IRON MAIDEN leteli v utorok, 7. júna z Londýna do Reykjaviku (Island) na koncert spolu s ich fans na palube. Z Ironu s nimi teda leteli Bruce Dickinson (spev) a Nicko McBrain (bicie) spolu s ich manažérom Rodom Smallwoodom. Z tohto letu je uverejnených množstvo fotos, ktoré si možno pozrieť TU, TU a TU. Ďaľšia novinka je, že 12. júla 2005 prebehne vydanie ich dvojCD kompilácie "The Essential Iron Maiden", ktoré bude k jubileu - 25 rokov ich existence. Budú tu piesne z ich álb, ktoré za 25 rokov stihli vydať: "Iron Maiden", "Killers", "The Number Of The Beast", "Piece Of Mind", "Powerslave", "Live After Death", "Somewhere In Time", "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son", "No Prayer For The Dying", "Fear Of The Dark", "The X Factor", "Virtual XI", "Brave New World", "Dance Of Death" a piesne z live albumov. Disk 1: 01. Paschendale, 02. Rainmaker, 03. The Wicker Man, 04. Brave New World, 05. Futureal, 06. The Clansman, 07. Sign Of The Cross, 08. Man On The Edge, 09. Be Quick Or Be Dead, 10. Fear Of The Dark (Live), 11. Holy Smoke, 12. Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter, 13. The Clairvoyant; Disk 2: 01. The Evil That Men Do, 02. Wasted Years, 03. Heaven Can Wait, 04. 2 Minutes To Midnight, 05. Aces High, 06. Flight Of Icarus, 07. The Trooper, 08. The Number Of The Beast, 09. Run To The Hills, 10. Wrathchild, 11. Killers, 12. Phantom Of The Opera, 13. Running Free (Live), 14. Iron Maiden (Live).