Iron Maiden Australian tour announced
Iron Maiden's‘Somewhere Back in Time’ World Tour 2008 has been announced today, including Australia for the first time in 15 years, opening in Perth on February 4 and continuing through Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Iron Maiden, their 60-strong crew and support staff and over 12 tons of equipment will be travelling around the world en masse for the first leg of the tour in a specially commissioned and converted Astraeus Boeing 757 decorated with Maiden and Eddie designs! Vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who is a qualified Airline Captain flying for Astraeus Airlines, will pilot the plane on its epic mission, flying over 50,000 miles. During the world tour the band is expected to play to well over one and a half million fans and travel close to 100,000 miles.
‘Somewhere Back in Time’, will revisit the band’s history by focusing almost entirely on the 80’s in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which will be based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 ‘Powerslave Tour’. This will arguably be the most elaborate and spectacular show the band have ever presented, and will include some key elements of their Somewhere In Time tour of 1986/7, such as the Cyborg Eddie.
Historically, this will be Iron Maiden’s fourth Australian Tour having first toured in 1982 when ‘The Number of the Beast’ was Australia’s number one album, then again in 1985 with the original ‘Powerslave’ show and most recently in 1992 with ‘Fear of the Dark’.
Tickets go on sale to the public 9am Thursday 27 September, but members of the Iron Maiden fan club get exclusive first access to purchase tickets from 12 noon Thursday 20 September through to 12 noon Monday 24 September.
Iron Maiden Australian tour - February 2008
Monday, February 4 - Burswood Dome, Perth
Wednesday, February 6 - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Saturday, February 9 - Acer Arena, Sydney
Tuesday, February 12 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
