29. Various significant dates in IRON MAIDEN history part6
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This article is from the Iron Maiden FAQ, by Vartan Narinian vsn@pobox.com and Steve Payne Sirpapa@aol.com with numerous contributions by others.
29. Various significant dates in IRON MAIDEN history part6
85/03/14 - 85/3/17 - Maiden's 4 sold out performances at Long Beach Arena,
Los Angeles, CA (85/03/14, 85/03/15, 85/03/16,
85/03/17). (World Slavery Tour). Most of the LIVE
AFTER DEATH album and and ALL of the video were shot
here.
85/03/31 - First gig in Hawaii (World Slavery Tour), NBC Arena, Honolulu,
Oahu, Hawaii.
85/04/02 - Dave Murray marries his girlfriend Tamar in Honolulu, Hawaii.
85/10/14 - LIVE AFTER DEATH is released, IRON MAIDEN's first (full-length, if
you include the 1981 'MAIDEN JAPAN E.P., which happened because
the Japanese wanted a live product) live album. The CD released
cuts out what should be side 4 (thereby excluding about 25 minutes
of music...some classics are missed here!). The double-LP had a
nice gatefold format, and the cassette version was also a double.
Sides 1, 2, and 3 were recorded here in Long Beach, CA.
85/12/19 - Secret concert at The Marquee Club, London, England. Most of
IRON MAIDEN showed up and played under an assumed name (THE ENTIRE
POPULATION OF HACKNEY), and played mainly cover versions, along
with a few Maiden originals. Anybody know the significance of the
band name HACKNEY, etc.?!
86/09/26 - SOMEWHERE IN TIME is released.
86/11/09 - Gig at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - a charity concert for
the prevention of cruelty to children.
87/03/22 - IRON MAIDEN are awarded platinum disks for the sales of the
SOMEWHERE IN TIME album in Canada.
88/04/11 - SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON is released, the last album with
Adrian Smith.
88/08/20 - First appearance of Maiden at Donington. Other bands on the ticket
were GnR, Megadeth, David Lee Roth and Kiss.
88/09/13 - First ever gig in Greece, AEK Stadium, Athens, Greece :)
1989 - IRON MAIDEN takes their first official 'sabbatical'/vacation from
the band, for about 1 full year. :(!
Feb '90 - Mar '90 - IRON MAIDEN releases The First Ten Years set, which was
pretty much a reissue (CD) of a single with b-sides, each
with a small excerpt of Nicko talking at the end. If you
were lucky enough, a special box was available to hold
the full set of 10, complete with Eddie on the cover, and
the special 'First Ten Years' logo.
Nov '90 - THE FIRST TEN YEARS - THE VIDEOS is released. This video contains
all the videos Maiden have done up to and including Holy Smoke.
90/10/09 - NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING is released. This is Janick Gers' debut
album with IRON MAIDEN.
92/05/05 - The BE QUICK OR BE DEAD single is released
92/05/12 - FEAR OF THE DARK is released. 12 songs...almost 1 hour!...The
band's longest album yet! The band apparently had a big handful
of like 17 songs or so before they even went into the studio, and
just kinda picked which ones they wanted, figuring 12 would be
enough. No! We want more! :)
92/08/22 - IRON MAIDEN headlines the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle
Donington, England for the 2nd time (first time was in 1988).
Other bands on the bill were Slayer, etc. Concert gets recorded
and is released as an album and a 120-minute video later on.
93/03/22 - A REAL LIVE ONE is released, IRON MAIDEN's first live album in
about 7 1/2 years.
Mar '93 - Official announcement that Bruce Dickinson will be leaving IRON
MAIDEN after the current tour (which was ONLY in Europe)! :(
93/08/28 - Bruce Dickinson's last concert with IRON MAIDEN. Broadcast live
Pay-Per-View worldwide, with master illusionist Simon Drake.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios - Buck, UK (Raising Hell video).
93/10/18 - A REAL DEAD ONE is released, the last (live) album with Bruce
Dickinson as singer.
Oct '93 - The "Hallowed Be Thy Name" single is released, getting as far as
#9 in the UK on the Billboard charts, before dropping down.
Nov '93 - The "Live In Donington '92" video is released, also with a limited
edition 3-LP format (only 5,000 copies issued), and 2-CD format.
Jan '94 - The new singer is announced, he is Blaze Bayley, formerly of
Wolfsbane. Maiden start recording their next album, at Steve
Harris's studio which is in his home.
Late '94 - The Fan Club announces that the new album will be a bit late and
will come out in early 1995. In the meantime, Blaze has had an
accident with his new Triumph bike which might delay things even
more.
June '95 - The album is just starting to be mixed by Steve Harris and Nigel
Green (the producer). A few UK tour dates are announce but they
are all in November. Meanwhile, an album title and release date
have not been announced yet.
Oct '95 - THE X FACTOR is released and the band start touring once again!
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