BLAZE BAYLEY: New U.K., Ireland Dates Announced

Former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE frontman Blaze Bayley has scheduled the following dates:

Feb. 06 - JB's - Dudley, UK
Feb. 09 - Rio's - Leeds, UK
Feb. 11 - The 12 Bar - Swindon, UK
Feb. 12 - Sin City - Swansea, UK
Feb. 13 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
Feb. 14 - Yardbirds - Grimsby, UK
Feb. 16 - Finns - Weymouth, UK
Feb. 17 - The Tower Arts Centre - Winchester, UK
Feb. 18 - Riga Music Bar - Southend, UK
Feb. 19 - The Park - Peterborough, UK
Feb. 20 - The Underworld - Camden, UK
Feb. 24 - Hark to Towler - Bury, UK
Feb. 25 - The Venue - Dumfries, UK
Feb. 26 - Bannermans - Edinburgh, UK
Feb. 27 - The Moorings Bar - Aberdeen, UK
Feb. 28 - Ivory Blacks - Glasgow, UK
Mar. 01 - Trillians - Newcastle, UK
Mar. 05 - [to be announced] - Belfast, IRE
Mar. 06 - [to be announced] - Dublin, IRE

European and South American dates will be announced soon.

After ten months of intensive touring, Bayley and his band recently returned to the studio to continue writing their new album. Recording was set to begin at the end of September after the group's headlining appearance at Metalfest at JB's in Dudley, U.K.

BLAZE BAYLEY's double live album and live DVD, "The Night That Will Not Die" — recorded on December 13, 2008 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland — were released on Blaze Bayley Recordings; the concert was filmed by director Kris McManus and all audio mixed and mastered by producer Jase Edwards.

On September 25, the book"At The End Of The Day" was released. This follows the story of "Blaze" Bayley Cooke from WOLFSBANE to IRON MAIDEN to BLAZE and, ultimately, to the current self-titled BLAZE BAYLEY band. However, this book is not solely about Blaze; rather it tells the story of the entire BLAZE BAYLEY band that is about to begin work on the follow-up to their debut album, "The Man Who Would Not Die". The book traces the history of all the band members, back to their roots in New Zealand, Colombia and…Bristol.

Written by drummer Lawrence "Larry" Paterson, who has previously authored ten books on a completely unrelated subject — Second World War U-boats — this book offers a unique insight into the history of Blaze Bayley, the man and the band, as well as the inner workings and adventures of a band on the road and in the studio. The author takes us from the early beginnings of WOLFSBANE in the mid-1980s, through the dizzying heights of touring with IRON MAIDEN to the triumphs and tragedies that lead right up to 2009, before offering the reader a glimpse into what lies ahead.

Alongside the full and frank contributions from the members of the BLAZE BAYLEY band, the book features new interviews with BLAZE and WOLFSBANE members plus exclusive interviews with Janick Gers and Steve Harris of IRON MAIDEN. Blaze himself explains in detail how he first attained the job with IRON MAIDEN, the truth about working inside such a renowned and hard-working band, and the events of the meeting at which his tenure fronting IRON MAIDEN ended. "At The End Of The Day" also contains tour dates, discographies, and extensive black and white and full-color photographs.

Fan-filmed video footage of BLAZE BAYLEY's performance at this year's Paranoid Open Air festival — which was held August 13-15, 2009 at Autopoligon Ljubecna, near Celje, Slovenia — can be viewed below (courtesy of "gokizoki").