{"id":354158,"date":"2026-03-19T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/354158\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:28:08","slug":"iron-maiden-story-comes-to-the-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/354158\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden story comes to the big screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic rockers Iron Maiden have released the trailer for their new documentary, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, which comes to cinemas on Thursday, 7 May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Directed by Malcolm Venville (Churchill at War) and produced by Dominic Freeman (Spirits in the Forest \u2013 A Depeche Mode Film), the feature\u2011length documentary charts Iron Maiden&#8217;s remarkable five\u2011decade journey,&#8221; says the synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alongside the band, the documentary features on\u2011camera reflections from prominent admirers including Javier Bardem, Lars Ulrich (Metallica), and Chuck D (Public Enemy), each speaking about Iron Maiden&#8217;s influence on music, culture, and generations of fans worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Formed in East London in 1975, Iron Maiden have grown into one of the world&#8217;s most influential and enduring rock bands. Across 50 years, they have released 17 studio albums, sold over 100 million records, and performed almost 2,500 concerts across 64 countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The documentary arrives as the band continues its two-year Run for Your Lives world tour, which included a triumphant homecoming performance at London Stadium a short distance from where it all began five decades ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more movie news.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more music news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iconic rockers Iron Maiden have released the trailer for their new documentary, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, which comes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-354158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}