{"id":15380,"date":"2017-11-13T16:30:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15380"},"modified":"2017-11-13T16:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:31:03","slug":"iron-maiden-sse-arena-belfast-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/11\/iron-maiden-sse-arena-belfast-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden, SSE Arena Belfast, August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The SSE Arena, Belfast: 2<sup>nd<\/sup> August<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15383 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/press1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tickets on sale Friday 24<sup>th<\/sup> November at 9am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the massively successful global tour of 2016-17 in support of their 16<sup>th<\/sup> studio album <em>The Book Of Souls<\/em> IRON MAIDEN will take to the road again in 2018 with a series of arena and festival shows in Europe on the Legacy Of The Beast World Tour opening in Tallinn, Estonia on May 26 and finishing at the o2 Arena, London on August 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The tour includes at date at The SSE Arena, Belfast on Thursday August 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The concept for the Legacy Of The Beast World Tour was inspired by Maiden\u2019s mobile game and comic book of the same name and the stage set design will feature a number of different but interlocking \u201cworlds\u201d with a set list covering a large selection of Eighties material with a handful of surprises from later albums to add diversity. Maiden manager Rod Smallwood explains further,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs our fans know, we\u2019ve been following a particular touring cycle ever since Bruce and Adrian re-joined Maiden at the start of the millennium, alternating new album tours with \u201cHistory\/Hits\u201d tours. We enjoy working this way for many reasons, not least because it gives the band a chance to play both new material and the older favourites which we know fans like to hear. It keeps things fresh, not just for the fans but for the band too. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor this History\/Hits tour we decided to base the theme around the Legacy Of The Beast name,\u00a0 which suits our purposes perfectly by giving us scope to get creative and have some fun, especially with Eddie! I don\u2019t want to give too much away at the moment but we\u2019re working on a number of different stage sets, all in keeping with the Maiden tradition and we hope to give our fans a fantastic experience when they come to see this very special show.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Killswitch Engage <\/em>will be Maiden\u2019s Special Guest on headline European shows from May 26 to July 1 inclusive, and in the UK from July 31 to Aug 10 inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>The Belfast show goes on sale Friday 24<sup>th<\/sup> November, see below for details. As always, there will be an exclusive presale for Fan Club members, starting Monday 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Tickets on-sale Friday 24<sup>th<\/sup> November at 9am<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The SSE Arena, Belfast Box Office: Tel. 02890 739074<br \/>\nBook On Line: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssearenabelfast.com\">www.ssearenabelfast.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticketmaster: In person: From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide<br \/>\nBy Telephone (24 Hour): \u00a0 0844 277 44 55 (ROL:\u00a00818 719300)<br \/>\nBook On Line: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\">www.ticketmaster.ie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SSE Arena, Belfast: 2nd August Tickets on sale Friday 24th November at 9am &nbsp; Following the massively successful global tour of 2016-17 in support of their 16th studio album The Book Of Souls IRON MAIDEN will take to the road again in 2018 with a series of arena and festival shows in Europe on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/11\/iron-maiden-sse-arena-belfast-august-2018\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15385,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15380\/revisions\/15385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}