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I think so far each group of dates has been announced at midday BST. I'm getting some kind of Pavlovian reaction each day when the clock hits 12. What fun this drip-drip-drip tour dates game is!

The juddering verse riff, when it kicks in, is seriously heavy. It sounds like barely-contained fury. And Janick's solo is perfect; just the right side of scratchy. It suits the riff exactly. The rest of the song is beautifully structured and executed. Probably my favourite from the album.

That pick slide back into the chorus after the mid-section is a highlight of the whole album for me. I bet it's H.

Next Thursday.... Wolfsbane! Very excited about this one! First time I've seen them since the Marquee show they recorded for Massive Noise Injection. Many, many pies have been consumed since then. Their singer apparently joined another band for a while...

Holland, 8th June announced. Stadium show, not a festival. Bodes well for a non-festival run of European shows!

So, do you believe Clive's dad died during the tour and Nicko filled in, or not? Or are you undecided? It seems odd to me to question Clive's testimony that his dad died during the tour. I struggle to imagine anyone lieing about the death of a parent.

Right, got mine, all awesome, etc BUT: Who ARE these people?!: So far, I think mid-left is Davey, top right Steve and mid-right H. Can anyone help with the others?!

I share the car with my wife and we have two children. Unless a CD has a clearly-recognisable case, it is likely to just get chucked in the glove compartment by one of the three people it doesn't belong to. I've tried using spare jewel cases, or sleeves, but short of using physical violence on...

I've ordered the deluxe edition, but if I like the album I'll buy a regular CD to play in the car. Otherwise the CD just rattles around without a jewel case and gets scratched. (Might as well order the second CD now...)

1. Moonchild 2. 2 Minutes to Midnight 3. The Trooper 4. Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg 5. The Wicker Man 6. Coming Home 7. Paschendale 8. Lightning Strikes Twice 9. Killers 10. The Sign of the Cross 11. Fear of the Dark 12. Iron Maiden 13. Caught Somewhere in Time 14. Bring Your Daughter to...

The plan: Drop the kids off to school. Find the CD waiting on the doormat. Out-of-office on. Brew a coffee, headphones on, in the stereo, eyes closed. The reality so far: The shower has sprung a leak. Replacement part is due to be delivered Friday. I'll need to listen out for the delivery. Then...

The contents of the Deluxe Edition book haven't been leaked have they?! What do we hope/fear/think will be in the book? I would obviously hope for loads of fresh artwork, but I very much doubt this will happen. The worst thing would be blank pages "for you to write in". I guess it's most likely...

Going back to the 747, and the fact that they're flying for the whole tour up to, and including part of, Europe... And the fact that the cargo capacity is roughly the same as the 757... Does this mean that nearly the whole world won't be getting a big Eddie?! (Am I right that the 757 concerts...

Agreed. I think the '90 - '93 period was their worst, but BQOBD would be an awesome early-in-the-set surprise, and Bring Your Daughter was a stand-out singalong in those days and would be a great first encore in my opinion.

It was on the UK leg of the Seventh Tour. Did it not make it to the US then?

More than just a frontman. It's not just the Maiden and Dickinson families that will be wishing him well.

Off-topic, but I've long wondered about this. Are the band and everyone else who works for them, employees of Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd? With various subcontracted parties, such as Phantom Music Management? And is Steve the sole director of Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd? Etc... How does it all work?!

I definitely prefer plenty of time to get used to the songs and learn the lyrics before a show. It's also nice to live with the album then go to the show and see if the tracks they play match your favourites. Given the amount of singing along by the crowd, and the atmosphere that produces...

World Book Day tomorrow. All the schoolkids dress as book characters. I'm constantly surprised by how many 4 year old boys must have read the novelisation of Star Wars. Or how many 4 year old girls have read the Frozen script.

I remember an interview from back then, Bruce was viewing a house to buy and saw these hooks fixed to the ceiling in one of the bedrooms. He didn't buy the house, but he did get a song out of it. Maybe H still thinks it's about fishing?!