“Real Sound vs. AI”: Bruce Dickinson Announces 2027 European 'PsychoGod' Tour!

RON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson and his solo band are returning to live action next year with a string of highly anticipated headline shows and festival appearances across Europe, enigmatically dubbed “PsychoGod”.

These performances—split across summer and autumn—will mark Bruce Dickinson's first solo shows since wrapping up his critically acclaimed “The Mandrake Project” tour in Brazil in September 2025 after 71 shows across three continents.

Having spent most of 2026 on IRON MAIDEN touring duties, Bruce Dickinson still found time to record brand-new material with his band comprising guitarists Chris Declercq and Philip Näslund, bassist Tanya O'Callaghan, keyboardist Mistheria, and drummer Dave Moreno.

Bruce Dickinson comments: “What we do is real and that’s so important right now. A real drummer, a real bass player, real guitarists, real keyboards—A.I. can only copy, it can only pretend. It can never be in love, and it can never play. This band? They can really play!”

These upcoming shows promise to showcase a whole range of new material alongside fan favorites and deep cuts spanning Bruce Dickinson's entire solo career. The November/December leg of the tour will feature support from Swedish progressive metal band EVERGREY.

Most of Bruce Dickinson's eighth solo album was recorded this past January and February at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Northridge, California, with producer Brendan Duffey. Brendan Duffey previously helmed the remixed, remastered, and partly re-recorded edition of Bruce Dickinson's second solo album, «More Balls To Picasso», which arrived in July 2025.

The follow-up to «The Mandrake Project» was mixed by Brendan Duffey at his high-end Brendan Duffey Audio mixing and mastering facility in Jupiter, Florida.

Speaking to TalkShopLive, Bruce Dickinson revealed that his upcoming solo album will feature a collaboration with his 35-year-old son Austin Dickinson, best known as the former frontman for metal bands RISE TO REMAIN and AS LIONS.

This past April, Bruce Dickinson revealed to Rolling Stone magazine that he recorded 16 songs for his new solo album over a three-week period: “[We did it] all 100 percent live. It’s like the anti-A.I. generation.”

In February, SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser shared photos with Bruce Dickinson at Studio 606, revealing that he recorded percussion tracks for the upcoming LP.

Bruce Dickinson and his long-term co-writer and producer Roy "Z" Ramirez recorded «The Mandrake Project» largely at Los Angeles’s Doom Room, with Roy Z pulling double duty on guitar and bass. The recording lineup was rounded out by Mistheria and Dave Moreno, both of whom featured on Bruce Dickinson's 2005 solo album «Tyranny Of Souls».

On tour, Bruce Dickinson was backed by Dave Moreno, Mistheria, and Tanya O'Callaghan, alongside guitarists Philip Näslund and Chris Declercq (who performed on the «Rain On The Graves» single).

Bruce Dickinson made his recording debut with IRON MAIDEN on the landmark «The Number Of The Beast» album in 1982. He quit the band in 1993 to pursue his solo career, replaced by Blaze Bayley (ex-WOLFSBANE). After releasing two heavy metal solo albums featuring IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson rejoined the heavy metal giants in 1999 alongside Adrian Smith.