iron maiden: tour dates

iron maiden has confirmed the full european leg of their world tour for this coming winter. the new live show will include new album material which the band is recording for the moment and which will be released prior to the tour.

steve harris: "we've finished most of the writing of the album and have just started recording with kevin shirley so we're all very charged up at the moment to make a great record. reaction to the tour so far has been brilliant and we're looking forward to putting a great show together for the fans and getting back out on the road towards the end of the year and playing new material live."

this is the full european list of tour dates:

november 2006
thu 9 denmark, aalborg
fri 10 denmark, copenhagen
sun 12 finland, tampere
tue 14 finland, helsinki
wed 15 finland, helsinki
fri 17 sweden, stockholm
sat 18 sweden, stockholm
mon 20 sweden, gothenburg
tue 21 norway, oslo
thu 23 norway, bergen
sat 25 sweden, stockholm
mon 27 holland, den bosch
tue 28 france, paris
thu 30 spain, barcelona

december 2006
sat 2 italy, milan
tue 5 switzerland, zurich
thu 7 germany, stuttgart
fri 8 germany, dortmund
mon 11 wales, cardiff
tue 12 england, birmingham
thu 14 england, manchester
fri 15 scotland, glasgow
sun 17 england, newcastle
mon 18 england, sheffield
wed 20 ireland, dublin
fri 22 england, london

the american band trivium has been invited as support.
the european leg of the world tour will be followed in early 2007 in other parts of the world.