The double album is the Soundtrack to the Game and features the TOP 20 Maiden Tracks of all time, as voted by their fans on the Maiden web site (www.ironmaiden.com), and this selection, including many of their classics, will provide the basis of the set played by the band. This is a unique opportunity for fans old and new to see this new line-up play many Maiden classics spanning their whole career. The staging and Production of the show, which is expected to be massive and well up to Maiden's mammoth past efforts, will also be based around the fantastic PC Game graphics of Ed Hunter and the tour will be named in his honour!

Special Guests on the European dates (exc. Greece) will be US giants MEGADETH who will have a new album out around that time. Maiden's Steve Harris confirms;" We plan to make a new studio album this year but wanted to play 20 or so gigs before the recording started. It's a great way to take the excitement from the road into the studio. As our fans will know we've been going to release Ed Hunter for about 18 months now. Well,it's finally ready and well worth the wait.So Ed Hunter gives us a great opportunity to warm up for the new album by playing a load of the fans' favourite tracks on the tour, and putting on a hell of a show which follows the terrific visuals of the game. "We're all very excited about getting up on stage together, especially with three guitarists!! Nicko thinks it's gonna be chaos! It will also be good to see Megadeth again. They've played with us before but it's been quite a while. And it makes for an even better night out for the fans." Tickets for all shows go on sale on April 26 except Paris (already on sale ) and Spain (check local press for details)

10, April, 1999 Blaze News, Maiden News Bruce News & Ed Hunter Release date!

"I have had five great years with Iron Maiden. I've done two world tours, had albums and singles in the charts all over the world. I've got Gold Records from countries I had never even been to, before I joined the band. I've played hundreds of great gigs, and the support I've had from fans around the world has been really fantastic. It's been a great few years for me. Regrets? I have a few, but then again, too few to mention."
Bayley joined Iron Maiden in 1994, just prior to the recording of The X Factor. Before Maiden, Bayley had a rather underrated tenure with the Staffordshire-based WOLFSBANE. Wolfsbane released three albums, including their acclaimed Def American debut in 1989, Live Fast, Die Fast. The singer was chosen from over 1,000 applicants from around the world. However, fans greeted his gritty style with mixed reaction, many remarking that his street-wise nature went against the grain of Maiden's finely-textured style of progressive METAL.
"One of the best things for me about being in Maiden," he continued, "has been the song writing. Working with some of Heavy Metal's most talented musicians - Steve Harris, Dave Murray and Janick Gers has been fantastic. I've learnt a lot about writing, recording and about my own voice. What's happened will probably turn out to be the best for all of us. I'm still very much in touch with the Maiden guys, and wish them every success with what they do."
"Some people have already asked me about getting Wolfsbane back together. I won't be trying to reform Wolfsbane. Those were great days, and I'm proud of all the stuff we did, but everybody has moved on and are involved in different projects of their own. I have decided to embark on a solo career. Over the past few weeks I've been busy writing songs and making plans for the rest of the year. I'm still with Sanctuary Management, and I'm aiming to get into the studio during the summer and release my first solo album in October.
"I'm excited about my new project and I think it will be great to work with new musicians, so I'm now starting to audition people for my band. The sound I'm going for is a crushing blend of power, intensity and energy with great tunes, and it will be as heavy as f**k."
"The line-up I'm putting together is 2 guitars, bass and drums. I'm looking for excellent musicians who live, breath, eat drink and shit heavy metal. People who are focused, dedicated, creative and talented. If you think you've got what it takes, and would like to audition, you can send a tape, recent photo and biog / CV to: BLAZE, P.O. Box 7687, Sutton, Coldfield B73 6TT. (England)"

As for the reformed Iron Maiden, uniting Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith with, Harris, Murray, McBrain and Gers, the band have been writing material in Miami, Florida. They will be performing shows in North America this summer, followed by dates in Europe. A new studio album and World Tour is set for 2000. The set list and huge staging and production will be based on the Soundtrack and visuals of Ed Hunter. Rumour has it that MEGADETH will open for IRON MAIDEN in Europe but not North America...

