I got myself some Iron Maiden tickets for their Somewhere back in time 2008 tour. The latest news about the Aussie events is that the Melbourne and Sydney concerts sold out in Record time.

Sydney’s Acer Arena sold out within 25 minutes of going on sale and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena sold out within 15 minutes, leading to promoter Paul Dainty immediately putting on sale second shows in both cities and commenting; “Sales for the tour have been phenomenal with over 40,000 tickets being sold in the first hour.

As I am a Fan Club member, I was lucky enough to get 5 Gold Floor tickets in presale for close friends and I

I’m gonna make a whole week of it, and am dusting off my old records, I mean tapes, no CDs from the shelf – aaah syncing all my maiden mp3s to my ipod in preparation for this once in a lifetime event. They wont be coming back anytime soon after, and then they will probably retire.

It’s not till Feb 2008, but I will be in Melbourne and Sydney so I will be sure to write about it when the time comes.