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It doesn't matter if they are men, women,
muslims,

Christians, Catholics or Jews.

It doesn't matter. If you are Maiden fans,
They are Iron Maiden fans.

They are part of a damn world
and a family, my friends.

STARRING BY
THE BAND

Let's go!

AND THE FANS

VOICE OF

It was always about the fans.

Always.

Thank you. Good night.

On your first tour of the country

or some city,

VOICE OF

You go without really knowing what to expect.

But the intensity of the reaction
It's amazing.

Thank you.

VOICE OF

Everything was like a dream.

Like in slow motion.

Surrounded by hundreds of fans...

24/7.

In a long career there are ups and downs.

It's just like that.

And you just flow with it.

VOICE OF

But the hardcore fans are
with you, in good times and bad.

It's incredible to go through something like that.

In the end,

I prefer to be with them
than with anyone else.

Maiden! Maiden!

Maiden! Maiden!

It's about a sense of belonging,

of belonging to the Iron Maiden family.

And that type of community, of bond,
where we connect

in a shared love for the same music,
the same melodies.

They connect with us in the same way,
with different contexts.

I am an accountant.

I am a psychiatrist.

soldier,
of the anti-explosive squad.

I am music.

War Studies Professor
at King's College London.

I play in a heavy metal band.

Investment bank partner
largest in Latin America.

CEO of Metal Blade Records.

New York Police Sergeant
retired.

Music journalist.

It feels like you belong
to an exclusive club,

but the only price is loving the band.

If you see a Maiden t-shirt around,

You greet him with your head, making horns.

In all these years,
I have been to hundreds of concerts.

And I've been to the slam,
and in the front row.

I've been there giving it my all.

Now I'm older. I'm going back,
but I still jump and scream.

You could feel it was real.

It was music made by people
I loved this music

and they cared as much as we did.

Even at the beginning.

LONDON
THE 70'S

I couldn't get on stage
to touch what I didn't want to touch.

Even other styles of rock music,

I didn't touch them.

FOUNDER AND BASSIST

I would have preferred to be a sweeper.

And I was, in fact.

I'm not interested in playing just for money.

It's no secret that Steve Harris
is responsible

of uncompromising nature
by Iron Maiden.

When you say Steve Harris,
Just say "The Boss."

Because he is the mastermind.

He was from East London, like us.

He was a sweeper.

But he looked like the coolest street sweeper.
of the world.

I had my hair, my bags coming out
of his belt.

I knew...

that I was going to achieve it.

Because that's how he was.

Certain.

Iron Maiden and the new wave
british heavy metal

They really were an answer

to everything that happened then
in England.

Will we have another Winter of discontent,

as some politicians say?

Many areas of Great Britain

They suffered from inflation and unemployment.

MINISTRY OF LABOR

NO BREAD - SOLD

We didn't have much.

Nobody had it.

DECADE OF PRICE RISE

We didn't think, "We have nothing."

It was the same for everyone,
so it was very normal.

Back then you were only worried

have a new amp that sounded good

and some speakers that won't blow up,

and you just wanted to go out and play.

GO BEYOND

Steve told me:

"We have some shows,
Do you want to come as a roadie?"

And I said, "Yeah, sure."

LIGHTING TECHNICIAN

I said, "I'll make light boxes."

At that time, we raided
old cellars,

we got a huge wheelbarrow
and we loaded it completely.

All I could take

and convert it
in some type of lighting.

And since then it only grew.

Even at our first shows

We became fans immediately,
and it was because

We played our own material.

We were already playing locally
in east London,

but it started to grow like a snowball.

Maiden!

Maiden!

Maiden!

Maiden!

Maiden!

Friday at the Marquee,

an East End rock band,
Iron Maiden,

will play the second of three nights there.

LONDON

This, after an exhausting tour

which covered 40 locations,

it is in gratitude
to his staunch followers.

Tickets sold out... what's happening?

It's not even eight and you can't get in
to the Marquee?

If they gave me a pound
For every time I've seen them,

I would already be rich.

If fans take the explosion seriously
of heavy metal,

it sure is causing a stir
on record labels.

BLOOD AND IRON

But when Iron Maiden formed,
what sold was punk.

By offering the band
his first record deal,

They told them they should play punk.

I didn't want to play punk or new wave.

I didn't want my hair to be spiked.
nor dress,

you know, in stupid clothes,
do you understand me?

I wanted to play rock.

The record labels wanted to make us
more commercial, I guess,

Well, punk was what was happening,

so they wanted us to continue
that path.

Of course the next thing would be
that we cut our hair.

That would have been a “fuck you.”

Luckily, Rod arrived
just when he was needed.

And of course Andy arrived
a few years later

with all the business focus.

Both would be in charge of solving
many problems

that we didn't want to deal with.

But Rod is the Yorkshire type
grandiose.

He will not have mercy on anyone
with his way of acting.

I put a barbed fence around the gang,
in the creative.

Nobody crosses that fence.

They do exactly what they want,

with whoever they want to do it with, period.

At that time we were not played on the radio.

VOICE OF

We don't play on the radio for many
years, in fact.

They didn't know what to make of us.

They didn't know what the appeal was.

But that made everyone,
including fans,

they would join more
against all that.

We were somewhat underrated
in music.

In reality we were looked down upon
in practically everything.

I have never liked
be in front of the cameras

and less currently.

So we thought this time
it would be much more interesting

be seeing other images
instead of us talking

because we are not that attractive
Like Eddie.

We didn't know very well

Who were the members of this band?

We didn't know their names,

because you had the album cover

and there was Eddie.

He is the face of the band.

It's on the cover of every album.

It's one of those things that attracts you,

even without hearing the music.

I remember when I was a girl
I saw Eddie

and I thought, "What is that?"

It was quite terrifying.

The origin of Eddie

is actually the fact that
the band members

They were quite shy.

And it occurred to me to have a character

that transmitted the essence of the band.

I was in a meeting at EMI

and I noticed some illustrations on the wall
by Derek Riggs.

I asked Derek to bring samples
of his work.

Among all this, there was the cover
from the first album

and we knew we had found
what we were looking for.

Eddie is whatever you want.

That's the good thing about him.

That's why we put it on all the covers.

So we didn't have to be in them.

Eddie is so cute.

I love him.

It is the mascot, but also
She's like the diva.

Eddie is the star.

It is a creature that has disguised itself
so many times

in so many ways and forms

over the years,
that you feel is immortal.

He has had so many experiences
in so many civilizations,

that you see him as a wise figure,

a wise figure of metal.