Iron Maiden release their eagerly awaited double album and PC game, Ed Hunter through EMI Records in May as deluxe three-CD package with a 20 page colour booklet containing instructions and images from the game. There is no release date set for the U.S.
The two-CD double album, which is playable on any standard CD Player, is the soundtrack to Ed Hunter, featuring the top Top 20 Maiden tracks of all time as voted by their fans on their internet site (www.ironmaiden.com). The Ed Hunter game is a classic 'shoot 'em up' and the objective of the game is SURVIVAL! Armed initially with a pistol you face increasingly powerful foes from the natural and supernatural worlds. Use trick shots, pick up hidden bonuses and, as your score increases, you will be rewarded with stunning animations, locations and all manner of hideous creatures.
Steve Harris comments: "In the game you are Ed Hunter, and you chase Eddie through seven increasingly difficult levels of game play. Each level reflects a theme from our artwork so it becomes a sort of visual history of the band."
In this death race with Eddie you start in the dimly lit streets of London's East End (Iron Maiden and Killers). You must then release Eddie from the Asylum (Piece Of Mind) and then pursue him through Hell (The Number Of The Beast), a graveyard (Live After Death), Egypt and the Pyramids (Powerslave), the Future (Somewhere In Time),and finally to a post-apocalyptic landscape (Virtual XI). In the final moments of the game you must help Eddie save the planet by defeating the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse! Ed Hunter already has his own Web-site: http://www.EDHUNTER.COM
The full Top 20 Soundtrack to Ed Hunter is as follows: ' Iron Maiden' (live), 'The Trooper', 'Number Of The Beast', 'Wrathchild', 'Futureal', 'Fear Of The Dark', 'Be Quick Or Be Dead', 'Two Minutes To Midnight', 'Man On The Edge', 'Aces High', 'The Evil That Men Do', 'Wasted Years', Powerslave', 'Hallowed Be Thy Name', 'Run To The Hills', 'The Clansman', 'Phantom Of The Opera', 'Killers', 'Stranger In a Strange Land' and 'Tailgunner'

In April, BRUCE DICKINSON is confirmed to perform three dates on The Chemical Wedding tour. Sources say that this,
the FINAL chapter of the tour, will be made up of shows in Rio De Janeiro (April 20), Sao Paulo (April 21) and Curitiba
(April 22). Dickinson, speaking from Miami (where he and Maiden are currently writing new material) says that his next
solo outing will be a live album recorded on this tour, due out in July/August. Furthermore, he has plans to make
another studio album before the end of the year.

According to Chrysalis TV's Heavy Metal Top Ten, IRON MAIDEN are the most successful British Metal band of all time. Based in the U.K., the program was put together over the last few months with interviews of the Top Ten British Heavy Metal acts. The Top Ten was worked out on the basis of points awarded for British chart positions of chart singles and albums up to the present day. Maiden were number one with almost twice as many points as OZZY and BLACK SABBATH combined in the number two spot!
The ninety-minute show, appropriately hosted by Lemmy from MOTORHEAD, covered all the acts and finished with an extended piece on Maiden featuring interviews with bassist Steve Harris, guitarist Dave Murray, vocalist Bruce Dickinson, vocalist Paul Di'Anno and manager Rod Smallwood. To document their career, the program showed footage from the early days in the Ruskin Arms up to the 1998 Virtual XI World Tour.
The road to the top was far from easy as Steve explained on the program. "The band never took any money out to begin with. We had to just put everything back in just to afford a tour."
Even with the huge success of The Number Of The Beast, the band kept up the level - and the expense - of touring.
"I wouldn't let any of us spend anything or we couldn't afford the tour," Rod added. "When The Number Of The Beast was No. 1 in Britain for its second week, we were down in the Marquee, and Steve came up to me and said, 'Can I have a word as this is getting a bit embarrassing. We can't afford to buy a round!' The band were on 60 pounds a week."
To this date, Maiden have sold over 52 million albums worldwide.

13, Febuary, 1999 Bruce & Adrian Speak to Rolling Stone

Two decades, fifteen albums and three singers since they first blew the bonnet off Britain, Iron Maiden are back in their nearly maiden form. On Wednesday (Feb. 10), the seminal heavy metal mob capped months of rumors by announcing that long-time vocalist Bruce Dickinson and decade-long guitarist Adrian Smith have signed their names in blood once again.

