ContactMusic — Former Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley's pregnant girlfriend forced the rocker to seek professional help after he developed suicidal thoughts during a tour of South America. Bayley was struggling to find the money to get from one gig to the next an... more info

Guardian Music — Plus: natural born No2s; why A always comes before B; and freak fixture rarities. Send your questions and answers to knowledge@guardian.co.uk and follow us on Twitter"Following on from your old football-inspired albums question, Iron Maiden's Somewhe... more info

Metalsucks — Around the MetalSucks Mansion, we refer to Rodney Githens of Vertebrae 33 as “The Derek Riggs to our Iron Maiden.” The dude does amazing artwork, and has designed some of our most favoritest MS stuff, like this t-shirt, and this t-shirt, and this... more info

ContactMusic — Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has provided a voice-over for an airline safety video. The rocker, who is a fully-qualified pilot, narrates a fact-filled film called Safety In The Balance with Captain Bruce DICkinson, which is used by the U. K. ... more info

Guardian Music — From fronting a heavy metal band to flying things made of, er, heavy metal, Bruce Dickinson's been on quite a journey ...He was the vocalist for albums such as No Prayer for the Dying, Dance of Death and Flight 666. But of all the things Iron Maiden'... more info

NME — 'Run To The Hills' singer helps out the UK's Civil Aviation Authority- video more info

Metalsucks — As I was looking over the Top Hard Music charts this week, I found it very hard not to notice how many greatest hits collections appeared; besides the latest one from Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Motley Crue, Poison, Guns N’ Roses, and Journey all s... more info

ContactMusic — Bulgaria's Sonisphere festival has been scrapped a week before Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Alice Cooper were set to hit the stage in Bankya. Event organisers at Balkan Entertainment have yet to give a full reason for the cancellation of the 21 June (11... more info

Metal Injection — I love Bruce FN Dickinson. Much like the honey badger, he doesn't give a shit. The man has swagger. Confidence! Perhaps, arrogance. In a recent interview with Metal Hammer magazine, Bruce went off on Metallica (most likely for no apparent reaso... more info

ContactMusic — Iron Maiden believe they are better than Metallica. Brue Dickinson - frontman with the 'Two Minutes to Midnight' group - has no doubt they are the better heavy metal act, even if they don't sell as many records. He told Metal Hammer magazine"... more info