March 10th, 2010 § 0
From The Guardian:
Bruce Dickinson’s BBC 6 Music rock show is to be axed and Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie’s Radio 2 show cut to three nights a week in the latest changes to the two stations.
Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, has presented a rock show on the digital station since it launched in 2002. It is the first 6 Music show to be axed since the BBC announced proposals to close the station at the end of next year.
March 5th, 2010 § 0
The video that kicked off the “Modern Era” (read: post-Blaze, and return-to-mass-popularity) of Iron Maiden.
March 5th, 2010 § 1
With a title like Final Frontier, it is perhaps inevitable that speculation would begin immediately as to it being Iron Maiden’s final studio album, as hinted by Steve Harris previously. It already has some groups of fans talking about this, what it means for the tour, and also what it means for the band itself.
If it is their last studio release, this doesn’t necessarily mean that Iron Maiden as a touring entity would cease to be; they still draw in a large crowd, and could hypothetically keep touring every other year, doing the best-of shows they’ve been doing on alternate tours recently. However, would this continue to be a challenge for the band, or would they find it mundane?
In my opinion, some members of the band still appreciate the musical challenge of creating new tunes, and the process of actually writing; while some are perhaps happy to simply go through the motions, as they just love being in Iron Maiden and are happy to play, regardless of what they play.
So, it will indeed be very interesting to see what happens in a year’s time when the tour has ended (or close to ending), and whether they will make a formal announcement or not. No doubt, the band will have the question of the future raised numerous times in press interviews leading up the release of Final Frontier.
What do you think?
March 4th, 2010 § 0
As the image says, Dream Theater – FUCKING DREAM THEATER!! – will be supporting Maiden on their North American sojourn. Hells yes! Now that is a kick-arse pairing.
The tour hits many of their usual areas, although it will be interesting to see the points plotted out on a map to see how they cover the country.
Iron Maiden Fan Club members, of course, get access to a pre-sale for the tickets – so if you’re not a member, get onto it! As far as I’m aware, online members are able to access the pre-sale, but do check to make sure.
FAN CLUB PRE-SALES – NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
CANADA pre-sale starts Wednesday 10th March
USA pre-sale starts Wednesday 17th March
March 4th, 2010 § 0
Iron Maiden are to release their next studio LP, “Final Frontier”, in ‘late summer’ this year (so, expect it to drop around August).
This will be supported by a 22-date North American tour starting in June:
| JUNE | |
|
Wed 09 Fri 11 Sat 12 Mon 14 Wed 16 Thu 17 Sat 19 Sun 20 Tue 22 Thu 24 Sat 26 Tue 29 Wed 30 |
Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center Denver, CO – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre Albuquerque, NM – The Pavilion Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Wireless Pavilion San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheatre Concord, CA – Sleep Train Pavilion Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre Vancouver, BC – GM Place Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place Saskatoon, SK – Credit Union Center Winnipeg, MB – MTS Center + +Dream Theater will not be performing in Winnipeg |
| JULY | |
|
Sat 03 Wed 07 Sun 11 Mon 12 Wed 14 Thu 15 Sat 17 Sun 18 Tue 20 |
Toronto, ON – Molson Amphitheatre Montreal, QC – Bell Centre Holmdel, NJ – PNC New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagra Pavilion Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Washington D.C. – Jiffy Lube Live |
See IronMaiden.com for full details.
March 3rd, 2010 § 0
Don’t forget to check IronMaiden.com tomorrow, March 4th, at 20.00 GMT for what are sure to be the 2010 dates for Iron Maiden’s North American tour. Here’s hoping it is a full tour, and not a ‘hot spot’ tour as they’ve done previously.
Right now, Maiden’s site is down due to ‘too many connections’, but I have a feeling this is more a CMS issue rather than one of database stability, so I doubt they will have problems handling extra traffic tomorrow.
Interestingly, traffic here at Maiden Central has surged in the days following the announcement of the announcement (erm…), so it looks like 2010 is heating up for the Irons!
March 1st, 2010 § 0
So, this morning on my way to work I decided to pop on Somewhere In Time, which I haven’t listened to in far too long.
As I said on Twitter:
February 28th, 2010 § 0
No, nothing to report yet other than Maiden are set to announce dates for North America (presumably for this year) on March 4th. Keep your eyes on IronMaiden.com for the announcement.
December 16th, 2009 § 0
Bergenhus Festning
Date: Wednesday August 11 2010
Gates open: 18.00
Full supporting bill will be announced
Venue: Bergenhus Festning — Koengen, Bergen
Tickets: NOK 800 + box office fee
Tickets via Ticketmaster Norway (Billettservice) from Friday December 18th at 09.00
Call centre, tel: +47 815 33 133
Online: www.billettservice.no
Promoted by Live Nation and Bergen Live by arrangement with K2ours
www.livenation.no // www.bergenlive.no
They are also hitting Wacken next year:
After their triumphant show in 2008, this will mark the second show of the British Metal legends at the Wacken:Open:Air. Their gig on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 will also be their only German show next year.
Comments Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris: “We had a fantastic time playing at Wacken last year so when we decided to play a few festivals in Europe next Summer it seemed a great idea to return. What could be better in Germany than to play again to the 75,000 true Metalheads who go to Wacken!”
December 11th, 2009 § 0
A bit of Friday silliness… Here’s Maiden’s ‘Number of the Beast’ compressed as an MP3 666 times!
