Bruce Dickinson says he will start recording new solo album in January
He also dissects fan-favourite track 'Tears Of The Dragon'
Bruce Dickinson has said that he will enter the studio to begin work on his next solo album at the start of next year, with a 2027 release date in mind.
In a new interview with Charlie Kendall of Charlie Kendall's Metalshop, the Iron Maiden vocalist said: "We're going in the studio in January next year to record the album with Brendan Duffey, who remixed (1994 solo album)'Balls To Picasso' and did an amazing job.
“So we go in the studio with him in January, and we are looking to release the album in '27.”
He added: “The amazing band that is gonna record the new record with me is gonna be the same band that toured in Europe with me, and it's gonna be the same band that's gonna tour with me in 2027 when we release the new record. Or at least that's the idea anyway.”
Dickinson released his seventh solo album ‘The Mandrake Project’ in March 2024 and will shortly hit North American in support of it, starting on 22nd August in Anaheim, California.
Watch: Bruce Dickinson – ‘Tears Of The Dragon’ (2025 Reimagined Version - Official Visualiser)
He said: "This summer I'm touring the USA for the first time with 'Mandrake', and also we're playing stuff from (1998's) 'The Chemical Wedding', (1997's) 'Accident Of Birth'… I mean, I've got seven studio albums to pick from.
“Obviously, I'm gonna be playing some stuff from 'Balls To Picasso', so 'Tears (Of The Dragon)' is gonna be in there and some other stuff, 'Gods Of War' probably, for sure.”
In another new interview with Metal Hammer, the singer discussed the meaning of fan-favourite ‘Tears Of The Dragon’. The song has been interpreted as a farewell to Iron Maiden following Dickinson’s departure from the band in 1993.
"It's a bit deeper than that," he said. "You know, 'farewell to Maiden' sounds like you're sort of thumbing your nose at them, but it's more introspective than that. It really is about self doubt, and I had a lot of that because I realised, when I embarked upon the solo album thing, that I really didn't have a clear idea of what I was doing, and creatively, I just felt lost.”
Dickinson recently released ‘More Balls To Picasso’, a partly re-recorded, remixed and newly mastered version of ‘Balls To Picasso’.