Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back in Time Tour 2008

[Aamon]

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WORLD TOUR 08 ANNOUNCEMENT - EDDIE GETS HIGH AND GOES GLOBAL

INDIA February 1, 2008 Mumbai Bandra Kurla Complex
AUSTRALIA February 4, 2008 Perth Burswood Dome
AUSTRALIA February 6, 2008 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
AUSTRALIA February 7, 2008 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
AUSTRALIA February 9, 2008 Sydney Acer Arena
AUSTRALIA February 10, 2008 Sydney Acer Arena
AUSTRALIA February 12, 2008 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
JAPAN February 15, 2008 Yokohama Pacifico
JAPAN February 16, 2008 Tokyo Messe
USA February 19, 2008 Los Angeles The Forum
MEXICO February 21, 2008 Guadalajara Auditoria Telmex
MEXICO February 22, 2008 Monterrey Arena Monterrey
MEXICO February 24, 2008 Mexico City Sports Palace
COSTA RICA February 26, 2008 San Jose Saprisa Stadium
COLOMBIA February 28, 2008 Bogota Simon Bolivar Park
BRAZIL March 2, 2008 Sao Paulo Palmeiras Stadium
BRAZIL March 4, 2008 Curitiba Pedreira
BRAZIL March 5, 2008 Porto Alegre Gigantinho
ARGENTINA March 7, 2008 Buenos Aires Ferrofcarril Oeste Stadium
CHILE March 9, 2008 Santiago Pista Atletica
PUERTO RICO March 12, 2008 San Juan San Juan Coliseo
USA March 14, 2008 New Jersey Izod Centre
CANADA March 16, 2008 Toronto Air Canada Centre
ITALY June 27, 2008 Gods of Metal Festival Bologna
FRANCE July 1, 2008 Paris Ominisport De Bercy Arena
ENGLAND July 5, 2008 London Twickenham Stadium
SWEDEN July 16, 2008 Stockholm Stockholm Stadium
FINLAND July 18, 2008 Helsinki Helsinki Olympic Stadium
FINLAND July 19, 2008 Tampere Ratina Stadium
NORWAY July 22, 2008 Trondheim Lerkendalstadium
NORWAY July 24, 2008 Oslo Valle Hovin
SWEDEN July 26, 2008 Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium
DENMARK July 27, 2008 Horsens Horsens Gods Bane Pladsen
GERMANY July 31, 2008 Wacken Open Air Festival 31 July - 2 August
CZECH REPUBLIC August 8, 2008 Prague Slavia Football Stadium






IRON MAIDEN announce their most ambitious and extraordinary touring plans ever -- and are very pleased to announce that this will include Australia for the first time in 15 years!

The \'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME\' World Tour 2008 will be in three sections, starting in February and March 2008 with the first leg encompassing major concerts in 20 selected cities on five continents in seven weeks including India, Japan, North America, Central and South America, and, of course, Australia, opening in Perth on Feb 4 and continuing through Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane:

SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME, AUSTRALIA 2008

February :-
Monday 4th, Burswood Dome, Perth
Wednesday 6th, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Saturday 9th, Acer Arena, Sydney
Tuesday 12th, Entertainment Centre, Brisbane


The tour then continues with more concerts in North America in late May and June before finishing with a third leg in July and August encompassing major stadiums and festivals all over Europe. During the tour the band is expected to play to well over one and a half million fans and travel close to 100,000 miles.

In an historic first, Iron Maiden, their 60-strong crew and support staff and over 12 tons of equipment will be travelling around the world en masse for the first leg of the tour in a specially commissioned and converted Astraeus Boeing 757 decorated with Maiden and Eddie designs! Vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who is a qualified Airline Captain flying for Astraeus Airlines, will pilot the plane on its epic mission, flying over 50,000 miles.

Comments Bruce Dickinson, \"We had the idea last year of converting a jumbo jet into effectively what would be a flying 113 ton \'splitter bus\' for touring and we have been working seriously on it ever since. It\'s pretty complex but in the end we were able, with a lot of help from Astraeus Airlines, to overcome all the technicalities of customising the plane for our purposes. We are taking out the back 10 rows of seats to fit in a customised cargo hold that we can use again in the future if this jaunt works. This is in addition to all the standard storage holds. By taking band, personnel and equipment in one form of transport it makes all the touring so much easier and overcomes the logistical difficulty of people and equipment going in different planes. We can even work out exactly how big our carbon footprint is and take care of that responsibility! We will be packing as much of the show into the plane as we possibly can for this first leg and intend to give the fans something very special to remember. And it allows me to combine 2 of my greatest passions, music and flying!!

To tie in with forthcoming 2008 releases on DVD of the classic \'LIVE AFTER DEATH\' and \'MAIDEN ENGLAND\' concert videos (more details coming soon) this tour, aptly entitled \'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME\', will revisit the band\'s history by focusing almost entirely on the 80\'s in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which will be based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 \'Powerslave Tour\'. This will arguably be the most elaborate and spectacular show the band have ever presented, and will include some key elements of their Somewhere In Time tour of 1986/7, such as the Cyborg Eddie.

