Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno has tapped Canadian METALLICA tribute act DISPOSABLE HEROES as his backing band for his upcoming tour of Canada, which is scheduled to kick off tonight (Friday, September 11) in Red Deer, Alberta. DISPOSABLE HEROES will open each gig by playing a set of METALLICA songs and then come back and play the show with Paul.

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When asked by Vue Weekly in a recent interview who will be playing with him on the Canadian tour, Di'Anno said, "You know what? I can't tell you. See, for me to keep ticket prices down and everything, we use different bands in different countries so we don't have to charge a fortune. We've got about 36 [bands that I use]. These guys from Calgary, I don't even know the name of the band yet — I'm going into rehearsal with them and we'll take it from there. They're all rehearsed up and it's like, 'Surprise me.' Sometimes that can fall flat on its face, but normally it's quite exciting getting to play with different musicians you haven't played with before. You get surprised, sometimes you get very shocked — sometimes they're awful. I mean if they're awful, I'm fucked."

Regarding the possibility of a new studio album from Di'Anno, he said, "We did five new tracks in Germany last year — it's very industrialized — but we got in a bit of an argument with the record company and we told them to piss off, basically. So I kept them songs and a friend of mine where I am right at the minute in Salisbury down in Southwest England, has just handed me 16 pieces of music so I'm going to go away when I have a bit of time and see what I can come up with for that."