It was a Mayan mummy.

A monster coming out of a grave.

Eddie can be anything.

Eddie is a great example of that

you can be ugly and angry,
and it doesn't matter,

and you can express yourself and be authentic.

But for me, Eddie

It is the best marketing tool
in the history of metal.

This group

created his own universe.

You don't necessarily have to
listen to the album.

His art caught me even before
that he heard a sound.

It's not just a sound thing.

It's sight, sound, history and style.

I was 16 years old.

I saw the album cover.
I saw Eddie staring at me.

I bought the album.

I returned to my house,

and when you put the needle on the record

in the intro of the first chords
Prowler guitar...

I thought, "This is the best album ever.
heavy metal ever made."

Paul Di'Anno was the first vocalist
of the band,

and Paul was a vocalist
who could scream loudly.

He really brought the passion and the energy,

the kind of slight menacing air.

All these things that were perceived.

He was a tough guy.

We had accomplished something, I felt.

VOICE OF

because we pay the price,

going to all the stinky clubs.

And when that first album came out,
I was very proud of him.

Yes, with the first album we did very well.

DRUMMER

It went straight to fourth place on the charts.

And we haven't looked back since.

we made history
because no one sounded like us.

The fans and that every night did not fit
not a pin.

It was fantastic because it was
totally unleashed.

It seems like they are going to do anything.

And for that, we will do whatever it takes for them.

I'm kind of surprised
and I'm still...

trying to take it all in.

But Paul is having fun
maybe too much.

It is well known that
I used to party too much

and he was a rebellious boy.

He was not someone known to have
an altar boy lifestyle.

Losing my mind frequently,
going on stage drunk.

And I guess they had to cancel
some shows.

and that's definitely something that
no band wants to do,

and less Iron Maiden,
that was already having an impact.

VOCALIST

Steve had this vision of what they were.

GUITARIST

And one did not interfere with her.

If you interfered with that vision,

You weren't going to stay in this band.

PHOTOGRAPHER

They have told me Sergeant Major, Ayatollah,
Director.

They have told me everything.

But the problem with Paul

It was that he didn't take care of his health.

Working with him was really difficult.

So we thought: "We can't leave
to pull us down."

The voice is a massive part
of sound,

and I was very worried that it might be
the end of our career.

He enjoyed his drinks

and his drugs.

And we toured
four or five shows a week.

And I think that didn't help his voice either.

I think the pressure was getting to me.

You find the other distractions
like cocaine and shit like that.

VOICE OF

Yes, I had a problem.

I must admit, I did have a problem.

He missed the presentations.

And we had to cancel
the tour in Germany.

VOICE OF

He had to go.

In the end, it was an obvious decision.

We think:
"We'll just have to change."

VOICE OF

And as sad as it was, that's Paul,
you know?

He is a lovable rebel.

I couldn't have given a hundred

or the thousand to Maiden.

It's not fair to fail them,

fail yourself,
fail the fans.

And I thought it was best to leave.

DEAR STEVE, THINGS HAVE NOT WORKED OUT
AS EXPECTED

I SUGGEST YOU LOOK FOR ANOTHER VOCALIST

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SCREW. I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH
IN YOU. WITH LOVE, PAUL.

That depressed me a lot.

It was a shame.
The vocalist leaves.

When I found out that Paul
I wasn't in the band anymore.

I thought, "Oh no, my band is dead."

I was in a band called Samson,

and we performed at the Reading festival.

VOICE OF

Steve and Rod were in the audience,
seeing me

Rod was totally against it.
to have me in the band.

Steve told him: "Just go
and check him out as a vocalist."

So obviously they saw my performance.

And then Rod decided he would talk to me.

Hello.

Yes, I'm Bruce.

He said, "Are you interested in the job?"

I said, "Of course I'm interested.

Don't be stupid!"

So he prepared a nice line of coke

and said, "Will you?"
And I answered: "I don't consume that."

He said, "Oh. Do you mind if I do it?"

So I'm sitting there and said:

"Okay," and then:

"I'm giving you the chance
to audition for Iron Maiden.

And I said, "Look, Rod,
Let's put the cards on the table.

You know I'll take the job,

but the question is not
whether I will take it or not.

For me, the question is:

'Do you want the pain in your butt that
will appear in your life?'

Because I won't be
as your current vocalist."

Steve found someone in Bruce
as ambitious as him.

Bruce is very professional,

VOICE OF

totally into exercise,

Take care of your voice, take care of yourself,

He wants to go out into the world and be the best,

and that's all you can ask for
of a leader.

When this happened,

half the people said:

"I preferred Paul.
"I don't like Iron Maiden with Bruce."

Half!

It was already difficult for Bruce.
because Paul Di'Anno was very loved.

People like me still love it.

It was something strange,

VOICE OF

but this is me, this is what I do

and you are going to accept it or not.

And some people hated it.

Some said: "It's horrible.

It was like listening
my favorite songs

sung by a mixer
cement

next to an air raid siren".

To which Rod immediately said:

"Cool, a human air raid siren.
I love it!"

They wanted someone who was going to be

able to lead from the front

while they conquered the world

and obviously they found it.

No one has ever been better endowed

to dominate the world

that Bruce Dickinson
in his twenties.

It's absurd.

Bruce took them to another level with his range

and his presence on stage.

It's not just his vocal talent,

It's like you're on Broadway.

It has intense vitality
which is contagious

when he manages to encourage the public.

You joined just a few months ago,
Right, Bruce?

Yes, in August, no, September
from last year.

I know Maiden has changed
members,

but the integration was already decided.

Was it very difficult for you

come in and join an already integrated band?

No, because we already knew each other

for a long time,

- Yes.
- since my last band.

So actually
everything fit very well.

We like the same kind of music,
so no problem.

When we started touring together,

VOICE OF

I'm singing lead vocals

and I stand in the middle of the stage.

Suddenly I have the bass
of Steve in the ear,

You know, and he's kind of pushing me.

There it was, in my face,
cursing and insulting

and, you know, things like that,

and tempers warmed
after a while.

And it came to a head,

Newcastle City Council.

Steve was furious,

He said I was in the way and so on.

And I told him:
"Well, when I sing, friend,

I stand in the middle of the stage.
Not you, me."

I said, "And when I'm done singing

"You can stand in the middle whenever you want."

And we were going out

and, you know, hit each other.

And Rod arrived.

And he said, "Stop fighting!
Stop it, both of you! Enough!"

And Steve said, “He must go!

He must go! "He must go!"

And Rod said, "He's not going to leave!"

