Saw them on the 7th tour of a 7th tour at the manchester apollo back in ’89, bloody fantastic gig. Was offered face value tickets for the upcoming gig in manchester and would love to see them again but even face value is sill fifty quid! Can’t justify that 🙁
WOlfsbane’s lead singer replaced Bruce when he left ‘Maiden for one album. It wasn’t bad actually, and wolfsbane were a good band, not keen on his latest album though.
First time I saw them was at the Wolves Civic when Blaze Bailey was singing for them. Wasn’t overly impressed. Next time I saw them was at the ’99 reunion shows in Paris and Rotterdam, totally different experience! I’ve seen them quite a few times since them, Bruce is one of the best frontmen about.
I was talking to their pilot at the weekend. He’s trying to get me some freebie tickets/backstage off the back of him spending hours on end chatting to the other pilot on board, Mr Dickinson! 🙂
I was talking to their pilot at the weekend. He’s trying to get me some freebie tickets/backstage off the back of him spending hours on end chatting to the other pilot on board, Mr Dickinson!
I bet Dickinson is always in the cockpit saying ‘oooh, i wouldn’t do it like that.’ 😆
I think I read on here once that he keeps his air miles/licence going by doing the odd commercial flight, someone said he was their pilot on a ‘normal’ plane once.
First saw them on the Beast on the Road tour (first one with Dickinson). Gutted I never saw DiAnno at the front. Seen then several times since (about 7 I think) and have met the whole band (all this as a teenager). Not seen them for years but have tickets for Sheffield and staying the night so we can have beers n curry too.
The week after I am seeing Judas Priest with Queensryche supporting too.
I bet Dickinson is always in the cockpit saying ‘oooh, i wouldn’t do it like that.’
I think I read on here once that he keeps his air miles/licence going by doing the odd commercial flight, someone said he was their pilot on a ‘normal’ plane once.
He works for Astraeus (spl?) in a rather nebulous “Marketing” role, but keeps his hand in on the flying when he can. Sadly, the CAA have cracked down on him flying himself, as they have said that any hours worked as the singer in a rock and roll band count as hours worked for his shift allowance. As such, he’s no longer allowed to fly the band around himself.
I saw them in the 80s at wembley arena.. I’m not sure what our mums were thinking letting us travel up alone to the big smoke for a gig at such a tender age but we certainly made the most of it..
I grew out of heavy metal in my teens at some point and haven’t really appreciated it since..
I’d love to be all cynical and scathing about Maiden but the fact is, they’re still bloody brilliant. I saw them at Reading a couple of years back in front of probably the most un-Maideney crowd they’ve played to in the UK for a decade, and that night all the chat in the campsite was “I thought they’d be rubbish. They were fantastic” and “I was here for Kings of Leon but Maiden were better” and the like. Quite warmed my worn out old metal soul.
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Saw them in glasgow, didn’t enjoy it too much tbh.
Too much new stuff from their most recent album, and not enough of the old stuff. No aces high for example. Not even a run to the hills!
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But it was an album tour, not a ‘666’ tour (their ‘best of’). I really enjoyed it.
Well must say they were absolutely awesome on Sunday night at the NIA, good mix of new and old. One of the best performances I have seen (seen them 8 or 9 times).
What did everyone think of the support band, Airborne? to me they were a poor man’s AC-DC with a slightly harder edge to them and they need to stop blowing smoke up the headliners 4rse, we know how good maiden are, no need to keep going on about it…