NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED!!!

[irondave]

from ironmaiden.com...

IRON MAIDEN ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM "THE FINAL FRONTIER"
AND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
IRON MAIDEN are pleased to announce that their forthcoming new studio album will be called 'THE FINAL FRONTIER', and is expected be released late summer of this year.

The announcement comes with news of a North American Tour with Very Special Guests Dream Theater to open in Dallas, Texas, on 9th June and finish in Washington D.C. on 20th July, making it Maiden's most extensive North American tour in many years.

Following these shows in USA and Canada The Final Frontier World Tour will travel back to Europe for a few selected major festival and stadium shows with the band planning to continue to many other countries in 2011 (full currently confirmed dates below).

The full Live Nation North America press release for the North American Tour is posted here.

An exclusive pre-sale allowing members of the IRON MAIDEN fan club first access to tickets to the North American Maiden Shows will be made available two days prior to them being available to the public.

Tickets for the Canadian shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday 13th March at 10am PST (10am EST for Toronto and 12 noon EST Montreal).
Exclusive first access to the tickets will be available to IM fan club members on Wednesday 10th March at 10am PST through to Thursday 11th March at 6pm PST (EST for Toronto).
Regretfully due to technical reasons an exclusive Pre-Sale in Montreal is not possible.

Tickets for the US Shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday 20th March at 10am EST.
Exclusive first access to the tickets will be available to IM fan club members on Wednesday 17th March at 10am EST through to Thursday 18th March at 6pm EST

As IRON MAIDEN are actively dedicated to ensuring their fans always have access to the best possible tickets at the fairest possible price, without being subject to scalping for good seats, so many North American shows will operate, at least in part, a paperless ticket policy: More information on Ticketmaster Paperless Ticketing can be found here

To give IRON MAIDEN fan club members a privileged insight to their touring world, IMTV will return to www.ironmaiden.com to cover THE FINAL FRONTIER WORLD TOUR. This exclusive footage includes regular video from the live shows, touring, band interviews, insights into our crew and what they do and much much more. The website will also feature exclusive tour diaries, exclusive photographs and anything else that helps the fans get a real insight into the dynamics of a big tour.

The announcement on the official site also has what I suspect is new album artwork and they announced US tour dates.... how about some Oz dates lads?

[tazz1973]

As per the release there will be further dates later in 2011:

planning to continue to many other countries in 2011

this will include a plane tour in the Feb/March 2011 timeframe similar to the 2008/2009 plane tours and will include Australia.

There won't be tour in 2010.

[irondave]

From the Toronto Sun:

Run to the hills, haters — Iron Maiden are headed back to Canada this summer.

The British metal sextet will play seven shows from Vancouver to Quebec on their Final Frontier 2010 North American tour, the band announced Thursday. The tour is named after the band's 15th studio album Final Frontier, expected to be released after the tour.

"We really wanted to get out and play some shows before the release of the new album later this year, so we thought what better way to kick off the tour than by going back to Canada," vocalist Bruce Dickinson said in a statement. "This time 'round, we will be playing a few more cities we haven't visited for some time.

"We're still working on the set list for these summer shows, but this time it will cover the whole history of the band, and I can hint that we will be playing a taster from the new album," he continued. "This summer tour will be a bit of a preview for the fans."

[irondave]

From blabbermouth.net

Prog rock/metal icons DREAM THEATER will spend their summer supporting IRON MAIDEN on the band's month-long tour of major U.S. and Canadian markets. The tour launches on June 9 and runs through July 20, and includes a stop at the storied Madison Square Garden in New York City, marking the first time in a lengthy and respected career that DREAM THEATER will have played the world's most famous arena. This tour will mark another milestone in DREAM THEATER's history, which continues to expand and evolve, twenty-five years deep.

Of touring with IRON MAIDEN in North America, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy said, "It is a bit of a dream come true for us.

"After 25 years together, at this stage in our career, there's honestly only three bands DREAM THEATER would consider opening for and MAIDEN is one of them.

"It is an absolute honor.

"Through the years, we've done many one-off shows with MAIDEN and they've almost all been overseas. It is very exciting to finally be doing a full tour with them and on our side of the pond, no less.

"These are gonna be amazing shows that the fans won't want to miss.

"Up the F**king irons!”

