Iron Maiden Plan U.S. Tour Dates In February

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IRON MAIDEN is strongly rumored to be planning a visit to the U.S. in February. More details are expected to be announced soon.

IRON MAIDEN's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008 will take place in three sections, starting in February and March 2008 with the first leg encompassing major concerts in 20 selected cities on five continents in seven weeks including India, Japan, North America, Central and South America, and Australia, opening in Perth on February 4 and continuing through Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The tour then continues with more concerts in North America in late May and June before finishing with a third leg in July and August encompassing major stadiums and festivals all over Europe. During the tour the band is expected to play to well over one and a half million fans and travel close to 100,000 miles.

In a historic first, IRON MAIDEN, their 60-strong crew and support staff and over 12 tons of equipment will be traveling around the world en masse for the first leg of the tour in a specially commissioned and converted Astraeus Boeing 757 decorated with MAIDEN and Eddie designs! Vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who is a qualified airline captain flying for Astraeus Airlines, will pilot the plane on its epic mission, flying over 50,000 miles.

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson was interviewed late last month by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Download the 15-minute interview in MP3 format at this location (6 MB).

Source: Blabbermouth