"Every night. Every freaking night, I'm trying to get in," Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain exclaims at the start of the NWOBHM pioneers' funny new video. "I've gotta be on stage in, like, 10 minutes, I've gotta get changed. Before that, I've gotta have a little practice, a little warm-up. Every night he's in there. Every bloody night!"
He's talking about none other than Maiden mascot Eddie, who, clad in his finest "Trooper" garb, has staked claim to McBrain's warm-up room and refuses to be unseated behind the drum kit.
The Maiden drummer, wearing his pajamas no less, is left to wanders down the hall calling for an opening band's kit, or even just a drum pad he can use. Just as he's about to dip out of frame, McBrain shakes his fist at the camera and shouts, "And another thing!" as the Legacy of the Beast tour logo flashes onto the screen. Said tour kicks off its 2019 North American leg on July 18th in Sunrise, Florida — see the full itinerary below.
Iron Maiden tour dates:
July 18 – Sunrise, FL @ BB&T Center
July 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Cellairis Amphitheater At Lakewood
July 22 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
July 24 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
July 26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
July 30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
August 1 – Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center
August 3 – Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre
August 5 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
August 7 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
August 9 & 10 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
August 13 – Buffalo, NY @ Keybank Center
August 15 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
August 17 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
August 19 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
August 22 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
August 24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
August 26 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
August 28 – Winnipeg, MB @ Bell Mts Place
August 30 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
August 31 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
September 3 – Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live At Rogers Arena
September 5 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
September 6 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
September 9 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
September 10 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
September 13 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Banc Of California Stadium
September 17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
September 19 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
September 21 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
September 22 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 25 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
