‘Iron Maiden: Flight 666′ Documentary Details
British rock legends IRON MAIDEN will be releasing a feature length documentary film into cinemas worldwide on April 21st 2009. Entitled Iron Maiden: Flight 666, the movie follows the band on the first leg of their “Somewhere Back In Time World Tour” in February and March of 2008 as they experienced the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history.
The IRON MAIDENtour plan was something that had never been attempted before on such a grand scale. Stealing from the press release, the marketing fluff reads as follows:
“Circumnavigating the globe, the band flew in a specially customized Boeing 757 airliner with their crew and 12 tons of music and stage equipment on board, playing 23 sold out stadium and arena shows in Asia, Australia and North, Central and South America in just 45 days. They played in 13 countries, also landing in Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea en route for fuel stops, travelling 70,000km and performing to almost half a million fans – a schedule that was only made possible by having their own “magic carpet” enabling them to go where they wanted with all the key elements of band, crew and equipment on board one plane, which was christened Ed Force One. Even more remarkable was that lead singer and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson was not only to perform 23 shows, but he was also the pilot flying the plane for much of the way.”
Participating cinemas will be announced shortly.
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