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“I had no idea it would be such a catastrophic event in people’s lives!" How leaving Iron Maiden, A Nightmare On Elm Street and the acoustic album that never was led Bruce Dickinson to write Tears Of The Dragon

Tasked with kicking his solo career off for real, Bruce Dickinson produced one of the 90s' greatest metal power ballads

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“There was a real sense of excitement. We had a point to prove: this is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world." How Iron Maiden went from East End outcasts to the world's most loved heavy metal band

Iron Maiden legends Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris look back at 50 years of heavy metal history

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"I split my forehead open. He said, 'Can you squeeze it and make it bleed some more? It looks great on the telly.'" Crazed fans, blood, burnout and mummies: the story of Iron Maiden's epic World Slavery tour

40 years after Live After Death set a new standard for heavy metal live albums, this is the story of the epic (and chaotic) tour behind it

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Everyone thinks this is one of Iron Maiden's worst albums. Here's why you're all wrong

There's no clear consensus on the "worst" Iron Maiden album - but this one definitely isn't it, OK?

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“For the whole of this tour, we haven’t played this song”: Bruce Dickinson’s solo band performed another classic Iron Maiden track at the end of their North American tour last week

The frontman, who’d already added Flash Of The Blade to his setlist, wrapped up his latest tour with a stop at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Sunday

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Bruce Dickinson gives the US national anthem the air-raid siren treatment again

The Iron Maiden frontman has sung the Star Spangled Banner at another sporting event

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The story of every metal album to hit number one in the UK

From Iron Maiden to Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

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Bruce Dickinson to record new solo album live in January

Bruce Dickinson has set him and his bandmates the challenge of recording their next album live.

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“I think every serious fan of hard rock music would love Stargazer. It’s one of those all-time epic masterpieces. It’s Ritchie Blackmore in his most experimental mode”: How guitar hero Blackmore created his magnum opus with Rainbow

The legendary track that inspired Metallica, Opeth, Dream Theater and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson

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“Only if it really stinks will we redo it”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson to record his next solo album in January

Dickinson reveals that he and his solo band will record the follow-up to 2024’s The Mandrake Project live in the studio

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“Let me just put this record on and clear the room! Or play it to a girlfriend and then wonder why she threw herself out the window”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson on the cult prog rock mavericks who inspired him – but were too out-there to be successful

They played a gig at Bruce Dickinson’s school when he was 15 years old

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I'm an Iron Maiden fanatic and decided to rank every single one of their live albums from worst to best

Iron Maiden are the undisputed heavy metal daddies of live albums. Here's every one they've released so far, in reverse order of excellence

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Iron Maiden thought about retiring after Nicko McBrain left touring lineup

The remaining Iron Maiden members considered calling it quits after Nicko McBrain was forced to retire from touring.

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"You're surrendering your senses completely to this little fascist in your hand." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson really hates mobile phones

Iron Maiden singer despises cell phones at gigs and doesn't want to perform for "a bunch of Android twerps"

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“It reminded me of discovering Deep Purple when I was 15 years old, except updated. Everything was really pushing forwards”: Bruce Dickinson reveals the Pau Di’Anno song that convinced him to join Iron Maiden

The song that changed the course of Iron Maiden

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Nine classic deep cuts Iron Maiden need to dust off for their 2026 Run For Your Lives shows

Iron Maiden are returning to Europe for the second stint of their 50th-anniversary tour next year. These are the obscure tracks we’d love them to play.

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“This is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world!”: Iron Maiden are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer. And it comes with three exclusive gifts!

The new issue features exclusive interviews with Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris – plus a 50th-birthday patch, keyring and art print

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Iron Maiden announce more European shows for 2026, including phone-free Paris concert and secret UK date

The UK metal heavyweights will continue the Run For Your Lives tour with a second European leg in the summer

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Iron Maiden sign up as ambassadors for National Album Day 2025

“Albums matter,” says Bruce Dickinson, whose band are one of four “Album Champions” alongside Architects, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for this year’s rock-themed event

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Watch Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson sing the Star Spangled Banner for 66,000 NFL fans in Pittsburgh

The Iron Maiden frontman sang the American National Anthem ahead of the Steelers vs Seattle Seahawks encounter

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson says he’d have been “comfortable” if cancer treatment irreparably affected his singing voice

“That’s when the thought formed, ‘What do I actually do with my life?’ Am I just a human noise generator? Or am I actually telling stories?”

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Bruce Dickinson: 'I sounded like a wounded buffalo after cancer treatment'

Bruce Dickinson has opened up about his recovery from throat cancer treatment and how it impacted his voice.

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Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson sing Judas Priest with a busker on the streets of New Orleans

The odds of a metal icon joining you for a singalong on a random street corner are low, but never zero

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“Those two are really strong, powerful albums and people will appreciate them later”: Steve Harris defends The X Factor and Virtual XI, Iron Maiden’s most derided albums

Maiden’s bassist/founder addresses the hatred towards two of their least-liked releases, while also admitting his band have never made “the perfect album”

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Watch: Bruce Dickinson talks leaving Iron Maiden in the 90s, making Balls To Picasso and THAT reggae moment

We sat down with Iron Maiden’s frontman to talk about life around the release of his second solo album, which was recently remixed and reissued

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