MUMBAI: PVR Pictures is set to release Flight 666, a music documentary, based on the British rock band - Iron Maiden, on 8 May in digital cinemas across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and Guwahati.

The film is about the first leg of the band's historic “Somewhere Back in Time World Tour” in February and March 2008, which is considered to be the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history.

The band flew in a specially customised Boeing 757 airliner, piloted by lead singer Bruce Dickinson, with the entire tour crew and 12 tons of music and stage equipment on board, to circumnavigate the globe in 45 days.

It flew to 23 sold out stadium and arena shows in Asia, Australia and North, Central and South America. The band played in 13 countries, also landing in Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea en route for fuel stops, travelling 50,000 miles (70,000 km) and performing to almost half a million fans.

Flight 666 gives a close up inside the scenes look at what happened on and off stage, when Maiden gave full access to a film crew, and contains live footage of Maiden.