Iron Maiden Events

1980 Apr 14 Iron Maiden Release Their Debut Album, "Iron Maiden"
Iron Maiden, released on April 14, 1980, is the debut album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released by EMI in the UK, reaching number 4 in the UK album charts. The album was rele...
1981 Feb 2 "Killers" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Killers is the second album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on February 2, 1981 in the UK, and June, 1981 in the US. The album was the first of their albums to feature g...
1982 Mar 29 "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden Is Released
The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The album was released on March 29, 1982 through EMI. This was the debut of vocalist Bruce Dicki...
1983 May 16 "Piece of Mind" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was originally released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) on EMI, and on Capitol in the US; it was reissued ...
1983 Nov Iron Maiden appear on the cover of Guitar Player
1984 Sep 3 "Powerslave" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Powerslave is the fifth studio album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on September 3, 1984 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-...
1986 Jun 29 "Somewhere in Time" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Somewhere in Time is the sixth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 29 June, 1986 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-r...
1988 Apr 11 "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records ...
1988 Aug 20 Monsters of Rock 1988
1988 was the biggest ever Donington,107,000 turned up. Given dry conditions that would not have been a problem, however, the festival was marred by bad weather in the week previous to the...
1990 Oct 1 "No Prayer for the Dying" by Iron Maiden Is Released
No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is the first album recorded following the departure of guitarist Adrian Smith who left t...
1992 May 11 "Fear of the Dark" by Iron Maiden is Released
Fear of the Dark is the ninth studio album released by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It topped the UK albums chart. Released on 11 May 1992, it was the final studio album to featu...
1995 Oct 2 "The X Factor" by Iron Maiden Is Released
The X Factor is the tenth studio album by Iron Maiden, released in 1995. It is the band's first album to include Blaze Bayley, formerly of Wolfsbane, as vocalist, replacing Bruce Dickinso...
1998 Mar 23 "Virtual XI" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Virtual XI (pronounced: Virtual Eleven) is the 11th studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The album was released on March 23, 1998. It was the second and final Iron Maiden...
2000 May 29 "Brave New World" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Brave New World is the twelfth studio album by Iron Maiden, released on 30 May 2000. It marked the return of longtime lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, w...
2003 Sep 8 "Dance of Death" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Dance of Death is Iron Maiden's 13th studio album, released first in Japan on September 2 and rest of the world on September 8, 2003. This album marks the first participation in songwr...
2006 Aug 28 "A Matter of Life and Death" by Iron Maiden Is Released
A Matter of Life and Death is the 14th studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 25 August 2006 in Italy and in Finland, 28 August worldwide, and 5 Septembe...
2007 Jun 8
to 2007 Jun 10
 The Fifth Annual Download Festival Occurs
The 2007 Download Festival took place on 8–10 June 2007. The three bands that headlined the 2007 festival were My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park and Iron Maiden. My Chemical Romance's a...