AROUND THE WORLD IN 66 DAYS!! Ed Force One Back In

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IRON MAIDEN, with their crew and many tons of equipment, will once again be boarding Ed Force One in February 2011 to fly 50,000 miles round the globe on their continuing mammoth Final Frontier World Tour, playing 29 shows and visiting 26 cities in thirteen countries across 5 continents with Bruce again in the pilot's seat, and heading into more new Frontiers of uncharted Maiden territory!!!

The first show will be on Feb 11th in Moscow's Olympic Stadium, after which the Boeing 757, which will have new designs to tie in with the new album and tour, will fly the band to Singapore and Indonesia for Maiden's first ever shows there, before arriving in Australia to headline two arena dates and five Soundwave Festivals. Ed Force One then turns its attention briefly to the Northern Hemisphere with a first show ever in South Korea and two shows in Tokyo, before heading all the way across the Pacific, a journey which (believe it or not!) is 6660 miles for two shows in Mexico. An extensive series of stadium shows through five South American countries follows, including a first visit to Belem, Northern Brazil, and, via Puerto Rico, the band will play the final show on this leg of the tour in Tampa, Florida, USA on April 17th, exactly 66 days after Moscow! (full dates below)

Says Bruce, "We were taken aback by the fantastic reaction from everyone to Ed Force One during the 2008/09 World Tour. As our fans all know from the "Flight 666" film, which documented the trials and tribulations we underwent in order to get the whole project literally off the ground, the end result was well worth all the effort and complex logistics we had to deal with! The band and crew enjoyed themselves so much travelling that way, it seemed only logical to set up this part of The Final Frontier tour in the same way so we could get to see as many fans as possible all over the World, only this time we're pushing the boundaries even further and going to more places Maiden has never been before... in true Frontier style!! We very much look forward to playing in Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea for the first time, as well as revisiting our fans everywhere else.

"The set list will be different to this year's tour. Of course we will play more songs from the new album and some other recent material, but we will include a healthy dose of older fan favourites as we will be playing to so many new faces who we know will want to hear those songs live for the first time. We will cram into the plane as much of the production we used this year as is physically possible, including of course Eddie, and intend to replicate the spectacular light show in as many places as we are able. All in all it promises to be a fantastic trip for everyone!! So see you all soon".

Since its release in August on EMI (UME in the US), "The Final Frontier" -- the band's 15th studio album - has proved their most successful chart album to date, registering the #1 sales chart slot in 28 countries around the globe; from Lebanon, Arabia and India in the East, to Canada in the West, New Zealand down South, throughout UK and Europe and across Latin America, as well as reaching No.1 in Billboard's European, Tastemaker and Rock Charts, and No.4 in the USA, which is the band's highest position ever there.

Having already played an extensive 25 date North American Tour and some selected European shows this year, Maiden will undertake a full European Tour in the summer of 2011. Some dates (as below) have already been announced but keep an eye on this site over the next few weeks and months for many more announcements.

The dates for IRON MAIDEN'S Round The World Trip on Ed Force One and current European dates for The Final Frontier World Tour are:
FEBRUARY
Fri 11 Moscow, RUSSIA Olympiski
Tue 15 SINGAPORE Singapore Indoor Stadium
Thu 17 Jakarta, INDONESIA Stadium Utama Gelaro Bung Karno Senayan
Sun 20 Bali, INDONESIA Garuda Wisnu Kencana
Wed 23 Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Hisense Arena
Thu 24 Sydney, AUSTRALIA Entertainment Centre
Sat 26 Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
Sun 27 Sydney, AUSTRALIA Eastern Creek Raceway (Soundwave Festival)

