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“We weren’t trying to better Iron Maiden. We were trying to better Michael Jackson!”: The metal fan’s guide to Def Leppard

From the NWOBHM to the world – how Def Leppard became one of the biggest British rock bands of all time

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“This tour represents an important milestone for the Mongolian music industry”: Listen to The Hu's spectacular Iron Maiden Trooper cover ahead of North American support slot

The Hu's North American tour with Iron Maiden kicks off today and finishes in November

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"I wasn't really very happy about this film being made. I don't want to be a film star": Iron Maiden, Ed Force One and the epic journey of Flight 666

23 Gigs. 50,000 Miles. Five Continents. 46 Days. One unique concert movie. And six interviews

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“He taught me how to play songs by Dream Theater, Iron Maiden and King Diamond… though I remember giving up on some of the John Petrucci solos!” Tor Oddmund Suhrke on guitar lessons with Ihsahn and casting musical illusions with Leprous

Melodies of Atonement finds Leprous taking the complex and making it sound simple – and if that confuses prog purists then so be it, says Suhrke. There is no reversing the evolutionary wheel…

Guitar World

“We paid $30,000 to get bullied like we were in high school!” Trivium were asked to egg Iron Maiden at Ozzfest 2005. They declined and started wearing Iron Maiden shirts onstage

A feud between the Osbournes and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson came to a head during Ozzfest 2005. Trivium, who paid 30 grand to join the tour, steered clear and started supporting their heavy metal heroes

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Unlike Oasis, Iron Maiden take a stand against dynamic pricing ahead of 2025 50th-anniversary tour

The British metal legends will also cap resale tickets at face value before the shows start up next spring

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“It was total overkill. We were getting in all sorts of trouble. I thought, ‘I’ve got two months of this, I’m going to be dead at the end of it!’” The epic story of Iron Maiden‘s conquest of America

In 1981, a young Iron Maiden made their first trip to the USA. And the USA didn’t know what hit it

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The 9 classic deep cuts Iron Maiden need to play on their Run For Your Lives tour

As Iron Maiden promise a setlist of vintage hits and fan-favourites for their next world tour, we propose some oddball choices that need dusting off

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Iron Maiden announce Run For Your Lives world tour in 2025: dates and ticket information

The heavy metal legends have revealed only the UK and European dates for the 50th-anniversary tour — including one at the London Stadium

Evening Standard

Popular rock band to host Glasgow concert to celebrate 50 years

AN iconic rock band are set to host a gig in Glasgow to celebrate 50 years...

The National (Scotland)

"We will likely never play many of these songs again." Iron Maiden announce 50th anniversary world tour for 2025, confirm biggest ever UK headline show

The tour will run into 2026 and exclusively feature material from Maiden's 1980 debut up until 1992's Fear Of The Dark!

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Iron Maiden celebrate The Future Past with new vinyl releases of Powerslave and Somewhere In Time

Powerslave 40th anniversary edition will be reissued on zoetrope picture disc, while Somewhere In Time will arrive on yellow vinyl with tour lenticular

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“I sing in pictures – as I sing I see myself standing on the deck of a bloody great boat in Rime Of The Ancient Mariner”: How Powerslave pointed the way to Iron Maiden’s epic future

Iron Maiden’s monumental Powerslave album was released 40 years ago today

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Iron Maiden are currently touring Australia and Steve Harris has made the TV news for his off-stage activities

Watch Steve Harris weave his way past a stranded defender before sliding the ball past a helpless goalkeeper

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''Listen to as many people as possible, and don't try and stylise yourself on one person": Iron Maiden's Steve Harris gives advice to young musicians and songwriters

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris imparts songwriting wisdom and shares advice to musicians trying to find their own sound

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“It wasn’t really till we got out and played live that we realised it was a couple of things”: Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris admits there was “maybe an issue or two” with Blaze Bayley’s voice at shows

Harris does however credit Bayley with helping “keep the band alive” in the mid-90s

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“I don’t think the underground or extreme metal scene will ever dig us. It’s elitist”: How Trivium defied the gatekeepers and split the critics with The Crusade

Trivium broke big with 2005’s Ascendancy – but a year later, The Crusade saw the backlash hit

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The 50 most metal movie moments ever

From the sinister appearance of Count Orlok to Iron Man rocking out to AC/DC, these are the 50 most metal movie moments ever

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Mongolian metal sensations The Hu announce North American headline shows amid Iron Maiden tour

The folk/metal stars will play a handful of headliners as they trek around North America with Iron Maiden

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“Everyone went mad”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson reveals “the most decadent thing I’ve ever done in my life”

Iron Maiden lived a life of decadence and luxury when they toured behind the Iron Curtain in 1984

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“I don’t play the Trooper fill anymore”: Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain reveals effects of 2023 mini-stroke

The Iron Maiden drummer had a transient ischaemic attack (TIS) in January 2023 and was back on the road by June

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Vodka, kilos of caviar and a Russian minder: Iron Maiden’s 1984 World Slavery tour behind the Iron Curtain

The heavy metal giants, including singer Bruce Dickinson, speak to Mark Beaumont as they recall their trip to the Soviet bloc and the denim-clad fans just waiting to rebel against authoritarianism

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“I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials… now they flaunt them

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris

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"I remember thinking, 'Good God, I'd love to front that band.'" Bruce Dickinson on the first time he saw Iron Maiden live - long before he became their singer

Bruce Dickinson was very impressed by what he saw in Camden Town that night

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“When we heard it, we were in shock. The producer had tried to make us sound like Def Leppard”: how Anthrax defied the odds to deliver a thrash classic with Among The Living

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