Following the massively successful Final Frontier World Tour 2010-11,
IRON MAIDEN are back on the road this summer with a series of Arena,
Amphitheatre and Festival shows in the U.S.A. and Canada, opening in
Charlotte, NC, U.S.A. on June 21, and finishing in Houston, TX, on Aug
18 (dates listed below), to be followed by further dates around the
World in 2013. The MAIDEN ENGLAND WORLD TOUR will closely mirror, in
terms of production and content, the original 1988 concert video of
the same name, shot on the "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Tour". This
opening section of the World Tour is the band's most extensive visit
to North America for many years and includes a number of cities the
band have not played in a very long time, such as Charlotte, Atlanta,
Buffalo, Indianapolis and Salt Lake City.
In most venues, tickets will go on sale on March 2 and 3 but watch
this site or check local venue information for fuller details. Fan
Club members should check out ironmaiden.com for exclusive first day
ticket presales and contest to be 'First To The Barrier'.
MAIDEN ENGLAND marks the third chapter in the History of Iron Maiden,
a journey which began in 2004 with The Early Days DVD and subsequent
2005 Early Days Tour. Part Two followed in 2008 with the Live After
Death DVD - the seminal 1984 concert recorded at Long Beach Arena
(L.A) during the World Slavery Tour - and the band embarking on their
groundbreaking Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008/9, which saw
them play to over two million fans in almost 40 countries.
Comments vocalist Bruce Dickinson, "We have great fun playing the
History of Maiden Tours because it gives us an opportunity between new
albums to go out and play songs from our earlier catalogue. It's
always fantastic seeing the crowd reaction from a new generation of
fans who have never experienced some of these tracks performed live
before, and of course we know our longstanding fans will enjoy seeing
the original Seventh Son Tour re-visited - with many other surprises!
Our intention is to play about two thirds of the original track list
of Maiden England (shown below*), including some songs we have not
played live in a very,very long time, plus other favourites we just
know the fans are going to want to hear! We always try to give our
fans a great show musically, but we have always tried to make it as
entertaining and memorable an experience as we can visually. And we
all feel this show is going to do that splendidly! We can't wait to
get started in Charlotte".
Iron Maiden are delighted to announce that the extraordinary and
legendary Alice Cooper will be their Very Special Guest on all shows
up to July 21. After that date, Special Guest will be Coheed and
Cambria, the inspiring, cutting edge band from New York.
Iron Maiden continue to be actively dedicated to ensuring their fans
always have full access to the best possible tickets in the fairest
possible way. Manager Rod Smallwood comments:
"We are trying to ensure that our fans get the tickets they want in
the prime positions without paying over the odds to ticket scalpers.
Maiden get infuriated with the way fans sometimes have to pay more
than the ticket price to get good positions at our shows. So we will,
wherever possible (Festivals excluded), with the assistance of the
Promoters, arrange a paperless ticketing system at least for the front
sections to try to eliminate as much of the ticket scalping and
exchanges as we can. We put this into practice on our North American
Tour in 2010; it worked well and we received many positive comments
back from our fans, so we intend to increase this where feasible. With
paperless ticketing, only those who actually pay initially for the
tickets will get into the show so scalping is generally avoided
(please see the comments from Ticketmaster below).
We are also doing everything we can to avoid any drain of prime
tickets going to the Secondary Ticketing sites which we feel make
unfair profits from music fans.
As we consider all our fans to be VIPs, no tickets will be held
specifically for VIP use. At some venues, the Promoter may provide the
option for fans to pay extra for "VIP Parking", early access, access
to "VIP Bar" etc. But these will be purely optional for
ticket holders only and will not be tied to ticket locations – the
ability to get the best tickets should be the same for everybody
outside of the usual presales.
Finally, we are of course once again arranging exclusive ticket
pre-sales for our fan club members so they can be quick off the mark
for great tickets and will also continue to run the contest
appropriate venues for fan club members so they can be 'First To The
Barrier' prior to the show. We hope that these measures will help our
fans as much as possible and ask that they keep checking for details
on our website."
TICKETMASTER comments:
Where possible the North American Iron Maiden shows will operate a
paperless ticket policy. Select tickets will be sold via
Ticketmaster's Paperless Ticket delivery, which means fans will not
receive a physical concert ticket for their entry into the event.
Buying paperless helps ensure fans have secure and convenient access
to event tickets at the intended original sale price. On the day of
show, concert goers just need to bring the credit card they used for
the ticket purchase and a government-issued photo ID to the concert.
All members of the ticket purchaser's party must be present at the
same time to enter the venue. The venue's ticket usher will swipe
their credit card upon entry and present each person in their party
with seat locator slips for quick access into the show. To purchase
paperless tickets or for more information, fans should visit
http://www.ticketmaster.com/paperless or call the Ticketmaster
charge-by-phone number at 1-800-745-3000.
*Maiden England 1988 Longform Video VHS Tracklisting
Moonchild, The Evil That Men Do, The Prisoner, Still Life, Die With
Your Boots On, Infinite Dreams, Killers, Can I Play With Madness,
Heaven Can Wait, Wasted Years, The Clairvoyant, Seventh Son Of A
Seventh Son, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron
Maiden.
MAIDEN ENGLAND 2012 TOUR DATES:
Thur 21st June Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sat 23rd June Atlanta, GA Aarons Amphitheatre
Tue 26th June Boston, MA Comcast Center
Wed 27th June Wantagh, NY Jones Beach
Fri 29th June Philadelphia, PI Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 30th June Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live
Mon 2nd July Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Thur 5th July Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank
Sun 8th July Quebec, QC Colisee Pepsi Arena
Wed 11th July Montreal, QC Bell Center
Fri 13th July Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
Sat 14th July Sarnia, ON Bayfest
Mon 16th July Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Wed 18th July Detroit, MI DTE Music Theatre
Thur 19th July Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Centre
Tues 24th July Winnipeg, MB MTS Center
Thur 26th July Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
Fri 27th July Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Sun 29th July Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum
Mon 30th July Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
Wed 1st August Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Fri 3rd August San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mon 6th August Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
Thur 9th August Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sun 12th August Albuquerque. NM Hard Rock Pavilion
Mon 13th August Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Wed 15th August San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Fri 17th August Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sat 18th August Houston, TX The Woodlands
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