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Bruce Dickinson said the most decadent moment of his life came during Iron Maiden’s tour of the Soviet Union. The road trip started out in August 1984, five years before the Berlin Wall came down, which marked the end of the U.S.S.R. While Maiden were the first Western band to take a full production show through the Iron Curtain, they refused to take credit for encouraging political change. “We didn’t have to work too hard to build [a] bridge,” Dickinson told the Independent in a new interview. “We just had to build the other half to go and meet them halfway. Afterwards, when they took their d...
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On Oct. 26, 1981, Bruce Dickinson played his very first show as the new frontman for Iron Maiden. The setlist featured 17 songs, including a cover, as fans in Bologna, Italy witnessed a historic night of heavy metal. A range of factors contributed to the dismissal of Paul Di’Anno, whose street-ready voice graced Iron Maiden’s classic first pair of records. The singer was not committed to touring as heavily as the band desired and also struggled with consistency in his live performances as well as substance abuse. Iron Maiden’s increasingly melodic direction and abandonment of the punk edge hea...
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A coincidence of scheduling allowedIron Maiden singers Bruce Dickinson and Paul Di’Anno to meet for the first time ever last night (July 13). The moment took place in Zagreb, Croatia, where the current frontman was playing a show in support of solo album The Mandrake Project. Di’Anno was in the same place to promote his upcoming debut album with his new band Warhorse. A brief video clip of the pair chatting can be seen below. READ MORE: The Best Song From Every Iron Maiden Album Di’Anno, 66, joined Maiden in 1978 in a period when the band lineup was yet to settle. He fronted Steve Harris’ grou...
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Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson reflected on some of his favorite albums in a new interview, going so far as to call one particular late ’80s album “just perfect.” Sitting in a record store surrounded by classics such as Deep Purple‘s In Rock, AC/DC‘s Powerage, Soundgarden‘s Badmotorfinger and a pair of his own records, one from Maiden and another from his Samson days, Dickinson chats with Qobuz about some LPs that have left a major impact on him. While most of the discussion is centered around albums that pre-date when he joined Iron Maiden, Dickinson singles out Queensryche‘s 1988 concept...
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Bruce Dickinson explained why he sometimes wonders if Iron Maiden pushes themselves hard enough. The singer said he faced the recurring concern that the band limits their creativity to keep their fans happy – and also discussed his solution. “Iron Maiden fans are on another level,” Dickinson told the Big Issue in a recent interview. “And it’s a whole life term. I don’t support a football team, but I look with astonishment at how supporters react. READ MORE: The Best Song From Every Iron Maiden Album “I don’t think there’s a word for the level of commitment and devotion people have to a footbal...
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Bruce Dickinson's third marriage is the "calmest" he's "ever had". The 65-year-old Iron Maiden frontman had been dating French fitness instructor Leana Dolci, 48, since 2019, and they tied the knot last year. He was initially married to Jane Dickinson from 1983 until 1987, and was then married to the late Paddy Bowden - with whom he has Austin, 33, Griffin, 31, and 29-year-old Kia - from 1990 until 2019, but she was found dead the following year at the age of just 58 in what was described as a "tragic accident." He told The Big Issue of married life this time around: "Because I’ve just got mar...
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Bruce Dickinson felt like he had a "golf ball" growing on his tongue when he was diagnosd with cancer. The Iron Maiden frontman couldn't understand why people said the tumour he had was "tiny" and he admitted the radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments he had to go through were very "tough". Speaking to Pedro Bial on Brazilian TV show 'Conversa com Bial', he said: "I recorded the Iron Maiden album 'The Book of Souls' with that thing growing in my throat. What was it? Stage 3 cancer. "I had a 3.5 cm tumor on my tongue and a 2.5 cm one on the lymph node. People said, 'It was tiny. He caught it ...
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Bruce Dickinson has married Leana Dolci. The 65-year-old rock star has been dating French fitness instructor Leana, 48, since 2019 and, according to Kerrang, they have now tied the knot as he opened up about splitting his time between London and Paris. He told the outlet: "I wander round and it all feels a bit bohemian, a bit exotic. I still love London, but it’s a slightly different headspace when you get [here]." The Iron Maiden star was initially married to Jane Dickinson from 1983 until 1987 and was then married to the late Paddy Bowden - with whom he has Austin, 33, Griffin, 31, and 29-ye...
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Bruce Dickinson is starring in 'Bjorn of the Dead'. The Iron Maiden frontman has been cast in the new movie that centres on an ABBA tribute band who find themselves trapped in a nightclub at the beginning of the apocalypse. The film is being directed by Elza Kephart and has been written by Bruce's son Austin Dickinson. It is based on an original story by Andrew Prendergast, who serves as a producer. The horror comedy takes place in the world of tribute bands as Bjorn, the lead singer of Abbatoir, and bandmates Benny, Anni-Frid and Agnetha spent their weekends performing ABBA classics at depres...
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Bruce Dickinson had to "stop" his plane when he grew emotional bringing RAF personnel home to their families. The Iron Maiden frontman is a qualified commercial pilot and he recalled how one of his most memorable flights involved transporting Royal Air Force pilots back to the UK from Afghanistan in 2008, explaining how he and his co-pilot were overwhelmed when they saw the cheering crowds waiting for their aircraft on the runway. Speaking at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City as part of his 'An Evening with Bruce Dickinson' tour over the weekend, he said: “We were the flying the Royal Air Forc...
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