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Halsey, Iron Maiden, Gorillaz, Limp Bizkit and Bring Me The Horizon to play Rock For People 2026 – day splits announced
By Metal Hammer published
The five-day festival will take place at Park 360 in northern Czech Republic from June 10 to 14

Bruce Dickinson's unreleased rock opera may be the greatest untold story of them all
By Fraser Lewry published
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson is a man of many talents, but his rock opera about the philandering violinist Paganini has yet to see the light of day

What happened when Bruce Dickinson made the decision that changed his life
By Paul Elliott published
Becoming a band’s new singer is never easy. But when Bruce Dickinson saw Iron Maiden play, he knew he was the singer they needed

From the Crimean War to the Stranger Things finale, the story of Iron Maiden’s The Trooper
By Matt Mills published
It didn’t live up to prior singles’ chart success, it was banned when it came out, and it’s got the band booed onstage. But, The Trooper is a song that Iron Maiden have never left behind.

Steve Harris reveals the song he wants to bring back to Iron Maiden’s setlist
By Matt Mills published
The second European leg of the band’s 50th-anniversary tour kicks off in the spring

Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith recalls his unsuccessful 1991 audition for one of the biggest bands in the world
By Paul Brannigan published
"It sounded good. And they're a great bunch of guys. But it didn't work out"

How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
By Matt Mills published
Sick of being known as ‘the devil-worshipping band’, the heavy metal legends wrote a sweeping track about a Romantic poem. They had no idea it’d be 13 minutes long, though.

How a dead psychic inspired Iron Maiden to make one of the maddest concept albums of the 80s
By Dom Lawson published
Maiden’s seventh album is the ultimate fan favourite

"Oh my God, haven’t you died yet?" How Man On The Edge helped keep Iron Maiden going
By Matt Mills published
Iron Maiden looked in real trouble after Bruce Dickinson left. They regrouped, brought in a new singer and produced some of their darkest material

We asked Steve Harris if Iron Maiden will do their own blockbuster retirement show like Black Sabbath, and he didn’t rule it out
By Matt Mills published
Will Iron Maiden bow out with an event as huge as this summer’s Back To The Beginning? Their founding bassist knows that people want it to happen
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