PRESS RELEASE FROM LIVE NATION:
British Metal legends IRON MAIDEN are coming back to Norway for a show on August 11th! The concert will be at Bergenhus Festning — Koengen in Bergen, a medieval fortress right in the city centre, which will make a magnificent setting for Iron Maiden and their fans. Tickets go on sale Friday December 18th at 09.00 via Billettservice (Ticketmaster Norway, details below).
Says Bruce Dickinson: We wanted to play a few shows next Summer so of course had to come back to Norway, especially to play in such an incredible setting as this medieval fortress! We played two shows in Norway on the last tour and the fans were unbelievable. It will have been 2 years since our last visit to this most beautiful of countries so we will make sure our fans get a night to remember!”
These two stops in Norway, Lerkendal in Trondheim and Oslo’s Valle Hovin drew a record breaking crowd of 50.000 fans, placing Iron Maiden among the biggest concert draws in Norwegian history alongside such great live performers as Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones. The concerts were met with ecstatic reviews from Norwegian media, receiving top score in major newspapers VG, Aftenposten and Dagbladet. This was part of their most ambitious tour yet, dubbed “Somewhere Back in Time Tour”, which saw vocalist and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson piloting the band and crew around the globe in their own specially fitted Boeing 757, named Ed Force One after their mascot and fan favourite, Eddie, and playing to over two million passionate fans along the way.
From their self-titled debut via their worldwide breakthrough album “The Number of the Beast”, to the most recent masterpiece “A Matter of Life and Death”, over the last 25 years at the forefront of Metal Maiden have influenced everything from massive acts such as Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer to aspiring metal stars Mastodon, Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium, selling over albums 80 million along the way.
Widely recognized for their spectacular live performances, outstanding musicianship and huge stage productions, Iron Maiden still continues to attract legions of new young faces to their ever increasing worldwide fan base now counting at least three generations of fans!
The band is as vital and exciting as ever, never failing to put on the best possible show for their audience. Galloping bass lines, thundering drums, classic leads and a whirlwind singer who knows how to give a stadium the intimate atmosphere of a club show, an Iron Maiden concert is always a memorable experience. And… make sure you don’t get in the way of Eddie — you KNOW he will be there!
Date: Wednesday August 11 2010
Gates open: 18.00
Full supporting bill will be announced
Venue: Bergenhus Festning — Koengen, Bergen
Tickets: NOK 800 + box office fee
Tickets via Ticketmaster Norway (Billettservice) from Friday December 18th at 09.00
Call centre, tel: +47 815 33 133
Online: www.billettservice.no
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