[Part 2] Iron Maiden Tour Dates Announced

Here are the Iron Maiden North American dates. Dream Theater is the tour partner.

June 9 – Superpages.com Center – Dallas, TX
June 11 -The Woodlands - Houston, TX
June 12 - AT&T Center - San Antonio, TX
June 14 – Fiddler’s Green – Denver, CO
June 16 – The Pavilion (formerly Journal Pavilion) - Albuquerque, NM
June 17 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ
June 19 - San Manuel Amphitheatre – San Bernardino, CA
June 20 – Sleep Train Pavilion – Concord, CA
June 22 – White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA
June 24 – General Motors Place – Vancouver, BC
June 26 – Rexall Place – Edmonton, AB
June 29 – Credit Union Centre – Saskatoon, SK
 
July 3 – Molson Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON
July 7 – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC
July 9 – International Summer Festival – Quebec City, QUE
July 11 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
July 12 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
July 14 – Post Gazette Pavilion – Pittsburg, PA
July 15 – Blossom Music Center – Cleveland, OH
July 17 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
July 18 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL
July 20 – Jiffy Lube Live – Washington, DC

 Here is the ticketing info:

An exclusive pre-sale allowing members of the IRON MAIDEN fan club first access to tickets to the North American Maiden Shows will be made available two days prior to them being available to the public.

Tickets for the Canadian shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday 13th March at 10am PST (10am EST for Toronto and 12 noon EST Montreal). 
Exclusive first access to the tickets will be available to IM fan club members on Wednesday 10th March at 10am PST through to Thursday 11th March at 6pm PST (EST for Toronto).
Regretfully due to technical reasons an exclusive Pre-Sale in Montreal is not possible.

Tickets for the US Shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday 20th March at 10am EST.
Exclusive first access to the tickets will be available to IM fan club members on Wednesday 17th March at 10am EST through to Thursday 18th March at 6pm EST

[Part 1] Iron Maiden Tour Announcement Today...

The Iron Maiden North American tour announcement is today at 3pm EST. Right now, no one knows who will hit the road with the band. Someone on Metal Sludge is saying they heard the rumor that Dream Theater is hitting the road with Maiden. I suppose that's possible. Then again, lots of bands are possible. I can't help but wonder why the Scorpions haven't announced their summer tour. Hey, just throwing that out there. I'm assuming we'll know the support band today. I'm also hoping to know about ticketing as soon as the routing is announced.

I've never seen Maiden - I will not miss out this time! As soon as the tour routing is announced, I'll post an update here and we'll talk. Until later...

Glam and Ribs on Memorial Day Weekend

If you're a little short on cash and are located in the middle part of America, you might consider the U.S. Cellular Rib Fest. Why? Because bands like Foghat, Jackyl, Montrose, L.A. Guns and Dokken are on the bill. Check out the full lineup.

The Rib Fest kicks off Friday, May 28 and runs through May 31st at Soldier's Memorial in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. There are several hours each day where admission is free. After the set "free" times, the cost to get in is just a few bucks. In fact, here's some ticketing lingo right off the official website:

Charter Media reserved seat costs are *$40 each for Saturday, and *$25 each for Friday, Sunday, Monday, and include $10 worth of Food, Beverage, and Game Tickets. Tickets purchased before May 21, 2009 include admission. Present your Charter Media reserved ticket at the Main Ticket tent and receive your $10 food & beverage tickets upon arrival. The U.S. Cellular Rib America Festival will be held rain or shine. Tickets are non-refundable.

Be sure to let me know if you're planning on attending this event!

Preview Slash's Solo Album

Slash will be released in April via EMI. As you already know, a slew of guest stars helped Slash record his debut solo effort including Dave Grohl and Duff McKagan. The first single is "By the Sword" and it will hit radio in a couple weeks. Check out "By the Sword."

Here's a behind-the-scenes trailer for Slash. Looks and sounds cool if you ask me!

Hammerfall Goes Curling

I don't know how I missed this last week, but the guys in Hammerfall did a video with the female Swedish Olympic curling team. None of this has to do with Glam, but curling is my favorite Olympic sport and the Hammerfall video is completely ridiculous. The song is "Hearts on Fire."