MARCH
Fri 4 Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
Sat 5 Adelaide, AUSTRALIA Bonython Park (Soundwave Festival)
Mon 7 Perth, AUSTRALIA Steel Blue Oval (Soundwave Festival)
Thu 10 Seoul, KOREA Chamsil Gymnasium
Sat 12 Tokyo, JAPAN Super Arena
Sun 13 Tokyo, JAPAN Super Arena
Thu 17 Monterrey, MEXICO Banamex Theatre
Fri 18 Mexico City, MEXICO Foro Sol
Sun 20 Bogota, COLOMBIA CC Sapo
Wed 23 Lima, PERU Estadio San Marcos
Sat 26 Sao Paulo, BRAZIL Morumbi Stadium
Sun 27 Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL HSBC Arena
Wed 30 Brasilia, BRAZIL Nilson Nelson Parking Lot

APRIL
Fri 1 Belem, BRAZIL Parque De Exposicoes
Sun 3 Recife, BRAZIL Parque De Exposicoes
Tue 5 Curitiba, BRAZIL Expotrade
Fri 8 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Velez Sarsfield
Sun 10 Santiago, CHILE Estadio Nacional
Wed 14 San Juan, PUERTO RICO Coliseo De Puerto Rico
Sat 16 Sunrise, Florida, USA Bank Atlantic Center
Sun 17 Tampa, Florida USA St Pete Times Forum

JULY
Jun 30 - Jul 3 Roskilde, DENMARK Roskilde Festival
Fri 1 Gothenburg, SWEDEN Ullevi Stadium
Wed 6 Oslo, NORWAY Telenor
Fri 8 Helsinki, FINLAND Olympic Stadium
Sun 10 St Petersburg, RUSSIA SKK Peterburgskiy

As always we hope to facilitate 'First to the Barrier' for our fan club members at as many shows as possible, and exclusive ticket pre-sales in some countries (such as the USA), and details of these will be announced nearer the time here on IronMaiden.com.

There is also a Fan Club trip planned for the Florida shows! Details to be revealed shortly here.


UK fans - don't worry, we most certainly haven't forgotten you... you're next!!

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FTTB!!! Let us know if this will be on again for Australian shows.

[Sands Of Time]

Just announces UK dates

Jul. 20 - SECC, Glasgow
Jul. 21 - AECC P&J Arena, Aberdeen
Jul. 23 - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jul. 24 - Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield
Jul. 27 - Trent FM Arena, Nottingham
Jul. 28 - MEN Arena, Manchester
Jul. 31 - NIA, Birmingham
Aug. 01 - CIA Arena, Cardiff
Aug. 03 - Odyssey, Belfast
Aug. 05 - O2 Arena, London


This will be an extensive 10-city arena tour for the final run of dates on their "Final Frontier World Tour 2010/11". For the first time in many years, the band will be playing shows across the full length and breadth of the U.K., including places they've not visited for up to three decades!

Commented bassist Steve Harris: "Everything in the MAIDEN camp has been so full-on these last five years or so that we haven't travelled around the U.K. to play for our home fans for almost that long. These fans supported us by coming to Twickenham Stadium, Reading and Leeds festivals, Download and more recently Sonisphere so we thought we should get off our backsides and do the travelling this time and get round the country to see them all. We very much look forward to playing all four home countries and a couple of places we haven't been for a very long time, Aberdeen and Belfast! And playing the O2 gets us as close to the East End of London where MAIDEN started off than we have been for many a year, probably since the Ruskin Arms! All in all, l think this is going to be a very special series of shows and a wonderful way to end this whole world tour.

"We intend to take the full stadium show into the U.K. arenas and fit everything we possibly can into each venue.

"The set list will be different to this year's tour. Of course, we will play more songs from the new album and some other recent material, but we intend to include a healthy dose of older fan favorites, too, for those who haven't seen us before, plus a spectacular light show and stage set, not forgetting, of course... Eddie!"

The U.K. shows will be the culmination of "The Final Frontier World Tour", which began in June 2010 with a hugely successful 25-date tour throughout North America, followed by selected European stadium and festival shows, including Knebworth Sonisphere in the U.K. As recently announced, early next year Ed Force One will fly the band, crew and equipment 50,000 miles around the world, visiting thirteen countries before the band take a short break prior to the extensive European tour (more announcements soon) of which the U.K. is the final leg.