Remember when I went on about Iron Maiden earlier in the year?

Whoa to you of earth and sea,
for the devil sends the beast with wrath
because he knows that time is short
let him who have understanding
recon the number of the beast
for it is a human number
its number
is six-hundred-and-sixty-six

Shit is about to get spiritual!

I'm not sure exactly where I'm going to have to fly, drive, hitch-hike, or crawl to, but you can bet your undead ass that I'm going to be there.

Even if the tickets are priced that the astronomical prices of the fucking Van Halen tix.

The 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME' World Tour 2008 will be in three sections, starting in February and March 2008 with the first leg encompassing major concerts in 20 selected cities on five continents in seven weeks including India, Japan, North America, Central and South America, and, of course, Australia, opening in Perth on Feb 4 and continuing through Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

To tie in with forthcoming 2008 releases on DVD of the classic 'LIVE AFTER DEATH' and 'MAIDEN ENGLAND' concert videos (more details coming soon) this tour, aptly entitled 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME', will revisit the band's history by focusing almost entirely on the 80's in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which will be based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 'Powerslave Tour'. This will arguably be the most elaborate and spectacular show the band have ever presented, and will include some key elements of their Somewhere In Time tour of 1986/7, such as the Cyborg Eddie.

Apparently the end time is near, folks. I never thought that I'd ever get to see anything close to the Powerslave show, ever again. To hear that we not only get the Powerslave set, but Eddie from the SIT tour. It's about as close to rapture as you're ever going to get.

I'll be putting together an mP3 player for the IRGM MySpace as the time draws neigh.

In the meantime, go visit Iron Maiden dot com for some kick-ass schwag and news straight from the abyss.