500,000 Finland Sales Award and Event Pictures

Posted by Shadow on August 26, 2004 @ 16:49

According to Iron Maiden.com, Iron Maiden recently celebrated 500,000 sales of albums, DVDs and more in Finland. In order to celebrate this event, they were given this special presentation by EMI Records:

Update: Go here and scroll down for pictures of the event that took place in 2003.

In related news, the new version of Run To The Hills, the Maiden biography, will feature a special intro for Finland. For more information, go here

3 Comments

The Saint said:

EMI Finland gave Maiden in 2003 while the band stopped in the country for their Dance of Death world tour.

Some picture found on Esa Mark's -the award's designer- website:

![](http://www.kolumbus.fi/esa.mark/maiden.jpg)
The award

![](http://www.kolumbus.fi/esa.mark/maiden2.jpg)

![](http://www.kolumbus.fi/esa.mark/maiden3.jpg)

![](http://www.kolumbus.fi/esa.mark/maiden4.jpg)

And from the official website:

![](http://www.ironmaiden.com/media/images/low/IID00001628.jpg)

![](http://www.ironmaiden.com/media/images/low/IID00001631.jpg)

![](http://www.ironmaiden.com/media/images/low/IID00001633.jpg)

![](http://www.ironmaiden.com/media/images/low/IID00001632.jpg)

Source: [Esa Mark official website](http://www.kolumbus.fi/esa.mark/maiden.htm), [Iron Maiden.com](http://www.ironmaiden.com)

#8657, August 26, 2004 @ 23:34

The Saint said:

Updated the news (and topic title to attract more visitors) and added pictures of the event.

Now... Why this official news comes so long after the ceremony (2003) is beyond my understanding...

Cheers

#8658, August 26, 2004 @ 23:43

Anonymous said:

When was this in finland? I'm from there and a big fan but don't even know about this stuff! So embarrassing.....

#8659, August 27, 2004 @ 08:51