by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 6, 2025 | Touring
Bruce Dickinson is set to embark on The Mandrake Project Live 2025 tour, marking the Iron Maiden singer’s first extensive North American solo tour in nearly three decades. Supporting his latest album, The Mandrake Project, Dickinson reunites with his 2024...
by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 6, 2025 | News
While Metal Insider was sailing alongside 3,000 metalheads on the 2025 voyage of 70000 Tons of Metal, another “ship,” in a far more troubling sense, unfolded at the 67th Grammy Awards. While the media fixated on turning it into a spectacle of fashion and...
by Ian Weber | Dec 24, 2024 | Lists, Top 10
Valzer delle candele, my fellow concert junkies. The end of another great year in concerts is coming to light, so it’s now time I encapsulated my 2024 of attending gigs. Everyone this year in metal has memories of gigs and tours that will forever alter how they...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 10, 2024 | Video
Nicko McBrain has recently announced his retirement from touring with Iron Maiden after forty-two years. Saturday’s (7th) performance in São Paulo, Brazil, marked his last live show with the Legends. Before the band’s performance, “The Writing On The...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 8, 2024 | News, Video
Iron Maiden have named Simon Dawson as their new touring drummer following Nicko McBrain’s retirement after 42 years. Dawson, known for his work with Steve Harris in British Lion, will join the band for their Run For Your Lives 50th Anniversary Tour starting May...