{"id":67088,"date":"2025-08-13T18:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67088\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:18:07","slug":"bruce-dickinson-reveals-2027-solo-album-plans-says-iron-maiden-bassist-steve-harris-loves-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67088\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Dickinson reveals 2027 solo album plans, says Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris loves it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iron Maiden<\/a> frontman Bruce Dickinson<\/a> hopes to release his next solo album in 2027 \u2013 and bassist Steve Harris already loves the new material.<\/p>\n

Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer, Dickinson, who released his latest solo album The Mandrake Project<\/a> in 2024, reveals that solo LP number eight will be out in two years\u2019 time, after Maiden have played their as-yet-unannounced live dates in 2026.<\/p>\n

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The vocalist tells us: \u201cWe\u2019ve got, like, 18 tracks demoed, which I did in April. We\u2019re going to do a new album \u2013 not for next year, obviously. We\u2019re busy next year with other things, obviously Maiden things and everything, which is great, but \u201927 that\u2019s when it will come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The singer goes on to describe what we can expect from his next release, teasing \u201cbone-crushingly heavy\u201d songs as well as moments that \u201care just like tugging at the heartstrings\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s heavy, it\u2019s heavy,\u201d he adds, \u201cbut if it just happens to be acoustic, it\u2019s acoustic. That\u2019s the deal, you know?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s whatever the song dictates, whatever the story is you\u2019re trying to tell, but it\u2019s really exciting. I\u2019m so stoked about these tracks. I played the demos to a few people in the record label and stuff, and everybody is like, \u2018Wow!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Another fan of the upcoming music is Harris, who founded Maiden in 1975 and has served as the band\u2019s de facto leader and primary songwriter ever since. According to Dickinson, the bassist just so happened to overhear some of the new stuff, catching it as the singer played it for some of Maiden\u2019s team in the next room over.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was playing the demos to the team, the management, because I\u2019ve got it on a little tablet,\u201d Dickinson remembers. \u201cSo I said, \u2018You want to hear some new stuff?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t realise Steve was having his physio in the room next door. And he came out and he went, \u2018Is that your new stuff?\u2019 I went, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 He goes, \u2018That\u2019s the best stuff you\u2019ve ever done. That\u2019s the best stuff I\u2019ve ever heard from you!\u2019 I went, \u2018Well, thank you very much, boss!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-year wait for new Dickinson music will be nothing compared to the gestation period for The Mandrake Project, which was released 19 years after its predecessor Tyranny Of Souls. The singer explained the wait during an interview with Classic Rock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been on the boil since 2014,\u201d he said. \u201cThen I got diagnosed with throat cancer [in late 2014], then we had fucking Covid, so there were two years when I couldn\u2019t go to the USA. So by the time I reconvened with [guitarist and producer] Roy Z, everything had moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Dickinson reissued his second solo album Balls To Picasso, originally released in 1994, with the new title More Balls To Picasso<\/a>. The reissue features remixed overhauls of the original recordings, as well as live-in-the-studio takes of the songs God Of War and Shoot All The Clowns. Listen below.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Maiden recently wrapped up the European leg of their 50th-anniversary tour, Run For Your Lives<\/a>. The trek is expected to extend into 2026, but no upcoming dates have been revealed at time of publication.<\/p>\n

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