Guardian Music — An appeal for songs that came out of a love for written verse brought out the best in our readers, just as the poetry clearly did for these musicians in the first placeIt's a sure sign a songwriter has progressed into the canon when an academic deems... more info

Sky News — Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has swapped the mosh pit for the boardroom after he became an ambassador for a charter airline. more info

Guardian Music — Bruce Dickinson, frontman of the Brit-metal monoliths, named marketing director of Gatwick-based charter airlineAfter decades as the frontman of Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson has a new second job – in middle management. The English singer has been n... more info

Undercover, Australia — Iron Maiden front man Bruce “Air Raid Siren” Dickinson has been named the head of marketing at Astraeus Airlines. more info

Metalsucks — Everybody knows that post-2K Iron Maiden records are freaking long. More of a good thing is, um, good, as on Brave New World and this year’s The Final Frontier. Elsewhere, a 10-song/72-minute set feels absolutely leaden under the weight of so-so so... more info

ContactMusic — IRON MAIDEN rocker BRUCE DICKINSON is taking his side career as a pilot to new heights - he's been named the new marketing director for Astraeus Airlines.The frontman,... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — The entire Iron Maiden back catalogue is on offer at insane prices. more info

Metalsucks — The winner of last week’s Labor Day-themed Photo Caption Contest is the appropriately named “Metalmeathammer666,” no doubt inspired by Sergeant D’s controversial interview the day prior. I’m insanely jealous of Mr. Meathammer because he ge... more info

Metal Injection — Talk about out of nowhere. A few months after just opening for Iron Maiden, perhaps the highlight of their career, Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy announced that he is leaving the band. We were on air doing the Livecast when we heard the news and ... more info

Guardian Music — Why Blackpool rocks, 'patronised' teenagers answer back – and (surprise) Iron Maiden prefer cricket to Satan✒ Anyone familiar with Stephen Moss may find it hard to imagine him eating candy floss at the great British seaside. The Oval is more his... more info