"There have been a lot of people pussyfooting around the idea of bringing metal back, and a lot of it has centered around exploitative people and graveyard labels bringing sad, tired, old metal bands back to life," Dickinson says. "And it has really pissed me off." Dickinson, who replaced original vocalist Paul Di'Anno for the 1982 album The Number of the Beast adds, "this is simply our opportunity to make Iron Maiden into the biggest and best heavy metal band there has ever been. I wouldn't have come back into Maiden if I didn't believe our reunion would set the world alight."

The skeletal Maiden -- bassist Steve Harris, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray and Janick Gers -- first lit the fuse late last year, after a lukewarm tour and mediocre sales of the 1998 album Virtual XI forced a career crisis of sorts. Third vocalist Blaze Bayley served the band well for five years, but Maiden's shock value was fast becoming disproportionate to Marilyn Manson's. So, flying in the face of the Maiden lyric, "don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years," the group rediscovered the fulfilling ones.

"It was a case of asking, 'Where do we want to take this now?' We needed to move on," says Murray, who has served as an Iron Maiden foot soldier since 1979. "We approached Bruce and Adrian a few months ago to feel it out and see if they would be interested because their solo things are going quite nicely. It was immediate from them -- the response was one hundred percent 'Yes!'"

Dickinson's only reservation was that Maiden not enter what he calls "the slurry and sludge of old farts who are poking their heads out of their coffins for five minutes." After one conference, however, the entire band had wholeheartedly agreed to a resolution for absolute world domination, including a 1999 summer tour, a new album and a Millennial road riot that would reassert their heavy metal dominance.

Meanwhile, snubbed-singer Bayley responded in abnormal rock & roll fashion -- he ducked out of Maiden graciously, wishing his colleagues all the luck in the world. "The split from Blaze was totally amicable," Murray says. "He is already talking about his solo career and getting a band together. We still have a strong friendship."

Likewise, the bonds between old school Maiden and their dormant fans are growing stronger by the day. Since the reunion announcement, the group's official web site (www.ironmaiden.com) has received more than one million hits. Dickinson feels confident that those teeming masses will gladly thrust their fists into the air and howl when Maiden launches a modest reintroduction tour in the U.S. and Europe this summer.

"It's not going to be a monstrously long tour because we want to feed people's imagination just enough," says Dickinson, who declined to mention potential touring partners. Murray, however, says "there have been hints that Judas Priest or Twisted Sister might do it, but nothing is confirmed yet."

Alongside classics like "Run to the Hills" and "The Flight of Icarus," Maiden will experiment with new material on the road, then head straight into the studio following the summer tour. Murray says they are considering several big-name producers at this time, and hope to release the born-again album in March or April of next year. Though the sound of Millennial Maiden -- featuring three guitarists for the first time ever -- is only beginning to take shape now, Dickinson assures his fans that "Iron Maiden is not going to make a fucking pop record...a rap record...or an electronica-oriented album either. You will not see Iron Maiden-does-Rammstein or Iron Maiden-does-Korn. You will see Iron Maiden-does-the-world."

It is humble expectations like that that are fueling this reunion, inspiring Maiden to embark on an eight or nine-month tour in 2000 with various unspecified "surprises that will make Iron Maiden fans very happy." Dickinson insists that Maiden is not out to "get some cash and then go off an retire," but rather scare the holy Mariah out of MTV, mothers and commercial radio.

"What Maiden should be doing is slugging it out with Korn and Marilyn Manson. Maiden is going to be up there toe-to-toe with the brightest and the best and the youngest and the fastest," he says. "And they are going to have to work pretty hard to try to top us. You want to close the show after Maiden? Here's the guillotine and the rope."

Kheldan!!

11, Febuary, 1999

...and when asked how the reformed Iron Maiden will compare to younger bands:

"We’re gonna kick the crap out of them. I’m serious, in the nicest possible way, all in the best possible taste, lots of people never saw the Maiden from mid to the latter end of the eighties and I don’t think they understand just what is gonna happen when we get on stage!"

Visions of The Beast has been delayed again! Due to the release of Ed Hunter in May, Visions of The Beast will not be available until this coming November.

There is however some very good news - the band is to release some 'archive audio' of some old live shows at the same time. Now, this is something a lot of people have been wanting for a long time!

Although tours in the US and Europe are currently being booked, there are currently no plans to include any UK shows this year.

