Dear Black Slate Fans, The band has returned to London following the second leg of their USA tour from The Austin Reggae Festival in Texas through a return to the Dub Club Los Angeles & Kingston 11 Restaurant & Rum Bar in Oakland, California with several stops in between. Black Slate wishes to thank the venues and audiences who came out to support them. The band were given a wonderful Texas reception from Angela Tharpe of The Flamingo Cantina & Austin Reggae Festival which in addition to Black Slate, the lineup included New Kingston Band, The Skatalites, Lee "Scratch" Perry and King Yellowman to name a few. Prior to their scheduled day, they did a warm up show in San Antonio Texas to a lively crowd. Alas, the well-known Texas rains and floods came down which caused a cancellation on the day the band was supposed to play. Nevertheless, the band carried on the next day, performing at the excellent Flamingo Cantina to a fantastic crowd for a splendid 420 celebration show! Founding Fathers Anthony, Desmond, & Chris along with Vocalist Jesse Brade and session bassist Andrew Emer traveled to California where their performances were very well received. Black Slate continues to blaze a trail with their smoking hot UK Roots, Dub & Lovers Rock sound as they are planning for European dates and another return to the States soon come. They are still recording and the world will see a new single from them very soon---a cover of The Clash tune "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" for the Specialized UK project. In the meantime, keep checking here, their facebook pages and blackslatereggae.com for upcoming info. Don't forget, you can listen to Black Slate now on the Pandora Radio App too! Cheers, Black Slate