Killer World Tour
1981 concert tour by Iron Maiden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Killer World Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 17 February 1981 to 15 November 1981. This would be the band's first world tour, including their debut shows in North America (where they supported Judas Priest on their World Wide Blitz Tour and UFO on select dates)[1] and Japan where they recorded the live release, Maiden Japan.[2] On top of this, the band moved into larger venues in the United Kingdom, including the Hammersmith Odeon, London.[3]
Tour by Iron Maiden | |
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Associated album | Killers |
Start date | 17 February 1981 |
End date | 23 December 1981 |
No. of shows | 131 in total (140 scheduled) |
Iron Maiden concert chronology | |
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This would be Iron Maiden's last tour with singer Paul Di'Anno, who was dismissed due to his unreliability.[4] He was replaced with Samson vocalist Bruce Dickinson, with whom the band undertook a short series of concerts in Italy and the UK before they set about writing and recording their next album, The Number of the Beast.[5][6]