Bruce Dickinson announces new solo single and UK/European tour

After announcing his seventh solo album The Mandrake Project back in September, Bruce Dickinson has just confirmed that we’ll be getting to hear the first solo single from the record in less than a month.

The Iron Maiden frontman will be unveiling new tune Afterglow Of Ragnarok on December 1, and has also revealed that the vinyl edition of the single will come with an If Eternity Should Fail demo on the B-side.

“It was important to set the tone of the project with this track,” explains Bruce. “As befitting its title, it’s a heavy song and there’s a great big riff driving it… but there’s also a real melody in the chorus that displays the light and shade that the rest of the album brings… and just wait until you see the video!”

The metal legend has also just unveiled a ton of new UK and European tour dates, kicking off in Glasgow on May 18 and wrapping up in Istanbul on July 19. He’ll be on the road with his touring band, who are comprised of guitarist Roy Z, drummer Dave Moreno, bassist Tanya O’Callaghan and keyboardist Mistheria.

Catch Bruce and his band at the following:

May 2024

18 Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
19 Manchester O2 Academy
21 Swansea Arena
23 Nottingham Rock City
24 London O2 Forum Kentish Town
26 Paris L’Olympia
28 Tilburg 013
29 Groningen De Oosterport

June 2024

1 Budapest Barba Negra
3 Bucharest Arenale Romane
5-8 Gdansk Mystic Festival
5-8 Solvesborg Sweden Rock Festival
9 Oslo Rockefeller
16 Berlin Huxleys Neue Welt
17 Hamburg Grosse Freiheit 36
19-22 Copenhagen Copenhell
24 Mannheim Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar
25 Munich Circus Krone
27-30 Clisson Hellfest
30 Esch-Sur-Alzette Rockhal

July 2024

3-6 Ballenstedt Rockharz Open Air
5 Rome Ippodrome Delle Capannelle
6 Vincenza Bassano Del Grappa
9 Koln E-Werk
13 Zagreb Hala
16 Sofia Kolodrum Arena
19 Istanbul Kucukciftlik Park

Get your UK tickets here.

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