And I think that's when we started

understand each other better, in a strange way!

They were a better band
when Bruce joined.

They were more powerful.

They had more charisma.

They had a kind of intensity
more visible.

But Bruce was just a piece
of the puzzle.

The most fundamental thing was
the strength of the material.

Iron Maiden were incredible musicians.

Without a doubt, for us the sound
Maiden was always on the guitars.

It's the first thing you think,

those two guitars playing in unison

and the push, the force behind it.

No pair of guitarists
has had the same chemistry

that Adrian and Dave,

two solo guitarists

that make men of a certain age,
and women too, I'm sure,

their skin crawls.

Dave and I have always gotten along.

We have been friends since we were children.

VOICE OF

So on a personal level
there was no problem.

And that translated to work.

We grew up in east London

and we lived a couple of streets away
one from the other.

VOICE OF

I think since we are good friends
and we laugh

We can play the subtle harmonies,
the nuances,

things that must be correct.

Yeah!

Every element was perfect.

Playing with this amazing bassist,

the things steve can do
with the bass they still amaze me.

The galloping bass occupied
a central place

and his particular style of playing the bass

It separated Maiden from other metal.

Steve uses a lot of chords.

You know, it makes the rhythm galloping

and then suddenly he puts in a chord.

And you think that in terms of sound

It contributes a lot.

Clive Burr, Maiden's drummer,

VOICE OF

on the first three albums

He was a fabulous drummer.

I really admired how he played the drums.

VOICE OF

Clive was great
and we got along very well.

One had an amazing drummer
with Clive Burr,

May he rest in peace.

But when he left, they got Nicko.

And everyone thought:
"Who the hell is this guy?

Where the hell did it come from?"

- Nicko?
- Matthew?

Would you like us to go
your support group?

I thought you would never ask!

Nicko is a fun guy
and a great ray of sunshine.

I just spit in your lens.

The way he plays the drums,

could be said to be something
beyond your control.

It's a gift from the metal gods

that was given to him and he is just the instrument.

Maiden's presence with Clive
and Paul Di'Anno was strong.

VOICE OF

There was a magic that was created
in those times.

But when I arrived,
It seemed like it was natural.

Although I played four or five songs
without hesitation,

That was my audition.

But, we hit it off.

There was an implicit link, if you will.

Yes, it was instant.

The eighties were incredible.

Each album got bigger and bigger.

VOICE OF

And we knew we were about
to get something very special.

You could see that this band
It was going to be huge.

From zero to heroes, immediately.

I had never left the UK.
It was exciting, you know?

VOICE OF

We had all these new experiences
that continued to evolve.

and you didn't have time
to think a lot about it,

you just flowed with it.

Iron Maiden is one of the greatest exponents

of British heavy metal.

Fans at his concert at the Music Hall,

his first concert here in Canada,

who have been formed for two hours.

The fans are part of what
has made Iron Maiden work.

Get to where they did
without great radio broadcasting

It was quite an achievement then.

The band was highly respected.
by heavy metal fans.

What do you think makes them more special?
than the others?

They are different.

Because they are from England.

They love it.

I think it's the best music
that I can hear.

- Yeah?
- Yes, because I love heavy metal

and I love his type of music.

It was the beginning of what I described as

a roller coaster that doesn't stop

that never reached the bottom,

but continued accelerating without stopping.

We reach terminal velocity

and we stayed there
for five damn years.

In that period, the Iron Maiden logo,

Eddie, stood out much more
than any other band.

PROMOTER

It was a very dynamic logo.

It's hard for me to think about a pet.
more recognizable

or image associated with a band
hard rock

than Eddie and Iron Maiden.

It was such an incredible creation.

Eddie had a lot to do with it
with the success of Iron Maiden

well it's an image

of this character or creature,
whatever it is,

with which people identify.

The thing is that Eddie
transcends generations

because you can always attract
a young head with a character.

Eddie is a monument.

I give credit to Maiden,

They understood carrying a flag.

Connect with fans,
the nationalism that entails.

Eddie progressed every year.

I came up with the system
ground support,

the mobile platform that no one else had.

So every year it got better
what he had done the previous year.

Basically, we created a monster.

Today, a Scarborough courthouse
heard that a young offender

who shot a wealthy gambler
from East End,

as well as his wife and daughter

MURDER TRIAL

had strong influences
of the skeleton mascot

from a heavy metal rock group

and literature about Satan.

There are several reports
of satanic activities

in central Texas.

Music is nothing more than
songs of Satan.

- Satanism.
-Satan.

This is what ten thousand dollars looks like
on burned discs.

Well we feel that many of the songs
They are occult in nature.

They sing about a witch

and the devil's daughter sleeping in her bed.

Definitely, we believe that
is influencing young people

to go in the opposite direction
of what the Bible would teach.

Cardinal John O'Connor of NY
He stated that this type of music

leads those who hear it
to Satan's camp.

Groups like Iron Maiden

they show off skulls, monsters
and satanic pentagrams.

The PMRC wants them to be classified
all albums with explicit lyrics.

I have the impression that
It is religious mania.

There are many ways that people can

use your talent and energy

to improve people's lives
in the world

besides wasting your time
in litigation.

It's a waste of time and money.

ROCK DESTROYS CHILDREN

The word had spread and
The worshipers of Jesus were scared.

It was great!

You're a kid, it's the coolest thing
to be part.

you love this band

and there are people protesting against
this band.

They only make us love them more!

Fools!

Can anyone take seriously
to a man in a red suit

with red and watery tail,
two plastic horns

VOICE OF

with a light bulb that turns on
on the tip of his trident?

I mean, if that's devil worship,
I must be in the wrong century.

I was born in a very Catholic country

and if you don't follow the rules,
you're going to burn in hell.

And suddenly, Eddie appears

and Number of the Beast with the evil there

and hell it's fun.

Hell is not that dangerous.

Hell is a place where, damn,

These musicians come and go.

And I say, maybe there are no such things as
hell or heaven.

Maybe it's more about us
as people

instead of who's up there
saying who is bad or good.

The panic caused by Satanism
and Iron Maiden

shows that these people
they don't really read

What are these songs about?

And what none of them understand
They are stories.

What do you think about the importance
of the song text?

Ah, the lyrics.

In the lyrics of the song.

I think that like many
of the first rock bands

They came out of the blues and things like that,

used to sing about
be on the road

and be in love
of his wife

and I think that today there are many more things
that you can write about.

You don't have to write about
"My baby doesn't love me anymore"

and all this kind of garbage.

