The Official IRON MAIDEN thread!!!!!!!

Metallic Blaze wrote:

My fave Iron Maiden albums;


I still have not heard the two 'Blaze' albums yet. Always been afraid to pick em up. I need them to fill the holes in the collection though - so I shall one day snag em.

You are not missing much....

I'm not a fan of the blaze era.

I think The X-Factor is an amazing album. Sign of the Cross is one of my favorite Maiden epics, and the whole album is just killer. None of the albums they've made since Bruce returned are as good as it if you ask me. Apart from The Clansman and Futureal I think Virtual XI is terrible.

Dave the Boss wrote:

I think The X-Factor is an amazing album. Sign of the Cross is one of my favorite Maiden epics, and the whole album is just killer. None of the albums they've made since Bruce returned are as good as it if you ask me. Apart from The Clansman and Futureal I think Virtual XI is terrible.

Sign Of The Cross is a great song!!!!!!!! ....... on Rock In Rio with Bruce singing and Adrian on the 3rd guitar!!!!!!

I think Futureal is the only good song Blaze did, although Doctor Doctor was a decent cover.

I'm still looking to acquire a copy of Best of The BSides... I have the other two Eddie archive albums but not that one...

The Edge of Darkness is a fantastic track.

There was a time where I was completely opposed to the Blaze era of Iron Maiden...but time has shown me that this incarnation of the band had some strong moments..."Futureal", "Virus", "Sign Of The Cross", "Man On The Edge", "The Clansman"....good stuff.

I've just seen that BBC 4 will be showing the Flight 666 documentary on Thursday and I think the concert part on Friday.

North America tour to be announced tomorrow!!! Cities known so far - San Fran, New York, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus

Add Pittsburgh and Denver

i really like the x factor and virtual XI had some decent songs on it.
its much better with bruce back though lol

roll on new album

I hope they come close enough for my son and I to go!!! 2 hours and 7 minutes til full tour date announcement!!

S wrote:

I hope they come close enough for my son and I to go!!! 2 hours and 7 minutes til full tour date announcement!!

WOOHOO! Please play ATL this tour!

Dave the Boss wrote:

I think The X-Factor is an amazing album. Sign of the Cross is one of my favorite Maiden epics, and the whole album is just killer. None of the albums they've made since Bruce returned are as good as it if you ask me. Apart from The Clansman and Futureal I think Virtual XI is terrible.

Agreed 110%!

Dave the Boss wrote:

I think The X-Factor is an amazing album. Sign of the Cross is one of my favorite Maiden epics, and the whole album is just killer. None of the albums they've made since Bruce returned are as good as it if you ask me. Apart from The Clansman and Futureal I think Virtual XI is terrible.

I used to hate the Blaze albums over the years I have grown to like them, but Dave the Boss you must be insane!!!! 'X Factor' is not a bad album but IMO it does not hold a candle to 'AMOLAD'. The other thing is the production on 'X Factor' is so dry, I agree with you it has good songs but I loved 'BNW' and 'AMOLAD' which is one of the best Maiden albums.

snooloui wrote:

I think Futureal is the only good song Blaze did, although Doctor Doctor was a decent cover.

Well said

This is the only Blaze song i listen to

New album The Final Frontier in Summer 2010 and Summer North American tour w/ Dream Theater...

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New album The Final Frontier

Final Frontier? They're not gonna pull a Scorpions on us and fade into the sunset after this one, are they?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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New album The Final Frontier

Final Frontier? They're not gonna pull a Scorpions on us and fade into the sunset after this one, are they?

They didn't say...

ON MAIDEN ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM "THE FINAL FRONTIER"
AND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
IRON MAIDEN are pleased to announce that their forthcoming new studio album will be called 'THE FINAL FRONTIER', and is expected be released late summer of this year.

The announcement comes with news of a North American Tour with Very Special Guests Dream Theater to open in Dallas, Texas, on 9th June and finish in Washington D.C. on 20th July, making it Maiden's most extensive North American tour in many years.

Following these shows in USA and Canada The Final Frontier World Tour will travel back to Europe for a few selected major festival and stadium shows with the band planning to continue to many other countries in 2011 (full currently confirmed dates below).

The full Live Nation North America press release for the North American Tour is posted here.

An exclusive pre-sale allowing members of the IRON MAIDEN fan club first access to tickets to the North American Maiden Shows will be made available two days prior to them being available to the public.

Tickets for the Canadian shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday 13th March at 10am PST (10am EST for Toronto and 12 noon EST Montreal).
Exclusive first access to the tickets will be available to IM fan club members on Wednesday 10th March at 10am PST through to Thursday 11th March at 6pm PST (EST for Toronto).
Regretfully due to technical reasons an exclusive Pre-Sale in Montreal is not possible.

Tickets for the US Shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday 20th March at 10am EST.
Exclusive first access to the tickets will be available to IM fan club members on Wednesday 17th March at 10am EST through to Thursday 18th March at 6pm EST

As IRON MAIDEN are actively dedicated to ensuring their fans always have access to the best possible tickets at the fairest possible price, without being subject to scalping for good seats, so many North American shows will operate, at least in part, a paperless ticket policy: More information on Ticketmaster Paperless Ticketing can be found here

To give IRON MAIDEN fan club members a privileged insight to their touring world, IMTV will return to www.ironmaiden.com to cover THE FINAL FRONTIER WORLD TOUR. This exclusive footage includes regular video from the live shows, touring, band interviews, insights into our crew and what they do and much much more. The website will also feature exclusive tour diaries, exclusive photographs and anything else that helps the fans get a real insight into the dynamics of a big tour.

**THE FINAL FRONTIER 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR**
With Very Special Guests Dream Theater

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

**THE FINAL FRONTIER 2010 EUROPEAN TOUR**

July 30 -Aug 1

AUGUST
Thur 05
Sat 07
Sun 08
Wed 11 UK - Knebworth Sonisphere Festival



Germany - Wacken Festival
Sweden - Stockholm Stora Skuggan Sonisphere Festival
Finland - Helsinki Pori's Kirjurinluoto Sonisphere Festival
Norway- Bergen Bergenhus Festning - Koengen

Why does Iron Maiden hate the South Eastern United States???

S wrote:

Why does Iron Maiden hate the South Eastern United States???

Well that sucks. Looks like they're skipping the Philly area too. Are there more dates to be announced or is that it?

S wrote:

New album The Final Frontier in Summer 2010

Ron Keel is going to be very upset, not to mention Captain Kirk.