsin Center opened in 2012. Inside you will also find an art gallery, a bookstore, a gift shop, a food court, concert stages and a theater. There are regular screenings of unique films that you will not find anywhere else. Also operating inside the center, is a scientific exploritorium for children. The center was designed by Boris Bernaskoni. Almost from the its very opening, the Yeltsin Center has been accused by members of different political entities of various ideological crimes. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00am to 9:00pm.

Where Nicholas II was Executed

On July, 17, 1918, during this reign of terror of the Russian Civil War, former-tsar Nicholas II, his wife, five children (the 13-year-old Alexis, 22-year-old Olga, 19-year-old Maria and 17-year-old Anastasia)the family physician, the cook, maid, and valet were shot to death by a Red Army firing squad in the cellar of the house they were staying at in Yekaterinburg.

Ipatiev House (near Church on the Blood, Ulitsa Libknekhta) was a merchant's house where Nicholas II and his family were executed. The house was demolished in 1977, on the orders of an up and coming communist politician named Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin later said that the destruction of the house was an "act of barbarism" and he had no choice because he had been ordered to do it by the Politburo,

The site is marked with s cross with the photos of the family members and cross bearing their names. A small wooden church was built at the site. It contains paintings of the family. For a while there were seven traditional wooden churches. Mass is given ay noon everyday in an open-air museum. The Church on the Blood — constructed to honor Nicholas II and his family — was built on the part of the site in 1991 and is now a major place of pilgrimage.

Nicholas and his family where killed during the Russian civil war. It is thought the Bolsheviks figured that Nicholas and his family gave the Whites figureheads to rally around and they were better of dead. Even though the death orders were signed Yakov Sverdlov, the assassination was personally ordered by Lenin, who wanted to get them out of sight and out of mind. Trotsky suggested a trial. Lenin nixed the idea, deciding something had to be done about the Romanovs before White troops approached Yekaterinburg. Trotsky later wrote: "The decision was not only expedient but necessary. The severity of he punishment showed everyone that we would continue to fight on mercilessly, stopping at nothing."

Ian Frazier wrote in The New Yorker: “Having read a lot about the end of Tsar Nicholas II and his family and servants, I wanted to see the place in Yekaterinburg where that event occurred. The gloomy quality of this quest depressed Sergei’s spirits, but he drove all over Yekaterinburg searching for the site nonetheless. Whenever he stopped and asked a pedestrian how to get to the house where Nicholas II was murdered, the reaction was a wince. Several people simply walked away. But eventually, after a lot of asking, Sergei found the location. It was on a low ridge near the edge of town, above railroad tracks and the Iset River. The house, known as the Ipatiev House, was no longer standing, and the basement where the actual killings happened had been filled in. I found the blankness of the place sinister and dizzying. It reminded me of an erasure done so determinedly that it had worn a hole through the page. [Source: Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, August 3, 2009, Frazier is author of “Travels in Siberia” (2010)]

“The street next to the site is called Karl Liebknecht Street. A building near where the house used to be had a large green advertisement that said, in English, “LG—Digitally Yours.” On an adjoining lot, a small chapel kept the memory of the Tsar and his family; beneath a pedestal holding an Orthodox cross, peonies and pansies grew. The inscription on the pedestal read, “We go down on our knees, Russia, at the foot of the tsarist cross.”

Books: The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie (Random House, 1995); The Fall of the Romanovs by Mark D. Steinberg and Vladimir Khrustalëv (Yale, 1995);

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Execution of Nicholas II

According to Robert Massie K. Massie, author of Nicholas and Alexandra, Nicholas II and his family were awakened from their bedrooms around midnight and taken to the basement. They were told they were to going to take some photographs of them and were told to stand behind a row of chairs.

Suddenly, a group of 11 Russians and Latvians, each with a revolver, burst into the room with orders to kill a specific person. Yakob Yurovsky, a member of the Soviet executive committee, reportedly shouted "your relatives are continuing to attack the Soviet Union.” After firing, bullets bouncing off gemstones hidden in the corsets of Alexandra and her daughters ricocheted around the room like "a shower of hail," the soldiers said. Those that were still breathing were killed with point black shots to the head.

The three sisters and the maid survived the first round thanks to their gems. They were pressed up against a wall and killed with a second round of bullets. The maid was the only one that survived. She was pursued by the executioners who stabbed her more than 30 times with their bayonets. The still writhing body of Alexis was made still by a kick to the head and two bullets in the ear delivered by Yurovsky himself.

