Those who have seen the fantastic Iron Maiden documentary Flight 666 know about Ed Force One, Iron Maiden’s customized Boeing 757 airliner which was used during their 2008/2009 Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. Well Ed Force One is about to take flight once again for Maiden’s The Final Frontier World Tour. The band will be playing 29 shows and hitting 26 cities in 13 countries all in 66 days with the help of their customized airliner. Out of all the dates, however, only two of them are in the U.S. Yep, fans in Sunrise (essentially Fort Lauderdale) and Tampa, Florida are the only American fans who will get to catch Maiden on this leg of the tour (unless you just so happened to be abroad, then your chances of seeing them fair much better).
Though the tour is dubbed The Final Frontier World Tour, singer Bruce Dickenson assured that fans can expect a mix of new and old material, saying the following in a Florida press release:
“We will be bringing with us pretty much the same production and lights as on this year’s summer tour of the U.S., but the set list will be a bit different. On this trip we are playing in some new countries for us such as Korea, Indonesia, Singapore and there will many new faces in other places so the set will be a mix of some of the new album The Final Frontier and recent stuff but with a healthy dose of the older fan favorites we know these new guys would wish to hear but haven’t had the opportunity to hear live before.”
That would be exciting for American fans who felt gypped by the set list from Maiden’s last North American tour… if they were hitting more cities than just the two in Florida. Oh well. I’m sure Iron Maiden will return again soon. You can check out the entire tour itinerary after the jump.
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February
Fri 11 Moscow, Russia: Olympiski
Tue 15 Singapore: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Thu 17 Jakarta, Indonesia: Stadium Utama Gelaro Bung Karno Senayan
Sun 20 Bali, Indonesia: Garuda Wisnu Kencana
Wed 23 Melbourne, Australia Hisense Arena
Thu 24 Sydney, Australia: Entertainment Centre
Sat 26 Brisbane, Australia: Showgrounds (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
Sun 27 Sydney, Australia: Eastern Creek Raceway (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
March
Fri 4 Melbourne, Australia: Showgrounds (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
Sat 5 Adelaide, Australia: Bonython Park (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
Mon 7 Perth, Australia: Steel Blue Oval (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
Thu 10 Seoul, Korea: Chamsil Gymnasium
Sat 12 Tokyo, Japan: Super Arena
Sun 13 Tokyo, Japan: Super Arena
Thu 17 Monterrey, Mexico: Banamex Theatre
Fri 18 Mexico City, Mexico: Foro Sol
Sun 20 Bogota, Columbia: CC Sapo
Wed 23 Lima, Peru: Estadio San Marco
Sat 26 Sao Paulo, Brazil: Morumbi Stadium
Sun 27 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: HSBC Arena
Wed 30 Brasilia, Brazil: Nilson Nelson Parking Lot
April
Fri 1 Belem, Brazil: Parque De Exposicoes
Sun 3 Recife, Brazil: Parque De Exposicoes
Tue 5 Curitiba, Brazil: Expotrade
Fri 8 Buenos Aires, Argentina : Velez Sarsfield
Sun 10 Santiago, Chile: Estadio Nacional
Wed 14 San Juan, Puerto Rico: Coliseo De Puerto Rico
Sat 16 Sunrise, Florida, USA: Bank Atlantic Center
Sun 17 Tampa, Florida, USA: St Pete Times Forum
