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Kalata said:
So now it's confirmed that they have plans. It likely involves a new album. If it is an album tour then the plans should be for 2 years, but 2027 is off for Maiden. Or? Shorter first album tour leg? Whether it's a new album tour or something else (RFYL 2?), Bruce should have said until 2029, so maybe album release in 2027? (after his solo tour, although we don't know how long it will be - whether he will want the typical 2 years solo tour or all in 1 year; i doubt the latter). A new album should be recorded early next year or in the winter after Bruce's tour, but what about the others solo projects.
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Sorry, but I love how wrong everyone was who “knew” that this would be their last tour and that they wouldn't record another album either, since they're a band of Methuselahs.
Bruce's response suggests that they're already thinking beyond 2028.
 
Making RFYL a three leg tour would be death knell for a new album. Unless they debut new songs on it and roll right into a new album tour. But there doesn't seem to be the time for that (unlike when the buried a new songs into the 2003 and 2010 and 2022 tours). Or any sense to it.

My bet is on a clean break from the 50 anniversary concept with a brand new tour starting early 2028. So the upcoming Australia and Japan shows would be au revoir to the current set (with some of the songs in it presumably then gone forever from the live setting).
 
matic22 said:
Recording in 2027 and touring across the globe in 2028. That's my bet.
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Also, with the new digital screens, different touring setups would be more versatile than in the past. So you could conceivably theme 2028 to be strictly new album tour, and then 2029 to be something else entirely. All you'd need is a decent window of time allotted for the animators to do a new big Eddie, a few setpiece songs a la Hallowed and Rime, and then a mess of barely animated ones for the "static backdrop" songs, if RFYL is the template for the stage set going forward.

That said, I too think it's weird Bruce said plans up until 2028, since Maiden haven't compressed a full tour into a single year for a good while now. But, since history tours appear to be more profitable than album tours, it could make sense to try to pack an album's touring cycle into a single year instead, and then follow it up with a year of hits...maybe RFYL 2, TXF on with a smattering of oldies? I couldn't see that sustaining a two-year cycle with nearly the same level of fan engagement as RFYL 1, but maybe a single year.
 
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CA Bryers said:
Also, with the new digital screens, different touring setups would be more versatile than in the past. So you could conceivably theme 2028 to be strictly new album tour, and then 2029 to be something else entirely. All you'd need is a decent window of time allotted for the animators to do a new big Eddie, a few setpiece songs a la Hallowed and Rime, and then a mess of barely animated ones for the "static backdrop" songs, if RFYL is the template for the stage set going forward.

That said, I too think it's weird Bruce said plans up until 2028, since Maiden haven't compressed a full tour into a single year for a good while now. But, since history tours appear to be more profitable than album tours, it could make sense to try to pack an album's touring cycle into a single year instead, and then follow it up with a year of hits.
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There is an interview that bruce says that he wants to record and steve says thay the rest of the band seems to wants a year off but they havent speak about it but if they decide to record an album he is up to it. So for sure after a few months off they record. Thats my guess. Apart another thought that at the moment that adrian and steve are and maybe murray,but the performances are at really high level expecially adrian they could bring something good. Adrian seems to be better thsn ever enjoying his status in the band
 
dickinson1978 said:
There is an interview that bruce says that he wants to record and steve says thay the rest of the band seems to wants a year off but they havent speak about it but if they decide to record an album he is up to it. So for sure after a few months off they record. Thats my guess. Apart another thought that at the moment that adrian and steve are and maybe murray,but the performances are at really high level expecially adrian they could bring something good. Adrian seems to be better thsn ever enjoying his status in the band
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My takeaway from that interview wasn't that Bruce wanted next year to record, Steve said no, the band want the year off. My impression was Steve wasn't interested in a new album whereas Bruce was, yet with no specific timetable attached.

My thought's always been that Bruce needed 2027 mostly open to promote and tour his new solo album. Others--Dave and Adrian, likely--welcomed the idea of a year off. So another tour like Steve wanted or a 3rd year of RFYL in 2027 wouldn't have worked for Bruce's already laid plans. A couple of months of recording, however, might be possible in Bruce's schedule.
 
CA Bryers said:
My takeaway from that interview wasn't that Bruce wanted next year to record, Steve said no, the band want the year off. My impression was Steve wasn't interested in a new album whereas Bruce was, yet with no specific timetable attached.

