John McMurtrie Photographic Book Coming Soon

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As most fans know, Maiden's official Photographer John McMurtrie has been on the road with the band since Ed Force One first took to the skies back in January 2008, capturing not only the Somewhere Back In Time World Tour but also the current Round The World In 66 Days leg of The Final Frontier Tour. We are pleased to announce that this extensive coverage is soon to be made available in the form of a glossy, hardback IRON MAIDEN photographic book.

Tentatively entitled 'ON BOARD FLIGHT 666 ' it will be published by Orion Books later this year and will feature hundreds of stunning photos which give an exclusive, behind-the-scenes pictorial documentation of the tours. Many of the images will be accompanied by captions, allowing the reader a first-hand glimpse into life aboard Ed Force One and its groundbreaking exploits on this intimate visual journey into the world of Maiden.

More details to follow so keep checking the website for news.

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Orion Books announce that the photographic documentary compiled by official IRON MAIDEN photographer John McMurtrie entitled 'ON BOARD FLIGHT 666' will be published in the UK on 20th October 2011.

John's unrestricted access has allowed him to capture exclusive images and moments both onstage and off, in over 300 photographs accompanied by his personal insights and anecdotes in more than 250 glossy pages of photographs

ON BOARD FLIGHT 666 charts the extraordinary journey of IRON MAIDEN in their specially customised Boeing 757, piloted by lead singer and airline Captain Bruce Dickinson. Travelling across 5 continents, twice around the globe to undertake two World Tours, John's pictorial odyssey maps their progress from Ed Force One's historic take-off in January 2008 on the groundbreaking Somewhere Back In Time Tour through to 2010/11's The Final Frontier World Tour in support of their fifteenth and most successful chart studio album to date, The Final Frontier (August 2010) which reached No 1 in at least 28 countries.

With a personal foreword by Bruce Dickinson ON BOARD FLIGHT 666 takes you up close with Iron Maiden as they circumnavigate the planet to play to their loyal legion of fans giving an inside look into what makes this band so special and so adventurous in their unique touring plans.

The hard back version of ON BOARD FLIGHT 666 is available now to pre-order on Amazon, Waterstones, Book Depository, Play or WH Smiths.

Details of overseas editions will be announced when known

Click here to download an 18 page preview of this book