Yurovsky wrote: "When the party entered I told the Romanovs that in view of the fact their relatives continued their offensive against Soviet Russia, the Executive Committee of the Urals Soviet had decided to shoot them. Nicholas turned his back to the detachment and faced his family. Then, as if collecting himself, he turned around, asking, 'What? What?'"

"[I] ordered the detachment to prepare. Its members had been previously instructed whom to shoot and to am directly at the heart to avoid much blood and to end more quickly. Nicholas said no more. he turned again to his family. The others shouted some incoherent exclamations. All this lasted a few seconds. Then commenced the shooting, which went on for two or three minutes. [I] killed Nicholas on the spot."

Nicholas II’s Initial Burial Site in Yekaterinburg

Ganina Yama Monastery (near the village of Koptyaki, 15 kilometers northwest of Yekaterinburg) stands near the three-meter-deep pit where some the remains of Nicholas II and his family were initially buried. The second burial site — where most of the remains were — is in a field known as Porosyonkov (56.9113628°N 60.4954326°E), seven kilometers from Ganina Yama.

On visiting Ganina Yama Monastery, one person posted in Trip Advisor: “We visited this set of churches in a pretty park with Konstantin from Ekaterinburg Guide Centre. He really brought it to life with his extensive knowledge of the history of the events surrounding their terrible end. The story is so moving so unless you speak Russian, it is best to come here with a guide or else you will have no idea of what is what.”

In 1991, the acid-burned remains of Nicholas II and his family were exhumed from a shallow roadside mass grave in a swampy area 12 miles northwest of Yekaterinburg. The remains had been found in 1979 by geologist and amateur archeologist Alexander Avdonin, who kept the location secret out of fear that they would be destroyed by Soviet authorities. The location was disclosed to a magazine by one his fellow discovers.

The original plan was to throw the Romanovs down a mine shaft and disposes of their remains with acid. They were thrown in a mine with some grenades but the mine didn't collapse. They were then carried by horse cart. The vats of acid fell off and broke. When the carriage carrying the bodies broke down it was decided the bury the bodies then and there. The remaining acid was poured on the bones, but most of it was soaked up the ground and the bones largely survived.

After this their pulses were then checked, their faces were crushed to make them unrecognizable and the bodies were wrapped in bed sheets loaded onto a truck. The "whole procedure," Yurovsky said took 20 minutes. One soldiers later bragged than he could "die in peace because he had squeezed the Empress's -------."

The bodies were taken to a forest and stripped, burned with acid and gasoline, and thrown into abandoned mine shafts and buried under railroad ties near a country road near the village of Koptyaki. "The bodies were put in the hole," Yurovsky wrote, "and the faces and all the bodies, generally doused with sulfuric acid, both so they couldn't be recognized and prevent a stink from them rotting...We scattered it with branches and lime, put boards on top and drove over it several times—no traces of the hole remained.

Shortly afterwards, the government in Moscow announced that Nicholas II had been shot because of "a counterrevolutionary conspiracy." There was no immediate word on the other members of the family which gave rise to rumors that other members of the family had escaped. Yekaterinburg was renamed Sverdlov in honor of the man who signed the death orders.

For seven years the remains of Nicholas II, Alexandra, three of their daughters and four servants were stored in polyethylene bags on shelves in the old criminal morgue in Yekaterunburg. On July 17, 1998, Nicholas II and his family and servants who were murdered with him were buried Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg along with the other Romanov tsars, who have been buried there starting with Peter the Great. Nicholas II had a side chapel built for himself at the fortress in 1913 but was buried in a new crypt.

Near Yekaterinburg

Factory-Museum of Iron and Steel Metallurgy (in Niznhy Tagil 80 kilometers north of Yekaterinburg) a museum with old mining equipment made at the site of huge abandoned iron and steel factory. Officially known as the Factory-Museum of the History of the Development of Iron and Steel Metallurgy, it covers an area of 30 hectares and contains a factory founded by the Demidov family in 1725 that specialized mainly in the production of high-quality cast iron and steel. Later, the foundry was renamed after Valerian Kuybyshev, a prominent figure of the Communist Party.

