Bruce Dickinson Has “10 or 12 Different Ideas” for The Mandrake Project Follow-Up

He may be 65 years old and a total narc, but Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is the furthest thing from lazy. And that’s aside from all the running that dude does on stage at his age. Case and point is the incredibly busy 2024 he’s got lined up: after releasing his first solo album in nearly two decades The Mandrake Project today, he’s got a stacked touring itinerary, and the continued release of a comic book series.

But that’s apparently not enough on his place. While speaking with Loudwire Nights, Dickinson revealed that he’s already planning on working on his next solo album.

“In terms of music, obviously The Mandrake Project, the album is done, out March the 1st, and then we’ll see how people take to it. But I’m going to be writing music in two or three weeks, I hope, with Roy again, because we’ve got more stuff we wanna do. So, yeah, there’ll be another album, because we already have 10 or 12 different ideas for it.”

According to Dickinson, the COVID pandemic and ensuing lockdowns really hampered a lot of his professional life, but one place it actually helped him was in his creative endeavors.

“We all got locked up for three years, so in that time, it gives you a lot of things — perspective, a chance to let ideas breathe, and a chance to discriminate against what’s truly important and what’s really not important. Now, of course, the world is back and we are just crazy busy.”

With the music side of The Mandrake Project now out and in the wild, the next creative step is to contniue releasing the 12-issue comic series that’s supposed to take place over three years. That side of things is the result of a collaboration with Z2 Comics, with author Tony Lee, who’s also worked on Doctor Who, Marvel, and DC comics penning the story and Staz Johnson of Marvel and DC doing the artwork.

Now with everything pretty much back to normal, Dickinson said he’s got something like 90 shows split between his solo and Iron Maiden tours, both of which you can see the full list of shows below. And all that’s planned with just a couple weeks off in between.

“So that’s full-on. There’s like a three-week break in the middle, but that’s it, during which time we’ll be doing absolutely nothing — lying down somewhere going, ‘Okay.’ Recharge the batteries and off we go for round two. But it’s really exciting, the intensity of it all.”

Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project Tour

18th April – Diana Theater, Guadalajara, MEXICO [Tickets]
20th April – Pepsi Theatre, Mexico City, MEXICO [Tickets]
24th April – Live Curitiba, Curitiba, BRAZIL [Tickets]
25th April – Pepsi On Stage, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL [Tickets]
27th April – Opera Hall, Brasilia, BRAZIL [Tickets]
28th April – Arena Hall, Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL [Tickets]
30th April – Qualistage, Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL [Tickets]
2nd May – Quinta Linda, Ribeirao Preto, BRAZIL [Tickets]
4th May – Vibra, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL [Tickets]
16th May – The Halls, Wolverhampton, UK + [Tickets]
18th May – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK [Tickets]
19th May – O2 Academy, Manchester, UK [Tickets]
21st May – Arena, Swansea, UK [Tickets]
23rd May – Rock City, Nottingham, UK [Tickets]
24th May – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK [Tickets]
26th May – L’Olympia, Paris, FRANCE [Tickets]
28th May – 013, Tilburg, HOLLAND [Tickets]
29th May – De Oosterport, Groningen, HOLLAND [Tickets]
1st June – Barba Negra, Budapest, HUNGARY [Tickets]
3rd June – Arenale Romane, Bucharest, ROMANIA [Tickets]
6th June – Mystic Festival, Gdansk, POLAND * [Tickets]
5-8th June – Sweden Rock Festival, Solvesborg, SWEDEN * [Tickets]
9th June – Rockefeller, Oslo, NORWAY [Tickets]
11th June – Grona Lund, Stockholm, SWEDEN [Tickets]
13th June – House Of Culture, Helsinki, FINLAND [Tickets]
14th June – Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn, ESTONIA [Tickets]
16th June – Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, GERMANY [Tickets]
17th June – Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, GERMANY [Tickets]
19 – 22nd June – Copenhell, Copenhagen, DENMARK * [Tickets]
21st June – Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, BELGIUM * [Tickets]
22nd June – Summerside Festival, Grenchen, SWITZERLAND * [Tickets]
24th June – Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim, GERMANY * [Tickets]
25th June – Circus Krone, Munich, GERMANY [Tickets]
26th – 29th June – Resurrection Festival, Galicia, SPAIN *+ [Tickets]
27-30th June – Hellfest, Clisson, FRANCE * [Tickets]
30th June – Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette, LUXEMBOURG [Tickets]
3-6th July – Rockharz Open Air, Ballenstedt, GERMANY * [Tickets]
5th July – Ippodrome Delle Capannelle, Rock In Roma, Rome, ITALY * [Tickets]
6th July – Bassano Del Grappa, Metal Park, Vincenza, ITALY * [Tickets]
9th July – E-Werk, Koln, GERMANY [Tickets]
11th – 14th July – Masters Of Rock Festival, Vizovice, Czech Republic *+ [Tickets]
13th July – Hala, Zagreb, CROATIA [Tickets]
16th July – Kolodrum Arena, Sofia, BULGARIA [Tickets]
19th July – Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul, TURKEY [Tickets]
21st July – Release, Athens, GREECE * [Tickets]

* – festival performance
+ – new date added

Iron Maiden and Killswitch Engage in Australia/New Zealand

9/1 – RAC Arena, Perth – Aus
9/4 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide – Aus
9/6 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne – Aus
9/10 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane – Aus
9/12 – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney – Aus
9/16 – Spark Arena, Auckland – NZ

The Future Past Tour North America

OCTOBER 2024 

Fri 4th: North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, SAN DIEGO, CA 
Sat 5th: Michelob ULTRA Arena, LAS VEGAS, NV 
Tues 8th: Kia Forum, LOS ANGELES, CA 
Sat 12th: Aftershock Festival, SACRAMENTO, CA 
Mon 14th: MODA Center, PORTLAND, OR 
Weds 16th: Tacoma Dome, TACOMA, WA 
Fri 18th: Delta Center, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 
Sat 19th: Ball Arena, DENVER, CO 
Tues 22nd: Xcel Energy Center, ST PAUL, MN 
Thurs 24th: Allstate Arena, ROSEMONT, IL 
Sat 26th: Scotiabank Arena, TORONTO, ON 
Sun 27th: Videotron Centre, QUEBEC, QC 
Weds 30th: Centre Bell, MONTREAL, QC 

NOVEMBER 2024 

Fri 1st: Wells Fargo Center, PHILADELPHIA, PA 
Sat 2nd: Barclays Center, BROOKLYN, NY 
Weds 6th: DCU Center, WORCESTER, MA 
Fri 8th: PPG Paints Arena, PITTSBURGH, PA 
Sat 9th: Prudential Center, NEWARK, NJ 
Tues 12th: CFG Bank Arena, BALTIMORE, MD 
Weds 13th: Spectrum Center, CHARLOTTE, NC 
Sat 16th: Dickies Arena, FORT WORTH, TX 
Sun 17th: Frost Bank Center (formerly AT&T Center), SAN ANTONIO, TX