Bruce Dickinson has announced a one-off warm up show ahead of The Mandrake Project Tour. The show will be the only US performance of the tour and is set to take place at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Monday, April 15.
Ahead of the release of the album, The Mandrake Project via BMG on March 1st and the start of a four-month tour, Bruce Dickinson has revealed the addition of two new guitarists in the touring line up. Swedish born guitarist, songwriter and multi-platinum credited producer Philip Naslund and Swiss session and touring guitarist Chris Declercq (who incidentally played on the current single, “Rain On The Graves”) will add their fire to band members Dave Moreno, Mistheria and Tanya O’Callaghan.
“Sadly, and with regret, guitarist and producer Roy Z will no longer join the band on tour due to some personal commitments,” explains Dickinson. “He will remain in LA to work on some re-mixing and re-mastering of the catalogue. We all know the show must go on though, and this project is too important to everyone to not be the very best it can be. I’m gutted about Roy because he assembled most of the album and touring band, introducing Mistheria & Dave Moreno to the project and mentoring guitarist Chris Declerq. I’m so excited about what both Philip and Chris will bring on stage together and now my only ambition is to grab a little piece of the audiences’ hearts every night.”
The new tour members will kick things off with Dickinson at The Observatory for the only US performance on The Mandrake Project Tour. The tour includes over 40 shows across the world visiting the UK, Europe, South America, and more.
“We’re not afraid of doing some growing up in public” explains Dickinson “so this show will be a close to a rehearsal as you can get – it’s exciting to think what these musicians can do – and will do, when there are over one thousand fans in the room!”
The first chance to see the six-piece live will be at The Observatory in Orange County on Monday, April 15th. Tickets are available at Livenation.com.
Location: The Observatory
Address: 3503 S. Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92704
Show Time: 8:00 p.m.
Doors Open: 7:00 p.m.
Age: All Ages
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