22/10/92, Festival Hall, Melbourne 22/11/03, Bercy Arena, Paris 22/12/06, Earls Court Arena, London 23/12/06, Earls Court Arena, London 4/2/08, Burswood Dome, Perth 6/2/08, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 7/2/08, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 9/2/08, Acer Arena, Sydney 10/2/08, Acer Arena, Sydney 12/2/08, Entertainment Centre, Brisbane 20/2/09, Auckland NZ 21/2/09, Christchurch NZ
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Re: New Album Work Begins « Reply #7 on Nov 6, 2009, 5:18pm »
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Re: New Album Work Begins « Reply #11 on Nov 8, 2009, 10:19am »
Speaking in the Iron Maiden Fan Club magazine, IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood recently said, "It took a long time to set up the last tour because of the plane. It had never been done before and we didn't know what we were letting ourselves in for. The idea came a couple of years before that and we got into it a year ahead of the game.
"I'm starting to get my head round what we're going to do next summer. It hasn't been decided yet but we'll do something, so I've got to speak to promoters and agents.
"Now we know the plane works, by Christmas we'll have the pattern set. We'll probably be going for the plane and getting that held for us.
"But at the moment, the album's the key thing on the agenda. The guys will be getting together shortly and they're probably starting to get their heads round new ideas for songs individually. Some of them may meet up before we formally get together.
"We'll spend a period writing, we'll take Christmas off and then we'll get into recording. We'll finish the album in time for it to be out next year and I'm just getting my head round what we want to do touring-wise.
We'll be doing some new places on the next tour. I won't tell you where they are - they're not finalized yet, but some work has been done. One place we can't play that we'd like to is Bolivia — the altitude is just too high for the type of physical performance the guys do. It's a shame."
Next summer, so his summer is our winter - so expect a tour next winter? COOL!
No... would likely be Feb '11 give or take... the plane is cheaper to lease during the northern winter when there is less travel demand which I believe is one of the main reasons why the plane has been run in the Feb - April timeframe the last 2 years... I would expect a similar pattern/timeframe.
22/10/92, Festival Hall, Melbourne 22/11/03, Bercy Arena, Paris 22/12/06, Earls Court Arena, London 23/12/06, Earls Court Arena, London 4/2/08, Burswood Dome, Perth 6/2/08, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 7/2/08, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 9/2/08, Acer Arena, Sydney 10/2/08, Acer Arena, Sydney 12/2/08, Entertainment Centre, Brisbane 20/2/09, Auckland NZ 21/2/09, Christchurch NZ