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SABATON Invited to Join Forces To Save British WWI Museum From Closure

Written by Johnson Stephen on February 17, 2022

sabaton band pic In May 2019 after hearing about the plight of the Heugh Battery Museum, which was in danger of permanent closure due to a lack of funding, History Obsessed Sabaton instigated a charity initiative, raising over £4,000 from the sales of a specially designed T-Shirt and putting the museum’s crowdfunder well over their target.

Until now, the band have not had the opportunity to visit the museum in person, but are planning to

f sabaton new album inally make the trip on Thursday March 3rd 2022, on the eve of the release of their latest album “The War To End All Wars”. Pre-order the album here https://www.sabaton.net/discography/the-war-to-end-all-wars/

On hearing of the band’s plans to visit, Museum manager Diane Stephens invited them to fire the Ordnance Quick Firing 25-pounder, an original British field gun from WWII which is kept at the museum. It is used on ceremonial occasions and at public events as a saluting gun and fired only on very special occasions such Remembrance Sunday, Armed Forces Day, Bombardment Commemoration Day and to mark the Queen’s Jubilee.

The honours of firing the gun will fall to guitarist Chris Rörland, himself a veteran of the Swedish army, having served in the A9 Artillery Regiment in Boden Garrison. He will be the first non-British Army Veteran to fire the gun.

Museum manager Diane Stephens says “This is a huge achievement and one which should be acknowledged and applauded. Being invited to fire our gun is a gesture of our appreciation of the band and their attitude to keeping history in the minds of those who may not otherwise engage with these momentous historic events and figures.”