The Rock Radio Network interview, which is to take place on February 25th, will be broadcast at 9pm GMT. You'll also be able to tune in with real audio at Hard Radio's web site - www.hardradio.com

Iron Maiden, 1999:

Dave Murray, Nicko McBrain, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers

Well, as you can see from the above picture the reunion is most certainly official! A press release and Q&A page has been posted on the official web site.

Check www.ironmaiden.com for the full press release and question & answers - the more important points are outlined here:

US & European Tour to take place in July, August & September of this year.

Full world tour to follow in 2000.

New studio album to be recorded at the end of '99

Ed Hunter is to finally be released in May of this year.

Also, Rock Radio Network are to broadcast a live interview with the band on the 25th February which will also be made available on the internet through Hard Radio.

Steve & Bruce (along with everyone else) were asked how it felt to be together again after so long and this is what they had to say:

Bruce: It doesn't feel like so long, in fact, at all. When we got back in the room together, me and Steve gave each other a great big hug. He's only ever hugged me three times in my life! Fantastic and great fun. We're all looking forward to making great music and having a phenomenally good time. It was great. We're all making plans as to how we're going to enjoy ourselves while playing this great stuff.

Steve: I think it's going to be really exciting to have Bruce and Adrian back. I'm very excited that there's six people in the band. Three guitar players and all that - I'm looking forward to it a lot. As far as I know, there's no-one in metal or rock that's really done the three guitar thing apart from Skynyrd. I really like the Skynyrd stuff - not that it'll be like that, but it should be interesting. Adrian jammed with us at Donington and it felt great to have three guitar players.

Kerrang! today restated the rumours surrounding the band that have been circulating around the internet. The did, however, have this to add:

"Plans for Bruce's return were made public last Friday when a report on Virgin Megastores Radio, Virgin's in-store radio station, detailed the split between Maiden and Blaze.

Blaze's plans at this stage remain unclear, although Bruce is expected to run his solo career in tandem with his commitments to Maiden.

Maiden's future intentions are currently firmly under wraps, although tour dates are being booked for later this year with the possibility of an album to follow. The band are expected to comment further on the situation next week...."

Another few hours and we'll hopefully have official confirmation of exactly what's going to happen.....

Up The Irons!

Kheldan

9, February, 1999                                                         Official Announcement Tomorrow

A 'major band announcement' is to take place tomorrow evening at the offical Iron Maiden web site @ 6pm British time.

Iron Maiden's signatures have also appeared on a document being sent to the European Parliament to protect artists' interests with regard to their work beind distributed electronically. Four hundred signatures have appeared on the petition in an aim to tighten copyright laws making it more difficult to distribute MP3s and CDRs.

Sky News reports the story as follows:

"The musicians, composers and producers want clear, strict laws on the use of original works and copies relayed on the Internet.

They say they need laws to allow them to use the technical systems that can protect their works in the digital era.

The Commission proposals are designed to avoid giving pirates a blank cheque to make perfect digital copies of music and other works distributed online."

A press conference is due to take place on the 25th of February (times are still to be confirmed) and Hard Radio will be broadcasting it live as it happens!

Iron Maiden today completed their much talked about bond issue. Here is Global Entertainment Capital's press release:

GEC STRIKES GOLD IN HEAVY METAL

TWO-TEN NEWS NETWORK, London, February 9. This press release is transmitted on behalf of Global Entertainment Capital, LLC

U.S dollars 30MM Securitisation of Record Masters and Copyrights for Sanctuary Group's Iron Maiden

San Francisco - Global Entertainment Capital, LLC ("GEC"), a leading entertainment finance company, announced today the completion of their U.S dollars 30MM (approximately) securitisation for The Sanctuary Group plc's managed-act: Iron Maiden and its catalogue. GEC's deal is backed by the record masters and copyrights of 15 albums of the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, owned by Iron Maiden Holdings, Ltd. The 20-year transaction received above-investment grade ratings from Moody's Investor's Services and Fitch/IBCA.

GEC's Sanctuary/Iron Maiden transaction is the first ever royalty-backed securitisation to be performed by an artist in The United Kingdom, receive above investment grade ratings without any guarantees or external credit enhancement, and have an almost exclusive focus on income streams generated by record sales. The transaction was completed with Bill Leibowitz of Leibowitz, Roberts & Ritholz along with a team of international lawyers.

