Iron Maiden have announced the first leg of their eagerly anticipated

North American summer tour.

After tickets for Iron Maiden's current "SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME --

WORLD TOUR 08" dates at the Los Angeles Forum and New Jersey's Izod

Centre sold out months in advance, the band are delighted to announce

they are coming back for more major USA concerts this summer which

will take them to a number of cities they have not played in many

years along with a return to the Los Angeles area with 2 nights at

the 16,000 capacity Verizon Amphitheatre on Friday May 30 and

Saturday May 31. Tickets for the majority of these shows will go on

sale to the public on Saturday, March 1st.

Wed 5/21/08 San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless - on sale 3/1 10am

Thu 5/22/08 Houston, TX - Woodlands - on sale 3/1 10am

Sun 5/25/08 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion - on sale 3/1 10am

Mon 5/26/08 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion - on sale 3/15 10am

Wed 5/28/08 Concord, CA - Concord - on sale 3/9 10am

Fri 5/30/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - on sale

3/1 10am

Sat 5/31/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - on sale

3/1 10am

Mon 6/02/08 Seattle, WA - White River Amph - on sale 3/8 10am

Tickets will be available via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Members of the Iron Maiden Fan Club are given the chance to buy

pre-sale tickets for all of these gigs before they go on-sale to the

general public. Our first pre-sale starts on Wednesday 27th February

and covers the gigs in Selma, Houston, Albuquerque and Irvine, with

the remaining dates to follow over the next 2 weeks.

If you would like to take part in the pre-sale, join the fan club

today! <http://www.ironmaiden.com/index.php?categoryid=11>

Membership starts at only 10/year!

If you're already a club member, please swing past the website and

make sure you can log in - Admin doesn't want any last-minute

forgotten passwords please!

Remember, FC members will also have the chance to enter our 'First To

The Barrier' and 'Heaven Can Wait' draws!