Many bands are using the quarantine during the pandemic to write new material since they can’t tour around the world. One of the these bands is Iron Maiden that had to postpone their 2020 tour to next year. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson confirmed in a video shared in the band’s social networks that that band is writing and working in the studio.
Bruce Dickinson confirmed that Iron Maiden is recording new material, saying:
“A lot of things haven’t happened this year — that’s blindingly obvious — and it’s very, very frustrating. However, we do have plans. In the meantime, what are we doing? Well, we’re doing bits of writing. I’m talking to Steve (Harris). We’ve been working together a little bit in the studio. On what, I can’t tell you, ’cause they’d have to kill me.
“All our crew are all on board with us,” he continued. “Obviously, after the cancelation of the shows and rescheduling of the shows this year, all of our lives were canceled. The killer crew is still on board for when we resume normal service next year, whenever that is.
“In the meantime, we’re all still here, we’re all still gagging and raring to go. We are not going away. We are solid, and there’s gonna be some great stuff happening in the near future.”
Iron Maiden 2021 tour dates:
June, 2021
11 – POL, Warsaw PGE Narodowy
13 – GER, Bremen Bürgerweide
15 – CZE, Prague Sinobo Stadium
16 – AUT, Wiener Neustadt Stadium Open Air
19 – SPA, Barcelona Olympic Stadium
21 – POR, Lisbon Estadio Nacional
24 – ITA, Bologna Sonic Park
26 – GER, Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stadium)
27 – BEL, Antwerps Sportpaleis
30 – GER, Berlin Waldbühne
July, 2021
03 – SWE, Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium
08 – GER, Cologne Rhein-Energie-Stadium
10 – HOL, Arnhem GelreDome
11- FRA, Paris La Defense Arena, Paris