IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson's film about occult legend Aleister Crowley (infamous as "the wickedest man in the world") has finally gone into production, according to Fangoria. Produced by London-based Focus Films, the movie, entitled "Chemical Wedding", stars Simon Callow — of "Amadeus", "Shakespeare in Love" and, appropriately, "The Phantom of the Opera" — as a Cambridge professor who becomes a reincarnation of Aleister Crowley (a role that, at various points, Malcolm McDowell and Roger Daltrey were said to be attached to); John Shrapnel, Kal Weber, Terence Bayler and Geoff Breton also star.

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx recently answered several questions posed by the readers of Blender magazine (web site) for the "Dear Superstar" section in the publication's September 2007 issue. A couple of excerpts follow:

Former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley has scheduled the following dates:

KORN will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, September 14 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show".

WHITESNAKE/ex-DEEP PURPLE frontman David Coverdale will be interviewed in the new episode of BBC Radio 2's "Masters of Rock" series devoted to classic, contemporary and obscure hard rock and metal. The show, which is hosted by IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, will include a chat with Coverdale about his colorful career. The program is scheduled to air on August 23 at 10:00 p.m. (GMT).

Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of the legendary British heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN, took time out to sign his 10-foot hand-painted Gibson Les Paul on site at the Gibson GuitarTown London charity exhibition. The free standing fiberglass guitar named "His Masters Voice 2007" was specially designed and hand-painted with acrylics by acclaimed visual artist James Holdsworth.

This year, CliveAid will be running the second stage at the Bloodstock festival. So if you're headed there this weekend, why not drop in and show your support!

Reunited U.K. thrashers SABBAT, former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE frontman BLAZE BAYLEY and ex-MASTERPLAN singer JORN (full name: Jorn Lande) are the first three confirmed acts for this year's Sweden Rock Cruise.

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, September 7 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show".

Trendy football star David Beckham was spotted wearing a Killers t-shirt, can David name any of Maiden's songs?