SKY NEWS To Join IRON MAIDEN In India This Week

January 30, 2008

Sky News will accompany IRON MAIDEN to India for the first show of the band's monumental and groundbreaking Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. They will cover the group leaving the UK in their customised Boeing 757, flown by vocalist and airline captain Bruce Dickinson, the flight to India and their first concert of the tour in Mumbai.

Initial news of MAIDEN's departure will be broadcast on Sky News live from India on Friday morning, February 1 at 6.45, 7.45 and 8.45 GMT, followed by a news package of the concert itself to run throughout the day on Saturday, February 2 (news agenda permitting). There will also be two pieces on the website, one on Friday and another on Saturday. The web address is www.sky.com/news.

Says Sky News entertainment correspondent Matt Smith: "We're really looking forward to following the band on tour to India. From flying their own plane, to playing loads of new and unusual cities, it looks like we've got loads of things to report on."

The band depart Wednesday morning for Mumbai to kick off the tour so if you are around the Stansted area keep an eye out for the plane taking off and flying past around 9:00 a.m.

In other news, if you're in the UK and fancy a night out this weekend, check out the following rock nights, where you can check out IRON MAIDEN's new "Live After Death" DVD and hopefully get your hands on a a few freebies.

Feb. 01 - Newcastle, UK - Legends (from 9.00pm)
Feb. 01 - Sheffield, UK - The Drop at The Corporation (9.30pm)
Feb. 02 - Birmingham, UK - The Academy (from 9.30pm)
Feb. 02 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City (from 9.00pm)
Feb. 02 - Manchester, UK - Jilly's (from 9.00pm)
Feb. 02 - Liverpool, UK - Krazy House (from 9.00pm)
Feb. 02 - Glasgow, UK - The Cathouse (from 10.30pm)
Feb. 02 - London, UK - Decadence & Disorder at Sin (from 10.00pm)

"Live After Death" is the legendary recording of IRON MAIDEN's four-night stand at Long Beach Arena, California, in 1984. The DVD is due out via EMI on February 5 in North America. The "Live After Death" DVD release will coincide with the start of the band's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour on which they will recreate many of the aspects of this original and spectacular show.

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