Before I start: this is all pure speculation and none of these bands have confirmed or even commented on anything.

Now, let’s dig in.

Seems there are some rumors a brewin’ about a possible Iron Maiden summer tour with Dream Theater and Coheed & Cambria in support. Here’s the approximate timeline of events unfolding that have led to this speculation, as provided by Suckalo Tzvi Cederbaum:

1. Yesterday, Mike Portnoy tweeted the standard “Big DT announcement coming up” cocktease. He also posted it on his forum.
2. People started speculating as to what it could be, and a few dedicated forum-crawlers discovered that both Iron Maiden and Coheed and Cambria posted similar posts on their websites at about the same time.
3. This led to a huge thread on the Portnoy forum about how this probably means DT, Maiden, and Coheed are going on tour.
4. This morning, Portnoy’s tweet had been removed, the forum thread had been deleted, and the posts on Maiden and Coheed’s band sites were also removed.

Now, of course this could all be pure coincidence. But the chances of all three bands having similar gaffes on the exact day seems pretty low to me. More likely, Mike Portnoy let the beans out of the bag a little too early (even though he didn’t really even say anything) and someone in his or one of the other bands’ camps got pissy and demanded posts be retracted. Which is pretty fucking pointless, because the best thing you can have is a bunch of rabid fans talking your tour up.

I’m sure we’ll find out one way or the other about these rumors in the coming days. In the meantime prog nerds like me will be fapping away at the mere thought of such a nerd-tastic lineup.

-VN