The Future Past Tour is coming to the UK in 2023!

Tickets are on general sale Friday 14th Oct at 9am – https://t.co/5xe0TZaiC3#IronMaiden #TheFuturePastTour pic.twitter.com/wgo00q6Jg1

— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) October 7, 2022

In the press release for the tour bassist Steve Howard revealed the band’s thinking behind the tour: “Following the release of our latest album, Senjutsu, we updated the current Legacy of the Beast Tour a little by opening the show with the first three songs from it, with the Japanese Palace stage set. As it doesn’t make a lot of sense to repeat this for a Senjutsu album tour, we thought about other options and we’ve decided to revisit Somewhere In Time as that tour didn’t feature in the various retrospective history tours we’ve played over the years. They were based on our 80’s concert videos and sadly we did not film that tour (blame the manager!!).

He went on to discuss the importance of the fans in this decision: “We have had lots of requests from fans over the years for many tracks on it so we are now going to play them, plus of course a few others we know you will like! It will also be particularly satisfying to finally get to play some of the more epic tracks on Senjutsu, it’s been a long wait! 2023 is going to be an exciting time and we’re really looking forward to seeing everyone again in the UK, Ireland and around Europe”.

The band’s manager Rod Smallwood added: “This combination of the two albums we feel is very exciting. We know fans want to hear those epic cuts on Senjutsu for the first time live and we think that by combining it with an iconic album like Somewhere In Time it will make for another really special tour for fans old and new! Of course, for a new album tour in Europe and the UK we will go back largely to the relative intimacy of arenas and we know fans will be very happy about that too!”

Iron Maiden are currently in North America on the final leg of their epic Legacy Of The Beast World Tour, with many dates being rescheduled twice due to the pandemic.  Support on the UK tour will be announced at a later date. The UK shows can be seen below:

26/06/2023 – Ovo Hydro – Glasgow
28/06 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
30/06 – AO Arena – Manchester
03/07 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
04/07 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
07/07 – O2 Arena – London

Today Rammstein announce the Europe Stadium Tour 2023, coming to you next summer!
LIFAD member ticket pre-sale: 06.09.22 at 10:00 a.m. local time.
General ticket sale: 08.09.22 at 10:00 a.m. local time at https://t.co/9htrxJe4TA!https://t.co/9tPSdma0km

— Rammstein (@RSprachrohr) September 1, 2022

UK fans will have to wait and see if the band has any plans to add any UK dates.  The band last played in the UK earlier this summer, playing the CBS Arena in Coventry  on June 26^th. The show was so loud that it was reportedly heard eleven miles away.

Like many bands, the pandemic halted their touring plans, and the band’s sold-out stadium tour had to be postponed. RAMMSTEIN utilised this extra time to finish their new album. The eleven songs on the new album were written over the course of two years by Till Lindemann (vocals), Paul Landers (guitar), Richard Z. Kruspe (guitar), Flake (keyboards), Oliver Riedel (bass), and Christoph Schneider (drums). Producer Olsen Involtini from Berlin was behind the boards once again and joined the band at La Fabrique Studios in St. Rémy de Provence, France, to produce the album.

Rammstein’s eighth studio album “Zeit” is out today and available to stream in Spatial Audio on @AppleMusic: https://t.co/JNY0GVrIKZ pic.twitter.com/3lJFQK2KTk

— Rammstein (@RSprachrohr) April 29, 2022

In a strange meeting of worlds, the photo of RAMMSTEIN that graces the cover of Zeit was taken by the Canadian musician and photographer, Bryan Adams, on the steps of Berlin’s Trudelturm, a memorial to aerial research located in the city’s Aerodynamic Park.

The legendary metal band are known for their spectacular live performances, that frequently feature sensational pyrotechnic displays. The pyrotechnician for RAMMSTEIN revealed last autumn how much gasoline is required to ignite the band’s fiery stage performance. According to Nikolai Sabottka, who spoke with Ultimate Guitar, RAMMSTEIN’s current stadium setup “needs around 1000 litres [about 265 gallons].”

Sobotka went on to remark that he and the RAMMSTEIN members are constantly looking for new technology that might elevate their ferocious stage performance. He said, “We sit down to discuss all the various concepts before a tour and put what has been produced and prototyped in advance to the test. After the initial test, countless adjustments need to be made. Sometimes these changes are necessary because the effects do not turn out as expected, in which case the effects are returned to research and development while other changes are authorised and are produced on a bigger scale.”

Over the course of a nearly 30-year career, RAMMSTEIN have sold more than 20 million records worldwide. Their stadium tour of North America began on August 21^st in Montreal and will end in Mexico City on October 4^th. Their 2023 European tour dates are below:

05/22/23 – Vingio Parkas – Vilnius – Lithuania
05/27 – Olympiastadion – Helsinki – Finland
05/28 – Olympiastadion Helsinki – Finland
06/02 –  Dyrskueplads Odense – Denmark
06/07 – Olympiastadion Munich – Germany
06/ 08 – Olympiastadion Munich – Germany
06/ 14 – Trenčín Airport Trenčín – Slovakia
06/ 17 – Stadion Wankdorf Bern –  Switzerland
06/18 –  Stadion Wankdorf Bern – Switzerland
06/ 23 –  Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano – Madrid – Spain
06/ 26 – Estádio Da Luz – Lisbon – Portugal
07/ 01 –  Stadio Euganeo – Padova – Italy
07/ 06 –  Stadspark –  Groningen –  Netherlands
07/ 11 –  Puskás Aréna – Budapest – Hungary
07/15 – Olympiastadion – Berlin –  Germany
07/ 16 –  Olympiastadion – Berlin – Germany
07 /22 –  Stade de France – Paris – France
07/ 26 – Ernst-Happel-Stadion – Vienna – Austria
07/ 30 –  Stadion Śląski –  Chorzów –  Poland,
08/04 –  King Baudouin Stadium – Brussels –  Belgium