IRON MAIDEN lassen verlauten, zur neuen CD Dance of Death das letzte mal eine ausgedehnte (Hallen-)Tournee, wie man es von ihnen gewohnt ist, zu unternehmen. Auch danach will die Band weiter Alben aufnehmen und regelmäßig live auftreten, jedoch v.a. im Rahmen von großen Sommerfestivals.
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16/07/2003 Iron Maiden announce European tour dates 03/04
Having just played 28 shows to 600,000 fans on the Give me E-´til I´m Dead European Tour, Iron Maiden announce their forthcoming DANCE OF DEATH WORLD TOUR to follow close on the release of their new studio album, DANCE OF DEATH, which is scheduled for worldwide release on 8th September.
The European leg of the tour starts in Prague on 22nd October and will finish in the UK just before Christmas. Details of the UK dates will be announced shortly and the rest of the European schedule is as follows –
Wed 22 Oct – CZE Prague T-Mobile Arena
Fri 24 Oct – GER Munich Olympiahalle
Sat 25 Oct – GER Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
Mon 27 Oct – ITA Milan Filaforum
Tue 28 Oct – ITA Firenze Palasport
Thu 30 Oct – SWI Zurich Hallenstadion
Sat 1 Nov – SPA Barcelona Pavello Olympic Badolona
Sun 2 Nov – SPA Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
Tue 4 Nov – GER Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
Wed 5 Nov – HOL Rotterdam Ahoy
Fri 7 Nov – POL Katowice Spodek Mystic Festival
Mon 10 Nov – FIN Helsinki Hartwall Arena
Wed 12 Nov – DEN Copenhagen Valby Hallen
Fri 14 Nov – SWE Stockholm Globen
Sat 15 Nov – SWE Gothenburg Scandinavium
Mon 17 Nov – GER Hannover Eilenriedehalle
Tue 18 Nov – GER Berlin Arena Treptow
Thu 20 Nov – BEL Leuven Brabanthal
Sat 22 Nov – FRA Paris Palais Omnisports de Bercy
Mon 24 Nov – GER Dortmund Westfalenhalle
Wed 26 Nov – GER Hamburg Sporthalle
Thu 27 Nov – GER Leipzig Messehalle 7
Sat 29 Nov – FRA Nancy Zenith
The tour will then continue through mid-March taking in South America, North America, Japan and other areas.
Says founder member and bassist Steve Harris ?We are having a great time on the Give Me Ed … -´Til I´m Dead Tour. Its fun playing material from Brave New World back to the early eighties and certainly judging from the reactions and the amount of people showing up at the gigs it´s been fun for the fans too!! We are really proud of the new record and are very much looking forward to playing a number of the new songs along with some other stuff we haven´t played for a while?
However the DANCE OF DEATH WORLD TOUR will herald a major change in how the band tour in the future as this will be the last long arena tour the band will undertake. The band will certainly continue recording and touring for years to come but as manager Rod Smallwood says ?We want to explain this carefully and at length to our amazing fans so there is no confusion and because they deserve a full explanation. After Spring 2004 the band will not go out on the road for up to nine months touring with an album as we have up to now. As a progression from the scheduling around the Give Me Ed and Dance of Death tours we will further break the album / tour cycle. Recording will be mainly in the winter ( then releasing the album when it is ready and appropriate) and touring in the Summer. We really enjoy the festivals and outdoor shows where Maiden fans congregate in numbers. There is a real atmosphere of community and this is something which really lifts the band.
Whilst arena tours will be a thing of the past, there may be occasional arenas in certain areas where a festival or outdoor gig isn´t feasible. We know we have fans in many parts of the world who wish to see the band and we will try to spread out the shows as fairly as possible and play for as many of you as possible within these parameters. And although touring will be much shorter we could in fact be playing live more regularly, which the band also like the idea of .
We are announcing this up front of the DANCE OF DEATH Tour to be fair to fans who live in the cities we may not get to play in again and there will be a lot obviously on this forthcoming tour. We hope you understand and that you can still make it to see us in future. Since l started managing Maiden in 1979 we have played over 1700 gigs in many, many parts of the World. We have tried to get to as many of you as we could over the years and we know that many of you have travelled huge distances to come to our shows. Although we would expect to return to all the countries we play at some point we hope more of you will try to join us somewhere and enjoy the camaraderie of the Maiden travelling gang!!!
Quelle: www.ironmaiden.com