This week Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson announced two last-minute, secret shows at The World Famous Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles on Friday, April 12th and Saturday, April 13th. The shows went on sale this morning with tickets only available for purchase at the Whisky box office. The lucky fans who lined up early got a special treat and were greeted by Bruce Dickinson in the box office selling tickets & meeting fans! This will be Bruce Dickinson’s first solo concert in over 20 year and marks the live debut of ‘The House Band of Hell’ (featuring Maestro Mistheria, Dave Moreno, Tanya O’Callaghan, Philip Naslund & Chris Declercq).The tour is supporting Bruce’s new solo album The Mandrake Prioject, out now. (Read our review here.)
Commented Dickinson: “As we were holed up in our North Hollywood Rehearsal Studio preparing for the tour, we thought that since rehearsals were going so well maybe we should have a little fun and do something last-minute here in LA. Putting tickets for sale at an actual box office should remind people what it used to be like back when I started gigging! We’re raring to go and I’m just so excited to unleash this band on the world at the iconic Whiskey A Go Go.”
Bruce Dickinson’s brand-new album, The Mandrake Project, was released in March and achieved huge chart success across Europe, the U.K, U.S, Canada & Latin America.
The Mandrake Project is not just an album project & tour but also a comic book series of the same name. Created by Bruce Dickinson it features an array of known graphic novel talent. It was scripted by Tony Lee (Dr Who), stunningly illustrated by Staz Johnson (2000AD) & with covers by industry heavyweight Bill Sienkiewicz for Z2 Comics it will be released as 12 quarterly issues and collated into three annual graphic novels. Issue #2 is onsale now.
Bruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project Tour officially kicks off in Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory on Monday, April 15.
Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project Tour
15th April – The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA, USA (SOLD OUT)
18th April – Diana Theater, Guadalajara, MEXICO
20th April – Pepsi Theatre, Mexico City, MEXICO
24th April – Live Curitiba, Curitiba, BRAZIL
25th April – Pepsi On Stage, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL
27th April – Opera Hall, Brasilia, BRAZIL
28th April – Arena Hall, Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL
30th April – Qualistage, Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL
2nd May – Quinta Linda, Ribeirao Preto, BRAZIL
4th May – Vibra, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
16th May – The Halls, Wolverhampton, UK
18th May – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK (SOLD OUT)
19th May – O2 Academy, Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)
21st May – Arena, Swansea, UK
23rd May – Rock City, Nottingham, UK (SOLD OUT)
24th May – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK (SOLD OUT)
26th May – L’Olympia, Paris, FRANCE (SOLD OUT)
28th May – 013, Tilburg, HOLLAND
29th May – De Oosterport, Groningen, HOLLAND (SOLD OUT)
1st June – Barba Negra, Budapest, HUNGARY (SOLD OUT)
3rd June – Arenale Romane, Bucharest, ROMANIA
6th June – Mystic Festival, Gdansk, POLAND *
8th June – Sweden Rock Festival, Solvesborg, SWEDEN *
9th June – Rockefeller, Oslo, NORWAY (SOLD OUT)
11th June – Grona Lund, Stockholm, SWEDEN
13th June – House Of Culture, Helsinki, FINLAND (SOLD OUT)
14th June – Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn, ESTONIA
16th June – Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
17th June – Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
19th June – Copenhell, Copenhagen, DENMARK *
21st June – Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, BELGIUM *
22nd June – Summerside Festival, Grenchen, SWITZERLAND *
24th June – Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim, GERMANY *
25th June – Circus Krone, Munich, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
27th June – Resurrection Festival, Galicia, SPAIN *
29th June – Hellfest, Clisson, FRANCE *
30th June – Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette, LUXEMBOURG (SOLD OUT)
3-6th July – Rockharz Open Air, Ballenstedt, GERMANY *
5th July – Ippodrome Delle Capannelle, Rock In Roma, Rome, ITALY *
6th July – Bassano Del Grappa, Metal Park, Vincenza, ITALY *
9th July – Palladium, Koln, GERMANY
11th July – Masters Of Rock Festival, Vizovice, Czech Republic *
13th July – Hala, Zagreb, CROATIA
16th July – Kolodrum Arena, Sofia, BULGARIA
19th July – Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul, TURKEY
21st July – Release, Athens, GREECE *
* – festival performance
For more information & tickets visit https://www.themandrakeproject.com