It seems crazy to write songs
about drinking and having sex with women

and smoking rare substances

and go out and party and all that

when these are things
much more fun to do

than listen to a song about it.

In the end everyone can go and do it
anyway.

I mean, we prefer to write songs about

things that people don't do regularly,

like death.

As you know,
we have a new album

out there right now.

It's called Powerslave.

We made a song on this album
which lasts 13 minutes.

This little song we'll play.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner!

If you compose very complex songs
eleven or twelve minutes,

Maybe you want a powerful theme,
with weight, let it go with that music.

Why would you compose 12 minutes

about something trivial?

HISTORIAN

What happens with Maiden
is that they have a way of narrating

telling stories in his music.

you have songs
epically long

like Rime of the Ancient Mariner,
for example,

where they tell you a story.

There is all this literary inspiration,
poetic,

many songs about historical battles

and Alexander the Great
and people trapped in the ice.

I grew up thinking I was
somewhat misplaced,

a stranger in a strange land.

By exploring different worlds

you can be a stranger
in a strange land,

but with everyone else
feeling the same.

You can have access to that same world
with the others

when listening to that song.

Part of the fun of being a fan
by Iron Maiden

is that others discard it,

like a kind of comic,
of childish nonsense,

but you know that in reality
The topics are very important,

quite deep and intellectual,

Even his approach is not superficial,

It is not capricious.

In fact, through music
try to describe

what Coleridge was thinking when he wrote
Rime of the Ancient Mariner,

How the Battle of Passchendaele was experienced.

What do people say when they watch the video?
from Run to the Hills

and suddenly they see them being mercenaries
of the Civil War

killing indigenous people?

I mean, it's a song against killing
of indigenous people.

What it's about,

He says, look, this is what happened.

and it's not like in cowboy movies.

"The white man came across the sea

It brought us pain and misery

He killed our tribes,
killed our creed

He took away our hunt
for your own benefit

We fight hard against him,
we fight well

On the plains, we bring you hell

But many came,
too many for the Cree

Oh, someday we will be free?"

Even if Maiden's lyrics can tell

sad stories about war,
death, suffering,

In the end, there is a message of hope.

I think it's important
and one can identify,

even if you are in penury,

Maiden's music can help you
and guide you.

POLAND

By the time they reached 84

They had already played all over the world.

They even crossed the Iron Curtain,

where few bands ever went.

After the Second World War,

Europe was divided into regions
with European or Soviet influence.

Poland went to the Soviets.

There was surveillance.

Security Service People
They showed up at every concert.

At all the concerts
there were hidden microphones.

It was a totalitarian country.

At that time, in Poland
there were no record stores.

If someone was lucky
to have family in Germany or England,

I could burn some copies
for his friends on cassettes.

So when someone told us

that Iron Maiden decided to come and perform,

That gave the country a break.

Iron Maiden! Iron Maiden!

We get off the plane

and the scene was extremely similar

when the beatles arrived
for the first time to New York.

Getting to the bus the first time

VOICE OF

and see them all outside jumping,

singing Maiden and stuff, it was incredible.

It was a different kind of emotion.

It was pure joy just for the fact.
that we were there.

Groups don't come to Poland much

VOICE OF

because there is not much money here

and they don't sell any records.

But that doesn't matter.

There comes a point where money

It doesn't really matter.

I mean, how much is it worth to make people happy?
thirty-five thousand people?

It was like aliens
they would have come down to Earth.

As if suddenly, the Martians
they would have arrived

and say, "Hello, we're here."

We were delighted because
Suddenly someone noticed our country.

Someone noticed that, after all,
Poland was important.

It was a very surreal experience

VOICE OF

because one knew that these people
They were under oppression.

They told us: "You should not get involved

because they are watching them."

There was still the KGB-like atmosphere.

and at concerts there was always
military and police presence

and they formed in front of the stage

looking at the public.

There was always a latent fear that
everything could explode.

Iron! Iron! Iron!

Maiden was the first band to bring

to Poland the complete show.

So they didn't touch
just with a flat black background.

They put on the whole show,
with Eddie, with pyrotechnics.

And people understood how spectacular
What rock concerts can be.

I think one of the things
that impressed me a lot

was the reaction of the Polish boys.

It was very visceral.

It's like someone opened
a magic box

and light would have come out

and they would have been in the dark
all this time.

Really, they had been waiting
hungry and thirsty

to let out your emotions
and feelings, scream

and, of course, shake your head.

The Poles were amazing.

VOICE OF

And there was a line of military police
along the front of the stage.

At first, they turned their backs on him
to the band.

But after a few songs

They turned around and cheered.

And at the end, they took off their caps

and they threw them onto the stage.

It was incredible.

- Na zdrowie!
- Na zdrowie!

Last night, it had to be crazy.

We played at a Polish wedding.

How did that happen?

We went to a bar in the hotel
and it was horrible.

So we ended up going to...

It was supposed to be a disco.

And it ended up being some kind
remodeled bathroom.

And a wedding was taking place,

three hundred people
dancing the waltz as we entered.

So we got drunk really hard.

Then, the people in the place said:
"Would you like to play?"

"Yes," we said, right?

- Yes.
- And we play.

I think we arrived drunk that night

and we played a Deep Purple song.

I think maybe most
I didn't know who we were.

I remember seeing an old couple

VOICE OF

with a face of "Who are they?"

"What are you doing at the wedding?"
of our friend?"

But they were very excited.

Very good!

I like heavy metal...

Yes...

but I would like to play heavy metal
with synthesizers.

You can't play heavy metal
with synthesizers.

Yes, I want to do it.

No, it doesn't sound good.

They knew they were doing something right.

It wasn't just the rock concert.

It was something more.

Something much more important.

Everyone!

Thank you!

Beyond that wall,
There were guys who were like us.

And I thought it was cool

that Iron Maiden was capable of
lower that curtain

and go beyond the wall.

Iron! Iron! Iron!

This country wants to tell you
that that country,

and we are going to fight against each other?

No! Let's rock.

I think that many Poles,

especially in the eighties,

when listening to songs like Powerslave

they could really relate
with your own situation

and that of the country.

In Gdańsk,
There were muffled cries of solidarity,

but enough police
so that there were no problems.

I think for anyone in a situation
in which they oppress him,

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music is a relief for people
go through difficult times.

It's great if you feel like you've helped.
to people that way.

We are not politicians.

We do it with songs.

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And that breaks down the totalitarian barriers
around the world.

The first time I heard about Iron Maiden,
I was a teenager

in Lebanon in the early 1990s.

