Iron Maiden Land in Toronto

Lol, I've never actually listened to a single note from them before.. but that is a cool bird there flying and I agree with the writer of this Article.. flying -Your- Band in -Your-
plane has to be one of the neatest things ever.

Nice photos btw.

Those are great photos!

very cool.
just wondering why the Ed Force One tag below the pilot's window?
the article says the lead singer (frontman) is the pilot. and his name is bruce.
what's up with that?

"Eddie" is the band mascot (depicted on the tail graphic) and is a play on the US presidential "Air Force One" plane.

This whole post is beyond awesome!

Awesome. You don't really see the rock star excess of logo'd planes much anymore. What's not awesome is that I didn't shoot the show. :(

This really is rock and roll, like the Stones '72 tour with the plane with the tongue on it, or Led Zepplin's tour plane.

I have a large soft spot for Iron Maiden. Could kick the ass of so much ironic sad-sack crybaby indie rock. It really needs a good ass-kicking, indie rock, right about now.

What makes this superduperawesome is not so much the plane as it is who's flying it!

Maiden Rules!

That is awsome.
Does he own the 757?

Huge Maiden fan here. Thanks for those pictures. Nice work.

I was a huge Maiden fan back in the 80's and still like to rock to them. They always put on an awesome show every time I saw them ( 5X ) This is very kewl to see the pictures of their own aircraft. Thanks Tom, I will be forwarding the link to many friends. I like that (Ed Force One) There huge marionette mascot Eddie was always a sight to see along with the band.

Very Nice pictures! I linked to your page from my review of the concert. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/251772

@Steve He doesn't own the plane it's part of Astreas airlines fleet, customized for the purposes of the tour. He is however a pilot for Astreas.

Jerrold - thanx for your update re Eddie....is good to know!

That is beyond awesome. Maiden rules the airwaves and The Air.

I wonder if it's cool on the inside too, you know a bar, jacuzzi and stuff...

Awesome pics, really incredible the "landing" pic with the plane in the air.

Maiden rules forever, is the greatest one Metal band on Earth.

Please, those of you who have not listened to this band before do so. You can hear many Celtic tones in the music and it is more mythological than the presumed evil. It is truely an art form by true genius men. I am a Clansman.

The inside of the plane is shown in a fox news report on youtube

I'm too lazy to post the actual link.

The lead singer, bruce dickinson, is a real renessance man. There's a great bio on wikipedia.

Among his other accomplishments - he was ranked as the #7 fencer in great britain at one point.

New rule. You can't use the word "renaissance" unless you can spell it, or least look it up!

Here's the link to the inside video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FvlcYogapm8

Now THAT is rock & roll.

I'm about 20 years past my metal stage, but I still listen to Iron Maiden. Any band that can write epic, kick-ass rock anthems about the Battle of Britain and the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" will never die.

These musicians are super rich they have their own 757 BOEING!
I do not feel bad at all for downloading their stuff for free.
These guys are SUPER RICH no need to feel bad for them.

Norman, you moron - READ! The plane is owned by the airline. The band is simply traveling in it (and I'd assume paying quite a bit for using it) on this tour. They've been making music longer than I'd guess you've even been breathing. So yeah, of course they have money. Maybe you'll get a nasty virus, stealing all that music they worked so hard for the rest of us to enjoy. Ya douche.

Aces high!

Some of the comments on this forum are hilarious! A jacuzzi in a plane? Anyways the plane is owned by Austraus (I may have the spelling wrong) this is the mob that Bruce flies for when he is not in Maiden. They played here in Melbourne, Australia and totally kicked ass! Great pics by the way.

Iron Maiden are super special. This really shows how great they treat their fans - world wide! UP THE IRONS!

Tailgunner... LOL

hey i was standing acros the road from the guy who took thoes pictures

OMFG i love these pics so much its not even funny i love you iron meden

That is so awesome and pretty smart from a business standpoint. Not much of a Maiden fan but I might just start listening after seeing this.

Actually, Bruce Dickinson co-pilots the plane with another captain.

did you know that iron maiden's album "somewhere in time" has special mastering that pushes the "brown note" on two specific songs. if the music is played loud enough through big woofers you will crap your pants. true story. look it up. the brown note is real.

To James, who posted the 1st review on this site on 17 March '08 - you wanna listen to dis band son - they're da best ever. Luv from Debbie, Cookstown, N.I. (aged 53 years!!!).

IRON MAIDEN KICKS ALL ASS AND ALWAYS WILL!!!!
I just wish i could have seen them on tour.

This post has made my day. I love Iron Maiden. My only regret is that I didn't find this earlier. I'm going to blast Maiden all morning now. I thought that the iron maiden sneakers from Vann's were kickass enough, this is waaaaay better!

http://tinyurl.com/5ebwps

Thanks for this wicked post.