Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden has announced the first run of dates for its 2016 Book Of Souls world tour.

The metal veterans on Monday shared the itinerary for its trek of Australia and New Zealand, and mapped-out details of a global tour which will kick off in the U.S. in late February and will make first-ever stops in China and El Salvador and work its way through Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Japan and South Africa before embarking on an “extensive” run of European countries.

So far, Maiden has announced just the seven arena shows for Down Under in April and May, with tickets going on sale Sept. 24 (earlier for fan club members).