Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson stated he’d reasonably give up taking part in dwell than turn out to be “Disneyland Maiden” with backing tracks

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has stated he would reasonably give up taking part in dwell than turn out to be a “Disneyland Maiden” through the use of backing tracks.

The British heavy steel legends are heading out on the street in 2025 with their ‘Run For Your Lives’ tour of the UK and Europe. The tour marks their fiftieth anniversary as a band and can see them taking part in setlist made up solely of songs from their first 9 studio albums.

The tour kicks off in Could in Budapest, with dates in Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin, London and Glasgow in late June. You’ll find any remaining tickets for the reveals here.

In an interview with Classic Rock, Dickinson spoke in regards to the rising pattern of bands counting on backing tracks to spice up their dwell sound, and made it completely clear that Maiden would by no means go down that path.

He stated he would reasonably “bow out with dignity” than succumb to backing tracks. “The concept which you can flip it into the Disneyland Maiden through the use of backing tracks, a couple of methods…no!” he stated. “Maiden needs to be 100 per cent actual – and fucking fierce!”

“Solely lately this man, an enormous fan, stated to me, ‘It’s so nice to see Maiden nonetheless doing it,’” he continued. “I stated, ‘Yeah, and we’re doing it for actual!’ There’s no detuning. This man stated, ‘Numerous bands use backing tracks now…’ I stated: ‘No! No, no!”

“[If we use backing tracks,] that’s the day I give up,” he added. “Or the day we cease. If it’s not actual, it’s not Maiden.”

Dickinson has stated the band might be “doing stuff we’ve by no means, ever achieved earlier than” on the Run For Your Lives tour. “So for these of you who’ve purchased tickets, which is like all of you, it’s gonna be actually, actually cool. I’m actually trying ahead to it,” he stated.

In different Maiden information, earlier this month they introduced a brand new documentary movie to mark the fiftieth anniversary, which can embrace the ultimate interview with their former frontman Paul Di’Anno, who died final yr on the age of 66.

An official title and launch date haven’t but been shared, though it’s predicted to reach within the autumn. Malcolm Venville (Churchill At Battle) has been named as director, and manufacturing has come from Dominic Freeman (Spirits In The Forest – A Depeche Mode Movie).

They may even be releasing a brand new visible e book, titled Infinite Goals, within the autumn. It is going to be filled with photographs of iconic album and single artworks, the band’s devices previous and current, stage props, hand-written lyrics and archival artefacts. There may even be images taken of the band, together with some that had been beforehand unseen.