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The band are also back in the studio working on new material

Ed Force One collided with a tow truck in Chile

The band's first double album comes out on September 4

All clear anticipated by late May

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has said that "Punk was rubbish". The singer made the comments to The Guardian in an interview conducted by fellow Sonisphere line-up addition Frank Turner, saying that the closest the "art establishment" ever came to embracing metal was through punk. "The reason they embraced punk was because it was rubbish and the reason they embraced rubbish was because they could control it," said Dickinson.

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has invested $450,000 (£270,465) in the 'world's biggest aircraft'. The HAV Airlander is a 91.4 metre long airship, which is 18.2 metres longer than a Boeing 747, reports Top Gear. The ship is being made by the British company Hybrid Air Vehicles and its top speed is 100mph. It weighs 38 tonnes and can in addition carry 50 tonnes of cargo.

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has denied receiving a $500 million (£316 million) contract from the US military to manufacture drones. The claim had been made on the blog Dorset Eye in a post titled: 'Bruce Dickinson: Rock'n'Roll Warmonger', which took as its source an announcement on a South African conference speakers' website.

Clive Burr, former drummer with Iron Maiden, passed away in his sleep last night (March 12) aged 56. He had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for a number of years. Burr played with Iron Maiden from 1972 to 1982, drumming on their first three albums: Iron Maiden, Killers and The Number Of The Beast. In a statement on the band’s website, band members talked lovingly of Burr, who had played with Bruce Dickinson not only with Iron Maiden, but also Dickinson’s previous band Sampson.

Metallica, Iron Maiden and The Flaming Lips have all signed up to contribute tracks to a new Deep Purple tribute album. The record, which is titled Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head, will see a selection of acts covering each of the tracks on Deep Purple's classic 1972 album Machine Head. Also confirmed to appear are Black Label Society, guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana and rock supergroup Chickenfoot.

Iron Maiden's 'The Number Of The Beast' has been voted as the best British album of the last 60 years in a new poll.