Metal legend and Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has announced his first solo album in almost 20 years alongside a solo tour. The new album, The Mandrake Project is Dickinson’s first solo album since Tyranny of Souls in 2005 and will arrive in early 2024.
Bruce Dickinson announces #TheMandrakeProject
Coming early 2024…#BruceDickinson #Album #Tour pic.twitter.com/6WNzzqj3b9
— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) September 21, 2023
The album will include collaborator Roy Z, a guitarist who has been apart of nearly every single solo album Dickinson has released since 1994’s Balls to Picasso
Not a lot more information has been released about the album however, with a tracklist or a lead single yet to be revealed.
In a press release Dickinson said: “This album has been a very personal journey for me and I am extremely proud of it, Roy Z and I have been planning, writing and recording it for years, and I am very excited for people to finally hear it. I’m even more excited at the prospect of getting out on the road with this amazing band that we have put together, to be able to bring it to life. We’re planning to play as many shows as we can in as many places as possible, for as many people as we can! As for what The Mandrake Project actually is… all will be revealed soon!”
Dickinson has announced a tour of Mexico and Brazil which begins in Guadalajara on April 18, 2024. No other dates have been announced, however it seems like Dickinson has plans to spread the tour across other regions, as he said: “I’m even more excited at the prospect of getting out on the road with this amazing band that we have put together, to be able to bring it to life, we’re planning to play as many shows as we can in as many places as possible, for as many people as we can!”
This will be Dickinson’s 7th solo album overall since releasing his first, Tattooed Millionaire, in 1990.
Earlier this year, Dickinson had been recently touring spoken word poetry across Europe. He has also spent the year touring with Iron Maiden in support of their latest album Senjutsu, released two years ago in 2021 alongside celebrating 1986 Sci-fi inspired classic, Somewhere In Time.
Iron Maiden continue touring North America until early October, bring the tour to a close at the jam-packed Power Trip Festival in California. It can be assumed that more details regarding the album will be released sometime after the tour has commenced.