"This deal truly marks a milestone in the development of the entertainment finance market," says Riaz Valani, vice chairman of GEC. "We're excited about this transaction and have several innovative entertainment securitisations in the works. GEC is beginning to recognise the power of securitization to fuel the growth of music, television, film and literary businesses. This vehicle provides efficient, inexpensive capital to both artists and companies."

Founded in 1979, The Sanctuary Group plc, a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange, has grown into one of England's premier multimedia companies, with areas including artist management, business management, booking agents (one of Europe's largest), a record company, book publishing, television production, and merchandising. Sanctuary has managed Iron Maiden since 1979, in which time Iron Maiden has grown to become one of the top 50 biggest-selling bands of all time (in excess of 52 million albums sold worldwide) as well as one of the world's largest touring and merchandising acts.

"Iron Maiden has a tremendous following around the world with total record sales of over 50 million. The securitisation of the predictable and steady stream of Iron Maiden's cashflow from the back catalogue makes it a solid investment," says Andy Taylor, Sanctuary's chief executive.

Global Entertainment Capital, LLC is a leading provider of debt capital and investment banking services to the music, television, film, animation and literary industries. GEC is a partnership between Global Asset Capital and The Stone Pine Companies and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with offices in New York and Denver.

"GEC has brought together the people, capital, and expertise necessary to build the foremost entertainment lender. We look forward to continuing to serve the creators of content by providing the marketplace with the highest quality, most efficient funding available," said Tabreez Verjee, director of GEC. Global Asset Capital, LLC "GAC" is a private investment bank focused on asset-backed financings of intellectual property and financial receivables. With over dlrs 3.0 billion of transactional experience, GAC is an emerging leader in the securitisation of entertainment, intellectual property, and esoteric financial assets. Founded in 1997 as KMS Structured Finance, Inc., GAC is based in San Francisco, California.

The Stone Pine Companies are a privately held group of financial services companies specialising in investment banking, merchant banking, and asset management. Stone Pine has made in excess of dlrs 7.0 billion of alternative investments, with successful ventures including Franchise Finance Corporation of America, the world's largest franchise lender, Silver Screen Management, a dlrs 1.5 billion Disney/HBO Films film financing vehicle, and Hamilton Lane Advisors, a leading pension advisor on alternative investments.

8, February, 1999                          Press Conference to be Held on the 25th this month

This is an extract of another message posted on Hard Radio's web site regarding the future of the band. I've removed the rest of it because it included nothing that hasn't been said before:

"BW&BK has also been told that before the end of February ALL RUMOURS will be resolved at a press conference in London, brought to you exclusively in North America by HardRadio."

Incidentally, Tim from BW&BK/Hard Radio has close ties to Rock Radio Network who in turn are closely connected with the VH-1 Friday Rock Show - see news posted on 6th Feb.

Well, things are definitely happening. Iron Maiden are all set to make an announcement about *something* on this coming week's Friday Rock Show on VH-1 Europe. Quite what form this is going to take is still open to debate - obviously rumours suggest a reunion with the '83-'89 line-up of the band but we'll have to wait a few days longer to know for sure.

On Rock Radio Network's web site at the moment they have this message posted:

"THE METAL EVENT OF THE DECADE IS COMING... WILL YOU BE THERE? THE WHOLE ROCK WORLD WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS TO COME... IT WILL BE HAPPENING EXCLUSIVELY RIGHT HERE EARLY NEXT WEEK. BOOKMARK THIS PAGE NOW AND WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DETAILS. WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T MISS IT!"

Related? We shall see......

4, February, 1999                                                                       Reunion Officially Denied

Both Iron Maiden and Bruce Dickinson have flatly denied that a reunion is forthcoming. Sanctuary have issued a press release with the short but sweet statement - "Bollocks!".

Bruce meanwhile has spoken to Kerrang! and had this to say:

"It would be very difficult for me to rejoin Maiden, seeing as Blaze is still in the band, from what I understand! People have asked me about these fucking rumours every five minutes, ever since my solo records started to get cracking reviews!

[My schedule] is set in stone. I'm going to play my own headlining shows from April 16. When we get back, Roy Z and I are going to write songs for a new album, which should be released by the year 2000.

People keep coming up to me and asking, 'Is it true that Blaze is out of the band?. I'm sure if he was out of the band, I'd have heard about it."

When asked if he would ever return to the band, if asked he said:

"I don't know! In the right circumstances it would be a bit of a laugh. But it all depends on somebody saying something. Nobody has said anything, so as far as I'm concerned, nothing's happening."

