Billboard honours Iron Maiden

FIRST TIME IN BILLBOARD HISTORY -- BILLBOARD LOGO WILL APPEAR WITH A SPECIAL IRON MAIDEN TWIST
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Billboard magazine, the hugely influential New York based weekly "bible" of the international music industry, is set to feature IRON MAIDEN in a special supplement contained in its May 17 (street date May 10) issue in recognition of the band's continued and increasing USA and global success .Running 40 pages or more, Billboard magazine will give an overview of Maiden's current "Somewhere Back in Time" World Tour, the band and the key people around them, and their illustrious history as one of the world's premier live bands. Issued the same week as their 'Best of' album Somewhere Back in Time, the magazine will also pay Maiden the unique honour of having the front cover Billboard logo in Maiden font style, marking the first time in the magazine's history that it will not have the copyrighted Billboard logo on the cover.

Taken from www.ironmaiden.com.

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AWESOME!!!!
written by ProdigalGuitarist, May 10, 2008

Billboard doing this really shows how BIG Maiden is They have actually realized the Maiden logo will sell more copies of the magazine than any other logo, including their own!

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written by Brian, May 10, 2008

Notice above the Billboard text it says "Advertisement."

I really hope Maiden is being honored by Billboard because they deserve it. However, I am wondering if the supplemental is in fact bought and paid for by Rod or the band and is not at all a tribute.

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written by ProdigalGuitarist, May 10, 2008

Quite nicely observed! And seeing as Rod is a marketing wiz, I wouldn't at all be surprised if this is paid for by Iron Maiden Holdings or more likely Phantom Music Management. Still, actually getting Billboard to use an ad for the frontpage and swapping their own logo like we see here, is quite the accomplishment, and would NEVER happen if Billboard didn't see this as fit. All of the above is IMHO of course

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