Iron Maiden Announce Third Remastered Studio Collection Set

In classic fashion, Iron Maiden have made their recent discography reissues into awesome collectors' items for their fans. The first round of digipack CD reissues included a Number Of The Beast collector's box that came with a statuette of Eddie from the Number cover, as well as a patch of the Beast himself. The second did something similar with Somewhere In Time, offering fans a figure of cyborg Eddie and a new patch. Now, the band have announced the third batch of The Studio Collection remasters, and this time they've put together a special merch bundle surrounding 1992's Fear Of The Dark.

The third group of remasters includes Fear Of The Dark, The X Factor, Virtual XI, and Brave New World, all from the same remasters as the band's 2015 hi-res digital albums. Keeping up with Maiden's tradition of crafting special-edition collectors' items for one album of each batch, they've created a patch and 1:24 scale figurine of Eddie's nightmare form from the cover of Fear Of The Dark.

The albums and collector's box drop July 26th, but are available for preorder from the band.

Maiden will continue their Legacy Of The Beast tour later this year, so catch them live at one of the following dates:

July

18 Sunrise, FL, USA – BB&T Center
20 Atlanta, GA, USA – Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
22 Charlotte, NC, USA – PNC Music Pavilion
24 Washington DC, USA – Jiffy Lube Live
26 Brooklyn, NY, USA – Barclays Center
30 Philadelphia, PA, USA – Wells Fargo Center

August

01 Boston, MA, USA – Xfinity Center
03 Hartford, CT, USA – Xfinity Theatre
05 Montreal, QC, Canada – Bell Centre
07 Quebec, QC, Canada – Videotron Centre
09 Toronto, ON, Canada – Budweiser Stage
10 Toronto, ON, Canada – Budweiser Stage
13 Buffalo, NY, USA – KeyBank Center
15 Cincinnati, OH, USA – Riverbend Music Center
17 Pittsburgh, PA, USA – PPG Paints Arena
19 Nashville, TN, USA – Bridgestone Arena
22 Chicago, IL, USA – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
24 Indianapolis, IL, USA – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
26 St Paul, MN, USA – Xcel Energy Center
28 Winnipeg, MB, Canada – Bell MTS Place
30 Edmonton, AB, Canada – Rogers Place
31 Calgary, AB, Canada – Scotiabank Saddledome

September

03 Vancouver, BC, Canada – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
05 Tacoma, WA, USA – Tacoma Dome
06 Portland, OR, USA – Moda Center
09 Sacramento, CA, USA – Golden 1 Center
10 Oakland, CA, USA – Oracle Arena
13 Las Vegas, NV, USA – MGM Grand Garden Arena
14 Los Angeles, CA, USA – Banc of California Stadium
17 Phoenix, AZ, USA – Talking Stick Resort Arena
19 Albuquerque, NM, USA – Isleta Amphitheater
21 Dallas, TX, USA – Dos Equis Pavilion
22 Houston, TX, USA – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
25 San Antonio, TX, USA – AT&T Center
29 Mexico City, Mexico – Sports Palace

October

04 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Rock In Rio
12 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Velez Sarsfield Stadium
15 Santiago, Chile – Estadio Nacional

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