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Iron Maiden touring North America with Dream Theater

By Patrick Luce Mar 5, 2010, 14:00 GMT

Iron Maiden touring North America this summer with Dream Theater.© Rui M. Leal / PR Photos

Metal icons Iron Maiden have announced the North American tour dates for the band’s “The Final Frontier World Tour” – which will see the band joined by special guest Dream Theater. The 22-date tour is in support of the band’s new studio album ‘The Final Frontier,’ and will kick off on June 9th in Dallas. It will wrap up on July 20th in Washington D.C.

The new studio album is expected to be released sometime this summer after the tour wraps its North American leg. The band is expected to expand the tour to include dates in Europe – including stops at several of the major festivals and stadiums.
 
From their self-titled debut via their worldwide breakthrough album ‘The Number of the Beast’ to the most recent release, ‘A Matter of Life and Death,’ Iron Maiden has been a mainstay in the metal genre and has influenced everyone from massive acts such as Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer to aspiring metal stars Mastodon, Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium.

The band has sold more than 80 million albums and packed arenas and stadiums worldwide. Maiden is known for their spectacular stage sets and uncompromising musicianship, during their ‘08-‘09 “Somewhere Back in Time World Tour” alone they headlined in an astonishing 38 countries in front of two million fans.

In a press release, vocalist Bruce Dickinson stated: “We really wanted to get out and play some shows before the release of the new album later this year, so we thought what better way to kick off the tour than by going back to Canada and the USA where fans gave us such a fantastic reception during our last tour in 2008! We were astounded to see so many thousands of fans packing out the venues, so this time round we will be playing a few more cities we haven’t visited for some time, like Dallas, Saskatoon, Detroit, Denver and Pittsburgh, though logistically we couldn’t get to a few places we really like to play, which is a shame. It’s also great news that our friends Dream Theater are able to join us as special guests.”
 
An exclusive pre-sale allowing members of the Iron Maiden fan club first access to the tickets will be made available three days prior to the public on sale date. Full details of this can be found at www.ironmaiden.com along with details of FC contests for First to the Barrier.
 
As part of Iron Maiden’s on-going effort to ensure their fans always have access to the best possible tickets at the fairest possible price, paperless tickets will be offered for select shows.  Additional information can be found on the participating venue’s ticketing page at LiveNation.com.
 
Tour dates include:

JUNE

Wed 09 Dallas, TX         Superpages.com Center
Fri 11 Houston, TX        Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat 12 San Antonio, TX    AT&T Center
Mon 14 Denver, CO         Comfort Dental Amphitheatre 
Wed 16 Albuquerque, NM    The Pavilion
Thu 17 Phoenix, AZ        Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 19 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheatre
Sun 20 Concord, CA        Sleep Train Pavilion
Tue 22 Auburn, WA         White River Amphitheatre
Thu 24 Vancouver, BC      GM Place
Sat 26 Edmonton, AB       Rexall Place                 
Tue 29 Saskatoon, SK      Credit Union Centre                  
Wed 30 Winnipeg, MB       MTS Centre

JULY

Sat 03 Toronto, ON        Molson Amphitheatre
Wed 07 Montreal, QC       Bell Centre
Sun 11 Holmdel, NJ        PNC
Mon 12 New York, NY       Madison Square Garden++
Wed 14 Pittsburgh, PA     First Niagara Pavilion
Thu 15 Cleveland, OH      Blossom Music Center
Sat 17 Detroit, MI        DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sun 18 Chicago, IL        First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tue 20 Washington D.C.    Jiffy Lube Live