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Biff Byford, singer for NWOBHM icons Saxon, has been scheduled for emergency surgery, prompting the cancelation of 10 concerts. "Saxon were so looking forward to performing at all the below summer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Quinn performs onstage with Saxon British heavy metal veterans Saxon have announced that guitarist Paul Quinn will step down ...

In the beginning, heavy metal rocker band Saxon outpaced even the legendary Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. Fans, who will remember Saxon's 1980 "Wheels of Steel," can see Saxon May 21 at the Brown ...

Saxon have canceled what remained of their European "Seize the Day World Tour" dates because vocalist Biff Byford caught COVID-19 on the road, the English heavy metal band said in a statement on ...

For those of a certain generation who like their music hard and heavy, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) represented a special era of music that leaned heavily into instrumental virtuosity, ...

8/28 Umea, SWE – Skeppsbron (w/ The Halo Effect & Insomnium) 8/29 Uppsala, SWE – Fyrishov (w/ The Halo Effect & Insomnium) 8/30 Huskvarna, SWE – Folkets Park (w/ The Halo Effect & Insomnium) ...

For all the promise already shown by Maiden, Leppard and many other hungry young bands taking the British Isles by storm, Saxon sounded like men among the boys. And for good reason. Nearly 10 years ...

Let us now pay respect (well, a little) to Saxon, the not-so-great lost hope of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, which propelled Def Leppard and Iron Maiden to stardom in the early 1980s.