As reported earlier this week, an announcement was scheduled to be made today at 15:00EST through Iron Maiden's official website, and after some "404's" at around 3:04 the press release finally loaded. Iron Maiden and (very) special guests Dream Theatre are touring North America between 9th June and 20th July of this year. This announcement follows a post made by Kevin Sherley on 12th February via his webdiary, stating that though work on the album is not done “the band portion is complete and in the can, so to speak”.
The tour—by the name of ‘The Final Frontier’—will kick off at the Superpages.com Centre in Dallas, TX and will cover the South Western U.S, some of the West Coast, as well as most of Canada. These dates are added to previously announced summer dates across Europe, such as the recently confirmed Sonisphere shows. For a complete (and updated) list of dates confirmed check the band’s website.
No announcement has been made regarding whether the tour is named after the album, scheduled to be released in September, or about the return of EdForce One to ferry the band for the duration of the tour that includes a stop in Toronto at The Molson Amphitheatre on 3rd July.
It is worth noting that Megadeth, Slayer and Testament are scheduled to play at the same venue only 26 days later.
