New Maiden Album in Spring 2006 !
As announced by Maidenfans.com, Nicko is currently performing a small clinic tour in Italy.In the pre-show, after being served a special « Menu of the Beast », one of the local promoters, a professional baker, offered Nicko with two big cakes, one with his own picture on the top and the other, smaller, was vagina-shaped ...evidently so, good old Nicko was immortalized on tape lickin’ the cake !
At the sport palace, an attendance of over 700 (!), most of it comprised of young kids, were expecting the drummer.
Nicko started with playing a drum solo, then answered a little Q&A in which he confirmed that Maiden would play festivals all over Europe next year and are then scheduled to enter in studio in November 2005 for a new studio album to be released in Spring 2006.
He then played a 95 minutes set with local band Anthenora. The setlist was the following :
Wildest dreams
Wrathchild
22, Acacia avenue
Blood brothers
Heaven can wait
Brave new world
New frontier
Losfer words
Trooper
Fear of the dark
Hallowed be thy name
Running free
The number of the beast
Run to the Hills
Many many thanks to Matteo of the official BB !
Please note that the June 20 Nicko Clinic Rimini date has been cancelled
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Once again folks, Newsmaster: The Saint comes through for the Maidenfans community. I suggest we all show our praise with a dancing banana:
Thanks 
but it's a collective effort... and without some nice friends in the Maiden community, I wouldn't get all these infos.
So, everybody thank MATTEO !
Cheers
Thank you Matteo
Thank you the Saint
Good Idea LC
We should praise them both with a dancing nana
for Matteo
for the Saint
and another one for the Saint 
For Matteo as well!
but also.... so long to wait.... 2006... i thought march 2005 (nintendo ds and psp) sounded a long time away 
At least theyre touring next year! Up the Irons!!!
spring,2006? fuck, this sucks! but atleast if they take their time, it'll again be some kick-ass shit like BNW or DOD ( or maybe ven better.. who knows, up there with POM and Powerslave?). Up the Irons!!! 
Nicko started with playing a drum solo, then answered a little Q&A in which he confirmed that Maiden would play festivals all over Europe next year and are then scheduled to enter in studio in November 2005 for a new studio album to be released in Spring 2006.
woow so kewl
cant wait until 2006.... 
cheers and rock on
ok.... now it's time to make a new bruce solo album!
Consider that these are guys no longer in their prime. And consider that they're not in the rush to get money like they were for the first 5 albums. Also consider that they'll need time apart after making an album, touring three times. 2.5 years between albums - no problems there!
wtf r u talking bout-iron maiden isnt out of their prime-rock in rio was maybe their best live cd
No doubt there, but they are not young.
That´s ´kin great !!! 
And maybe now I can make it right..... the new album is gonna be called "Afterlife"
That was to be with DoD but I got it wrong, this is going to be Afterlife
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not everyone would agree with that. I think its their worst
Disagree with you RealWorld, Rock in Rio is a great live album
I'd better start saving for next year and the new album
cant wait till 2006 for them to bring out the new album, great news thanks for the info guys ![hug[1].gif](style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hug[1].gif)
I don't think I can even wait that long for it. I hope the new album is really good to make up for the wait.
not everyone would agree with that. I think its their worst thing is Real World...... Rock in Rio is the most Mainstream Live Maiden Album excluding Live after Death. Maiden England is pretty good in my opinion. I have yet to get Beast over Hammersmith
Up The Irons - I want some more epics on this new album!
Thanks to Bravewords and Blabbermouth !
Cheers
(but no thanks to siN's Metal News who don't care about mentionning us)
UP THE IRONS!!!. A new album in 2006!.
I can't wait. I'm already thinking about how the cover art will look like (hope won't have the DOD cover art mistakes 
).
Thanks Saint and Matteo
You wouldn't get all these news without me either, so I think I deserve a nana too...
I´m sorry Shadow
This one is only for you
and this one is only for you too
are you satisfied??? 
u r right ,rock in rio rulz !!!!!!!!!!1111
Sorry guys, couldn't resist
Seriously though, I think Rock In Rio is great stuff.
Cheers
(but no thanks to siN's Metal News who don't care about mentionning us)
Contact them and ask them to credit the original source thats what I used to do with Blabbermouth. I think they got the idea now though
u r right ,rock in rio rulz !!!!!!!!!!
Seriously though, I think Rock In Rio is great stuff.
Rock in Rio captures them at their very best!
Bruce has never sung so well for years- it's perfect!
Wow that's what I call good news!
And once again "Maidenfans beats Ironmaiden.com with being better with news!"
Thanks Saint and all the others
Well, to be honest, I don't know if we're 'better' with news, but we don't have to cope with any of the record label management, the confidentiality agreements, the embargo information necessities, etc.
We just report everything about Maiden ! And for this, yes, I think we're the best !
Cheers
Are we gonna get into another Live Album discussion? I think Bruce was piss-poor on LAD. And RL/DO was bollocked. Haven't heard Hammersmith yet, but I like more songs on RiR than on either Donington (Running Free? Fuck me.) and Hammersmith.
2006 is late but what else could we expected.
While I wouldn't go that far, I'll agree there are some songs *cough* Aces High *cough* where he does sound awful. However, the rest of the band is in prime form on that record, and they more than make up for Bruce's lapses.
They were pretty much in prime form on RiR, too, with Bruce kicking serious ass. But it's all in what draws you, SMX. Personally, I listen to the words first. You, as a musician, might not.