Playing Madison Square Garden for the first time is also a huge accomplishment for the band and they are thrilled about the prospect.

"DREAM THEATER has achieved so many dreams through the years, from playing the Budokan in Tokyo to Wembley Arena in London to Radio City Music Hall in New York City," Portnoy recalled. "But the one remaining dream that has eluded us through all of these years was to play at Madison Square Garden. Well, on July 12, along with IRON MAIDEN, that dream will finally be fulfilled."

Guitarist John Petrucci was equally stoked about the Madison Square Garden play, saying, "I am unbelievably excited to be finally playing Madison Square Garden, and with the almighty MAIDEN to boot! They have been heroes to the band since the beginning and are iconic in our eyes.

"There is nothing like achieving success and recognition in your own country, in your own city. It's going to be an incredible night, for sure."

Portnoy has proof of this career-long dream, saying, "About a month ago, my family and I were watching a video of my first band INTRUDER from back in 1983, and in the video before the show, I was interviewed and asked what my dream goal was. I responded 'To play the Garden.' It took almost 30 years, but it’s surreal that I will now be able to check it off the list."

[TROOPER71]

[Beetle]

well this is it people....the final Iron Maiden studio album.

The Final Frontier isn't the title for nothing. 15th studio album and its a wrap.

[tazz1973]

Mar 5, 2010 10:20:40 GMT 10 Beetle said:

well this is it people....the final Iron Maiden studio album.

The Final Frontier isn't the title for nothing. 15th studio album and its a wrap.

It's ominous... but I wonder if it isn't a bit of clever marketing by the band... scare everyone and get people talking and speculating... time will tell...

[Beetle]

Mar 5, 2010 11:30:51 GMT 10 tazz1973 said:

Mar 5, 2010 10:20:40 GMT 10 Beetle said:

well this is it people....the final Iron Maiden studio album.

The Final Frontier isn't the title for nothing. 15th studio album and its a wrap.

It's ominous... but I wonder if it isn't a bit of clever marketing by the band... scare everyone and get people talking and speculating... time will tell...

Horrible, horrible album name nonetheless...

Star Trek geek shit!

[tazz1973]

At least it doesn't have death in the title for once...

[stormster]

Who cares about the album artwork, name, etc. Its the F**king music brothers!!!!!! F**k yeah. I like the album title! Bring it on, just give me a lot of warning about the tour Iron Maiden people! Need to prepare. A F**king album tour, F**k yes!!!!!!

[Sands Of Time]

;D ;D ;D
Can't wait to hear it, hope it's a cracker and has just a couple of more uptempo songs this time. I'm with tazz about the title, for once it doesn't mention the word Death!

As for this being the final album, who knows, only time will tell but i hope not.

[tazz1973]

Mar 5, 2010 16:14:59 GMT 10 stormster said:

Who cares about the album artwork, name, etc. Its the F**king music brothers!!!!!! F**k yeah. I like the album title! Bring it on, just give me a lot of warning about the tour Iron Maiden people! Need to prepare. A F**king album tour, F**k yes!!!!!!

I would be planning for a plane tour around Feb same as 2008 with ticket sales around October maybe? Can't remember when they went on sale in 2007?

[TROOPER71]

IronMaiden Bulgaria has posted the songtitles of the new album to be confirmed, here ironmaiden-bg.com/news_eng.htm

#/Title/Lyrics/Music/Length
1./"Beyond The Eyes Can See" /Steve Harris/Adrian Smith, Harris/4:17
2./"Where No Man Has Gone Before" /Bruce Dickinson/Smith, Harris/5:52
3./"Higher And Faster" /Dickinson, Harris/Smith, Harris, Murray/7:34
4./"The Antagonist" /Harris/Janick Gers, Harris/6:07
5./"Longing For Heaven" /Dickinson/Smith, Harris, Dickinson/6:58
6./"Murky Space Race" /Dickinson/Dickinson, Harris/7:36
7./"Catastrophe Of A Thousand Light Years" /Harris/Dave Murray, Harris/8:29
8./"The Final Frontier" /Harris/Gers, Smith, Harris/14:09
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[stormster]

Sounds cool, except 'Murky Space Race' lol

[Mr Damage]

Don't believe that song list for one second... BUT if its true, can you say, Concept Album.