In support of his new album, The Mandrake Project, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson played the second of two solo band shows last night (April 13th) at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. It featured a setlist slightly altered from the previous night.
Fan-filmed footage can be viewed below.
Setlist:
"Accident of Birth"
"Abduction"
"Starchildren" (first live performance since 1997)
"Afterglow of Ragnarok"
"Chemical Wedding"
"Many Doors to Hell"
"Tears of the Dragon"
"Resurrection Men"
"Rain on the Graves"
"Frankenstein" (The Edgar Winter Group)
"Gods of War
"The Alchemist
"Darkside of Aquarius
Encore:
"Book of Thel" (first live performance since 1999)
"The Tower"
Dickinson's backing band features:
Chris Declerq (guitar)
Philip Naslund (guitar)
Tonya O'Callaghan (bass)
Dave Moreno (drums)
Mistheria (keyboard)
Bruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project, was released in March and achieved huge chart success across Europe, the U.K, U.S, Canada & Latin America.
The Mandrake Project is not just an album project & tour but also a comic book series of the same name. Created by Bruce Dickinson it features an array of known graphic novel talent. It was scripted by Tony Lee (Dr Who), stunningly illustrated by Staz Johnson (2000AD) & with covers by industry heavyweight Bill Sienkiewicz for Z2 Comics it will be released as 12 quarterly issues and collated into three annual graphic novels. Issue #2 is on sale now.
The Mandrake Project Tour officially kicks off in Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory tonight (Monday, April 15).
Recorded largely at LA’s Doom Room with Roy Z doubling up as both guitarist and bassist, the lineup for The Mandrake Project was rounded out by keyboard maestro Mistheria and drummer Dave Moreno, both of whom also featured on Bruce’s last solo studio album, Tyranny Of Souls, in 2005.
The Mandrake Project is Dickinson’s seventh solo album. Order here.
"Rain On The Graves" video:
"Afterglow Of Ragnarok" video:
