IRON MAIDEN Leaves Sanctuary (Mostly)

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Source: Blabbermouth

The Sanctuary Group PLC has announced that IRON MAIDEN has not renewed its management agreement with the company. Rod Smallwood, who co-founded Sanctuary in the late '70s, discovered IRON MAIDEN in 1979 and managed them ever since, will also leave Sanctuary simultaneously and will continue to manage the band at his new company Phantom Music Management. Smallwood will also be retained as a consultant to Sanctuary for an initial six-month period. In the meantime, Sanctuary has signed MAIDEN to a new long-term contract for tour, retail and licensing of merchandising rights worldwide with Sanctuary-owned Bravado and has signed the band to a new recording agreement for the USA for their new album "A Matter of Life and Death". Sanctuary Records already has USA rights to the majority of MAIDEN's extensive and valuable catalog and will continue to coordinate with the band the release of new product based on that catalog.

[JRA]

[SirLardsAlot]

I agree with Neil ... WTF?!

I'm more shocked about Rod leaving than Maiden, but still.

[Div]

What is this "new product" they speak of?

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Originally Posted by Div

What is this "new product" they speak of?

Probably compilations and the like... ie. Essential Iron Maiden

[theclansman1114]

Rod probably wants more merch

[Maiden33]

Originally Posted by theclansman1114

Rod probably wants more merch

I see you made your one post per week.

Tony's holding out for Maiden buttplugs. Don't ask.