Do the rumors ring true? Iron Maiden tour oz?

[Mean Machine]

^^^ It's on Blabbermouth.

[Wrathchild]

ms said:

tazz1973 said:

There isn't anything to find....

IRON MAIDEN has been confirmed as the first headliner of the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Iron Maiden plays in March 9th.

yeahh lets all go to Dubai

Give me some AUSSIE TOUR NEWS ;D

[MS]

tazz1973 said:

There isn't anything to find....

22/12/2006IRON MAIDEN CONFIRM HEADLINE APPEARANCE ON DUBAI DESERT ROCK FESTIVAL

Iron Maiden have announced that they will be headlining the DESERT ROCK FESTIVAL in Dubai on Friday 9th March 2007. The supporting bill for this day is currently The Prodigy as Special Guests plus Stone Sour, In Flames, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, Lauren Harris and Junkyard Groove .

This will be the fourth Desert Rock Festival in Dubai since it started in 2004 and it will take place at the Dubai Country Club. Tickets will be made available from the official Desert Rock Festival website - desertrockfestival.com - where full details of the festival and site can be found.

Says manager Rod Smallwood 'Maiden have always enjoyed and been prepared to visit and play in new parts of the World and this is certainly no exception. We expect to take the full European stage Production and as its our first time there. We will adjust the set to include more of the favourites these fans wont have heard live before along with selected tracks from our new album 'A Matter of Life and Death' which has been very successful in Arabia with a Top 5 Chart entry. As this tour has been so much fun we may even add a couple more special shows in mid-March so watch this space'

Adds Bruce Dickinson 'This is certainly something new to us as I don't believe anyone from the band has ever played here at all so we're all really looking forward to this. We all enjoy touring where we've always had fantastic support but there is something always a bit special about playing to new fans in a part of the world you'd never really expected to play. It certainly looks and sounds like a great festival and line up and I'm already planning a special BruceAir trip out for this one which will be amazing I'm sure.

We're just getting to the end of whats been a brilliant year for all of us and we've had a fantastic reaction to the tour throughout and we 'd like to thank all the fans for their support on the album and the tour. It's been incredible.'

Details of the Bruce Air three day trip out to Dubai and the Desert Rock Festival will be posted tomorrow, Friday 22nd December on seegigs.co.uk.

Official press release (ironmaiden.com)

[skrabsta]

thats all i needed to hear - wasnt doubting what u were saying, just like to hear it officially

[Wrathchild]

So they are gonna add a couple more special shows in Dubai right? or elsewhere....of course.

[stormster]

I have faith, just pissed its gonna be this new album.

[Stephen Thorpe]

What did Terry Butcher say? Was he talking about Maiden?
Where did you see it?

Pleeeassee Skrabsta

[stormster]

stephenthorpe said:

What did Terry Butcher say? Was he talking about Maiden?
Where did you see it?

Pleeeassee Skrabsta

he said he cant wait to see steve and the boys down here in 2007. The article was about terry butcher and how steve harris played soccer with himself and other england legends in MAIDEN FC.

[Stephen Thorpe]

stormster said:

stephenthorpe said:

What did Terry Butcher say? Was he talking about Maiden?
Where did you see it?

Pleeeassee Skrabsta

he said he cant wait to see steve and the boys down here in 2007. The article was about terry butcher and how steve harris played soccer with himself and other england legends in MAIDEN FC.

Where did he say that? Has anyone got the article?

[Mean Machine]

stephenthorpe said:

Where did he say that? Has anyone got the article?

beastdownunder.proboards74.com/index.cgi?board=maiden&action=display&thread=1166176626

[Stephen Thorpe]

Thank you sir, I had found it but needed to get my posts up so I thought I'd ask. I've done a bit of work in there too!!

Thanks again and Merry Christmas to you!!

[azzura]

amf said:

So they are gonna add a couple more special shows in Dubai right? or elsewhere....of course.

The "elsewhere" is referring to Donnington (Bruce announced during the last show). As for other places, I've not heard anything myself.

[MS]

azzura said:

As for other places, I've not heard anything myself.

Here you can hear more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8joG96_8YLg.

[azzura]

Ooh is that the gig?! Or something else? I'll have to wait for a month to see it - we came back to find that our sister had capped our net 9 days into the month grrrr! hehe. Thanks in advance though, MS.

[MS]

azzura said:

Ooh is that the gig?! Or something else?

Maybe not so reliable: forum.smartchina.com/thread/12195/page=1/Iron_Maiden_in_Shanghai