http://www.maidenfans.com/ en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:20:43 GMT Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:20:43 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.maidenfans.com//images/bwlogo.gif http://www.maidenfans.com/ http://maidenfans.com/2010/ Blabbermouth.net reports: "British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Monday, June 7 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with IRON MAIDEN by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information, visit RocklineRadio.com. IRON MAIDEN has set "The Final Frontier" as the title of its new studio album, due late summer of this year." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:00:30 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/ http://maidenfans.com/2010/planet_rock_hopes_to_sign_up_bruce The Guardian reports: "Planet Rock owner Malcolm Bluemel wants to hire outgoing BBC 6 Music DJ Bruce Dickinson - and hopes his loss-making digital station will break even by the end of this year. He has held talks with the Iron Maiden frontman, who will present his last 6 Music show in April after eight years on the BBC digital station. 6 Music is set to close at the end of 2011 under controversial proposals put forward by BBC director general Mark Thompson. Bluemel, who rescued Planet Rock after its former owner GCap Media said it was going to close the station, said he was "disappointed" at the prospect of 6 Music's demise." Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:39:59 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/planet_rock_hopes_to_sign_up_bruce http://maidenfans.com/2010/bbc_6_music_cancels_bruces_rock_show Music Week reports: "Bruce Dickinson's 6 Music show is to be axed, while Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie's Radio 2 show is going down to three nights a week. Iron Maiden singer Dickinson has presented a show for 6 Music since its launch in 2002. The show goes out on Fridays from 9pm to midnight on Friday nights and aims to takes the listener on "a guitartastic journey". It will reportedly finish at the end of April." Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:21 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/bbc_6_music_cancels_bruces_rock_show http://maidenfans.com/2010/automanca_to_open_for_maiden_in_winnipeg BW&BK reports: "The Toronto-based band AUTOMAN.CA - led by former KILLER DWARFS drummer Darrell Dwarf Millar on vocals - have been added to IRON MAIDEN's Wednesday, June 30th date at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, MB. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 13 at 10:00AM. Automan.ca are touring in support of their debut album, debut CD, Pocket Change. In 1988, the Killer Dwarfs were the opening act for Iron Maiden on their Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour in England and played a few dates with the UK legends in North America in support of their breakthrough record, Big Deal." Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:29:23 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/automanca_to_open_for_maiden_in_winnipeg http://maidenfans.com/2010/blaze_bayley_interview_at_the_end_of_the_day Omega's Apple talk to Blaze's biographer, Lawrence Paterson about Blaze, his band and Maiden. As a part of Iron Maiden, how do you feel Bayley’s vocal ability possibly matured? Well, how could you join a band of Maiden’s stature and not improve as a musician? Blaze was totally immersed in the professional world of a top touring metal band doing more time on the road than he had ever had to deal with before. He was also following in the footsteps of one of metal’s finest vocalists who sang in a different range to that to which Blaze was accustomed. I’m sure that he learned fresh nuances of what his voice was – and wasn’t – capable of, and how to care for it after months on tour. He also worked alongside renowned composers and so would have been exposed to fresh ideas about song structure, as related to the vocals and to the song as a whole. It would have been a steep learning curve, but I don’t see Blaze as the kind of person to shy away from a heavy work load. Read the full interview Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:17:21 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/blaze_bayley_interview_at_the_end_of_the_day http://maidenfans.com/2010/iron_maiden_announce_new_studio_album_the_final_frontier_and_north_american_tour The official site reports: IRON MAIDEN are pleased to announce that their forthcoming new studio album will be called 'THE FINAL FRONTIER', and is expected be released late summer of this year. The announcement comes with news of a North American Tour with Very Special Guests Dream Theater to open in Dallas, Texas, on 9th June and finish in Washington D.C. on 20th July, making it Maiden's most extensive North American tour in many years. Following these shows in USA and Canada The Final Frontier World Tour will travel back to Europe for a few selected major festival and stadium shows with the band planning to continue to many other countries in 2011 (full currently confirmed dates below)... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:36:07 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/iron_maiden_announce_new_studio_album_the_final_frontier_and_north_american_tour http://maidenfans.com/2010/maiden_nominated_for_juno_award BW&BK reports: "The list of 2010 Juno Award nominees (the Canadian equivalent of the US Grammy Awards) were announced this morning and RUSH and IRON MAIDEN were nominated in the Music DVD Of The Year category. The listings credits read as follows: Snakes & Arrows Live Pierre & Francois Lamoureaux, Allan Weinrib, Pegi Cecconi, Ray Daniels, Rush Anthem/Universal Iron Maiden Flight 666 Sam Dunn, Scott McFadyen Ron Smallwood, Stefan Demetriou, Andy Taylor, Iron Maiden EMI Check out all the nominees at this location." Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:35:02 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/maiden_nominated_for_juno_award http://maidenfans.com/2010/future_of_bruces_radio_show_uncertain BW&BK reports: "According to John Plunkett from Guardian.co.uk, the BBC will close its national digital radio stations BBC 6 Music and Asian Network and rebrand its archive comedy and drama station BBC Radio 7 as "Radio 4 Extra", under proposals published today..." Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:25:29 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/future_of_bruces_radio_show_uncertain http://maidenfans.com/2010/flight_666_to_air_on_bbc4 The official site reports: BBC4 will be screening the Award-winning Flight 666 documentary on Thursday March 4th at 23.00 (GMT), a very suitable starting point for their Heavy Metal Britannia weekend! And a special one hour edit of the spectacular Maiden Live Concert (from the bonus disc in the Flight 666 DVD release) can be seen the following night, Friday March 5th at 23.00 (GMT). The concert will be shown after two BBC Metal programmes: the first is Heavy Metal Britannia (21.00 GMT) which charts the origins and history of British Heavy Metal and includes interviews with such legendary performers as Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Motorhead's Lemmy and Maiden's very own Bruce Dickinson. The second is Heavy Metal At The BBC (22.30 GMT) and is a 30 minute compilation of performances by various metal bands recorded over the years. Both these BBC Programmes will be repeated on BBC4 on Sunday Mar 7th at 21.00 and 22.30 respectively, with the Iron Maiden Live concert repeated at 01.30am (GMT) the following morning. Find out about Metal Britannia by visiting http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r600m which will be updated throughout the week. BBC Four is a BBC Television Channel available to UK digital television viewers (Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable) http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:17:12 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/flight_666_to_air_on_bbc4 http://maidenfans.com/2010/heaven__hell_to_support_maiden_in_norway BW&BK reports: Heaven & Hell have been announced as the support act to Iron Maiden, on August 11th at Bergenhus Festning-Koengen in Bergen, Norway. Tickets are available at this location. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:42:13 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/heaven__hell_to_support_maiden_in_norway