Rule Britannia Tour

The Rule Britannia Tour was a tour by Welsh heavy metal band Bullet For My Valentine that took place from 1st - 6th December 2013. Whilst the Tour was very short, it covered five of the United Kingdom's biggest arenas. The band toured the five dates with support from Asking Alexandria and Young Guns. In an interview Matthew Tuck stated that for the tour he wanted an "All British Line-up". He also stated that this was the bands first Arena tour of England since their Fever Tour in 2010. For each of the dates the band opened with the song "Raising Hell" which they released at the end of November. The band also did a cover of Motörhead Ace Of Spades as part of their encore. During their performance, frontman Tuck would announce that they were 'unsure' of what songs to play for the tour, thus they did a medley. The medley contained five songs, one off each record the band had produced. This included Hand Of Blood of the bands same titled 2005 EP Hand of Blood; Room 409 of the 2005 album The Poison; Hearts Burst Into Fire off the 2008 album Scream Aim Fire; Begging For Mercy of the 2010 album Fever; and lastly "Riot" off the 2013 album Temper Temper. The tour also was notable because supporting band Young Guns premiered their new song "I Want Out" during the tour.

Tour dates

Setlist

Intro: O Fortuna (Carl Orff song)

1. Raising Hell
2. Scream Aim Fire
3. Your Betrayal
4. All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
5. 4 Words (To Choke Upon)
6. Temper Temper
7. The Last Fight
8. Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
9. Bittersweet Memories
10. Guitar Solo
11. Dirty Little Secret
12. Hand of Blood / Room 409 / Hearts Burst into Fire / Begging for Mercy / Riot
13. Alone

Encore:

1. Waking the Demon
2. Pleasure and Pain
3. Ace of Spades (Motörhead cover)
4. Tears Don't Fall

Outro: We Are The Champions (Queen (band) song)

On the last tour date, the band played Happy Birthday for Matt Tuck's Mother.