In acknowledgement of the 25th anniversary of the release of their seminal album, The Number Of The Beast, and the tremendous international success of their recent album, A Matter Of Life And Death, IRON MAIDEN's forthcoming June dates in Europe will go under the banner of, A Matter Of The Beast Summer Tour '07. The band will be playing five songs from each of these albums plus other fan favourites and will be taking out a full-on stage production which will include the final appearances of Eddie's notorious tank.

Says vocalist Bruce Dickinson, "It's always a lot of fun for us to play outdoors in the summer. It tends to be a different vibe to playing indoors, much more of a party atmosphere so it's good to put together a set list that matches this. There has been a lot of interest in the 25th anniversary of the release of Number Of The Beast so we thought it would be great to give the fans a bit of extra Beast this summer to acknowledge this."

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