In celebration of Maiden’s forthcoming DANCE OF DEATH UK TOUR, EMI release RAINMAKER as a single on Monday 24th November.

RAINMAKER, written by Dave Murray, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson, will be released in three special formats, with exclusive bonus tracks:-

CD Single:
Rainmaker
Dance of Death (Orchestral Version)
More Tea Vicar

DVD Single:
Rainmaker Promotional video (5.1 & DTS)
The Wicker Man (Live)
Children of The Damned (Live)
Video stills slide show

7” coloured vinyl
Rainmaker / Dance of Death (Orchestral Version)

The DVD single features the dramatic promotional video directed by Howard Greenhalgh, which was shot at London’s Roundhouse in Camden in September. Howard also directed the animated promotional video for their top 10 single debut single, Wildest Dreams. ‘More Tea Vicar’, featured on the CD Single, is an amusing jamming session caught on tape whilst the band were recording the album. The B Sides The Wicker Man and Children of the Damned were both recorded live at last years Brixton shows in aid of former drummer Clive Burr.

Rainmaker is taken from the bands latest studio album DANCE OF DEATH, which shot into the UK charts at No 2 and featured as No 1 top selling album in European upon its release in September.

Released on November 24th RAINMAKER heralds Maiden’s final national arena tour. Starting at The Point, Dublin on December 1st, Iron Maiden will play to over 100,000 fans in the British Isles, with rising heroes Funeral For A Friend in support. The dates are as follows:

3rd Dec – Newcastle Telewest Arena
4th Dec – Nottingham Arena
6th Dec – Sheffield Arena
8th Dec – Glasgow SECC
9th Dec – Manchester MEN Arena
12th Dec – London, Earls Court
15th Dec – Cardiff Arena
16th Dec – Birmingham NEC

These dates, along with the preceding summer shows, will see the band play to almost a million fans in Europe alone in the last 6 months of this year. The Dance of Death Tour continues into South America, Japan and South East Asia next year. Thereafter, as previously announced, Iron Maiden will then cut back on their touring schedule, and instead of playing extensive arena dates, will mainly appear at major festivals around the world.