Steve Harris comments; \"On the last tour we opened the show by playing our new album \'A Matter of Life and Death\' in its 80 minute entirety. We thought we needed the challenge and it proved the right thing to do. However, it can be hard on the fans playing so much new material and we really appreciated the superb support they gave us. So now l guess it\'s payback time. It\'s tremendous to be able to use the profile of the DVDs to do what is effectively an 80\'s show. It will be enormous fun and by changing the approach to the songs we play tour by tour it keeps it fresh and interesting for both the band and the fans alike. l think \'Powerslave\' was an incredible show with the Egyptian theme and look forward to seeing it all again myself. We have been planning this for a few years and hoping to take it to Australia -- so we are all delighted that it has now worked out. I would also like to say that we are all are very grateful to our loyal fans in Oz who have kept the Maiden flag flying all these years and we are sorry to have disappointed you for so long. Thanks and see you there\"


Rod Smallwood, Iron Maiden\'s Manager, further commented; \"Following Bruce\'s various hints from on stage this last year about our plans for 2008 (\"We are taking some time off to build some pyramids!\"), fans have been pestering me for details of the tour and especially asking which songs from that era will be played. That may be as easy as a run in the hills but we will keep our aces close to our chest on this issue. I know it would only take a couple of minutes but at this stage of planning, I\'d have to be clairvoyant to know what they will do. I\'m sure though it will be no revelation for you that we intend to make up for those wasted years by visiting a large number of hallowed metal venues around the world. Historically \'Powerslave\' was an incredibly important album for the band and it would be madness if we didn\'t give the fans a taste of the full on Iron Maiden show from that time. With our jumbo there really is no rime nor reason why the band cannot now visit fans almost everywhere as many have been real troopers to have waited this long. Heaven only knows what the band will choose but if l could and did tell you now l would have to shoot you! You\'ll all have to be patient and see. But it will be spectacular. No fear!!\"


Historically, this will be Maiden\'s fourth Australian Tour having first toured in 1982 when \'The Number of the Beast\' was Australia\'s number one album, then again in 1985 with the original \'Powerslave\' show and most recently in 1992 with \'Fear of the Dark\'. However a great deal has happened with the band since then, especially in recent years when ticket sales have continued to explode around the world as the band\'s loyal fan base continues to flourish. As Maiden have never had airplay or much video channel exposure anywhere in the world their popularity spread mainly by word of mouth on the back of a legacy of many great albums and an awesome live reputation With the ever increasing power of the internet the Maiden legend has fired the imagination of new young fans around the planet, and, although their audience spans two generations, it is now predominantly a young one, inspired by the massive legacy and influence of this unique band (and, of course, Eddie).

To allow Iron Maiden fans in Australia to get right up close to the band,the fan club are organising advance booking of tickets for members and running a special draw for them whereby 60 winners and friend at each show will be given first access to the venue and be first to the stage barrier. Full details will be on www.ironmaiden.com.

Tickets go on sale to the public 9am Thursday 27th September, but members of the Iron Maiden fan club get exclusive first access to purchase tickets from 12 noon Thursday 20th September through to 12 noon Monday 24th September. More details soon!

[reanimapeda]

herr aamon, diesen thread hab ich shcon vor einpaar monaten hier reingestellt.

[ogerl]

CZECH REPUBLIC August 8, 2008 Prague Slavia Football Stadium

wer checkt tix? :augenroll:

[reanimapeda]

ich würd noch warten 8)

[ogerl]

wenn in österreich dann sicher aufm grindigen novarock, und da hab i echt kan bock drauf

tix in prag kosten ca. 28,--, bier unter 1 euro, was will man mehr? :augenroll:

[reanimapeda]

soweit ich weiss fix nicht am novarock - angefragt wurde ein anderer veranstalter und zwar für linz.

aber stimmt - ticketpreis und bierpreis sidn ein gutes argument!!

[ogerl]

na gut dann wart ma noch ein bissl

[Aamon]

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wenn in österreich dann sicher aufm grindigen novarock, und da hab i echt kan bock drauf

tix in prag kosten ca. 28,--, bier unter 1 euro, was will man mehr? :augenroll:
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nova rock is nicht grindig....alles andere ist geschmackssache

[ogerl]

tschuldigung, meinte natürlich grauslich :augenroll:

[Aamon]

hm....
naja...
aufjedenfall will ich 2008 Maiden sehen mit diesem Songmaterial....herrlich

und wo das is, sollt ja eh egal sein, Hauptsache man sieht die Band.
und bei einem Festival sieht man dann durchaus die volle Show auch.
und hat den Vorteil dfen nachmittag sich andere Bands bei einem kühlen Bierchen reinzuziehen, das 1 Stunde von Wien, weiss net, ob das wirklich so grausam ist, fast schon menschenverachtend, schlimmstens sowas. Man fürchtet sich da monatelang drauf

[ogerl]

ich brauch mich nicht zu fürchten davor didi, weil ich weiss das ich dort NICHT erscheinen werde

da schau ich mir das ganze lieber als einzelshow in voller länge in einer wunderschönen stadt an, bei einem ticketpreis von 27,-- od. 28,-- und einem bierpreis von unter 1,--!

ostrava heuer war einfach hammer! so stell ich mir das vor! da brauch i kein kommerzfestl dazu - nein danke

aber du kennst meine einstellung dazu ja mittlerweile eh :biggrin:

[Aamon]

gut...
durchaus auch in Prag sehenswert, keine Frage..
Aber nur zur Info: auch das Maidenkonzert ist ein Kommerzfest, alle Festivals sind kommerziell, alle!!!

in voller Länge spielens auch dort, falls sie dort überhaupt spielen, ich weiss es ja gar nicht.

[Kreuznagel]

wackööööööön :)

[Ger-Hard]

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CZECH REPUBLIC August 8, 2008 Prague Slavia Football Stadium

wer checkt tix? :augenroll:
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also diesmal sicher mit einigem anhang dabei, nachdem wir teil 1 in graz gesehen haben lassen wir uns teil 2 sicher nicht entgehen! bin aber auch dafür noch ein wenig abzuwarten...

[Aamon]

ich wart noch ab. lieber würde ich Maiden natürlich beim Nova Rock sehen.