This September, heavy metal groundbreakers Iron Maiden are heading out on a North American tour in support of last year’s Senjutsu, which landed at #28 on The Pit’s 30 Top Albums of 2021. Now, the band have announced that fans of their new record have a special treat coming their way in the future: the band will perform Senjutsu in its entirety on tours in the near future — though maybe not this one.
“The plan we’ve got — it’s not really a secret; I think everybody else has chatted about it — we will, I hope, we’ve talked about doing the entire album start to finish, but not this time around,” frontman Bruce Dickinson told Chris Jericho on his podcast. “And we all appreciate that that is something that really diehard fans will probably love and other people will go, ‘Hmmm, I’m not gonna go see that.’ So the answer is you play smaller venues so that they sell out with just your diehard fans. ‘Cause it’s a musical thing to do — it’s a musical thing.”
Catch Maiden live and yell, “PLAY THE WHOLE THING, YOU BRILLIANT BASTARDS!” at one of the following dates this fall. And to read more about Iron Maiden and other metal mayhem, make sure to subscribe to our daily newsletter.
9/11 – El Paso, TX – Don Haskins Center
9/13 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
9/15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
9/17 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
9/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Usana Amphitheatre
9/21 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
9/25 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
9/27 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
9/29 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
9/30 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena
10/3 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford Premier Center
10/5 – Chicago, IL – United Center
10/7 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
10/9 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
10/11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Centre
10/12 – Hamilton, ON – Firstontario Centre
10/15 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
10/17 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center
10/19 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena
10/21 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
10/23 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
10/25 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
10/27 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
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Words by Chris Krovatin
