Iron Maiden frontman admits that the band has been dying for ages to tell fans about the upcoming album

Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden will be releasing their next album entitled “Senjutsu” on September 3rd via BMG. Band’s iconic singer Bruce Dickinson will be starting his own spoken-word tour of the United Kingdom today from Brighton’s Theatre Royal and the singer addressed the long gap between the “Senjutsu”‘s completion and official announcement while recording a video message to promote the spoken-word shows. He had the following to say about band’s pain not to tell about the album to fans:

“So now you know. The big secret is no longer a secret. The album is called ‘Belshazzar’s Feast”. No, it’s not. So, ‘Senjutsu’ is the album.

‘Really, you cannot imagine how long we’ve wanted to tell people about the album,” he continued. “We’ve all been, like, [bites hand in frustration], like this for ages. So, it’s amazing that the news of it is out. It’s also a great opportunity, ’cause I’m doing these one-man shows, and I can actually talk about it. Actually, you can ask me questions about it, and I can talk about it. You never know, we might even take the opportunity, ’cause we’re gonna have a big screen and a big sound system and there’s an amazing video with some really cool stuff, which, of course, you know about. But oh my God, on a big screen. See the video on a big screen. We could talk about the video. We could play the video. Oooooh, there’s an idea.”

– Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson’s spoken-word tour dates are:

1.8. Brighton Theatre Royal
4.8. Salford The Lowry
5.8. Bradford St George’s Hall
8.8. Nottingham Theatre Royal
9.8. Birmingham The Alexandra
10.8. London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

“Senjutsu” tracklisting:

1. Senjutsu (Smith/Harris) 8:20
2. Stratego (Gers/Harris) 4:59
3. The Writing On The Wall (Smith/Dickinson) 6:13
4. Lost In A Lost World (Harris) 9:31
5. Days Of Future Past (Smith/Dickinson) 4:03
6. The Time Machine (Gers/Harris) 7:09
7. Darkest Hour (Smith/Dickinson) 7:20
8. Death Of The Celts (Harris) 10:20
9. The Parchment (Harris) 12:39
10. Hell On Earth (Harris) 11:19