A few months ago Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill said he would love to record with Iron Maiden, then Rob Halford said that he even had the idea for a British Big 4. And now Maiden bassist and leader Steve Harris has said he wants a joint tour of the bands.
Now Harris has responded, during an episode of Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation show on Sirius XM
During Eddie Trunk’s Nation Show, Steve Harris said:
“”It’s funny because I saw [Halford’s comments in the media] myself. And also, apparently someone today said that [Judas Priest bassist] Ian Hill said something about it as well. I suppose the management has gotta get their heads together and [make] something like that [happen].”But, yeah, why not? I suppose the fans can push for it to happen. But we’ll see.”
Harris also recalled when in 1981, Iron Maiden was the opening band of Judas Priest in the Point of Entry tour.
Steve Harris said:
“[I have] lots of good memories,” he said. “And I really love that album, ‘Point Of Entry’. Some people don’t think it’s their favorite Priest album. But I suppose ’cause we were on tour [with Priest when they were supporting] it, I really liked it.”
Iron Maiden 2020 tour dates
May
- Fri 1 Perth, AUSTRALIA RAC Arena Special Guests Killswitch Engage
- Sun 3 Adelaide, AUSTRALIA Entertainment Centre Special Guests Killswitch Engage
- Tue 5 Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Entertainment Centre Special Guests Killswitch Engage
- Thu 7 Sydney, AUSTRALIA Qudos Bank Arena Special Guests Killswitch Engage
- Mon 11Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Rod Laver Arena Special Guests Killswitch Engage
- Wed 13 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Spark Arena Special Guests Killswitch Engage
- Sat 16 Manila, THE PHILIPPINES Pulp Summer Slam
- Tue 19 Tokyo, JAPAN Pia Arena MM
- Wed 20 Tokyo, JAPAN Pia Arena MM
- Fri 22 Osaka, JAPAN Venue to be announced
- Wed 27 Dubai, UAE Coca-Cola Arena
- Sat 30Tel Aviv, ISRAEL Bloomfield Stadium Special Guests Orphaned Land
JUNE
- Fri 5 – Sun 7 Tampere, FINLAND Rockfest
- Tue 9 Bremen, GERMANY Buergerweide Special Guests Disturbed and Airbourne
- Wed 10 Cologne, GERMANY Rhein-Energie Stadium Special Guests Airbourne and Lord Of The lost
- Sat 13 Donington, UK Download Festival
- Mon 15 Belfast, UK Belsonic Festival
- Thu 18 Dessel, BELGIUM Graspop Metal Meeting
- Sat 20 Copenhagen, DENMARK Copenhell Festival
- Tue 23 Berlin, GERMANY Waldbuehne Special Guests Airbourne and Lord Of The lost
- Thu 25 Oslo, NORWAY Tons of Rock Festival
- Sat 27 Gothenburg, SWEDEN Ullevi Stadium Alter Bridge and Airbourne
- Tue 30 St Petersburg, RUSSIA Special Guests Airbourne
JULY
- Thu 2 Moscow, RUSSIA VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium Special Guests Airbourne
- Sun 5 Warsaw, POLAND PGE Narodowy Special Guests Within Temptation and Lord Of The lost
- Tue 7 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Sinobo Stadium Special Guests Airbourne and Lord Of The lost
- Thu 9 Weert, HOLLAND Evenemententerrein Special Guests Alter Bridge and Airbourne
- Sat 11 Paris, FRANCE Paris La Defense Arena Special Guests Airbourne and Avatar
- Thu 16 Wiener, AUSTRIA Stadium Open Air Special Guests Airbourne and Lord Of The lost
- Sat 18 Stuttgart, GERMANY Mercedes-Benz Arena Special Guests Airbourne and Lord Of The lost
- Mon 20 Bologna, ITALY Sonic Park Special Guests Airbourne and Lord Of The lost
- Thu 23 Lisbon, PORTUGAL Estadio Nacional Special Guests Within Temptation and Airbourne
- Sat 25 Barcelona, SPAIN Olympic Stadium Special Guests Within Temptation and Airbourne