Iron Maiden Confirm Paris Concert
Maiden Mania is currently gripping the world as tickets sales of the 2008 World tour fly out of the box offices in Australia, India, Japan, North and South America and now Europe.
In Scandinavia this week the band sold out three stadium shows in Sweden and Finland with all 123,500 tickets purchased in a mad rush within two hours of going on sale.
The Somewhere Back In Time World Tour is in three sections, the travel for the first being by very unique means with the group customizing a Boeing 757 aircraft, which will carry the band, their crew and over 12 tons of equipment from city to city. This first section of the tour opens in Mumbai India on Feb 1st, continuing through Australia and Japan before arriving in Los Angeles. The entourage then fly to Mexico then onto Maiden's first ever visits to Costa Rica and Colombia, then on to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rica and New York, before finishing in Toronto, Canada, on March 16th. Over the 45 day period on this leg alone the band is anticipated to play to well over 400,000 fans in 21 cities in 10 countries, flying close to 50,000 miles in this refitted 757 which will be flown largely by vocalist and Astraeus Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson.
Comments Bruce Dickinson, "Looking at the list of places we would like to play we have always had problems joining up the dots. But without having sea containers all over the place slowing down the whole touring process and by having our own plane it has made it far easier to tour distant places like Australia for the first time in 15 years. We have already had a great reaction from fans there, where the arenas in Melbourne and Sydney sold out in less than half an hour respectively!"
The second leg of the tour will be in mid-May to mid -June in North America while the final third leg takes place in July and August in stadiums and major festivals around Europe. In total the band are expected to play to well in excess of one and a half million fans during the whole tour.
Tickets go on sale to the public 10.00 am on Friday, November 30th of, but members of the Iron Maiden fan club will get special and exclusive first access to purchase tickets on Wednesday November 28th.
Somewhere Back In Time World Tour dates:
February 1 - Mumbai, India - Bandra Kurla Complex 4 - Perth, Australia - Burswood Dome 6 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 7 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 9 - Sydney, Australia - Acer Arena 10 - Sydney, Australia - Acer Arena 12 - Brisbane, Australia - Entertainment Centre 15 - Yokohama, Japan - Pacifico Yokohama 16 - Tokyo, Japan - Messe 19 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum 21 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Auditoria Telmex 22 - Monterrey, Mexico - Monterrey Arena 24 - Mexico City, Mexico - Sports Palace 26 - San Jose, Costa Rica - Saprisa Stadium 28 - Bogota, Columbia - Simon Bolivar Park
March 2 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Skol Arena Anhembi 5 - Porto Allegre, Brazil - Gigantinho 7 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Ferrofcarril Oeste Stadium 9 - Santiago, Chile - Pista Atletica 12 - Puerto Rico - San Juan Coliseo 14 - New Jersey, USA - Izod Center (formerly Continental Airlines Arena) 16 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
July 1 - Paris, France - Ominisport De Bercy Arena 16 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Stadium 18 - Helsinki, Finland - Helsinki Olympic Stadium 19 - Tampere, Finland - Ratinan Stadion 22 - Trondheim, Norway - Lerkendalstadium 24 - Oslo, Norway - Valle Hovin 26 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Ullevi Stadium 27 - Horsens, Denmark - Horsens Gods Bane Pladsen
August 1st – 3rd - Wachen Open Air Festival - Wacken, Germany