James's New Guitar

Juha of Ruokangas Guitars has been a long-standing supporter of Wheel and is currently building a guitar for James. It looks awesome in the progress pics and we can't wait to see and hear it when it is finished!

New Guitarist

Wheel had a major change earlier this year in January when Saku Mattila decided to leave the band to pursue other projects. We are truly sorry to see him go as he has been amazing to work with both on and off the stage; we remain on great terms with him socially and look forward to following him in his future career. From all of us, thank you Saku for everything you did and we wish you all the best for the future.
 

Despite this drastic change and after several difficult months, we are finally ready to move forward. As of one month ago, we have recruited the wonderfully talented Roni Seppänen and have been working with him closely, both in the rehearsal room and on some new material. We have already come up with some great new ideas and are looking forward to playing at Summer Breeze with him in August.

 

TLDR: life is short and things change but Wheel continues!

Wheel to play three shows in the UK this November

Wheel are very happy to announce their first gigs in the UK which will be happening this November.

They will be playing three dates, in London, North Wales and Nottingham respectively; details are below:

16.11. London (Thousand Island)
17.11. HRH Prog
18.11. Nottingham (Rock City)

For tickets to the London and Nottingham shows, use the following link:

http://www.alttickets.com/wheel-tickets

And for anyone who wants tickets to the HRH Prog festival, use this one:

https://www.hrhprog.com/tickets.html

See you in a few weeks UK!

#wheelontour #awheelgoodtime #abouttimethosedouchebagscametotheuk

Special One-Off Helsinki Performance on 28.5

Wheel are happy to announce that they will be performing a short set at G Live Lab Helsinki on Sunday 28.5 as part of an event hosted by Ruokangas Guitars, Kumu Drums and Mad Professor Amplifiers and Pedals.

Check out the Facebook Event page here

and here is a link to the venue's website

 

We hope to see you down there and if you want to hear some of Wheel's favourite music to keep you busy until then, check out our new Spotify playlist which will be updated with new songs every week

German Tour Announcement and The Path EP Release Date

Hi all,

Wheel has had a busy start to the year behind the scenes and we are finally able to share some news with you all:

Our first release, 'The Path EP' will be available on 21.4.2017. It will be available as on CD, vinyl and as a digital download so preorder your copy today at the link below!

PREORDER THE PATH EP

We will be supporting German prog rockers, 'The Intersphere' on their Spring tour in Germany on the following dates:

20.04.2017 Substage, Karlsruhe

21.04.2017 MUZ Club, Nuremburg

22.04.2017 Cafe Central, Weinheim

27.04.2017 Privatclub, Berlin

28.04.2017 Molotow, Hamburg

29.04.2017 Artheater, Cologne

There is a possibility that we will have more dates to announce in the near future; we will keep posting updates!

Have a great week,

Wheel

After a Long Silence..

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!

We have been quiet for a while but we have some exciting things in the pipeline for this year as well as some exciting news. We are happy to announce that we have started working with Odyssey Music Network; we already have some exciting plans for this year that we will announce as they happen!

For now, thanks for all the support and we will keep you updated as things progress,

Wheel

Recording time booked for EP 2

At the end of August, Wheel will be heading into the studio to record their anticipated second EP. The band had the following to say about the new material they are currently working on, "the next EP will be an amalgamation of everything we have learned from and since making the last recording. All of the new songs have been written by all four of us and are significantly more ambitious than anything we have tried before. We are really pushing ourselves to make the very best music we can and we are all looking forward to playing the new songs live in the near future!"

Currently there is no planned release date for the EP but it is likely to be available at some point in early autumn, 2016.