The first Russian factory museum, the unusual museum demonstrates all stages of metallurgy and metal working. There is even a blast furnace and an open-hearth furnace. The display of factory equipment includes bridge crane from 1892) and rolling stock equipment from the 19th-20th centuries. In Niznhy Tagil contains some huge blocks of malachite and

Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha (180 kilometers east-northeast of Yekaterinburg) has an open air architecture museum with log buildings, a stone church and other pre-revolutionary architecture. The village is the creation of Ivan Samoilov, a local activist who loved his village so much he dedicated 40 years of his life to recreating it as the open-air museum of wooden architecture.

The stone Savior Church, a good example of Siberian baroque architecture. The interior and exterior of the church are exhibition spaces of design. The houses are very colorful. In tsarist times, rich villagers hired serfs to paint the walls of their wooden izbas (houses) bright colors. Old neglected buildings from the 17th to 19th centuries have been brought to Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha from all over the Urals. You will see the interior design of the houses and hear stories about traditions and customs of the Ural farmers.

Verkhoturye (330 kilometers road from Yekaterinburg) is the home a 400-year-old monastery that served as 16th century capital of the Urals. Verkhoturye is a small town on the Tura River knows as the Jerusalem of the Urals for its many holy places, churches and monasteries. The town's main landmark is its Kremlin — the smallest in Russia. Pilgrims visit the St. Nicholas Monastery to see the remains of St. Simeon of Verkhoturye, the patron saint of fishermen.

Ural Mountains

Ural Mountains are the traditional dividing line between Europe and Asia and have been a crossroads of Russian history. Stretching from Kazakhstan to the fringes of the Arctic Kara Sea, the Urals lie almost exactly along the 60 degree meridian of longitude and extend for about 2,000 kilometers (1,300 miles) from north to south and varies in width from about 50 kilometers (30 miles) in the north and 160 kilometers (100 miles) the south. At kilometers 1777 on the Trans-Siberian Railway there is white obelisk with "Europe" carved in Russian on one side and "Asia" carved on the other.

The eastern side of the Urals contains a lot of granite and igneous rock. The western side is primarily sandstone and limestones. A number of precious stones can be found in the southern part of the Urals, including emeralds. malachite, tourmaline, jasper and aquamarines. The highest peaks are in the north. Mount Narodnaya is the highest of all but is only 1884 meters (6,184 feet) high. The northern Urals are covered in thick forests and home to relatively few people.

Like the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States, the Urals are very old mountains — with rocks and sediments that are hundreds of millions years old — that were one much taller than they are now and have been steadily eroded down over millions of years by weather and other natural processes to their current size. According to Encyclopedia Britannica: “The rock composition helps shape the topography: the high ranges and low, broad-topped ridges consist of quartzites, schists, and gabbro, all weather-resistant. Buttes are frequent, and there are north–south troughs of limestone, nearly all containing river valleys. Karst topography is highly developed on the western slopes of the Urals, with many caves, basins, and underground streams. The eastern slopes, on the other hand, have fewer karst formations; instead, rocky outliers rise above the flattened surfaces. Broad foothills, reduced to peneplain, adjoin the Central and Southern Urals on the east.

“The Urals date from the structural upheavals of the Hercynian orogeny (about 250 million years ago). About 280 million years ago there arose a high mountainous region, which was eroded to a peneplain. Alpine folding resulted in new mountains, the most marked upheaval being that of the Nether-Polar Urals...The western slope of the Urals is composed of middle Paleozoic sedimentary rocks (sandstones and limestones) that are about 350 million years old. In many places it descends in terraces to the Cis-Ural depression (west of the Urals), to which much of the eroded matter was carried during the late Paleozoic (about 300 million years ago). Found there are widespread karst (a starkly eroded limestone region) and gypsum, with large caverns and subterranean streams. On the eastern slope, volcanic layers alternate with sedimentary strata, all dating from middle Paleozoic times.”

Southern Urals

The southern Urals are characterized by grassy slopes and fertile valleys. The middle Urals are a rolling platform that barely rises above 300 meters (1,000 feet). This region is rich in minerals and has been heavily industrialized. This is where you can find Yekaterinburg (formally Sverdlovsk), the largest city in the Urals.

Most of the Southern Urals are is covered with forests, with 50 percent of that pine-woods, 44 percent birch woods, and the rest are deciduous aspen and alder forests. In the north, typical taiga forests are the norm. There are patches of herbal-poaceous steppes, northem sphagnous marshes and bushy steppes, light birch forests and shady riparian forests, tall-grass mountainous meadows, lowland ling marshes and stony placers with lichen stains. In some places there are no large areas of homogeneous forests, rather they are forests with numerous glades and meadows of different size.

