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

NME — Frontman makes bold declaration about heavy metal contemporaries more info

Gigwise — Bruce Dickinson claims... more info

Metalsucks — At age five, Tom Araya left Chile with his family to come to America. Fifteen years after that, he joined the then-fledgling band Slayer. Thirty years after that (i.e., now), Slayer enjoys acclaim only shared by Iron Maiden in consistency and intens... more info

The Music Fix — Another Maiden collection, but without their signature tunes? Welcome to the difficult years. more info

Metal Injection — Most bands tour in vans, if you're lucky you tour in a bus but Iron Maiden really reached a whole other status by having their own airplane, appropriately titled Ed Force One. Ever since it's inception, the plane was used to fly Maiden on t... more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga was initially apprehensive about joining the crowd at a recent Iron Maiden concert, but was surprised by the "kind and warm" welcome she received by the rock fans. The Poker Face singer went to see the band at a gig in Tampa, Florida last m... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Troublemakers, Celebrity Scandal, AOL Music Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno has been released from prison after only serving two months of a nine month sentence. Di'Anno -- real name Paul Andrews -- was jailed in Ma... more info