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The Final Frontier World Tour was a concert tour by Iron Maiden in support of the band's 15th album, ''The Final Frontier'', which began on 9 June 2010 in Dallas, Texas and ended in London, England on 6 August 2011. The tour was announced on the band's official website on 5 March 2010 under the following statement:〔 '' "Iron Maiden are pleased to announce that their forthcoming new studio album will be called 'The Final Frontier', and is expected be released late summer of this year.'''' The tour was extremely successful, with the band performing 98 shows in 36 countries across 5 continents to an estimated audience of over 2 million people and led to 2012's live album/ video, ''En Vivo!''. ==Background== The first leg of the tour was announced alongside the album title on 4 March, to include North American and European dates. The full track listing and artwork was unveiled on 8 June, along with a free download of the song ''El Dorado'', confirmed as the only song from ''The Final Frontier'' to be played on the 2010 tour. In their list of the Top 50 North American Tours of 2012, Pollstar reported that, from 23 shows, the band grossed US$14.6 million from 274,289 ticket sales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2010/2010YearEndTop50NorthAmericanTours.pdf )〕 On 5 August 2010, Iron Maiden began releasing dates for the 2011 tour with a series of shows in Australia, incorporating several Soundwave festival appearances and two arena shows. This was followed by the announcement of a string of Scandinavian dates on 21 September, including shows in Oslo, Gothenburg, Helsinki, and the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. On 2 November, the band announced a total of 29 additional performances over 66 days, starting in Moscow on 11 February 2011, and continuing through Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, South America, Florida and encompassing the previously announced Australian dates. The band also confirmed that they would again be using the converted Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", as on the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour and that the setlist would be modified to include more material from the new album as well as older songs. It was during this leg of the tour that the band's 2012 live album and video, ''En Vivo!'', was recorded,〔 with concert footage shot in Buenos Aires and Santiago. A ten date United Kingdom leg was announced on 11 November for July and August 2011, with an additional show in London confirmed to be the last of the tour. On 18 November, the band continued releasing European dates with eight additional shows in Continental Europe, encompassing Germany, The Netherlands and France (with an extra French date announced on 30 November). This was followed by the announcement of headline performances at Rock Werchter in Belgium on 30 November and Nova Rock Festival in Austria on 10 December. The 2011 tour would also see Iron Maiden undertaking several headline performances at the Sonisphere Festivals, confirming Warsaw (on 14 December), Madrid (on 17 December), Basel (on 20 December), Imola (on 2 February), Czech Republic (on 8 February), Athens (on 24 February), Sofia (on 10 March) and Istanbul (on 2 April). Overall, three dates were cancelled while one was postponed. Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March, both Japanese shows were cancelled. The concert in Rio de Janeiro was postponed till the following night after the front crowd control barrier collapsed during the opening song. On 14 June, it was announced that Sonisphere Bulgaria, due to take place in Sofia, was officially cancelled. A statement published on the Iron Maiden official website claimed that this was due to "logistical problems". In their list of the Top 25 Worldwide Tours of 2011, Pollstar reported that, from 46 concerts, Iron Maiden sold 718,313 tickets and grossed $53.5 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/charts/2011YearEndTop25WorldwideTours.pdf )〕 The tour's overall attendance was estimated at over 2 million with 98 shows in 36 countries encompassing 5 continents.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Final Frontier World Tour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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