Bruce Dickinson new solo single news has arrived sooner than many fans expected, with the Iron Maiden frontman telling Chile’s Radio Futuro on November 1 that the first single from his upcoming solo album will be released within about two weeks, accompanied by a music video. The update, reported by Blabbermouth.net and Chaoszine on November 1–2, gives the clearest timeline yet for a record that has been taking shape largely out of the spotlight.
The album itself is due in early 2027 via BMG, according to both reports. It will be Dickinson’s eighth solo studio album and the follow-up to 2024’s The Mandrake Project. Most of it was recorded this past January and February at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Northridge, California, with producer Brendan Duffey, Blabbermouth reports.
Eighteen songs, no samples, no AI
One of the most striking details from the interview is how the album was made. Dickinson told Radio Futuro that the sessions produced 18 songs in total, recorded over three weeks of 12-hour days, with some material left over because including everything would have made it a double album. “So it’s fantastic, and it sounds great,” he said, as transcribed by Blabbermouth.
He also returned to a point he has made before about artificial intelligence in music. Dickinson said the new record contains no samples and was not made with AI, arguing that AI “is not creative” and only copies what people create. Chaoszine’s separate report of the same interview confirms the same core points — a single within roughly two weeks, a video to accompany it, and an album scheduled for early 2027 through BMG.
A video about truth — and a tour to follow
Dickinson also teased the single’s video in unusually direct terms. He said the video is “about truth,” adding: “Everybody’s talking, but nobody’s telling the truth.” He described the videos for the project as “extraordinary,” without giving away the single’s title. No title, track listing or exact release date has been announced, and this draft does not invent any of them.
What is already public is the live plan around the album. Late last month Dickinson announced his solo band’s return to live action next year under the banner “PsychoGod,” with headline shows and festival appearances across Europe in summer and autumn 2027. Blabbermouth notes those will be his first solo shows since he wrapped The Mandrake Project tour in Brazil in September 2025 after 71 shows across three continents. His solo band comprises guitarists Chris Declercq and Philip Näslund, bassist Tanya O’Callaghan, keyboardist Mistheria and drummer Dave Moreno.
Dickinson has also told TalkShopLive’s Steve Harkins that the album will include a collaboration with his son Austin, former frontman of Rise to Remain and As Lions. For now, the countdown is short: if Dickinson’s “10 days or something” estimate holds, the first taste of his eighth solo album should land before mid-November.
