Since late February, Iron Maiden have played to over 1.5 million fans with 72 shows, in 36 countries across 6 continents on their Book of Soul’s World Tour. Now you can catch the action via live streaming from ARTE Concert as Bruce and the rest of the band perform their spectacular final show at Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany on Thursday 4th August. Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood said:…
If Merkel & Hollande want to ride in a bigger plane they’ll have to take a Maiden voyage [photo]
Off to join the tour on Ed Force One this evening in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Watch this space for photos and updates from the rainbow nation
Continuing The Book of Souls tour down under, Adelaide proved to be yet another show where Iron Maiden prove themselves as still one of the best live rock bands in the world. On to the last show in Australia tomorrow in Perth and then across the water to South Africa. Look out for updates on here from the land of Mandela, wine and Table Mountain http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/iron-maiden-metal-meets-mayan-maelstrom-at-adelaide-concert/news-story/67642b5e14a9490b40bad3a24d6854dc
By the time he’d cranked through the eponymous Iron Maiden, more than 90-minutes after first stepping on stage, Bruce Dickinson had literally flown the flag for England, for heavy metal and for his band. http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/iron-maiden-review-british-giants-of-metal-fly-the-flag-for-rocknroll-20160510-goqekr.html
http://aviationweek.com/blog/time-machines-and-airships-flying-ed-force-one-iron-maiden
Bruce Dickinson spent a couple of days of December 2015 in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was his second visit to the city after 21 years. The first time he was there, Sarajevo was under the siege, cut off from the world, its citizens brutally terrorized by shooting, bombing and starvation with electricity and water supply being nothing short of a luxury. Bruce and his then-solo band…
On the last leg of the US tour before they fly off to the Far Esat leg, starting in Japan, Iron Maiden delivered a crushing set at the LA Forum. “They’ve got their own plane, they’ve got their own mascot … they’ve got their own beer.” said one bar tender, perfectly summing up the juggernaut that is Iron Maiden http://www.ocregister.com/articles/maiden-712383-band-dickinson.html
Video footage of Captain Bruce wearing his “pilot hat” taking off in Ed Force One on the way to Sao Paolo