Iron Maidenin odotettu uusi studioalbumi The Final Frontier julkaistaan 16. päivä elokuuta. Uusi albumiraita El Dorado on ladattavissa ilmaiseksi mp3-formaatissa yhtyeen omien webbisivujen kautta osoitteesta www.ironmaiden.com.
Laulaja Bruce Dickinson kertoo: "El Dorado' is a preview of the forthcoming studio album. As we will be including it in the set of our Final Frontier World Tour (which opens in Dallas On 9th June - full dates below) we thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into The Final Frontier mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release."
Albumin on tuottanut yhtyeen pitkäaikainen luottotuottaja Kevin "Caveman" Shirley ja kansitaiteesta vastaa Melvyn Grant (mm. Fear of The Dark, Virtual XI ja Death on the Road). Albumi on äänitetty Compass Pointin studioilla Nassaussa, jossa Iron Maiden äänitti myös klassikkoalbuminsa Piece Of Mind ('83), Powerslave ('84) ja Somewhere In Time ('86).
Bruce Dickinson jatkaa: "The studio had the same vibe and it was EXACTLY as it had been in 1983, NOTHING had changed! Even down to the broken shutter in the corner...same carpet....everything... It was really quite spooky. But we felt very relaxed in such a familiar and well-trodden environment and I think this shows in the playing and the atmosphere of the album"
The Final Frontier on Iron Maidenin viidestoista studioalbumi kolmenkymmenen vuoden aikana (1980 - 2010). Albumeita on myyty maailmanlaajuisesti yli 80 miljoonaa kappaletta.
Iron Maidenin laajamittainen Pohjois-Amerikan kiertue käynnistyy 9. kesäkuuta Dallasista. Elokuussa Iron Maiden esiintyy Euroopassa muutamilla suurilla festivaali- ja stadionkeikoilla.
Suomessa Iron Maiden esiintyy Sonisphere festivaaleilla Porin Kirjurinluodossa 8. elokuuta.
Basisti Steve Harris kiertueesta: "We're hugely excited about this tour. I think the fans will really like the brand new stage production and lights and we will also be debuting one of the new album tracks, ‘El Dorado'. Our Texan fans will be the very first people anywhere to hear it live, so it will be interesting to see their reaction and how it goes down with the crowd on the night! Eddie has changed a bit for this tour but is possibly the most outrageous one to date...I can't say too much about him as don't want to spoil the surprise but I guarantee he will scare the hell out of you !"
Kiertueaikataulu:
JUNE
Wed 9 US Dallas, TX Superpages.Com Center
Fri 11 US Houston, TX Cynthia Mitchell Pavilion Woodlands
Sat 12 US San Antonio TX AT&T Center
Mon 14 US Denver CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Wed 16 US Albuquerque The Pavilion
Thu 17 US Phoenix AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 19 US San Bernardino CA, San Manuel Amphitheatre
Sun 20 US Concord CA, Sleep Train Pavilion
Tue 22 US Auburn WA, White River Amphitheater
Thu 24 CAN Vancouver BC, GM Place
Sat 26 CAN Edmonton AB Rexall Place
Sun 27 CAN Calgary, AB Saddledome
Tue 29 CAN Saskatoon SK Credit Union Centre
Wed 30 CAN Winnipeg MB, MTS Center
JULY
Sat 3 CAN Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
Tues 6 CAN Ottawa, ON, Cisco Blues Festival
Wed 7 CAN Montreal QC Bell Centre
Fri 9 CAN Quebec, QC Summer Festival
Sun 11 US Holmdel NJ, PNC
Mon 12 US New York NY, Madison Square Garden
Wed 14 US Pittsburgh PA First Niagara Pavilion
Thu 15 US Cleveland OH, Blossom Music Center
Sat 17 US Detroit MI, DTE Music Theatre
Sun 18 US Chicago IL, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tue 20 US Washington DC, Jiffy Lube Live
Fri 30 IRELAND, Dublin, The O2
AUG
Sun 1 UK Knebworth, Sonisphere Festival,
Thu 5 GERMANY Wacken Festival
Sat 7 SWEDEN Stockholm Stora Skuggan Sonisphere Festival
Sun 8 FINLAND Pori Kirjurinluoto Sonisphere Festival
Wed 11 NORWAY Bergenhus Festning Koengen
Sat 14 HUNGARY Sziget Festival
Sun 15 TRANSYLVANIA Cluj, Polux Mall
Tue 17 ITALY Villa Manin Codroipe, Nr Udine
Thu 19 BELGIUM Pukkelpop Festival
Sat 21 SPAIN Valencia Auditorio Marina Sur