The civil war had just ended

and I had just discovered heavy metal.

So I went to my local store
of pirated records

Well, that's all we had there then.

POLITICAL ANALYST

And I said:
"I want the most metal thing you have."

And it hit me, it was 1992,

gave me Fear of the Dark.

And it was as if the album
was talking to me.

I was a teenager,

I had just experienced a war in a country
which was still very turbulent,

LEBANON

and of course, as in all art,

interpretation is very subjective
depending on who finds that art.

So when I was listening to that album

they occurred to me
all kinds of interpretations

that had to do with my own life
in the war in Lebanon.

And I felt that that album
I was basically talking about my life.

And for me, that was very special.

and still today it remains
a chilling experience

when I hear it.

This is Mijalić and these are the men
that they have come to burn it.

Serbs call it ethnic cleansing

and the Muslims of Mijalić have fled.

In the nineties, the situation in Kosovo
It was terrible.

You know, the former Yugoslavia

and ethnonationalist wars
that they destroyed it

were the exact context in which
I started to like Iron Maiden.

During the war, there was a community
who exchanged tapes.

These exchanges built
a community.

You were still friends
of these people.

Through Iron Maiden, I found
a community that thought like me

and that brought us closer

and helped us during difficult times.

NEW YORK
2001

On September 11, we ended up going
to the scene, at Ground Zero.

We saw the second tower fall. And that...

RETIRED POLICEMAN

again, see her fall,
and even before that,

people jumping,

I needed an escape.

You can drink,

you can do things that are harmful to you

or you can look for something you enjoy,

that transports you to another place,
to a better one.

For me, that was music.
To me, that was Iron Maiden's music.

People want to feel like they belong.

and the metal becomes
in this feeling of belonging to something

where everyone is equal,
where you are free to express yourself,

and more importantly,
where you challenge the system.

We still have more new music,
more from Rio de Janeiro,

including Iron Maiden,
Al Jarreau, Rod Stewart and more.

Rock in Rio

Rock in Rio brought artists

of the United States and England.

And the commotion, that's the word,
It was immense.

Maiden! Maiden! Maiden!

Rock in Rio was the biggest show
that Maiden had given.

VOICE OF

Everything was somewhat chaotic.

But now we had platinum records.

So there was a lot of pressure.

While you're pressed, can you

continue being the best band in the world
for the fans?

At that time,
We were totally into it.

So we didn't have time
to go back.

We were on the roller coaster.

Friends!

Rock in Rio!

Brazil, shout for me!

Shout out to me, Brazil!

Come on, Brazil!

It was amazing to play
for three hundred and fifty thousand people.

There were people
as far as the eye could see.

Absolutely amazing.

And it was broadcast throughout South America.

Of course we were excited
for the concert.

VOICE OF

It's exciting.

But when I'm on stage,

It's exhausting.

Since we arrived early,

we managed to find a place
relatively close.

When Bruce Dickinson picked up his guitar
in the song Revelations,

I saw that it had been cut.

I'm going to the back
and try to clean the blood

because it is the head
and it bleeds a lot.

VOICE OF

A technician gets up and shouts:
"No, no, no, no!

Message from Rod. He says:
'Can you tighten it a little more

and make her bleed?
It looks amazing on the monitors!'"

And I pointed to a camera
with a red light on

and I said, "Go over there and get your face dirty."

VOICE OF

You have too much emotional energy
to waste

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that in the end will eat you alive.
It will devour you.

Maiden! Maiden!

We wrote, recorded, released and made
tour of five albums in six years.

It grew and grew.

It was the largest roller coaster in the world.

It put us on another level around the world.

But we worked tirelessly.

You get on the train of: tour, album, tour,
more tours.

I took a look at the band
and my first thought was:

"They look tired, they look stressed."

The concerts and the people were great,

VOICE OF

but the rest was horrible.

VOICE OF

There were 13 months of tour

and, on top of that, 10 months of previous tour

and the 8 months of touring before that.

So, in total, it was five years...

five years in a golden prison.

You can see the mileage,
who have worked hard.

And at the beginning, Iron Maiden
He went on brutal tours.

We were melted.

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Bruce more than anyone.

And I guess we didn't realize
of the wear and tear that this would entail.

Roskilde!

Godnat! Thank you! Good night!

Maiden's rise was very fast
and meteoric

and I think when you're in your twenties

and in your early thirties

you have so much ambition
and you really want it all

that you don't even realize that
you can say:

"Wait a minute, we must
take a break."

I saw the tour schedule

and there was a point where
we were giving

seven consecutive concerts,

then one day,

then six shows in a row,

then one day,

and then five consecutive shows.

Bruce, before you catch a cold,
what is...?

I already have a cold.
Too late.

What is it...?

There's my manager.
Look, look, it does its job.

- Yeah!
- I pay you 20% for this.

I told Rod:

"Do you realize that you are trying
with human beings,

and that I am the vocalist

and you can't change the strings
of the voice?"

I said, "If you want it to last
more than five minutes,

maybe we should consider
a period of rest."

We were doing so many shows.

that Nicko got blisters
the hands,

and they burst,

and blisters appeared under the blisters

They burst and he had an infection.

There were many victims in the eighties.

Let me see your robe from behind.

Throwing garbage in the streets
from Los Angeles and other cities

and I thought: "I don't want to be
one of those victims."

No more!

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We made two previous albums

that were Somewhere in Time
and Seventh Son

whose production and songs
I was very proud.

I thought they were really a step forward,
you know?

And it seemed to me that we were going backwards,

just going to steve's barn
and giving it everything, you know?

We were preparing to work in
No Prayer for the Dying.

I desperately wanted it to be
a great album.

I had what they call writer's block.

I was desperate to write,

but I had nothing.

And I think they noticed I wasn't happy.
about it.

It was time for a change,

for me and for them.

So I left the band.

Adrian leaving was...

For me it was very serious.

And I didn't know what to do.

It's difficult to assimilate it.

I felt that Adrian was not happy

and that the band was discouraged.

You know, people paid to come and see you,

You must give them a good show,
the best you can.

I got a call from the guys
after Adrian Smith left.

I think Adrian felt like he wanted to go.
by another way.

They asked me to come and play these songs.

VOICE OF

I wasn't very clear about what was happening.
with Adrian.

Nobody told me.

I was not happy
because his team was there

and they wanted me to play with that.

I felt it was wrong
that he wasn't there.

And in the end, they just told me:
"Look, he's gone."

In the dark, Mr. Janick Gers.

We locked him in a tight space,

so there won't be any rocking.

