Not sure if anyone knows or if I missed reading a post, but Nicko McBrain has been and will be keeping himself busy this fall and winter since he started his own band McBrain Damage with ex bandmembers from Black Sabbath, White Lion, Failsafe and Deepest. They will be playing their own new material, but the majority will be Iron Maiden songs!!! They did a couple of gigs in the east coast with big success (not surprised!) and head to other cities in early Jan. or Feb. I can't wait till they come to the west coast, Im sooooo there!!!!!! Then in summer Iron Maiden tours the U.S. again with their early classic of classic tunes!!! Wow, 2005 is gonna be full of Maiden, I can't wait! 
Thanks for the info. I will definitely be looking forward to that also!!