BRUCE DICKINSON Announces 2027 'PsychoGod' European Tour

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson and his solo band return to live action next year with a string of highly-anticipated headline shows and festival appearances across Europe, enigmatically dubbed "PsychoGod". These performances — split across the summer and autumn — will be the first solo shows by Dickinson since he wrapped up his critically acclaimed "The Mandrake Project" tour in Brazil in September 2025 after 71 shows across three continents.

Having spent most of 2026 on IRON MAIDEN duties, Bruce still found time to record brand new material with his band comprising guitarists Chris Declercq and Philip Näslund, bassist Tanya O'Callaghan, keyboardist Mistheria and drummer Dave Moreno.

Dickinson comments: "What we do is real and that's so important right now. A real drummer, a real bass player, real guitarists, real keyboards — A.I. can only copy, it can only pretend. It can never be in love, and it can never play. This band? They can really play!"

These upcoming shows promise to showcase a whole range of new material alongside fan favorites and deep cuts spanning Bruce's entire solo career. The November/December leg of the tour will feature support from Swedish progressive metal band EVERGREY.

The 2027 tour dates are as follows:

June 14 - Belfast, UK - Ulster Hall
June 16 - Dublin, Ireland - The Academy
June 22 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
June 23 - Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
June 25 - Zagreb, Croatia - SRC Salata
June 26 - Belgrade, Serbia - Luka Beograd
June 28 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Vidas Art Arena
June 29 - Istanbul, Turkiye - Bonus Parkorman
July 2-4 - Cartagena, Spain - Rock Imperium *
July 7 - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
July 7-10 - Ballenstedt, Germany - Rockharz *
July 8-11 - Vizovice, Czechia - Masters Of Rock *

* Festival appearance, exact performance date to be announced

With EVERGREY:

November 10 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
November 12 - Helsinki, Finland - Black Box Jäähalli
November 14 - Stockholm, Sweden - Annexet
November 16 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
November 17 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Store Vega
November 19 - Hamburg, Germany - Inselpark Arena
November 20 - Berlin, Germany - UberEats Music Hall
November 22 - Munich, Germany - Zenith
November 24 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Mitsubishi Electric Halle
November 25 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - AFAS Live
November 27 - Lincoln, UK - The Engine Shed
November 28 - Glasgow, UK - O2 Academy
November 30 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo
December 1 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy
December 3 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
December 4 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy
December 7 - Lyon, France - Le Radiant-Bellevue
December 8 - Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
December 10 - Paris, France - L'Olympia

Most of Bruce's eighth solo album was recorded this past January and February at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Northridge, California with producer Brendan Duffey, who previously helmed the partly re-recorded, remixed and newly mastered version of Bruce's second solo album "Balls To Picasso", now titled "More Balls To Picasso", which was made available in July 2025.

Dickinson's follow-up to "The Mandrake Project" was mixed by Brendan at his Brendan Duffey Audio high-end mixing and mastering studio in Jupiter, Florida.

Dickinson recently told Steve Harkins of TalkShopLive that his upcoming solo album will include a collaboration with his son Austin. Bruce's oldest son, the 35-year-old Austin is a musician best known as the former frontman for the metal bands RISE TO REMAIN and AS LIONS.

This past April, Bruce revealed that he recorded 16 songs for his new solo album over a three-week period earlier this year. He told Rolling Stone magazine: [We did it] all 100 percent live. It's like the anti-A.I. generation."

In February, SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser shared photos of him with Bruce at Studio 606 and revealed that he plays percussion on Dickinson's new LP.

Bruce and his long-term co-writer and producer Roy "Z" Ramirez recorded "The Mandrake Project" largely at Los Angeles's Doom Room, with Roy Z doubling up as both guitarist and bassist. The recording lineup for "The Mandrake Project" was rounded out by Mistheria and Moreno, both of whom also featured on Bruce's previous solo studio album, "Tyranny Of Souls", in 2005.

Joining the IRON MAIDEN singer on the "The Mandrake Project Live 2025" North American tour was once again his 2024 backing band, featuring Moreno,Mistheria and O'Callaghan (bass),alongside the group's latest additions, the aforementioned Swedish guitarist, songwriter and multi-platinum-credited producer Philip Näslund and Swiss session and touring guitarist Chris Declercq (who played on Dickinson's "Rain On The Graves" single). Roy is not part of the touring lineup.

Dickinson made his recording debut with IRON MAIDEN on the "Number Of The Beast" album in 1982. He quit the band in 1993 in order to pursue his solo career and was replaced by Blaze Bayley, who had previously been the lead singer of the metal band WOLFSBANE. After releasing two traditional metal albums with former MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith, Dickinson rejoined the band in 1999 along with Smith.

Photo credit: Leo Liberti