- Neither movement nor dance.
- No dancing.

We played a couple of songs
and then Trooper. And just...

I looked at Dave as we started playing it.

It was very powerful.

And when it was over,
it felt tingling.

energy levels
They were overwhelmed.

Ah, you are naughty!

And then they asked me to join.

You introduced a new member
of the band, to Janick.

How did it appear on the scene?

Basically, we just...

We just mark him.

After Adrian left, we marked him

and I said, "Can you learn
four songs?"

In that phone booth outside.

Come tomorrow and try to touch them.

How do you think the new material will be?
live?

It's going to be amazing, I hope.

What do you think, Bruce?

- You're getting off!
- I caught you!

- You're getting off!
- No, it will be great.

- He has a lot of energy.
- Washing your hands, right?

Yes, just look!

No, he's full of energy.

We've just been rehearsing.
It will be great.

No, it will be mega.

LONDON 1993

Halfway through the next tour,

Bruce told me:
"I'm leaving the band, okay?"

And we still had two months of tour
ahead.

VOICE OF

So I sit on stage
behind him

every damn night watching
his flaccid buttocks,

knowing that you don't want to be
in Iron Maiden.

I took it as an offense towards the fans

that was up there

knowing well that he didn't want to be there.

No, I was fucking mad at him.

They were playing at Wembley Arena
and Bruce was singing like that...

And you couldn't hear anything.

And I remember Harris watching
to the monitor guy

and to the sound, doing...

and you don't hear anything.

And Steve began to realize
that Bruce wasn't singing.

And there I realized that things
They were not well.

Thank you! Good night,

wishes you Iron Maiden!

They have been ten very good years.

We will see you soon.

Wait.

Good night.

When you're in a band, that kind of
of family you choose,

It's usually brutal.

Sometimes it is difficult and the pieces
They don't fit.

And for mental health you should stay away.

I thought about leaving everything.

VOICE OF

Completely.

I thought, "Is this madness worth it?"

I was ready for the madhouse.

Genuinely.

Iron Maiden could not be
at Donington this year.

His current world tour
ends in two weeks

and then the search begins
of a new vocalist.

Bruce Dickinson leaves
to the group to start

his career as a soloist.

Bruce, why are you leaving Iron Maiden?

In short, to do something different.

What, exactly?

Different music.

The bomb exploded

VOICE OF

when Bruce decided to leave
of Maiden.

If you don't want to be here, then

VOICE OF

see you.

When I heard Bruce was leaving,
I thought, "No, he can't go."

I was very surprised.

It's not something you want to hear
about your favorite band.

When I found out, he was already gone.

And I thought, "God, what the fuck happened?"

We demand our heroes
commit

to continue being what we want
let them be

and what we hope they will be,

but that stagnates an artist

and he is a consummate artist
I know I needed this.

How will they find a vocalist?

We've been listening to tapes.

We have about maybe five suitcases.

full of tapes to listen to.

And, well,

I hope we find someone
reasonably unknown,

but maybe you have already done
some local tours,

with some experience in public.

It will be exciting to find someone

that he hasn't "made it" yet or whatever.

LONDON

This group hasn't played since '81.

They are good rockers that come
to have fun.

They are Iron Maiden,
with its new member, Blaze Bayley.

Blaze came and brought you a new sound
to Maiden and I love her voice.

And Blaze is a vocalist
very experienced.

I almost can't believe I took
the work.

It sure was amazing to hear:
"Yes, we want you in the band."

I'm sure he was partying that night.

But I know that he woke up the next day

and he thought: "Oh, shit."

Steve Harris told me:
"What we do, we do together.

VOICE OF

And I don't care who writes the music,

or who writes the lyrics
As long as it's cool."

But still, it's a huge job.

I was very surprised that they chose me.

I have met many fans

and it must be recognized that, in general,
His reaction has been,

just say:
"Well, good luck."

I think they just want to see
May the band be well.

And I'm looking forward to going on tour.

But the thing is, I can't replace
to Bruce Dickinson.

Blaze Bayley was a promising vocalist,

but he did not have Bruce's rank.

I think it was a very difficult situation.
for him.

And it sounded very different too.

It wasn't even that they had anyone

that at least I could sing
those songs like Bruce.

Some of us wonder
why didn't they do more to

Work with your natural talent.

But hey, he brought his own style
to the sound of Iron Maiden.

I thought Blaze did a brilliant job,

especially live, I think it was...

I don't think you can blame him
for his contribution to Maiden.

At shows, some fans shouted:
"Fuck you, Blaze."

And I think it's very unfair.

I fucking told you so!

I fucking told you so!

Well, I fucking told you so!

Can you see?
Can you see who the hell it is?

Get him, damn it!

When punk emerged, there was a time,
at the end of the seventies,

in which the fans spit
to show your appreciation.

That was never brought to the metal world.

Spitting at a metal concert
It's crazy.

Anyone would strongly object
to be spit on.

I'm fed up!

In the era of Maiden with Blaze,
there were great moments

VOICE OF

- I'm going to kill you!
- but many were not.

I don't think anything about the commercial decline

It was Blaze's fault.

It was only circumstantial.

The mainstream heavy metal press

VOICE OF

said: "Maiden is dead,

Maiden is finished.

We have Nirvana,

we have grunge.

That's the future,

That's what's coming."

Who was not grunge,
to some extent

was considered a dinosaur
or something like that.

They saw you as if you were a class
of an idiot

Heavy metal wasn't cool anymore.

The nineties were shit.

It was all about

baggy clothes and awful shit, you know?

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Grunge was coming.

I think Seattle bands
They were arriving.

We asked Nirvana if they would support us

and they said:
"No, we are too old for them."

During the Blaze era, I saw them on tour
and small premises,

places with maybe 2,000 seats,

and it was intimate,

is how I would describe it.

I saw them on The X Factor tour
in Philadelphia

in this little place called
Electric Factory.

I think it fits a thousand,
fifteen hundred people...

There weren't even five hundred in the place.

Now, instead of playing in stadiums

VOICE OF

and huge places, we played again
in premises.

That made us notice the weaknesses

of the band as such.

Yes, we didn't have a good time in the United States.

Like the fans abandoned us.

But in the rest of the world
We still did well.

Not like before,
It must be said, but good.

I think Steve was mental
and emotionally deteriorated

after some very hard years

when things didn't go the way

in which he believed.

They were challenging times
because bruce left

and I also went through a divorce,

all that happened too.

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But I'm very proud of that period.

because we had it very difficult,
we fought,

and I like that.
It's a challenge.

