Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson announces spoken-word solo tour

While Iron Maiden are set to have a busy 2022 with their Legacy Of The Beast shows, before that frontman Bruce Dickinson will head out the road for a solo spoken-word tour.

The heavy metal icon has announced six UK dates on 'An Evening With…' style run this summer, with the two-part event consisting of "Bruce taking a humorous and often satirical look at the world from his own very personal perspective, treating the audience to private insights into his drive and ambition, peppered with plenty of Maiden anecdotes, and a myriad of other experiences encompassing not just the giddy heights but also the extreme lows, as told first-hand in his inimitable anarchic style, punctuated with photographs, videos and sometimes even erupting into song a capella, to illustrate a point".

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Then, a Q&A session will follow, "with the opportunity to pose questions on any subject whatsoever. As Bruce’s answers will all be completely improvised – the more left-field and quirky the question, the more interesting and compelling the response is likely to be!"

Tickets go on sale this Thursday, April 29, at 10am.

Catch Bruce Dickinson live at the following:

August 2021

1 Brighton Theatre Royal
4 Salford The Lowry
5 Bradford St George's Hall
8 Nottingham Theatre Royal
9 Birmingham The Alexandra
10 London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

And see Iron Maiden's Legacy Of The Beast tour next year:

June 2022

4 Finland Hyvinkää Rockfest
11 UK Donington Download Festival
13 N.Ire Belfast Ormeau Park Belsonic Festival
16 Belgium, Dessel Graspop
18 Denmark, Copenhagen, Copenhell
20 Czech Republic Prague Sinobo Stadium
23 Norway Oslo Tons Of Rock
26 France Paris La Defense Arena
27 Netherlands Arnhem Gelredome
30 Switzerland Zurich Hallenstadion

July 2022

2 Germany Cologne Rhein-Energie-Stadium
4 Germany Berlin Waldbühne
7 Italy Bologna Sonic Park
9 Germany Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen
10 Austria Wiener Neustadt Stadium Open-Air
20 Germany Bremen Bürgerweide
22 Sweden Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium
24 Poland Warsaw PGE Narodowy
26 Germany Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park
29 Spain Barcelona Olympic Stadium
31 Portugal Lisbon Estadio Nacional

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