IRON MAIDEN are set continue “The Book Of Souls World Tour” into 2017 with a 16 date European Tour and the first UK Tour since 2011.
APR 22 BELGIUM ANTWERP SPORTPALEIS
APR 24 GERMANY OBERHAUSEN KÖNIG-PILSENER-ARENA
APR 28 GERMANY FRANKFURT FESTHALLE
MAY 02 GERMANY HAMBURG BARCLAYCARD ARENA
MAY 04 ENGLAND NOTTINGHAM MOTORPOINT ARENA
MAY 06 IRELAND DUBLIN 3ARENA
MAY 08 ENGLAND MANCHESTER ARENA
MAY 10 ENGLAND SHEFFIELD ARENA
MAY 11 ENGLAND LEEDS FIRST DIRECT ARENA
MAY 14 ENGLAND NEWCASTLE METRO RADIO ARENA
MAY 16 SCOTLAND GLASGOW SSE HYDRO ARENA
MAY 17 SCOTLAND ABERDEEN AECC GE OIL & GAS ARENA
MAY 20 ENGLAND LIVERPOOL ECHO ARENA
MAY 21 ENGLAND BIRMINGHAM BARCLAYCARD ARENA
MAY 24 WALES CARDIFF MOTORPOINT ARENA
MAY 27 ENGLAND LONDON O2 ARENA
Tickets go on-sale Friday 30th September at 9am.
Fan Club pre-sale starts Monday.
Special guests on all the shows will be Shinedown.
Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley about singing with Geoff Tate and Tim Ripper Owens, filming his upcoming tour documentary, progress on new album and Sci-fi book and reflects on his audition with Iron Maiden
When asked about story behind the first album and how it leads into the second part and third parts of the trilogy Albums.
“The first album is the story of the main character William Black and him going on a mission into Deep Space to visit Kepler Planet. He has got to wear a special suit which he is actually physically attached to his body like armour and what he finds out is on the first album, in fact this is not the suit, that he has a machine body and human consciousness has been downloaded into a machine body and he then has to decide for himself what is it to be human and can you be a machine and call yourself human? These are all of the questions. The second and third part of the album they take place closer to the Kepler planet, he is arriving and what happens there I can’t give too much away. A thousand years have passed one of the songs on the infinite Entanglement album is “I will live for a thousand years” and we are at the end of that 1000 years as we come into the second album.”
When asked if there will be a book based on the trilogy albums
“The book is going on alongside the album and all of the ideas for the songs, the lyrics for the songs, the characters that you see, the things that the narrator says all that comes from the book that I am writing, it’s a science fiction book and story and will make the journey complete. There are things in the book that aren’t on any of the albums. Hopefully to be finished at end of 2018.”
When asked about the filming of the upcoming behind the scenes tour documentary in Canada
“A lot of people cannot believe I move so fast, one day I am in Seattle and the next I am in Wales and people still think I’m in Seattle or still in Brazil. They don’t really understand how it works to be honest I don’t really understand (laughs). And I am hoping to give fans an insight into the total thing because you never see what you get when you travel, you just upload a few photos for Facebook. Sometimes it’s just the most boring thing and sometimes the most incredible things happen and you meet the most incredible people with amazing stories. I’m hoping that that will come over on the documentary.”
When asked about what he learned about Geoff Tate and Tim Ripper Owens that he did not know before, as he has rehearsing for the upcoming Trinity Tour?
“I knew Tim before and he is such a funny guy he is just hilarious, I love his sense of humour. With Geoff I started listening to Queensryche with Operation Mindcrime and it was great to talk to him openly about some of those songs. I think one of those things that you never know and is a realty privilege is when you are close up and personal and you do a bit of rehearsing you actually get to hear the persons natural voice 100% percent no studio enhancement or tricks and you really hear that raw talent as it’s a little tingle down the spine hearing Geoff Tate singing. And singing with him was amazing and he is such a gentle person as well.”
When asked why he never sang Iron Maiden’s ‘Run to the hills’ in his time with Iron Maiden
“I thought this is really Bruce Dickinson’s hallmark song so on the first tour I didn’t think it would be a good idea for me to do that song, nothing to do with the high vocal register, just because, people would have a direct comparison. On the second tour it just never came up and I really like that song and it feels like a lost opportunity to me so on the Trinity Tour what I will be doing I will be doing my own Version of ‘Run to the Hills’ and it will be the first time I’ve done it on a tour.”
When asked when he auditioned for Iron Maiden what songs did he sing.
