Bruce Dickinson - worldwide chart success for 'The Mandrake Project'
#1 IN GERMANY & SWEDEN
#2 IN FINLAND & SWITZERLAND
#3 IN UK
#4 IN BRAZIL
#5 IN BELGIUM & ITALY
#6 IN NETHERLANDS
#10 IN FRANCE & MEXICO
WORLD TOUR STARTS IN APRIL
Bruce Dickinson’s brand-new album, The Mandrake Project, has become a global smash hit with huge chart success already announced across Europe and further major worldwide chart positions to follow this week.
In Germany and Sweden Bruce has topped the album charts, whilst in the UK the album has entered the Official Album Charts at No.3, just behind Liam Gallagher & John Squire at No.1, and narrowly pipped to the No. 2 spot by Rod Stewart and Jools Holland with a last-minute Mother’s Day surge of sales.
Elsewhere the album is already a Top 10 success in many European countries’ national charts including Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and France. And in Latin America’s iTunes charts The Mandrake Project is Top 10 in both Brazil and Mexico, with many more countries following suit in the days to come.
Bruce – pictured above with his No.1 Award in Germany – comments; “I’m delighted that so many people love the record. It’s been incredible to hear directly from so many fans in the countries I’ve visited over the last week or so, and the chart positions are just icing on the cake to be honest. I can now focus on bringing The Mandrake Project & songs from my previous albums to life on the tour next month. See you on the road!”
Featuring the singles ‘Afterglow of Ragnarok’ and ‘Rain On The Graves’ the ten-track collection has been receiving swathes of critical acclaim, with rave reviews running around the world.
The Mandrake Projectis Dickinson’s seventh solo album and is released via BMG worldwide on multiple formats.
Bruce Dickinson and his phenomenal band will bring the music ofThe Mandrake Projectto life with a major headline tour this spring and summer. The UK leg of the tour is in May with a number of shows already sold-out
THE MANDRAKE PROJECT UK TOUR
16th May – The Halls, Wolverhampton, UK
18th May – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK(SOLD OUT)
19th May – O2 Academy, Manchester, UK(SOLD OUT)
21st May – Arena, Swansea, UK
23rd May – Rock City, Nottingham, UK(SOLD OUT)
24th May – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK(SOLD OUT)
See below for full tour dates and ticket details.
PRAISE FOR THE MANDRAKE PROJECT
“[His] voice still soars over grandiose metal, yet the music is darker and heavier than his work with Iron Maiden”-Daily Telegraph
“The wildly ambitious, mostly hard rock but genre-blurring The Mandrake Project”-The Sun(4/5)
“The Mandrake Project demands and rewards total absorption into its kaleidoscopic sound picture… Bruce’s extraordinary voice… has rarely sounded more assertive, upfront and in your face, urging his vocals to new levels of expressive emotion and dramatic control” -Metal Hammer(9/10)
“His most ambitious and best solo work to date… He sounds great, his voice properly doing the rounds through the narrative, as the beefy riffs – much more so than in Maiden – and gritty production add a layer of their own”-Kerrang(4/5)
“Epic… grandiose… infectious. Easily one of Bruce Dickinson’s boldest projects”-Classic Rock(4/5)
“Bruce creates a vivid world of magic and mayhem… a solo project worth investing in” -Daily Star(4/5)
“Spectacular solo outing… surely his most innovative and creative yet. Heavy but easily accessible”-Record Collector(4/5)
“Simply brilliant… we are already looking at one of rock and metal’s defining genre-crossing albums of 2024”- Powerplay(10/10)
“Its themes are plainly evident in the earworm metal of ‘Many Doors To Hell’ and gothic menace of ‘Fingers In The Wounds’, although more subdued (but equally sombre) hues inform the portentous, piano-led power ballad ‘Shadow Of The Gods’”– Uncut
“A titanic and resonating piece of work”-Metal Talk
“This is highly atmospheric metal, full of muted guitars and shaded melodies with Bruce sounding absolutely phenomenal”-Fistful Of Metal(9/10)
Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project Tour
15thApril – The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA, USA(SOLD OUT)
18th April – Diana Theater, Guadalajara, MEXICO
20th April – Pepsi Theatre, Mexico City, MEXICO
24th April – Live Curitiba, Curitiba, BRAZIL
25th April – Pepsi On Stage, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL
27th April – Opera Hall, Brasilia, BRAZIL
28th April – Arena Hall, Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL
30th April – Qualistage, Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL
2nd May – Quinta Linda, Ribeirao Preto, BRAZIL
4th May – Vibra, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
16th May – The Halls, Wolverhampton, UK
18th May – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK(SOLD OUT)
19th May – O2 Academy, Manchester, UK(SOLD OUT)
21st May – Arena, Swansea, UK
23rd May – Rock City, Nottingham, UK(SOLD OUT)
24th May – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK(SOLD OUT)
26th May – L’Olympia, Paris, FRANCE(SOLD OUT)
28th May – 013, Tilburg, HOLLAND
29th May – De Oosterport, Groningen, HOLLAND
1st June – Barba Negra, Budapest, HUNGARY (SOLD OUT)
3rd June – Arenale Romane, Bucharest, ROMANIA
6th June – Mystic Festival, Gdansk, POLAND *
5-8th June – Sweden Rock Festival, Solvesborg, SWEDEN *
9th June – Rockefeller, Oslo, NORWAY(SOLD OUT)
11th June – Grona Lund, Stockholm, SWEDEN
13th June – House Of Culture, Helsinki, FINLAND(SOLD OUT)
14th June – Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn, ESTONIA
16th June – Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
17th June – Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
19 – 22nd June – Copenhell, Copenhagen, DENMARK *
21st June – Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, BELGIUM *
22nd June – Summerside Festival, Grenchen, SWITZERLAND *
24th June – Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim, GERMANY *
25th June – Circus Krone, Munich, GERMANY(SOLD OUT)
26th – 29th June – Resurrection Festival, Galicia, SPAIN *
27-30th June – Hellfest, Clisson, FRANCE *
30th June – Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette, LUXEMBOURG(SOLD OUT)
3-6th July – Rockharz Open Air, Ballenstedt, GERMANY *
5th July – Ippodrome Delle Capannelle, Rock In Roma, Rome, ITALY *
6th July – Bassano Del Grappa, Metal Park, Vincenza, ITALY *
9th July – E-Werk, Koln, GERMANY
11th – 14th July – Masters Of Rock Festival, Vizovice, Czech Republic *
13th July – Hala, Zagreb, CROATIA
16th July – Kolodrum Arena, Sofia, BULGARIA
19th July – Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul, TURKEY
21st July – Release, Athens, GREECE *
* – festival performance
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