Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Set to Release 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set Of Their Seminal Album ‘Howl’ on January 30th 2026
- Desh Kapur
- Nov 18
- 5 min read
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Set to Release 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set Of Their Seminal Album ‘Howl’ on January 30th 2026
Band Tour UK & Europe Through November & December 2025
Originally released in 2005, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s 3rd album, ‘Howl’ was an unexpected curveball from the band’s previous releases. Gone was the guitar-driven, reverb-and-white noise that characterised their sound and saw them embracing folk, blues and gospel-inspired songs. Now it is due to be re-released on January 30th 2026 via PIAS.
It will be available as a Deluxe Box set, a 2x vinyl LP set, and a single CD, and is available to pre-order HERE now. Listen/stream HERE.
At the time it reached No 7 in Q Magazine’s ‘Highest Rated Albums Of 2005, as well as receiving positive reviews from the world’s press.
NME said “Steeped in country, folk and gospel, ‘Howl’ is a primitive cry from the heart of a distant Americana… (the album) finds them both experimental (an autoharp, piano, trombone and timpani all feature alongside the usual guitar and harmonica) and reflective (“I’ve seen the battle and I’ve seen the war/ And the life I have here is the life I’ve been sold” – ‘Devil’s Waitin’’);
The Guardian noted that “The songwriting and performances (on Howl) are consistently gripping”
Spin thought that “Bruce Springsteen stripped down his songs to reflect his pessimistic journey through the badlands; BRMC’s scaled-back sound is reflective of a group that’s come out on the other side of that trip and doesn’t want to hide behind feedback any longer”
Howl 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set
3LP (white vinyl) containing:
Original Howl studio album
Howl Sessions
5 previously unheard demos & alternate mixes of Howl songs
Photobook containing:
Over a hundred previously unseen photos from the Howl era, from the original Howl photoshoot
The original handwritten lyrics for each of the Howl studio album songs
Poster featuring Howl era photos
Howl 2LP
The original Howl studio album
Black Vinyl
Howl CD
Original studio album
BRMC - Robert Levon Been — Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Peter Hayes— Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Vocals and Leah Shapiro — Drums, Backing Vocals, Percussion – have just wrapped their US tour, and are bringing their 22-date headline tour to the UK and Europe, their first since 2017, which sees them playing Copenhagen, Denmark on 18th November and London, UK on December 17th as well as 7 other countries, see all dates below
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB HOWL 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES:
Nov 2025
Tue 18 Denmark, Copenhagen Grey Hall SOLD OUT
Wed 19 Denmark, Aarhus Train
Fri 21 Germany, Rolling Stone Beach, Weissenhäuser Strand (near Lubeck)
Sun 23 Germany, Berlin Astra Kulturhaus SOLD OUT
Mon 24 Germany, Munich Muffathalle SOLD OUT
Wed 26 Italy, Milan Fabrique
Thu 27 Switzerland, Zurich Xtra
Sat 29 Luxembourg Den Atelier SOLD OUT
Sun 30 Germany, Cologne - get-in from midday
Dec 2025
Tue 2 France Rouen Le 106 SOLD OUT
Wed 3 France Lyon Transbordeur
Thu 4 France Nantes Carriere
Sat 6 Belgium Antwerp Roma
Sun 7 Belgium, Liege OM
Mon 8 Netherlands Amsterdam Paradiso SOLD OUT
Tue 9 France, Paris Olympia
Thu 11 UK, Glasgow O2 Academy
Fri 12 UK, Manchester Academy SOLD OUT
Sat 13 UK, Leeds O2 Academy
Mon 15 UK, Nottingham Rock City
Tue 16 UK, Bristol O2 Academy OR Birmingham O2 Institute
Wed 17 UK, London Troxy
* Support on all dates are Night Beat
Originally released in 2005, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s 3rd album, ‘Howl’ was an unexpected curveball from the band’s previous releases. Gone was the guitar-driven, reverb-and-white noise that characterised their sound and saw them embracing folk, blues and gospel-inspired songs. Now it is due to be re-released on January 30th 2026 via PIAS.
It will be available as a Deluxe Box set, a 2x vinyl LP set, and a single CD, and is available to pre-order HERE now. Listen/stream HERE.
At the time it reached No 7 in Q Magazine’s ‘Highest Rated Albums Of 2005, as well as receiving positive reviews from the world’s press.
NME said “Steeped in country, folk and gospel, ‘Howl’ is a primitive cry from the heart of a distant Americana… (the album) finds them both experimental (an autoharp, piano, trombone and timpani all feature alongside the usual guitar and harmonica) and reflective (“I’ve seen the battle and I’ve seen the war/ And the life I have here is the life I’ve been sold” – ‘Devil’s Waitin’’);
The Guardian noted that “The songwriting and performances (on Howl) are consistently gripping”
Spin thought that “Bruce Springsteen stripped down his songs to reflect his pessimistic journey through the badlands; BRMC’s scaled-back sound is reflective of a group that’s come out on the other side of that trip and doesn’t want to hide behind feedback any longer”
Howl 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set
3LP (white vinyl) containing:
Original Howl studio album
Howl Sessions
5 previously unheard demos & alternate mixes of Howl songs
Photobook containing:
Over a hundred previously unseen photos from the Howl era, from the original Howl photoshoot
The original handwritten lyrics for each of the Howl studio album songs
Poster featuring Howl era photos
Howl 2LP
The original Howl studio album
Black Vinyl
Howl CD
Original studio album
BRMC - Robert Levon Been — Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Peter Hayes— Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Vocals and Leah Shapiro — Drums, Backing Vocals, Percussion – have just wrapped their US tour, and are bringing their 22-date headline tour to the UK and Europe, their first since 2017, which sees them playing Copenhagen, Denmark on 18th November and London, UK on December 17th as well as 7 other countries, see all dates below
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB HOWL 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES:
Nov 2025
Tue 18 Denmark, Copenhagen Grey Hall SOLD OUT
Wed 19 Denmark, Aarhus Train
Fri 21 Germany, Rolling Stone Beach, Weissenhäuser Strand (near Lubeck)
Sun 23 Germany, Berlin Astra Kulturhaus SOLD OUT
Mon 24 Germany, Munich Muffathalle SOLD OUT
Wed 26 Italy, Milan Fabrique
Thu 27 Switzerland, Zurich Xtra
Sat 29 Luxembourg Den Atelier SOLD OUT
Sun 30 Germany, Cologne - get-in from midday
Dec 2025
Tue 2 France Rouen Le 106 SOLD OUT
Wed 3 France Lyon Transbordeur
Thu 4 France Nantes Carriere
Sat 6 Belgium Antwerp Roma
Sun 7 Belgium, Liege OM
Mon 8 Netherlands Amsterdam Paradiso SOLD OUT
Tue 9 France, Paris Olympia
Thu 11 UK, Glasgow O2 Academy
Fri 12 UK, Manchester Academy SOLD OUT
Sat 13 UK, Leeds O2 Academy
Mon 15 UK, Nottingham Rock City
Tue 16 UK, Bristol O2 Academy OR Birmingham O2 Institute
Wed 17 UK, London Troxy
* Support on all dates are Night Beat
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