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Killers Tour! The band then travel to Germany for shows in Oberhausen, Frankfurt and Hamburg before heading into the UK and Ireland for an extensive series of concerts in May. There will be 8 dates across England in Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool, Birmingham and London, two in Scotland in Glasgow and Aberdeen and one in Cardiff, Wales. Maiden founder member and bass player Steve Harris says, “As it’s been so long since our last full UK arena tour, we really wanted to get to our fans in as many cities as possible. We’re really looking forward to it, especially visiting places we haven’t been to for a very long time like Leeds where we haven’t played since 2005 and Liverpool where we haven’t played since 1990. The whole band is really enjoying this tour and although we love playing festivals and stadiums, it is terrific to return to the intimacy and atmosphere of arenas. The songs from The Book Of Souls album and the new Maya-themed Eddies and stage sets have gone down really well and fan reaction has been amazing. And of course we know our fans appreciate us playing a lot of the older songs too, which we will continue to do.” The dates are: Apr 22 Belgium Antwerp, Sportpaleis Apr 24 Germany Oberhausen, König-Pilsener-Arena Apr 28 Germany Frankfurt, Festhalle May 02 Germany Hamburg, Barclaycard Arena May 04 England Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena May 06 Ireland Dublin, 3arena May 08 England Manchester, Arena May 10 England Sheffield, Arena May 11 England Leeds, First Direct Arena May 14 England Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena May 16 Scotland Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena May 17 Scotland Aberdeen, AECC GE Oil & Gas Arena May 20 England Liverpool, Echo Arena May 21 England Birmingham, Barclaycard Arena May 24 Wales Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena May 27 England London, O2 Arena No further European cities will be added to this schedule for 2017 Special Guests on all shows will be the American arena headliners Shinedown Shinedown’s Zach Myers comments, “Iron Maiden are the kings of metal and one of the greatest live bands of all time. It’s an honour to be touring with them in Europe and in their home country and to play in front of their fans. We can’t wait to see you in 2017!!!” The Book Of Souls World Tour opened in Florida, U.S.A in February 2016 visiting 36 countries using their new 747 jumbo jet Ed Force One piloted by Bruce which flew band, crew and 22 tonnes of equipment over 61,500 miles (99,000 km) across six continents during the 72 date leg playing to around 1.5 million fans. The Book Of Souls is Maiden’s first ever double studio album and their most successful chart-wise to date, debuting at the #1 spot in over 40 countries around the globe. More info can be found at www.ironmaiden.com]]>
