June 201221 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron's Amphitheatre
26 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
27 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
29 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
30 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
July 20122 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
5 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
8 - Quebec, Quebec - Colisee Pepsi Arena
11 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Center
13 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
14 - Sarnia, Ontario - Bayfest
16 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
18 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Music Theatre
19 - Noblesville, IN - Klipsch Music Centre
24 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Center
26 - Calgary, Alberta - Scotiabank Saddledome
27 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
29 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
30 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
August 20121 - West Valley City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
3 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
6 - Phoenix, AZ - Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion
9 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
12 - Albuquerque, NM - Hard Rock Pavilion
13 - Englewood, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
15 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
17 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
18 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Heavy metal pioneers Iron Maiden have unleashed plans for a lengthy run of arena and festival shows in the U.S. and Canada this summer.
Katy Perry, David Bowie, The Beatles, Coldplay, Iron Maiden and Lady Antebellum are among the members of EMI Records Group that are donating exclusive items for a charity auction to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross. 
Veteran performers stormed the U.S. album-sales chart this week, though none posed much of a threat to Eminem's "Recovery," the only album to sell more than 100,000 copies in the week that ended Aug. 22.
Iron Maiden will wrap up the North American leg of "The Final Frontier" tour tonight (7/20) in Bristow, VA, and fans will begin counting down the days until the band's 15th studio album is released on Aug. 16.
For Iron Maiden followers, "El Dorado" is indeed the golden one: The preview track is being offered up by the band as a free download. "We thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into "The Final Frontier" mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release," explained singer Bruce Dickinson in a statement on their website.
With the launch of their North American tour just hours away, metal icons Iron Maiden have confirmed the Aug. 17 release of their long-awaited new album, "The Final Frontier."
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