It's intentionally ambiguous, but let's keep in mind the band hasn't released a new album since 2015 ( The Book of Souls) and everyone just had a year off during the pandemic. A whole load of other things are going to happen, which I think people are going to be dead chuffed about,' he said. I confidently predict it's going to be anticipated for a lot of reasons, not just the fact that it's a festival, in the midst of a desert, of music. 'I know more than you do about what other things that are going to be going on in the space between now and then.

When we wasn't griping about bicycle shorts, stating, 'I'm not quite Henry VIII with a codpiece, but I'm getting there,' he spoke about Maiden's upcoming Download appearance. Iron Maiden will be performing at the Download Festival in 2022 and, this year, Bruce participated in the 'Heavy Metal Truants' charity 175-mile bicycle ride that concludes on the grounds of the fest. NOTE: More clues lead back to Studios Guillaume Tell, as detailed further down the page.īruce Speaks With Download Festival, Mentions 'Anticipated' Things Ahead I finished with a loud ringing in my ears,' wrote Shirley, who has produced every Maiden studio album since 2000's Brave New World.ĭickinson has been residing in France over the last year at the least and both Brave New World and The Book of Souls were recorded at Studios Guillaume Tell in Paris with Shirley. 'I left my family for Paris, where I spent the next three months working very hard on an unnamed but not-very-secret project. In a lengthy Facebook post where Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley mourned the loss of his brother, he also left behind a clue about a new album he had worked on.

23, 2019 - Longtime Iron Maiden Producer Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley Hints at 'Not-Very-Secretive' Project In fact, Bruce had even been hinting toward new music while on the North American leg of the 'Legacy of the Beast' tour in 2019, which we can attest to hearing with our own ears at the time.Īnd away we go. But this all actually starts quite a bit earlier than the rare occasion the singer sports a graphic T-shirt without the name of one of his son's bands printed on it (can you blame him?).

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