My fellow metalheads, today’s our lucky day! Rock Gods Iron Maiden and Megadeth have just announced that they will be embarking on a US mini-tour together before heading to Brazil to headline the Rock In Rio Festival! Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson gushed:
“As Maiden fans know, we’re going back to Brazil to headline Rock In Rio again, so we thought that on our way down south we should certainly stop off and do a few more shows in the U.S. We especially wanted to try and play some more cities we’ve not visited for a while, so we’re really excited about seeing our fans again in places we’ve not been to in over a decade, and in some cases even longer! We hope they will remember us! We can’t wait to launch the Battle of San Bernardino for our Southern California fans! It really will be a day to remember for south Cal Metal fans. Friday 13, 13 too! Double Trouble!! We’ll be bringing with us the same full production we had on the Maiden England Tour in North America last year so fans can expect to see the huge lightshow, stage set, various incarnations of Eddie, plenty of pyro and all kinds of other exciting stuff.”
Steve Harris added:
“We know how popular the History of Maiden Tours are with fans of all ages and we love visiting cities we haven’t been to in many years as it gives us a chance to play to new audiences. We had a huge amount of fun with the set list for this Maiden England Tour when we opened in North America last year as we got to play songs we had not played in a very long time like ‘Seventh Son,’ ‘The Prisoner’ and ‘Afraid To Shoot Strangers,’ as well as fan favourites like ‘The Trooper,’ ‘Aces High,’ ‘The Clairvoyant,’ ‘The Number Of The Beast,’ ‘Wasted Years’ and ‘Run To The Hills.’ That opening leg of the tour was so enjoyable for the whole band, we’re really looking forward to coming back to see our fans again and a lot of new faces too! “
This sounds AMAZING! You can check out the full list of tour dates below:
North American Dates:
09/3 Raleigh, NC, USA Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
09/5 Nashville, TN, USA Bridgestone Arena
09/7 Kansas City, MO, USA Sprint Center
09/8 St Louis, MO, USA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
09/10 Austin, TX, USA Austin 360 Amphitheater
09/12 Las Vegas, NV, USA Mandalay Bay Events Center
09/13 San Bernardino, CA, USA San Manuel Amphitheatre
