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Iron Maiden founder Steve Harris will bring British Lion to Metalfest Open Air 2027 in Plzeň, Czechia. The festival runs from 11 to 13 June at the Lochotín Amphitheatre. Harris plays bass in British Lion alongside singer Richard Taylor, guitarists David Hawkins and Grahame Leslie, and drummer Simon Dawson.
matic22 suggested a Janick Gers signature pickguard in our guitar thread back in 2018. Eight years later, the same member has shared its arrival. Seymour Duncan now offers Janick's JB Jr. neck and bridge pickups, with a Hot Rails in the middle, as a set or loaded Strat pickguard. Eddie makes an appearance on the packaging, too.
Bruce Dickinson and his band will tour Europe in 2027 on the PsychoGod Tour, playing brand-new music alongside favourites and deep cuts from across his solo career. The announced dates fall in June and July, then in November and December, with Evergrey supporting that later leg. Austrogoth has listed both legs in our Bruce discussion, from Belfast’s Ulster Hall to Paris’s L’Olympia.
Nicko McBrain joins Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt on Rockonteurs for an hour-long conversation about his Iron Maiden career and his newly released memoir, Hello Boys and Girls. Thanks to matic22 for sharing the interview on the forum.
Rodrigo Melo remembers a meeting with Iron Maiden around Rock in Rio 2001 that was planned for one or two Vasco da Gama supporters. About twenty went, in a van, with bags of caps, shirts, pennants and photographs. He tells the story in a feature by Igor Reis that Lance! published on 25 October.
Read Igor Reis's feature on Maiden and Vasco at Lance! (Portuguese)
Dennis Stratton says his earlier experience with twin-guitar harmonies helped his rehearsals with Dave Murray in Iron Maiden fall into place. He talks to Jorge Lagás about the band's debut album and his acoustic work with Maiden United in a Spanish-language Q&A that Radio Futuro published on 2 October.
Read Jorge Lagás's interview with Dennis at Radio Futuro (Spanish)
Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood estimates that the band have sold almost three-quarters of a million tickets in Chile over their career. He gave the figure in an interview with Jorge Lagás that Radio Futuro wrote up on 21 October. He also talks about Chilean crowds, Maiden's audience today and how he shares the work with Andy Taylor.
Read Radio Futuro's account of Jorge Lagás's interview with Rod (Spanish)
Junior Hernández Castro grew up in Cuba, where he discovered Maiden through copied music folders and grainy videos. He later moved to Ecuador, and on 14 October he saw the band for the first time, at Quito's Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa. He wrote about the night and the years of waiting for El Friki Periodista.
Read Junior Hernández Castro's account at El Friki Periodista (Spanish; tour spoilers)
Nicko McBrain loves funk and soul, and says that if he weren't drumming for Maiden, he would have pushed for a place in Level 42. Ian Winwood's new Telegraph interview also covers Nicko's start in the band and his life since he stopped touring.
Read Ian Winwood's interview with Nicko in The Telegraph (subscription may be required)
Steve Harris still loves touring. In an interview published on 7 October, he talks to Brian Velazco of Argentina's Rock & Pop about the band's audiences, choosing songs with Bruce and why he keeps going on the road. He is less keen on England's football team.
Read Rock & Pop's article (Spanish; tour spoilers) and listen to the interview
