Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden top greatest albums list

Music Gossip

28 May 2012

Iron Maiden's 'The Number of the Beast' has been named the best British album of the past 60 years. The heavy metal group were "astonished" to have placed so highly in the poll with their 1982 LP, beating Depeche Mode's 'Violator' and The Beatles…

Iron Maiden singer boards nuclear sub

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3 Feb 2012

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson spent last weekend in a nuclear submarine. The 'Fear of the Dark' singer boarded HMS Victorious - stationed at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh in Scotland - for three nights after receiving a special…

Iron Maiden 'better' than Metallica

Music Gossip

8 Jun 2011

Iron Maiden believe they are better than Metallica. Brue Dickinson - frontman with the 'Two Minutes to Midnight' group - has no doubt they are the better heavy metal act, even if they don't sell as many records. He told Metal Hammer…

Iron Maiden nominated for Golden God award

Music Gossip

9 Mar 2011

Iron Maiden and Bullet For My Valentine will go head-to-head in the Best UK Band category at this year's Metal Hammer Golden God Awards. The bands face competition from Skindred, Architects and Bring Me The Horizon to win the coveted prize, which is…

The best upcoming events in Scotland in 2011

Highlights of the 2011 cultural calandar from Film, Music, Comedy, Theatre and Visual Art

3 Jan 2011

Huge gigs, inspiring theatre productions, comedy legends and two cute little waving bears – just a few of the things coming up in ‘11 that we can barely contain our excitement about

Pendulum worried by Iron Maiden fans

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17 Sep 2010

Pendulum thought they were going to get "slaughtered" at Download festival. The rock/drum and bass crossover band - who supported rockers Iron Maiden at the British music festival - admitted while hearing the crowd chant was an intimidating…

Iron Maiden's 21 number ones

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26 Aug 2010

Iron Maiden have scored a number one album in twenty one countries. The British heavy metal pioneers' 'The Final Frontier' album has dominated charts across Europe, Japan and South America since its release on August 16. However, despite the…

Iron Maiden rule out Glastonbury

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25 Aug 2010

Iron Maiden will never play the Glastonbury festival. The heavy metal group - who have just released their fifteenth studio album 'The Final Frontier '- think that the world-famous annual music event in Somerset, England is too "polite" for…

Iron Maiden's near end

Music Gossip

29 Jul 2010

Steve Harris considered breaking up Iron Maiden when Bruce Dickinson quit in 1993. The band's founder and bassist has admitted he was at his "lowest ebb" when the singer left the legendary heavy metal group to pursue a solo career, but soon changed…

Iron Maiden to rock Transylvania

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17 May 2010

Iron Maiden are to play a concert in Transylvania. The heavy metal legends are to rock the historic Romanian region - famous for being the home to vampire Dracula - for the very first time. The band are to embark on a world tour this summer in…

Iron Maiden film takes off

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21 Apr 2009

'Iron Maiden Day' was launched with the premiere of the band's new documentary in London last night (20.04.09). Band members Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers, Adrian Smith and Nicko McBrain were greeted by fans at the launch of 'Iron Maiden: Flight 666'…

Iron Maiden to release free 'Best of the 80s' download

12 Mar 2008

Heavy metal behemoths Iron Maiden are joining the digital revolution to coincide with their 'Somewhere Back in Time' world tour that focuses on their 80s back catalogue. EMI are launching Somewhere Back in Sound on 12 May, which can be downloaded…

Iron Maiden

6 Dec 2006

5 REASONS TO GO SEE 1. Over 70 million sales Humungous sales are often wrong - just look at Celine Dion - but not in this case. The legendary heavy metal outfit have shifted gargantuan numbers of albums, and are rightly considered the biggest metal…