Iron Maiden Postpone Australian Tour: 'These Are Difficult Times For Us All'

Iron Maiden are the latest band to postpone an upcoming Australia tour due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The UK legends were scheduled to tour the country in May alongside special guests, Killswitch Engage.

"We are hugely disappointed not to be seeing our fans in Australia and New Zealand in May due to the understandable Government concert bans surrounding coronavirus. Sadly these are difficult and uncertain times for us all," Iron Maiden co-manager Rod Smallwood said in a statement today.

"We still intend to bring this great Legacy Of The Beast show to you all as soon we can and I promise we will do everything we can to achieve this with our promoters and subject to what is happening around us globally.

"We also appreciate that fans with tickets to shows in some of the other countries on our extensive 2020 tour will be anxious for news and updates. You can be sure we will keep you immediately updated here with any other changes, by country, that could become necessary as soon as we hear of them from the official Govt channels. Thank you for your patience and for bearing with us. We hope to see you all!

"Take care of yourselves, be safe and be smart."

Ticketholders are being advised to hold onto their original tickets and wait for further information.

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