Flashback

I caught the Back In Time tour and that was great as I saw the original Powerslave tour at Radio City in NY. This seems to be the Seventh Son tour (which I also saw) that will come to the US this summer. I will definitely be going to this one unless something comes up.


MAIDEN ENGLAND 2012 TOUR DATES:

21st June - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23rd June - Atlanta, GA - Aarons Amphitheatre
26th June - Boston, MA - Comcast Center
27th June - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
29th June - Philadelphia, PI - Susquehanna Bank Center
30th June - Washington, DC - Jiffy Lube Live
2nd July - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
5th July - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank
8th July - Quebec, QC - Colisee Pepsi Arena
11th July - Montreal, QC - Bell Center
13th July - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
14th July - Sarnia, ON - Bayfest
16th July - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
18th July - Detroit, MI - DTE Music Theatre
19th July - Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Centre
24th July - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Center
26th July - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
27th July - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
29th July - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum
30th July - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
1st August - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
3rd August - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
6th August - Phoenix, AZ - Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
9th August - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
12th August - Albuquerque. NM - Hard Rock Pavilion
13th August - Denver, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
15th August - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
17th August - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
18th August - Houston, TX - The Woodlands


Iron Maiden announce "Maiden England World Tour" with extensive dates in North America this summer

Very Special Guest Alice Cooper to July 21, Coheed and Cambria after July 21.


Following the massively successful Final Frontier World Tour 2010-11, IRON MAIDEN are back on the road this summer with a series of Arena, Amphitheatre and Festival shows in the U.S.A. and Canada, opening in Charlotte, NC, U.S.A. on June 21, and finishing in Houston, TX, on Aug 18 (dates listed below), to be followed by further dates around the World in 2013. The MAIDEN ENGLAND WORLD TOUR will closely mirror, in terms of production and content, the original 1988 concert video of the same name, shot on the “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Tour”. This opening section of the World Tour is the band’s most extensive visit to North America for many years and includes a number of cities the band have not played in a very long time, such as Charlotte, Atlanta, Buffalo, Indianapolis and Salt Lake City.

In most venues, tickets will go on sale on March 2 and 3 but watch this site or check local venue information for fuller details. Fan Club members should check out ironmaiden.com for exclusive first day ticket presales and contest to be ‘First To The Barrier’.

MAIDEN ENGLAND marks the third chapter in the History of Iron Maiden, a journey which began in 2004 with The Early Days DVD and subsequent 2005 Early Days Tour. Part Two followed in 2008 with the Live After Death DVD - the seminal 1984 concert recorded at Long Beach Arena (L.A) during the World Slavery Tour - and the band embarking on their groundbreaking Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008/9, which saw them play to over two million fans in almost 40 countries.

Comments vocalist Bruce Dickinson, “We have great fun playing the History of Maiden Tours because it gives us an opportunity between new albums to go out and play songs from our earlier catalogue. It’s always fantastic seeing the crowd reaction from a new generation of fans who have never experienced some of these tracks performed live before, and of course we know our longstanding fans will enjoy seeing the original Seventh Son Tour re-visited - with many other surprises! Our intention is to play about two thirds of the original track list of Maiden England (shown below*), including some songs we have not played live in a very,very long time, plus other favourites we just know the fans are going to want to hear! We always try to give our fans a great show musically, but we have always tried to make it as entertaining and memorable an experience as we can visually. And we all feel this show is going to do that splendidly! We can't wait to get started in Charlotte”.

Iron Maiden are delighted to announce that the extraordinary and legendary Alice Cooper will be their Very Special Guest on all shows up to July 21. After that date, Special Guest will be Coheed and Cambria, the inspiring, cutting edge band from New York.

Iron Maiden continue to be actively dedicated to ensuring their fans always have full access to the best possible tickets in the fairest possible way. Manager Rod Smallwood comments:

“We are trying to ensure that our fans get the tickets they want in the prime positions without paying over the odds to ticket scalpers. Maiden get infuriated with the way fans sometimes have to pay more than the ticket price to get good positions at our shows. So we will, wherever possible (Festivals excluded), with the assistance of the Promoters, arrange a paperless ticketing system at least for the front sections to try to eliminate as much of the ticket scalping and exchanges as we can. We put this into practice on our North American Tour in 2010; it worked well and we received many positive comments back from our fans, so we intend to increase this where feasible. With paperless ticketing, only those who actually pay initially for the tickets will get into the show so scalping is generally avoided (please see the comments from Ticketmaster below). We are also doing everything we can to avoid any drain of prime tickets going to the Secondary Ticketing sites which we feel make unfair profits from music fans.

As we consider all our fans to be VIPs, no tickets will be held specifically for VIP use. At some venues, the Promoter may provide the option for fans to pay extra for “VIP Parking”, early access, access to “VIP Bar” etc. But these will be purely optional for ticket holders only and will not be tied to ticket locations – the ability to get the best tickets should be the same for everybody outside of the usual presales.

Finally, we are of course once again arranging exclusive ticket pre-sales for our fan club members so they can be quick off the mark for great tickets and will also continue to run the contest in appropriate venues for fan club members so they can be ‘First To The Barrier’ prior to the show. We hope that these measures will help our fans as much as possible and ask that they keep checking for details on our website.”

