The 20th of April will see the London premier of Rockumentary ‘Iron Maiden:Flight 666′, filmed by Samm Dunn of ‘metal: a headbanger’s journey’ fame.  In attendance will be the band members themselves, and a certain special appearance from Iron Maiden’s zombie mascot Eddie.

The film shows the band on the first leg of 2008′s Somewhere back in time tour, where the band flew on their very own plane ‘Ed force one’, to do gigs abroad, which was flown by Maiden frontman and registered pilot Bruce Dickinson. The Somewhere back in time tour saw the band play songs from Powerslave up to the Seven son of a seventh son album, featuring the classic 1984 Powerslave set, which has been hailed by one of the greatest tours ever. The tour streched on for 2-3 years throughout the 80s, which came close to driving the band mad. Well worth it though.

The film has taken the prestigous ’24 beats per second award’ for best music documentary at the much respected South by South West festival in Texas. For those who cant make the premier, the movie is being shown hopefully at an Odeon cinema near you on April 21st -for one night only in 42 different countries. Any maiden fan unlucky enough to miss out on both screenings need not worry -the film will be available on Blue Ray and DVD from may 25th in a months time. Which will seem like a long time for anyone who misses out. Also being released is the soundtrack of the movie -featuring the live tracks from concert footage of the gigs Iron Maiden played during the tour, on cd and picture disc vinyl from the same date.

The premier takes place in the UK on Monday 20th April, at the Odeon Kensington cinema at 7pm. Need a venue for your London events or events? Look no further.

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