Iron Maiden News - February 5, 2005

Well, it's official.. the 2005 tour dates are up at ironmaiden.com. Some of the shows are already sold out, so get on to your ticket retailers ASAP and get booked.

Iron Maiden have come in ninth in the list of top earning artists for 2003, due to the phenomonal success of their album "Dance Of Death" and the Dance of Death world tour.

This list was posted at Sky News, based on record and DVD sales, tour revenue, merchandising, music publishing royalties and other income.

Top 10:

1. Rolling Stones (£55.3m)
2. Sir Paul McCartney (£40m)
3. Sir Elton John (£34m)
4. Robbie Williams (£30m)
5. Coldplay (£23.5m)
6. Sting (£25.1m)
7. Phil Collins (£25.1m)
8. Fleetwood Mac (£23.5m)
9. Iron Maiden (£17.9m)
10. Dido (£15.8 m)

Maiden World returned after a hosting failure required the site to move and restore from backups.

A fan gallery preserved 28 photographs from Iron Maiden's 12 December 2003 Earls Court concert.

JANUARY 04

• Sun 11 - ARG - Velez Sarsfield Stadium
• Tue 13 - CHI - Santiago Pista Atletica
• Fri 16 - BRA - Rio de Janeiro ATL Hall
• Sat 17 - BRA - Sao Paulo Pacaembu Stadium
• Tue 20 - CAN - Montreal Bell Centre
• Wed 21 - CAN - Quebec Colisee Pepsi Arena
• Fri 23 - USA - New York Hammerstein Ballroom
• Sat 24 - USA - New York Hammerstein Ballroom
• Mon 26 - USA - New York Hammerstein Ballroom
• Tue 27 - USA - New York Hammerstein Ballroom
• Fri 30 - USA - Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre
• Sat 31 - USA - Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre

FEBRUARY 04

• Thu 05 - JPN - Sapparo Nenkin Hall
• Sat 07 - JPN - Osaka Jo Hall
• Sun 08 - JPN - Tokyo Saitama Arena