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Bruce Dickinson Was Beat Up by 15 Kids Every Night at School

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson said he was the victim of beatings regularly during his teenage years.He attended a boarding school in England during the ‘60s, where bullying was rife and there was nowhere to hide after the day’s lessons had ended.“I was on my own in boarding school and I got the shit kicked out of me on a regular basis. Like, every night,” Dickinson told The Quietus in […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Bruce Dickinson Rips Fans for Smoking After Vape Pen Explodes

Bruce Dickinson chastised fans who were smoking during his April 27 concert at the Opera Hall in Brasília, Brazil.The Iron Maiden frontman, who is out touring in support of his recent solo album, The Mandrake Project, became irate when air quality began affecting his performance."I can't fucking breathe. Tanya [O'Callaghan, Bruce's bassist] can't breathe,” the singer declared (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). The metal legend then directed his attention to one […]

todayApril 29, 2024 2

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Bruce Dickinson Chastises Smoking Fans: ‘I Can’t F—ing Breathe’

Bruce Dickinson chastised fans who were smoking during his April 27 concert at the Opera Hall in Brasília, Brazil.The Iron Maiden frontman, who is out touring in support of his recent solo album, The Mandrake Project, became irate when air quality began affecting his performance."I can't fucking breathe. Tanya [O'Callaghan, Bruce's bassist] can't breathe,” the singer declared (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). The metal legend then directed his attention to one […]

todayApril 28, 2024 3

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Bruce Dickinson Wanted to Front Iron Maiden at First Sight

Bruce Dickinson says he wanted to front Iron Maiden from the first time he saw the band in action.In a recent interview with Record Collector, the vocalist said he’d already heard about Steve Harris’ group when Samson, his own outfit at the time, hired them as openers for the show at the Music Machine, London, in May 1979.“We were headlining because our management had bankrolled the gig and said, ‘We […]

todayApril 27, 2024 2

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Bruce Dickinson Plays First Solo Show Since 2002

In support of his new album, The Mandrake Project, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson played his first solo band show in 22 years on April 12 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California.It was the first of back-to-back nights at this historic venue, billed as The House Band of Hell in what has turned out to be a pair of not-so-secret shows. Dickinson even turned up at the […]

todayApril 13, 2024 2

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How Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Would Change Ticket Pricing

What you pay to headbang to Iron Maiden would be much different if frontman Bruce Dickinson had his way.He says in a new interview with ATMosferas magazine that those closest to the performers — "which everybody says should be the most expensive tickets" — should instead be "the most reasonably priced tickets."Dickinson argues that "the people who are gonna go there to the front of the stage are gonna be […]

todayMarch 26, 2024

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Bruce Dickinson Almost Wrote Himself Into a Bind With New Song

Bruce Dickinson almost wrote himself into a bind with "Afterglow of Ragnarok." That was one of the revelations to come from the singer's guest appearance on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio show, discussing his new album, The Mandrake Project.It was quite the undertaking by the Iron Maiden frontman, working out not only a new album but a corresponding comic and some intriguing video work as well. Within the chat, Dickinson delves […]

todayMarch 6, 2024 1

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Bruce Dickinson, ‘The Mandrake Project’: Album Review

Bruce Dickinson has always zigged where most artists would zag. He was still flying high in Iron Maiden when he first went solo with 1990's Tattooed Millionaire, putting his spin on the pop-metal du jour he openly loathed. He quit the group three years later and released a series of increasingly adventurous solo albums with guitarist and collaborator Roy Z. When Dickinson rejoined Maiden in 1999, he refused to go through the motions with nostalgia bait, instead crafting a […]

todayFebruary 28, 2024 2

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Why Bruce Dickinson Likes Wandering Around Graveyards

The next time you’re hanging out in a graveyard, take a look at the man next to you. It may be Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson.The metal legend was a guest on the German YouTube channel EMP where he discussed his views on creativity."I think if you're creative, then you just have to be aware of when creativity may strike and be prepared to abandon all those ordinary things that everybody […]

todayFebruary 24, 2024 1

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