IRON MAIDEN ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF CONCERTS IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA IN APRIL/MAY 2016 ON THE BOOK OF SOULS WORLD TOUR
MAIDEN, CREW AND EQUIPMENT TO ARRIVE ON ED FORCE ONE, A BOEING 747-400 JUMBO JET PILOTED BY VOCALIST BRUCE DICKINSON
Rock legends IRON MAIDEN, whose new studio double album “The Book of Souls” just debuted at No 2 in Australia and New Zealand, will make a massively anticipated return to Australasia at the end of April on their enormous Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet Ed Force One, piloted by vocalist Bruce Dickinson and carrying band, crew and stage production and equipment.
Returning after seven years Maiden will play 2 shows, April 29 in Christchurch at the Horncastle Arena followed by May 1 at the Vector Arena in Auckland.
Maiden will then fly to Australia, where they haven’t played since 2011, to perform five shows there.
Tour dates are:
Brisbane Entertainment Centre on May 4
Sydney Allphones Arena on May 6
Melbourne Rod Laver Arena on May 9
Adelaide Entertainment Centre on May 12
Perth Arena on May 14
Bruce comments;
“For many reasons we can’t wait til next year to get The Book of Souls Tour rolling around the globe and taking the Jumbo back to many of our favourite places and a few more besides. We haven’t played in Australia and New Zealand for a number of years and it will be a pleasure to play for our Antipodean cousins again, irrespective of who wins the dates with destiny at Twickenham in a few weeks’ time!!
We haven’t decided on full set list as yet as it is still a bit early but of course we look forward to playing some songs from the new album. However we are conscious of the fact that due to not being able to tour this year it will have been quite some time since we played in a lot of the countries on the tour so there will be a healthy number of older fan favourites too. I think the fans will be delighted by what we have in mind. We are in the middle of creating the new show and rest assured we are working hard to bring our amazing fans something spectacular, something with a lot of heart!!! “
The support band on The Book Of Souls Tour will be The Raven Age www.theravenage.org
Tickets for all shows go on sale at noon local time Thursday September 24 (full details below).
As usual, there will be an exclusive pre-sale for IRON MAIDEN Fan Club members, details of which can be found on www.ironmaiden.com. Fan Club members will also be eligible in the draw to be ’First To The Barrier’.
Australia (all times below in local time)
Dainty Group: Fri 18 Sep, 10am > Sun 20 Sep, 10pm
GP: Thu 24 Sep, Noon
New Zealand (all times below in local time)
Dainty Group: Tue 22 Sep 10am > Thu 24 Sep, 8am
GP: Thu 24 Sep, Noon