“There were ten of the standard songs that were always in the set list at that time. From what I can remember is Trooper, Hallowed be thy name, Number of the beast, Wrathchild, Heaven can wait, Fear of the dark, the clairvoyant and others.”
Canada’s The Metal Voice will be producing a multi-part tour Documentary on Blaze Bayley – Iron Maiden singer 1994 to 1999 – when he returns to Canada on September 21 to 24 2016 for an Eastern Canadian mini tour.
Filmmaker and producer of The Metal Voice, Jimmy Kay had this to say about the project “Blaze has to be one of the most underrated front men and vocalists in Metal history. This documentary aims to capture the spirit of Blaze’s performances in Canada, the reciprocal love with his fans, behind the scenes footage and in-depth information on his days with Wolfsbane, Iron Maiden, plus his solo career to-date. ”
Blaze Bayley added “I’m excited to be returning to Canada and I look forward to meeting my fans at these shows, with the opportunity also for them to be a part of the filming of this Canadian Entanglement documentary”.
Blaze was born 29th May 1963 in Birmingham, England. Having started his professional music career in WOLFSBANE in 1984, his career elevated to global heights when he joined IRON MAIDEN with whom he released two albums and toured worldwide between 1994 and 1999.
After leaving Iron Maiden, Blaze embarked on a solo career, during which he has released eight albums including ‘Infinite Entanglement’ in 2016 and has continued to tour worldwide, collaborating with a host of talented artists and bands.
Always open to collaborating, Blaze just recently joined DISTURBED onstage at Download Festival (UK) for a rendition of ‘Baba O’Riley’ by THE WHO, was accompanied onstage in Poland by Swedish metalheads SABATON for a version of Maiden classic ‘Man On The Edge’, and has been announced as guest vocalist on the forthcoming album by former QUEENSRYCHE singer Geoff Tate.
Canadian Tour Dates
Sept. 21 Ottawa, Canada
Sept 22 Shawiningan, Canada
Sept 23 Quebec City. Canada
Sept 24 Montreal, Canada
Viral Internet sensation, the Finnish five-man bluegrass band STEVE’N’SEAGULLS will release their second album “Brothers In Farms”, on September 9th via Spinefarm. The band has released the official video for the first single, covering the IRON MAIDEN‘s “Aces High”, watch it below.
The band comments on the video:
“Sometimes, in order to make things happen, all you need is a bunch of crazy ideas, mash ’em together, and wait for the results,” the band said about the video. “This is basically how we started with our first video from the upcoming album. We were lucky to get some enthusiastic, creative, and hard-working people around to get it done. You can imagine that mixing miniature aircrafts, cows, pyrotechnics, and belly dancers with the band doesn’t necessarily come together naturally. But it did. And we’re happy about it.”
“Brothers In Farms” track listing:
01. Aces High
02. Sad But True
03. Wishmaster
04. It’s A Long Way To The Top
05. You Could Be Mine
06. November Rain
07. In Bloom
08. Symphony Of Destruction
09. Fill Up The Tank
10. Burn
11. The Pretender
12. Self Esteem
13. Out In The Fields
14. Born To Be Wild
For the uninitiated, Finland’s S’N’S shot to fame thanks to their bluegrass covers of metal classics, such as AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” Their unique take on beloved tracks garnered S’N’S fans, who cropped up all over the world, and their videos racked up millions of views.
September 21, 2015 was eventually christened Steve ‘N’ Seagulls Day for the entire state of Colorado, while the band also covered The Beastie Boys’ hit “Sabotage” for The AV Club, toured the U.S., bringing their folk metal madrigrals to the masses, and appeared at the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, last Spring.
This time out, the brothers-in-farms tackle legendary tunes from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, Megadeth, and more.
IRON MAIDEN have issued the following, via their Official Website: The Book of Souls World Tour has been on the road since late February, playing to over 1.5 million fans with 72 shows in 36 countries and six continents. They will play the final show on Thursday, 4 August in Germany at Wacken Open Air Festival. ARTE Concert is going to feature the entire iconic performance on Livestream. The spectacular gig will get lavish camera attention and can be accessed anywhere in the world – a sensational experience for anyone who cannot get to the show.
Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood says:
“We decided to finish the tour at Wacken as it is the ideal way to end this magical tour playing to 80,000 core metal fans at this legendary Metal festival. Wacken has become such as international event with many thousands of fans from many other countries around the world joining and celebrating with the German fans so it is perfect for the final show of a memorable tour. Everywhere we’ve played the fans have been amazing and the reaction to the new songs and stage show has been phenomenal. The band has loved every minute on stage.