And all the unconditional fans
They were still there.

It is important to understand the era of Blaze

and respect her, as well as him

and what he contributed to the band.

I think the two albums
They are fantastic.

They are so dark, so different,

but they are great albums.

We all respect Blaze a lot,

but I think no one will be surprised

If I say that Bruce is the voice
by Iron Maiden.

And that's what we grew up with,
that's what we want.

I remember saying to Steve:

VOICE OF

"I heard Bruce wanted to come back to the band,"

and I think he was a little surprised.

And I tried to convince him that
It would be a good thing.

I think we accepted that we were no longer
an international band.

Just like Maiden, Bruce is struggling.

His solo project did not work out
as expected

and I think I really missed him.

Maiden has a special vibe.
They are made for each other.

When I received the news, it was horrible,
fatal.

I really loved being in Iron Maiden,

But it doesn't matter if I'm there or not,

the world is a better place for having
to Iron Maiden.

PARIS

I wanted Adrian to come back.

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get the band back together.

They had all grown up a little

and they were a little more open.

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And it was great.

Somehow,
I enjoyed it more the second time.

I felt much safer.

For me, it was like reaching the top
once again.

Everything I may have regretted
or I thought I could have done better

or I thought it could have been better
in the eighties.

So I said:
"Hey, let's bring Adrian back.

We can play with three guitarists."

That's how I saw it too.

But can we have three guitarists?

Jan said:
"Don't hurry Nick, I'll go

to be the original members."

And I said:
"You're not going anywhere, buddy."

And I said to Rod:

"Are you going to charge less, then?"

"Ah, what do you mean?"

"If we will have six people in the band,

we will have to divide the profits
between six, not between five.

“Stop being a jerk,” he said.

I said, "But I'm right, aren't I?"

And I remember going up to Steve's room
and tell him:

"Hey, he's talking about bringing back
to Adrian."

Steve looks at me with his expressionless face.

He says, "Think about it. It's dangerous.

Think about what we can do
with three guitarists".

Bruce in his box, right?

I was aware that things
they were not going well

with Maiden.

And I got the call.

VOICE OF

"What do you think of
come back to the band?"

I'll be honest, I wasn't convinced.
to return to the band

because I didn't know his reasons.

VOICE OF

I guess we all grew up
with the idea

that men don't talk about that,
of our feelings,

We just move on and that's it.

I remember telling Steve, "Look,

VOICE OF

My old man had this philosophy:

If someone talks bad about the McBrains,

He doesn't get a second chance.

He will surely do it again.
Do we take risks?

And he said, "Let's have a meeting
and let's see how it turns out."

So I organized a band meeting.

VOICE OF

Bruce enters and Steve tells him:

"Why do you want to go back?"

And he tells him:
"Because I want to do concerts again.

"I think we'd do great."

Steve said, "Okay,"
and went to the bar.

That was it. That was all
the damn meeting.

We have a beer,
I put my arm over Bruce

and I said, "Friend,

I am very happy that you are back
to the band."

Dancing eyebrows.

What are you up to?

I said, "But I can't take it back

of what I said and what I felt
when you left

I'm still angry about how it happened.

and how you did it."

And he looked at me and said:

"I wouldn't have accepted anything less from you, Nick.
"I love you."

When Bruce came back

it was like

a respite for all Maiden fans.

When we found out that
Bruce Dickinson returned,

It felt like a big party.
in our hearts.

It was, “It’s back!
Oh, he cut his hair.

Still, he came back."

These things happen for a reason.

and when bruce came back

I was stronger and more focused

in the goal to achieve as a team.

The title song from the new album,

Brave New World

Very good!

They had three guitarists

and although it could have been
a complete disaster

for the egos,

They are the example of teamwork.

If these were

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certain guitarists,
it would not have been possible

because there would be too many egos
involved.

But it's not about that,
but to make the band sound better.

Iron Maiden had
its second golden age.

And it's not even that they had tried
take it back from the eighties.

They had been working on new material

It's not like that,

but so good in a different way.

It's the ups and downs.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Irrefutable proof.
Go anywhere in the world

where Maiden is playing:
packed stadiums.

What happened to grunge?

Come on!

Undoubtedly,
Iron Maiden had to hit rock bottom

to break through again
to the top.

They had to go through the trenches

to become
in the best band in the world.

For the second time.

When Bruce returned to Adrian,

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no company in the world
could have foreseen

that that would be the plan.

Now that's divine intervention.

because I think that if we had not had
Bruce back with Adrian,

Maybe this band would no longer exist.

But with Maiden, there were good times
and difficult times.

Bruce called me...

I think it was the day before Christmas
in 2014

to tell me, very abruptly,

"Hey, I have throat cancer."

Obviously, it shocked me.

We had a whole world tour planned.

I look at my calendar this year

and everything is crossed out.

Canceled, canceled.

So everyone was very scared.

He called me and told me:
"Nick,

"I just saw this oncologist in London,"

VOICE OF

and he said, "I have throat cancer."

So I'm on the damn call,

"No! He's my brother! He could die!"

You know, like with everything, Bruce addressed it
like a project.

He studied it.
He knew exactly what was happening.

He committed to every detail,
with each treatment.

Bruce said,
like the fucking idiot he is:

"And there is this medicine and this..."

Poor boy.

I mean, research things.

That's Bruce.

The issue with cancer recovery,
it's just...

very personal.
There is no other way to describe it.

It's your cancer, you have it.

You must destroy a little of yourself
to get rid of him.

So he received the treatment.

And I ask him: "How are you?
Have you lost your hair yet?"

He answers: "I went to the pub the other time..."
And I say, "Did you go to the pub?"

He says:
"Yes, I have a beer in front of me."

He tells me: "My beard fell off."

And I said, "Not your hair?"

He answers me: "No, my hair is fine,
But my beard fell on the bar!"

Oh, God!

And a couple of weeks later he called me

and he said, "I'm in remission."

And I was like, “Fuck yeah!”

It appeared in The Book of Souls,

I was there that night
there was nervousness

about whether he would sound like he used to

and, surprisingly, that was the case.

I remember seeing it at the Barrier
in February 2016

and live it was so powerful.

It was a truly amazing experience.

His voice, in fact, sounded

even stronger than before.

It was almost a miracle, seriously.

See Bruce act again,
after the ordeal that happened,

It was truly incredible.

The Lord performed a miracle for us,
indeed.

He performed a miracle when he left,

he did a miracle when he returned
because he brought Adrian,

He performed another miracle when he had cancer

and one more miracle
is that he was our captain,

Oh captain, oh captain.

