Bruce Dickinson Shares New Single Rain On The Graves
Thursday, 25 January 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: John McMurtie
Bruce Dickinson has shared another single from his upcoming solo album.
Following Afterglow Of Ragnarok, Rain On The Graves serves as the second preview of 'The Mandrake Project', which is due out on March 1 via BMG. The first volume of a companion graphic novel series is available in comic shops now.
Inspired by a visit to poet William Wordsworth's grave in the Lake District, the heavy rock track is driven by a chugging metallic guitar riff and incorporates doomy passages along with spoken word parts. Dickinson said:
"I had the chorus lyric since I visited Grasmere for a wedding back in 2012, and it wasn’t difficult years later to create the rest of the song with so much rich imagery in my head!"
Head below to view the song's cinematic video, shot entirely in Cornwall during winter with director Ryan Mackfall.
Dickinson, 65, last released a solo record in 2005 with 'Tyranny Of Souls'. He'll support the new project with a previously confirmed UK and European tour, with a new date added in Wolverhampton on May 16. Tickets for that show go on general sale at 10am on January 31. He also has gigs in Mexico and South America in the diary, with more concerts around the world to be scheduled soon.
Iron Maiden, meanwhile, will take The Future Past Tour to Australia, New Zealand and Japan in September, with a North American leg following in October and November. Tickets are on sale.
Bruce Dickinson Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu May 16 2024 - WOLVERHAMPTON Civic at Halls Wolverhampton [NEW]
Sat May 18 2024 - GLASGOW Barrowland
Sun May 19 2024 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy 1
Tue May 21 2024 - SWANSEA Swansea Arena
Thu May 23 2024 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City Nottingham
Fri May 24 2024 - LONDON O2 Forum Kentish Town
Sun May 26 2024 - PARIS Olympia (France)
Tue May 28 2024 - TILBURG O13 (Netherlands)
Wed May 29 2024 - GRONINGEN De Oosterport (Netherlands)
Sat June 01 2024 - BUDAPEST Barba Negra (Hungary)
Mon June 03 2024 - BUCHAREST Arenale Romane (Romania)
Sun June 09 2024 - OSLO Rockefeller (Norway)
Sun June 16 2024 - BERLIN Huxleys Neue Welt (Germany)
Mon June 17 2024 - HAMBURG Grosse Freiheit 36 (Germany)
Tue June 25 2024 - MUNICH Circus Krone (Germany)
Sun June 30 2024 - ESCH SUR ALZETTE ROCKHAL (Luxembourg)
Tue July 09 2024 - COLOGNE E Werk (Germany)
Sat July 13 2024 - ZAGREB Hala (Croatia)
Tue July 16 2024 - SOFIA Kolodrum Arena (Bulgaria)
Fri July 19 2024 - ISTANBUL Kucukciftlik Park (Turkey)
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