Mandrake

Around June 1983, a much younger Dave Watkins discovered a song that would basically change my life. It was ‘The Trooper’ by Iron Maiden, at a time – in my mid teens – where I was starting to properly get into music and finding how important it was. I can’t recall where I heard the song, possibly on ‘Top Of The Pops’ with that thrilling video clip but it made me save my pocket money and invest in the ‘Piece Of Mind’ cassette. This was played to death and my love affair with Maiden had started.  The debate about…

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson will bring his ‘The Mandrake Project Live’ tour to the UK and Europe in 2024 it has been confirmed. The tour is in support of the rock and metal star’s upcoming album ‘The Mandrake Project’, due for release next year. The project’s first single ‘Afterglow of Ragnarok’ will be released on 1st December as a collectable vinyl 7” single, that includes an eight-page comic book. The single also features Dickinson’s original solo demo version of the song ‘If Eternity Should Fail’, which first…