In the Ilmensky Mountains Reserve in the Southern Urals, scientists counted 927 vascular plants (50 relicts, 23 endemic species), about 140 moss species, 483 algae species and 566 mushroom species. Among the species included into the Red Book of Russia are feather grass, downy-leaved feather grass, Zalessky feather grass, moccasin flower, ladies'-slipper, neottianthe cucullata, Baltic orchis, fen orchis, helmeted orchis, dark-winged orchis, Gelma sandwart, Krasheninnikov sandwart, Clare astragalus.

The fauna of the vertebrate animals in the Reserve includes 19 fish, 5 amphibian and 5 reptile. Among the 48 mammal species are elks, roe deer, boars, foxes, wolves, lynxes, badgers, common weasels, least weasels, forest ferrets, Siberian striped weasel, common marten, American mink. Squirrels, beavers, muskrats, hares, dibblers, moles, hedgehogs, voles are quite common, as well as chiropterans: pond bat, water bat, Brandt's bat, whiskered bat, northern bat, long-eared bat, parti-coloured bat, Nathusius' pipistrelle. The 174 bird bird species include white-tailed eagles, honey hawks, boreal owls, gnome owls, hawk owls, tawny owls, common scoters, cuckoos, wookcocks, common grouses, wood grouses, hazel grouses, common partridges, shrikes, goldenmountain thrushes, black- throated loons and others.

Activities and Places in the Ural Mountains

The Urals possess beautiful natural scenery that can be accessed from Yekaterinburg with a rent-a-car, hired taxi and tour. Travel agencies arrange rafting, kayaking and hiking trips. Hikes are available in the taiga forest and the Urals. Trips often include walks through the taiga to small lakes and hikes into the mountains and excursions to collect mushrooms and berries and climb in underground caves. Mellow rafting is offered in a relatively calm six kilometer section of the River Serga. In the winter visitor can enjoy cross-mountains skiing, downhill skiing, ice fishing, dog sledding, snow-shoeing and winter hiking through the forest to a cave covered with ice crystals.

Lake Shartash (10 kilometers from Yekaterinburg) is where the first Ural gold was found, setting in motion the Yekaterinburg gold rush of 1745, which created so much wealth one rich baron of that time hosted a wedding party that lasted a year. The area around Shartash Lake is a favorite picnic and barbecue spot of the locals. Getting There: by bus route No. 50, 054 or 54, with a transfer to suburban commuter bus route No. 112, 120 or 121 (the whole trip takes about an hour), or by car (10 kilometers drive from the city center, 40 minutes).

Revun Rapids (90 kilometers road from Yekaterinburg near Beklenishcheva village) is a popular white water rafting places On the nearby cliffs you can see the remains of a mysterious petroglyph from the Paleolithic period. Along the steep banks, you may notice the dark entrance of Smolinskaya Cave. There are legends of a sorceress who lived in there. The rocks at the riverside are suited for competitive rock climbers and beginners. Climbing hooks and rings are hammered into rocks. The most fun rafting is generally in May and June.

Olenii Ruchii National Park (100 kilometers west of Yekaterinburg) is the most popular nature park in Sverdlovsk Oblast and popular weekend getaway for Yekaterinburg residents. Visitors are attracted by the beautiful forests, the crystal clear Serga River and picturesque rocks caves. There are some easy hiking routes: the six-kilometer Lesser Ring and the 15-kilometer Greater Ring. Another route extends for 18 km and passes by the Mitkinsky Mine, which operated in the 18th-19th centuries. It's a kind of an open-air museum — you can still view mining an enrichment equipment here. There is also a genuine beaver dam nearby.

Among the other attractions at Olenii Ruchii are Druzhba (Friendship) Cave, with passages that extend for about 500 meters; Dyrovaty Kamen (Holed Stone), created over time by water of Serga River eroding rock; and Utoplennik (Drowned Man), where you can see “The Angel of Sole Hope”., created by the Swedish artist Lehna Edwall, who has placed seven angels figures in different parts of the world to “embrace the planet, protecting it from fear, despair, and disasters.”

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Text Sources: Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation (official Russia tourism website russiatourism.ru ), Russian government websites, UNESCO, Wikipedia, Lonely Planet guides, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, AFP, Yomiuri Shimbun and various books and other publications.

Updated in September 2020

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