My thought's always been that Bruce needed 2027 mostly open to promote and tour his new solo album. Others--Dave and Adrian, likely--welcomed the idea of a year off. So another tour like Steve wanted or a 3rd year of RFYL in 2027 wouldn't have worked for Bruce's already laid plans. A couple of months of recording, however, might be possible in Bruce's schedule.
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I read 2 interviews. The one that bruce pass the question to steve and says its up to you steve and he says that in the right moment. And other that says that he needs to speak with the rest of the band adrian dave janick and simon i suposse and if the want to take the year off. But if thetr is a new album he wil not say no. So i think that "lets see the year off" by bruce means that they would do something that is not tour.

Btw any news of the live realease?
 
Not much consolidated info online yet. 'Bruce Dickinson New Wife' is still searched more than 'Bruce Dickinson New Album'.

He has Spain, German and Czech festivals booked for June/July, and one random orchestra show in January, as far as I can find. His new album is "Slated for early-to-mid 2027" so also unknown. My sense is Bruce solo is not yet of a commercial stature where he can tour for a year, but perhaps a few months around release date.

So Maiden studio time in the second half of 2027 seems realistic? Gives everyone else six months or so off while Bruce runs around. I also assume they have plans till 2028 only because they will be 70, 71 and 72 by then, so take each year as it comes.
 
Not even Bruce’s new wife could help shake off this “Methuselah” image (which with other bands AC/DC, the Scorpions, Rush just doesn’t seem to play such a big role in fan discussions).
I’d say Bruce just means that the plans for after 2028 aren’t locked down in every detail yet.
Otherwise, it would make no sense at all. You have to know, for example, whether a tour in a year’s time is supposed to cover the whole world, or if it will be spread out over two years, and so on.
That’s not something that can be decided spontaneously.
 
Helmuth Von Moltke said:
Not much consolidated info online yet. 'Bruce Dickinson New Wife' is still searched more than 'Bruce Dickinson New Album'.

He has Spain, German and Czech festivals booked for June/July, and one random orchestra show in January, as far as I can find. His new album is "Slated for early-to-mid 2027" so also unknown. My sense is Bruce solo is not yet of a commercial stature where he can tour for a year, but perhaps a few months around release date.

So Maiden studio time in the second half of 2027 seems realistic? Gives everyone else six months or so off while Bruce runs around. I also assume they have plans till 2028 only because they will be 70, 71 and 72 by then, so take each year as it comes.
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There are a few rumors there will be a NA run of dates for Bruce solo next year too.
Ultimately Steve wants to continue touring but I think they will take all of 2027 off, Bruce knowing what he is doing till the end of 2028 simply means 2027 is dedicated to a solo tour and 2028 will be a busy one with Maiden.
 
No, a guy like Bruce would never describe 2027 as “busy” in interviews if Maiden were taking the whole year off and he only had his solo projects.
 
Hendrik said:
No, a guy like Bruce would never describe 2027 as “busy” in interviews if Maiden were taking the whole year off and he only had his solo projects.
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He easily could if it was meaning releasing an album, doing extensive promo and filming 6 videos he mentioned, doing a large tour across both Europe and North / South America, chuck in a few more conventions, singing a few more anthems at US sports games and possibly recording a Maiden album that is a big year lol

2028 I can see the Maiden tour mirroring this one without the Oceania leg, 25 shows in Europe, then a North and South America tour in the Fall consisting of another 20 dates.

Bruce made his feelings known about not wanting to tour the same thing, he certainly wants to prioritize new music on the downtime they may have next year, which is why I think that is more likely, than a "surprise" 2027 tour

“Personally, I would love to do another, another album,” he continues. “I would rather do another album than another tour. If I had to choose between the two, I’d rather choose a new album, but Steve’s the other way around. He will tour and tour and tour and tour until he probably dies onstage. Touring is fun, but it’s not new. I'm a creative bunny, and I like making new, new things.”
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If they are going to record, I wonder when they will do it. Probably in the autumn in Paris like TBOS. That could mean a release date earlier on 2028. If that is the case, it would be the first album since Brave New World not to be released in August/September.
 
I'm pretty sure they will record between mid February to late April/early May. Bruce's album will probably be released in March or so, with European tour to follow. North and South America in autumn.

That would be a perfect timing for them to release a single in early September 2027 with album and 2028 tour announcement in November.

It will be pretty interesting to follow Bruce's tour next year, because he will be probably dropping hints if they indeed record in spring.
 
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