Bruce Dickinson has announced the line-up for the shows and RoyZ isn’t included, but two other guitarists, Sweden’s Philip Naslund and Swiss Chris Declerq, who also played on the recent single, “Rain On The Graves”.
“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.”
Dickinson’s new band “live premiere” will take place at The Observatory, Orange County on April 15.
“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!”
His new solo album, ‘The Mandrake Project’, will be released on March 1 by BMG and will be his first in 19 years and his first since ‘Tyranny Of Souls’.