We go from:

Bruce Dickinson, rock star,

"Good afternoon, this is your captain,
Bruce Dickinson.

Our flight will be two and a half hours."

...Sierra Óscar free for takeoff.
Wind: two nine zero, ten knots...

My great uncle was in the Royal Air Force

and my uncle was in the Royal Air Force.

My father was an engineer.

So when I was a kid, my heroes

They weren't rock stars
but test pilots and astronauts.

Years ago, I was on vacation.
and I saw: "Trial class, $35."

And I thought, "You know what, I'll do it."

And I got in this little Cessna, took off

and I had a moment of revelation.

It's like wiring
the inside of your head...

with these.

During that period, I made some flights
through Europe

So I started acquiring more and more things.

and, in short, I got
all necessary licenses,

It's like a year and a half of exams,
academic exams,

I finally got certified, got my two
small gallons and could fly.

And then the phone rang.

It was an airline called Astraeus
with a couple of old 737s

and they said: "We are looking for pilots.

Do you want the job?"

And I said, "Sure."

And that's how I ended up being a pilot
of 737.

And I thought, "Wow,

Wouldn't it be great if I could fly
the band to the concerts?"

To my surprise, Rod said:
"Wow, what a great idea."

And then, we rented him the plane
to the airline.

It made money, it worked.

and it was an incredible experience
for us.

We were able to reach places in the world

those that are more difficult to reach,
like Quito or Manaus

in the middle of the Amazon jungle,

Lima, Jakarta,

and it was worth it
to see all those fans.

What other band has done that?

Mention a band by name
printed on a plane,

whose vocalist has piloted it

and that he has gone to all those places.

If we are going to play Puerto Rico,

customs and immigration there normally
It's very difficult.

So when we arrived on flight 666,
I said, "Shit,

They will stop us and make us
let's drop our pants,

"We're toast."

As we go out,

I see the staff trained
customs and immigration.

And I'm like, "Damn, they're waiting for us."

When leaving, they tell us:
"Hey, can I take a photo?

An autograph? "Can I...?"

They were fans!

His fans surpass everything.

They are doctors, lawyers, police officers.

Please, please!

Where is Steve Harris?

I think for me, music
It is the most valuable art form there is.

It is what really unites
to all people.

Music is instant and it is eternal.

What an incredible thing this is

that you and we have created

with Maiden around the world.

The message that emerges from this is that

It doesn't matter if they are men, women,

Muslims, Christians, Catholics
or Jews. It doesn't matter.

If you are Maiden fans,
They are Iron Maiden fans.

They are part of a damn world
and a family, friends.

So this is for all of you
for being amazing tonight...

because we are all Blood Brothers!
(Blood Brothers)

This is a kind of waltz
heavy metal

Hey, hey!

There is nothing more exciting

than being part of the Iron Maiden audience,

a fucking great audience
of fucking great people,

and express yourself freely,
knowing that you are protected

because you are part of the people

and those people are part of you

and you also have that power
to give back to the band.

My favorite moment at a concert
of Maiden would be

When I saw them at Earls Court

and they played Blood Brothers

and I looked around and there were a lot
of men my age,

we all cried.

What are we?

Of course, at some point
the end will come.

A relevant event in metal

Well, one of the most appreciated drummers
of the genre

has announced that he is retiring from touring
after a career of 42 years.

It was an easy decision, although I wish

to be able to continue playing with my colleagues.

I wish I was in top shape.

Beautiful, yes.

Just do this, something like that.

Exactly.

Last year I had a stroke.

so for three months I had to
try hard

to get my hand working again.

Nine weeks in rehab

and I found out that we would open with
Somewhere in Time,

the first song of the tour
The Future Past

and there is a part in the middle
that I can't touch.

I called Harry and said:
"I'm struggling a lot.

I can't play the Trooper intro.
No..."

He told me: "Look,

play it simple, with a direct touch".

You're a fucking genius.

I'm the drummer and I didn't think about playing it
with simplicity.

- Do you have the microphone?
- Yes, yes, yes.

That's Steve Harris' personality.

After 42 years of playing with him,
that's how it is.

It is dedicated to Iron Maiden, to the band.

You couldn't ask for a better friend.

Thanks, Drew.

But I still fought

making an effort,

knowing that I couldn't make it.

My body was fatigued
And I thought, "You know what?

It's unfair to my teammates."

I admire him for trying
and try your hardest,

but his body was failing

and we were also worried
for something else to happen.

It was horrible.

We can't just say, "Go away!"

Nobody would understand it.

And it sucks to do it

because Maiden has been his life.

So at the end of the tour,
I made an announcement.

And I thought it was time to pass it on
the drumsticks to someone younger.

This morning, Nicko announced that he will be retiring

to play drums live
with Iron Maiden.

So everyone, let him know!
how much they love him!

Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! Nicko!

Nicko! Nicko!

What I'll really miss is going on tour.

and play with my brothers...

They are all wonderful people.

Many people see it this way:

When there is no more band,

everything is over.

But I don't see it that way.

Iron Maiden will be part of this

long after they are gone.

It's...

yes.
I don't see an end to it.

They were going to conquer the world
from day one.

And that's what Iron Maiden did.

And they still do it today.

I think they are one of the greatest bands
of the world.

And in a very real way,

Maiden and the big bands

who arrived a little before and after,

the big ones connect with that feeling

and they make life
be a little more bearable.

Iron Maiden is this quest
of affinity and connection

and that emotion is felt in the music.

It's being part of the same group.

It is being part of something that has nothing to do with
with individualism.

It's being part of the world
and try to do better.

- We all love to play, that's what.
- Eddie!

I think that when you really enjoy
what you do,

You don't really want to stop, do you?

People ask:
"What will they do in the future?"

Well, we'll go on tour.

And then we'll go on tour again
and we'll go on tour again and again,

until we can't anymore.

Iron! Maiden! Damn!

Yeah!

Everyone, everyone, hands in the air!

Yeah!

Everybody,
Let me fucking listen to you!

JUNE 28, 2025
LONDON STADIUM

Who are we?

A STONE'S THROW FROM WHERE IT ALL STARTED...

50 YEARS AGO

WITH THE NEW DRUMMER, SIMON DAWSON

SPECIAL THANKS TO
IRON MAIDEN

IRON MAIDEN WOULD LIKE TO THANK
TO ALL ITS FORMER MEMBERS

THEY WILL FOREVER BE PART OF THE FAMILY
IRON MAIDEN

Subtitles: José Pozo Martínez