Marty Friedman Announces Live Drama in Europe 2027

Marty Friedman is taking Drama to the UK and Europe in April 2027. The newly announced Live Drama in Europe 2027 tour includes confirmed stops at The Underworld in London and Legend Club in Milan, with Friedman joined by his band from Japan.

London and Milan dates confirmed

Italian promoter MC2 Live announced the tour on November 6. Its Milan show is set for April 10, while The Underworld lists London for April 6. These are two confirmed stops, rather than the complete itinerary.

• April 6, 2027: The Underworld, London, UK.
• April 10, 2027: Legend Club, Milan, Italy.

London doors are currently listed at 7pm. Milan’s opening act is still to be announced. Check the venues’ event listings for current ticket and show information.

A solo-guitar voice beyond the metal playbook

Friedman’s history with Cacophony and Megadeth gives the announcement an obvious pull for guitar fans. His solo work also draws on a much wider melodic vocabulary. In a 2019 interview highlighted by Jackson, he described learning Indian sitar lines and vocal phrases from Japanese and Chinese music as a way of developing ideas beyond familiar guitar patterns.

That background makes a Drama-focused tour an opportunity to hear how he develops those ideas with a live band. The announcement does not establish a setlist or confirm which guitars and amplifiers he will bring, so those details remain open.

Image credit: Original AI-assisted editorial illustration by GuitarGangsters. Historical reference photographs of Marty Friedman in Bogotá on April 12, 2018 by Factor Metal / German Rojas, used under CC BY 2.0: reference one and reference two. New pose, composition, setting and lighting. This is not a 2027 concert photograph and does not establish the 2027 tour’s instruments.

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