{"id":347756,"date":"2025-12-14T06:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T06:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/347756\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T06:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T06:21:12","slug":"will-iron-maiden-do-their-own-blockbuster-retirement-show-like-black-sabbath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/347756\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Iron Maiden do their own blockbuster retirement show like Black Sabbath?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iron Maiden<\/a> might retire with a show as grand and star-studded as Black Sabbath<\/a>\u2019s swansong this year.<\/p>\n

In the new issue of Metal Hammer<\/a>, founding bassist Steve Harris is asked if the heavy metal<\/a> giants will bow out with their own version of Back To The Beginning<\/a>, which featured an all-star bill, crammed Birmingham\u2019s Villa Park stadium and raised millions of pounds for charity back in July.<\/p>\n

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He refuses to rule out the idea, explaining that that multiple fans have said that they want the band to do something in that vein.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t tend to look back,\u201d Harris tells us. \u201cI know we\u2019ve had the book come out [referring to their recent 50th-anniversary compendium, Infinite Dreams] and we\u2019ve been focussed on that, but normally we\u2019re more interested in what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cIt sounds like some people would like that to happen, but I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back To The Beginning took place on July 5 and saw the original Black Sabbath lineup \u2013 singer Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist\/lyricist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward \u2013 play together in public for the first time since September 2005. Supporting them was a who\u2019s-who of hard rock and metal, including Metallica<\/a>, Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a>, Tool, Mastodon, Gojira, Slayer and Anthrax.<\/p>\n

It was initially reported that the event raised approximately \u00a3140 million for charity, but that figure was disputed by Ozzy\u2019s wife\/manager, Sharon Osbourne. Last month, she said that the total raised was actually $11 million (\u00a38,224,700).<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt raised 11 [million],\u201d she said on a podcast with two of her and Ozzy\u2019s children, Kelly and Jack. \u201cBut with the cost, \u2019cause we paid the cost of bringing everybody in, everybody out, accommodation, everything. No one got paid. Nobody asked for a penny. They gave their time, their efforts, everything for free. People were just, oh God, so generous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ozzy died on July 22, just 17 days after Back To The Beginning, aged 76. His death was met with widespread mourning, especially in Birmingham, Sabbath\u2019s hometown. When his cort\u00e8ge passed through the city on July 30 en route to a private funeral, tens of thousands of fans came out to see the procession and pay their respects.<\/p>\n

Iron Maiden are currently enjoying some downtime between legs of their 50th-anniversary Run For Your Lives tour, which picks back up again in the spring<\/a>. The band will play in continental Europe from May to July, before jetting to their native UK for a one-off show at Knebworth House on July 11. From August to October, they\u2019ll bring the production to North and Central America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harris is using the current gap in Maiden\u2019s schedule to tour UK clubs with his hard rock side-project, British Lion. The band, which features touring Maiden drummer Simon Dawson, will perform at Chinnerys in Southend-On-Sea tonight (December 13). From December 15 to 19, they\u2019ll do a series of shows at the Cart And Horses pub in East London, where Maiden played many of their early gigs.<\/p>\n

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