IRON MAIDEN's Plane Gets A Name

January 12, 2008

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN recently held a contest to name their customized Boeing 757 plane that will be used to fly the band, crew and equipment on the Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008.

Commented MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood: "From well over 2000 entries, Bruce [Dickinson, vocals] and I chose 'Ed Force One'. Although many were quite original in concept, it has a nice ring to it. In the tie breaker pretty well all of you chose to flatter the band! Very nice of you! Anyway, we chose Wilson's entry — 'Timeless, inspirational, continually evolving, but always true to themselves, camaraderie that survives the evil that men do!' I like the reference to camaraderie as I feel that it's something the MAIDEN and their fans are very much about."

According to a posting on MAIDEN's web site, Wilson will "soon be sinking a few beverages with Rod backstage before watching the gig from the mixing desk as well as getting some goodies like a tour jacket a personalized signed pic of the plane. (Signed by the band, not by the plane, obviously.)"

"Ed Force One" is currently in service with Astraeus airlines, flying from Gatwick and around Africa and the Middle East.

Check out pictures of the plane:

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On February 5, 2008 MAIDEN will release the highly anticipated DVD of "Live after Death" and to tie in with this will play songs mainly from their classic '80s albums on this forthcoming tour. The stage production will also feature a production-based on the Egyptian-themed "Powerslave Tour" which was featured on the original 1985 video release of "Live after Death".

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