Iron Maiden fly high again for the final leg of their ‘SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR’

Following the huge international success of their spectacular ‘Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 08′ Iron Maiden will be taking to the skies once again in 2009 for a fourth and final leg starting in Dubai on February 13th.

Loaded up with a full complement of band, crew and twelve tons of stage set and equipment, the band’s customised Boeing 757, christened Ed Force One by the fans and flown again by Astraeus Airlines Captain and Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, will once again be circumnavigating 80,000km around the planet for concerts in 19 cities in eleven countries, making it a staggering 37 countries in total visited on this tour, playing to almost two million fans.

Taking off in early February Maiden will make their first appearances in New Zealand for 16 years via Dubai and Bangalore followed by the long haul journey for a return to Mexico in some even larger venues and then finishing with an extended run through Central and South America to include countries and cities they have not visited before. The dates are as follows — (more…)

JON LORD, BRUCE DICKINSON Perform With DEEP PURPLE In London

According to a posting on the DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, PURPLE was joined by former keyboardist Jon Lord for five songs at this year’s Sunflower Jam 2008 on Thursday, September 25 at the Porchester Halls, London, England. This marked the first time that Lord has performed with the band in several years. Extended versions of “Hush” and “Wring That Neck” insured that fans of Lord’s Hammond style were sent home happy. Singer Ian Gillan had the flu and as a consequence the band reshuffled the setlist to include more instrumental pieces. (more…)

RAF Pilots Flown Home by Bruce Dickinson

From The Independent:

RAF pilots flown home courtesy of Iron Maiden

Bruce Dickinson, the singer with heavy metal outfit Iron Maiden, has in the past performed for British troops in Iraq. On Sunday, he did his bit for our boys in Afghanistan.

Dickinson, a qualified pilot for British airline Astraeus, was behind the controls of a Boeing 747 that the Ministry of Defence had chartered to transport a group of RAF pilots back home.

“A lot of them recognised him because they are Maiden fans, but he was there in his professional capacity as a pilot,” says an RAF spokesman. “He gave out lots of signatures to the guys.”
And from The Mirror:

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson takes the pilot’s seat of a Boeing 757

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, 50, shocked 106 members of the RAF returning from Afghanistan, when he took control of a Boeing 757 and flew them from Cyprus to RAF Wittering, Cambs, on Sunday.

But don’t panic, he’s a trained pilot.

Bruce’s 50th Birthday Party

Here are a couple of photos and videos from Bruce’s 50th birthday party in Warsaw last week. Click the following link to see everything about it. (more…)

The Paradise Club

Drama series about two unlikely brothers Frank & Danny Kane are the sons of “Ma Kane” who ran the South Side with a rod of iron. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church after a misunderstanding with the collection money. Frank inherits The Paradise Club on the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from the “family business” (crime) before the ladies of the police force can put him away. ‘The Paradise Club’ was aired in 1989 and had 2 seasons. So, why am I telling you that? Well, Bruce has guest appeared in episode 7 of the second season, that’s why! He had a proper role and he sang songs like ‘Johnny Be Good’ and ‘I Shot the Sheriff’. And thanks to youtube, we can now watch those episodes and see Bruce’s skills as an acotr! (more…)

Happy Birthday, Bruce!

His first career steps can hardly be called that. His recordings with the band Speed are almost unknown, and the song for the band Xero which was released on their Oh Baby EP is not worth mentioning as it is not a highlight in his discography. But from that time on, everything became much, much better. When he joined forces with British guitarist Paul Samson, two excellent New Wave Of British Heavy Metal albums saw the light of day, and some re-recordings were done of earlier stuff. During that time he went by the name of Bruce Bruce, something which in retrospect is not the most ingenious of aliases. (more…)

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson fishes aboard Lady Helen.