TICKETMASTER comments:
Where possible the North American Iron Maiden shows will operate a paperless ticket policy. Select tickets will be sold via Ticketmaster’s Paperless Ticket delivery, which means fans will not receive a physical concert ticket for their entry into the event. Buying paperless helps ensure fans have secure and convenient access to event tickets at the intended original sale price. On the day of show, concert goers just need to bring the credit card they used for the ticket purchase and a government-issued photo ID to the concert. All members of the ticket purchaser's party must be present at the same time to enter the venue. The venue’s ticket usher will swipe their credit card upon entry and present each person in their party with seat locator slips for quick access into the show. To purchase paperless tickets or for more information, fans should visit www.ticketmaster.com/paperless or call the Ticketmaster charge-by-phone number at 1-800-745-3000.


*Maiden England 1988 Longform Video VHS Tracklisting
Moonchild, The Evil That Men Do, The Prisoner, Still Life, Die With Your Boots On, Infinite Dreams, Killers, Can I Play With Madness, Heaven Can Wait, Wasted Years, The Clairvoyant, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden.

Giantrobo

I never bought The Final Frontier Cd. Anyway, it would be good to see them live again.

cdollaz

May have to hit that one. I had what was essentially front row for the Somewhere Back In Time tour. Of course, it was right in front of Janick Gers, so I had to see his goofy ass the whole show.

bunkaroo

Gonna have to see this. Not big on the venue in Tinley Park but for this show I might have to spring for good seats.

Supermallet

9th of August. I'll be there!

The Cow

I think I'm going to have to go work at the corporate office in late June..

23rd June - Atlanta, GA - Aarons Amphitheatre

Phodg

I'll be at Tinley Park. Although, as bunkaroo said, the venue sucks. Shame they don't play the Aragon any more, like they did when Bruce and Adrian came back.

bearkiss

I'm only disappointed because I wanted to see alice cooper do a tour on his own... he really shouldn't be opening up for anyone at this point

islandclaws

Me too, although I'm EXTREMELY upset we aren't getting AC. C&C? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

cungar

Yeah he's had so many hit albums over the last 30 years he should be playing stadiums.

Flashback

I agree with both of you guys ... I really hate Tinley Park. Unfortunately I have to deal with it unless I take a trip to see my family in NYC and hit up the Newark arena show.

islandclaws

Is this a joke? AC is still a big draw, and his last album was great. Maybe he can't pull in the same crowd as Maiden, but he isn't an opening act, that's for damn sure.

Josh-da-man

Might have to look into the Denver show... would have to travel, but we can probably make a vacation out of it.

SkullOrchard

My one and only Maiden concert was on June 8, 1982. Front row/standing, a bit left of center stage. 30 years ago...wow. I touched Dave's shoe, and some of Bruce's sweat got in my mouth. It was not refreshing, but it was an amazing show. Life was great at 17. I wish it were still 1982.

Rocketdog2000

I last saw Alice Cooper on a double headlining tour with Rob Zombie a year or so back, and even though he went on before Zombie, more people were there to see him. Quite a bit of the crowd left before Rob Zombie even went on. I asked Alice before the show why they weren't playing last, and he said it was really only because Zombie had so much pyro, and even more elaborate set pieces than he did, that it would take far too much time to set up and tear down between sets.

That said, as much as I love Alice, there really is only so much of a drawing power he commands these days. He can headline a medium to large size theater (say between 3,000 to 7,000 seats) and fill it no problem. If he's going to do stadiums, it has to be part of a package tour, which means he usually ends up being the opening act. But - and this is the important part - it's by his choice. As far as he's concerned, it works just fine for him - as it still get's him more exposure, and the headliner get's a really good opening act for a better overall draw.

Personally, I'd rather see him in a smaller headlining capacity - and he's likely still going to do that in the late summer/fall. He's only part of this bill until mid-July, anyway. However, if this is the only way I can see him play near me, then at least it's a damn good double bill.

Josh-da-man

Alice has been playing at state fairs for several years now.

Iron Maiden hasn't.

Do the math.

Supermallet

Well played.

Ravenous

Fucking A.... I regret to this day missing the Somewhere In Time tour. I gotta hit this up!

tonyc3742

I had tickets to see Maiden and Anthrax, um, a very long time ago. They were playing the night before, or after, AC/DC was in town, and I could only go to one. I chose Maiden. Unfortunately, Bruce got laryngitis like three days before the show and they cancelled it.

I saw Alice two years back at the Theatre of Death tour at a venue with capacity of about 2700. I was in the second row and it was one of the best shows I have ever been to.

I would love to hit this show but I do prefer the smaller venues, due to both pricing and atmosphere. I don't know if official pricing for Charlotte has been announced, but the one site I saw had some scary pricing.

I'd love to see the Irons, always been a fan, but I'd "settle" for Alice at a smaller place for a smaller price too. (Although I do think they both deserve to headline huge venues.)

cactusoly

State fairs can be huge. In the last several years the New York State Fair featured Alice Cooper as well as Aerosmith, Rush, Motley Crue, and Journey among others.

Hokeyboy

I was 8th-row center seeing Maiden on the Seventh Son tour, August 5th 1988, at the Hollywood Sportatorium. The one and only time I've ever heard them do "Infinite Dreams" live. Joyous!

asianxcore

I need to go to the Bay Area, CA date, I've never seen Iron Maiden live

Jason

Might make a weekend of it and do the DC show. At five hours away, it's the closest show to me

I have the worst luck with this band.

Toddarino

July 4th is at Summerfest in Milwaukee. It will be my first time seeing Maiden.

grenier

I was hoping they'd play here, but I hate Summerfest.