Iron Maiden in a Brave New World


  Iron Maiden news now courtesy of the Robster. With a bit of help from the rest of the world. the Iron Maiden mailing list and Professor Plum from Cluedo. Actually the Plum bit was a lie....
   
 

 

Iron Maiden have announced full details of their fothcoming album, the first to feature the six musicians together since a couple of tracks on Live At Donington 1992. The new album is to be called Brave New World and is scheduled for release on the 8th of May 2000.

Taken from the mailing list news, the tracklisting will be as follows...

1. THE WICKER MAN (Adrian Smith / Steve Harris / Bruce Dickinson)
2. GHOST OF THE NAVIGATOR (Janick Gers / Bruce Dickinson / Steve Harris)
3. BRAVE NEW WORLD (Dave Murray / Steve Harris / Bruce Dickinson)
4. BLOOD BROTHERS (Steve Harris)
5. THE MERCENARY (Janick Gers / Steve Harris)
6. DREAM OF MIRRORS (Janick Gers / Steve Harris)
7. THE FALLEN ANGEL (Adrian Smith / Steve Harris)
8. THE NOMAD (Dave Murray / Steve Harris)
9. OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET (Janick Gers / Bruce Dickinson / Steve Harris)
10. THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE (Dave Murray / Steve Harris)

Sterling stuff indeed. Maiden have a short snippet of upcoming single release The Wicker Man on their website. I'll tell you now though. I've heard a much higher quality recording and the version on their site does not do it justice. It's an excellent track sounding very similar in places to Bruce and Adrian's solo work but with Steve Harris and the rest thrown in for good measure. That bodes well for the album.

Is that the Brave New World in the distance?!

Tour dates.

Also included on the mail to me were a number of european tour dates. These are :-

Please note all venues are indoors apart from those marked #

JUNE 2000
Fri 2nd - France - Strasbourg Artefact #
Sat 3rd - Holland - Nijmegan Goffert Park, Dynamo Open Air #
Mon 5th - Czech Republic - Prague Paegas Arena
Tue 6th - Slovakia - Banska Bystrica Amphitheatre #
Wed 7th - Hungary - Budapest Petofi Csarnok #
Fri 9th - Slovenia Izola, Izola Stadium #
Sat 10th - Italy - Monza Metal 2000 #
Sun 11th - Ukraine - Kiev, RocKiev Festival #
Tue 13th - France - St Etienne, Palais des Spectacles
Wed 14th - France - Paris, PalaisOmnisport de Bercy
Fri 16th - UK - London, Earls Court
Tue 20th - Poland - Katowice Spodek
Wed 21st - Poland - Warsaw Torwar
Fri 23rd - Germany Leipzig Full Force #
Sat 24th - Belgium Graspop Metal 2000 #
Mon 26th - Norway - Oslo, Spectrum
Tue 27th - Sweden, Stockholm Naval Museum #
Thur 29th - Denmark - Roskilde Festival #
Fri 30th - Finland, Turku Ruisrock Festival #

JULY 2000
Sun 2nd - Estonia - Tallinn Song Festival Grounds #
Wed 5th - Germany - Munich Zenith
Fri 7th - Switzerland - Rock Circus Festival #
Sat 8th - Germany - Mannheim Maimarktgelande Metal 2000 #
Sun 9th - Germany - Essen Georg Melches Stadion Metal 2000 #
Wed 12th - Bulgaria - Sofia Akademik Stadium
Fri 14th - Greece - Athens Rockwave Festival #
Sun 16th - Portugal - Festival Vilar de Mouros 2000 #
Tue 18th - Spain - San Sebastian Velodrome
Wed 19th - Spain - Madrid Bullring #
Fri 21st - Spain - Mijas Open Air #
Sat 22nd - Spain - Murcia Open Air #
Sun 23rd - Spain - Barcelona St. Jordi

SUPPORT BANDS
Whether these are still up to date is unknown. I think Dynamo is still up in the air as far as Korn is concerned. But heck, I'll include them anyway!

JUNE 2000
Fri 2nd - Strasbourg - Spiritual Beggars, Him, Entombed, Rhapsody, Samael, Mayhem, Stratovarius, Iron Maiden
Sat 3rd - Dynamo
Main Stage: Entombed, Sevendust, Methods Of Mayhem, Suicidal Tendencies, Slipknot, Korn, Iron Maiden
Second Stage: Zeke, Spiritual Beggars, Engine, Kittie, Sentenced, Kovenant, Mayhem
Mon 5th - Prague - Dirty Deeds
Tue 6th - Banska Bystrica - Dirty Deeds
Wed 7th - Budapest - Dirty Deeds
Fri 9th - Izola - Dirty Deeds
Sat 10th - Monza Metal 2000 - Khali, Dirty Deeds, Domine, Edguy, Dark Tranquility, Demons & Wizards, Iron Maiden
Tue 13th - St Etienne - The Almighty
Wed 14th - Paris - Slayer, The Almighty
Tue 20th - Katowice - Dirty Deeds
Wed 21st - Warsaw - Dirty Deeds
Fri 23rd - Leipzig Full Force - Dirty Deeds, The Almighty, Entombed
Other acts to be added...
Mon 26th - Oslo - Entombed
Tue 27th - Stockholm - Entombed

JULY 2000
Wed 5th - Munich - Spiritual Beggars
Fri 14th - Athens Rockwave - Septic Flesh, Cradle Of Filth, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden