http://www.maidenfans.com/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:42:04 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:42:04 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.maidenfans.com//images/bwlogo.gif http://www.maidenfans.com/ 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 http://maidenfans.com/2010/nicko_mcbrain_to_appear_at_guitar_nation antiMUSIC reports: "Guitar nation is a two day music festival of performances, demonstrations, seminars and cutting edge debates for guitarists and musicians serious about music. It brings together the people who make the industry happen; world class musicians, band managers, top producers, media professionals, music industry guru's and many more..." Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:50:49 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/nicko_mcbrain_to_appear_at_guitar_nation http://maidenfans.com/2010/iron_maiden_completes_recording_new_album Ultimate Guitar reports: "British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have completed the recording process for their new album at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas with producer Kevin Shirley. According to a posting on Kevin's official web site, "There's still work to do, but the band portion is complete and in the can, so to speak." Shirley previously worked on the last three Maiden albums - 2000's "Brave New World", 2003's "Dance Of Death" and 2006's "A Matter Of Life And Death"." The next Iron Maiden album will be the band's fifteenth studio record, and they face a challenge to follow up "A Matter Of Life And Death", which was received well critically and saw the group play the whole album on tour. Speaking at last year's premiere of the band's documentary film "Iron Maiden: Flight 666", guitarist Adrian Smith stated, "There's always a bit of pressure to follow up the last album, in a way it's good because it motivates you. "We never get complacent; we always try our best for our own sake as much as anything else. As far as pressure for another album, we just do what we do - we've been doing it long enough now, we know what we're doing. [laughs]" Iron Maiden will headline this year's edition of the UK's Sonisphere festival, which will be held Saturday, July 31, 2010 and Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Knebworth. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:58:38 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/iron_maiden_completes_recording_new_album http://maidenfans.com/2010/charity_auction_update The official site reports: "Rod completed the ride unscathed and asked us to thank all the fans who so generously contributed to the charities on www.justgiving.com/rod-smallwood - this is still up and running for a while longer for any later donations! A link to a website telling the full tale of the Ride with photos will be posted here very soon once completed for you guys to see what went on." Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:13:06 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/charity_auction_update http://maidenfans.com/2010/interviews_with_blazes_band_available Interviews with Blaze Bayley's guitarist Nico Bermudez and drummer Larry Paterson from December 5, 2009 can be viewed after the jump, as well as a short film about the last three dates on the band's latest tour entitled At the End of the Tour. Bayley's new album, Promise and Terror, is scheduled for release on February 1. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:41:09 GMT http://maidenfans.com/2010/interviews_with_blazes_band_available