So when Wacken and ARTE asked us to consider a live stream of our performance there we jumped at the chance to give our fans an end of tour gift. Streaming this final show live globally allows us to thank the many fans we played to so far, and, for those who couldn’t get to see us this time round, a chance to see just how spectacular the live concert is and what they missed! ”
Wolfgang Bergmann (ARTE): “The festival summer by ARTE concert is heading for an exceptional highlight, showing a live stream of British legends Iron Maiden performing their final show of an incredible tour at the Wacken Open Air. An audience of millions, in Europe and for the first time worldwide, know by now that ARTE is taking the festivals to anywhere you are.”
Holger Hübner/Thomas Jensen (ICS/Wacken): “We are incredibly happy to be able to give all these Iron Maiden and Wacken Open Air fans, worldwide, this highlight at the close of the spectacular ‘Book of Souls’ Tour. Heavy Metal fans are the best fans in the world, and Iron Maiden fans are unparalleled. It is so brilliant that everybody who could not get a ticket for the W:O:A, will be able to enjoy this ‘Night To Remember’.”
Iron Maiden at Wacken Open Air with The Book Of Souls World Tour 2016. On Thursday, 4 August, from 9.30 pm CET. Exclusive and worldwide on Livestream at http://concert.arte.tv/de/wacken and http://www.wacken.com.
On May 27th, SIX FEET UNDER will release, via Metal Blade Records, the fourth installment of their Graveyard Classics series, this time paying tribute to two of metal’s most heralded legends: Iron Maiden and Judas Priest! Entitled “Graveyard Classics IV: The Number of the Priest” and mixed by Jesse Kirkbride at Kirkbride Recordings in Cape Coral, FL, the album is comprised of five Judas Priest covers (side A), and six Iron Maiden covers (side B), handpicked by Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel. For a preview of the record, DecibelMagazine.com is now streaming the cover version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue”, alongside an exclusive interview with front-man Chris Barnes: decibelmagazine.com
Chris Barnes comments: “Achtung Motherfuckers!!! Today we release ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’, a ‘Killer’ track (pun intended) from our upcoming album, ‘Graveyard Classics IV: The Number of the Priest‘, for your listening pleasure!! Hope you enjoy it!! Hope the haters choke on it, choke on it, choke on it…Also in other Six Feet Under news – Graveyard Classics The Tour will be invading your European community this summer, be sure to check these dates off on your calendar…This will be the first and only time we will be playing an entire set list of cover songs – something we haven’t done before – so come experience something groovy and brutal motherfuckers! See you soon, Europe! Love, Dad.”
For another preview, fans can hear the first track – Six Feet Under‘s cover of “Invader” – at: metalblade.com/sixfeetunder , where the album can also be pre-ordered in various formats. The second single, “Never Satisfied”, can be heard here: soundcloud.com
In regards to this new serving of death metal tributes, Chris Barnes asserts: “Get ready to have your ears violated and your mind blown! ‘Graveyard Classics IV: The Number of the Priest‘ just crawled out of the Heavy Metal Cemetery! Having a good time playing music is what it’s always been about since day one, and that’s what the ‘Graveyard Classics‘ albums are to me… a good fucking time! On this trip down memory lane, we cover songs from Judas Priest and Iron Maiden; the two greatest metal bands of all time. Ray Alder from Fates Warning did a guest background vocal appearance on ‘Invader’, our first single. Ray is a great friend, and an awesome vocalist, and I felt our differences in styles blended well together for the middle section and added some harmony to the rawness.
I hope you all enjoy the band’s twist on these legendary songs!”
“Graveyard Classics IV: The Number of the Priest” track-listing Side A: Judas Priest
1. Night Crawler
2. Starbreaker
3. Genocide
4. Invader
5. Never Satisfied Side B: Iron Maiden
6. Murders in the Rue Morgue
7. Prowler
8. Flash of the Blade
9. The Evil That Men Do
10. Stranger in a Strange Land
11. Total Eclipse
Six Feet Under tour dates
June 30 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Baroeg
July 1 – Roitzschjora, Germany – With Full Force Festival
July 2 – Flensburg, Germany – Roxy
July 3 – Rostock, Germany – Alte Zuckerfabrik
July 4 – Hamburg, Germany – Bambi Galore
July 5 – Munchen, Germany – Backstage
July 6 – Innsbruck, Austria – PMK
July 7 – Ludwigsburg, Germany – Rockfabrik
July 8 – Pratteln , Switzerland – Z7
July 9 – Essen, Germany – Turok
Six Feet Under line-up
Chris Barnes – vocals
Ray Suhy – guitars and bass
Josh Hall – drums
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Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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