But IMO this is just to hide the truth,

Somewhere On The Net,

Kheldan

2, January, 1999                                                                          Maiden Voted number 2

A bit more news about the band's bond issue, this time from the Daily Express:

"Iron Maiden, possibly Britain's loudest heavy metal band, will announce details of the world's first heavy metal bond later this week.

Crashing along in the pioneering footsteps of David Bowie, the band plans to sell Wall Street securities based on future revenue from its back catalogue for between £15million and £20million.

The news came on the day their managers, Sanctuary Group, reported its first profits as a quoted company: up 48 per cent to £1.47million.

Much of the increase came from Sanctuary's screen division, which owns the serial rights to the Enid Blyton Adventure series and specialises in family TV entertainment. Chairman David Marshall hopes for big things worldwide from The Tribe, which debuts on Channel 5 in the spring."

In other news, readers of Kerrang! magazine have voted Iron Maiden as the 2nd best British hard rock band. 'The Times' covered the story and this is what they had to say about the band:

"A 20-year career built on grandiose solos and cod-mystical lyrics. Bruce Dickinson, the former lead singer, studied at Oxford and fenced for Britain. First hit with Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter."

The top 10 is as follows:

1 Black Sabbath
2 Iron Maiden
3 Placebo
4 Manic Street Preachers
5 Sex Pistols
6 Lez Zeppelin
7 Cradle of Filth
8 The Wildhearts
9 Queen
10 Terrorvision

29, January, 1999                                                           Maiden in the Sunday Times?!?

'The Sunday Times' (a British broadsheet newspaper) reported this week that Iron Maiden are to issue £20 million of bonds. Here's the story in full:

"IRON MAIDEN, Britain's biggest heavy-metal band, is set to make a din in the City with a £20m bond issue.

Sanctuary, the music and media company that manages the group, is finalising plans to issue the bonds through a leading investment bank. The company hopes to announce a deal within the next fortnight.

Iron Maiden has sold 50m albums worldwide and has 20 Top 20 singles to its name, including The Number of the Beast and Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter.

The band was formed by five working-class boys in London's EastEnd in 1976. Its members stand to make millions if the deal goes through. Steve Harris, 41, bass player, songwriter and the band's founding member, is expected to take the lion's share of the proceeds from the bond sale.

Andy Taylor, chief executive of Sanctuary, said: "We are looking at securitising the Iron Maiden back-catalogue and a deal is being worked on at the moment."

Iron Maiden is following in the footsteps of David Bowie, pioneer of the celebrity bond. In 1997 Bowie raised £34m on the New York market when he sold bonds backed by the income from his early albums.

Taylor said Iron Maiden's bond would be "ground breaking" and substantially different from the Bowie bond. One music industry executive said Sanctuary was keen to develop a securitising arm for rock and pop acts and said other deals could be in the pipeline."

21, January, 1999                                                                             Beast Record News!

18, January, 1999                Bruce Dickinson Cancelled US Leg Of Tour

According to many online reports Bruce Dickinson's North American tour has been cancelled. The reason cited is that Bruce is unhappy with the lack of cash his US record company (CMC) is prepared to put behind the tour.

8, January, 1999                                                                                       A Call To Irons 2

Volume 2 of 'A Call to Irons' is due to be released by Dwell Records on January 26th and you can order it right here. If you missed it before, the tracklisting is as follows:

Engrave: Invaders
Steel Prophet: Gangland
From the Depths: Iron Maiden
Terror: Total Eclipse
Acheron: Wrathchild
Possession: Revelations
In Vein: Killers
Mystic Force: Where Eagles Dare
Deceased: 2 Minutes to Midnight
October 31: Public Enema Number One
Abattoir: Sanctuary

4, January, 1999

Hard Radio reports that both Iron Maiden and Bruce Dickinson may appear on a UFO tribute album titled 'Spaced Out'. Maiden are said to donate 'Gettin' Ready' while 'Natural Thing' may be on its way from Bruce. Other artists rumoured to appear on the CD are Megadeth, Scorpions, Dio, Metallica, Judas Priest, Saxon, UDO, Iced Earth, Anvil, Overkill, Anthrax and Nazareth (plus Riot, Jag Panzer & Yngwie Malmsteen in Germany & Japan).