{"id":17362,"date":"2017-11-13T09:13:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17362"},"modified":"2017-11-13T09:13:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:13:31","slug":"iron-maiden-announces-2018-legacy-of-the-beast-european-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17362","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden Announces 2018 Legacy of the Beast European Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the massively successful global tour of 2016-17 in support of their sixteenth studio album “The Book Of Souls”<\/b>, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN<\/b> will take to the road again in 2018 with a series of arena and festival shows in Europe on the “Legacy Of The Beast”<\/b> world tour opening in Tallinn, Estonia on May 26 and finishing at the O2 Arena, London on August 10.<\/p>\n

There have been no announcements as to whether Maiden will bring this show over to the US but here’s to hoping.\u00a0 I also hope that Maiden will take this opportunity to maybe dip a little deeper into their catalog and pull out some songs that we haven’t heard in a while or EVER!<\/p>\n

Tour dates:<\/p>\n

May 26 \u2013 Tallinn, Estonia @ Saku Arena,Estonia
\nMay 28 \u2013 Helsinki, Finland @ Hartwall Arena
\nJun. 01 \u2013 Stockholm, Sweden @ Tele2 Arena
\nJun. 03 \u2013 Trondheim, Norway @ Rocks Dahls Arena
\nJun. 05 \u2013 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
\nJun. 07 \u2013 Solvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival,
\nJun. 09 \u2013 Munich, Germany @ Rockavaria, K\u00f6nigsplatz
\nJun. 10 \u2013 Hannover, Germany @ Expo Plaza
\nJun. 13 \u2013 Berlin, Germany @ Waldbuhne
\nJun. 16 \u2013 Florence, Italy @ Firenze Rocks
\nJun. 17 \u2013 Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Novarock
\nJun. 20 \u2013 Prague, Czech Republic @ Letnany Airport
\nJun. 22 \u2013 Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting
\nJun. 24 \u2013 Clisson, France @ Hellfest
\nJun. 26 \u2013 Geneva, Switzerland @ Arena
\nJun. 28 \u2013 Sopron, Hungary @ Volt Festival
\nJun. 30 \u2013 Freiburg, Germany @ Messegelaende
\nJul. 01 \u2013 Arnhem, Netherlands @ Gelredome
\nJul. 05 \u2013 Paris, France @ AccorsHotel Arena
\nJul. 09 \u2013 Milan, Italy @ San Siro Ippodromo
\nJul. 10 \u2013 Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
\nJul. 13 \u2013 Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena
\nJul. 14 \u2013 Madrid, Spain @ Wanda Metropolitano Stadium
\nJul. 17 \u2013 Trieste, Italy @ Piazza Della Unita D’Italia
\nJul. 20 \u2013 Athens, Greece @ Rockwave
\nJul. 22 \u2013 Plovdiv, Bulgaria @ Hills Of Rock
\nJul. 24 \u2013 Zagreb, Croatia @ Arena
\nJul. 27 \u2013 Krakow, Poland @ Tauron Arena
\nJul. 31 \u2013 Newcastle, UK @ Radio Arena
\nAug. 02 \u2013 Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena
\nAug. 04 \u2013 Aberdeen, UK @ Exhibition & Conference Centre
\nAug. 06 \u2013 Manchester, UK @ Arena
\nAug. 07 \u2013 Birmingham, UK @ Genting Arena
\nAug. 10 \u2013 London, UK @ O2 Arena<\/p>\n

The tour is expected to continue in 2019.<\/p>\n

The concept for the “Legacy Of The Beast”<\/b> world tour was inspired by MAIDEN<\/b>‘s mobile game and comic book of the same name and the stage set design will feature a number of different but interlocking “worlds” with a set list covering a large selection of eighties material with a handful of surprises from later albums to add diversity.<\/p>\n

MAIDEN<\/b> manager Rod Smallwood<\/b> explains further: “As our fans know, we’ve been following a particular touring cycle ever since Bruce<\/b> [Dickinson<\/b>, vocals] and Adrian<\/b> [Smith<\/b>, guitar] rejoined MAIDEN<\/b> at the start of the millennium, alternating new album tours with ‘History\/Hits’ tours. We enjoy working this way for many reasons, not least because it gives the band a chance to play both new material and the older favourites which we know fans like to hear. It keeps things fresh, not just for the fans but for the band too.<\/p>\n

“For this History\/Hits tour we decided to base the theme around the ‘Legacy Of The Beast’<\/b> name, which suits our purposes perfectly by giving us scope to get creative and have some fun, especially with Eddie<\/b>! I don’t want to give too much away at the moment but we’re working on a number of different stage sets, all in keeping with the MAIDEN<\/b> tradition and we hope to give our fans a fantastic experience when they come to see this very special show.”<\/p>\n

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE<\/b> will be MAIDEN<\/b>‘s special guest on headline European shows from May 26 to July 1 inclusive, and in the U.K. from July 31 to August 10 inclusive. Guests on other shows are currently being finalized and will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

Most shows go on sale Friday, November 24. As always, there will be an exclusive presale for fan club members, starting Monday, November 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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