UK metallic legends Iron Maiden are among the many greatest acts by no means to play England’s long-running Glastonbury Pageant, and singer Bruce Dickinson want to preserve it that method.
This 12 months’s Glastonbury fest is at the moment going down with headliners Olivia Rodrigo, Rod Stewart, Muse, and The 1975. In the meantime, Iron Maiden are headlining their very own live performance Saturday (June twenty eighth) at London Stadium, a mere 167 miles away from Glastonbury fest.
When requested about performing a gig in England on the similar time that Glastonbury fest is occurring, Dickinson advised The i Paper, “I all the time stated I’d flip Glastonbury down if we had been ever invited. I don’t need to go play in entrance of Gwyneth Paltrow and a perfume-infested yurt.”
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The singer is referring to the celebrity-filled crowds which can be widespread at festivals like Glastonbury and Coachella today, insisting he slightly play for the band’s true followers and preserve Maiden’s ticket costs comparatively affordable.
“It’s not nearly being profitable,” stated Dickinson. “We would like shitloads of individuals to come back and see us. I’m amazed on the costs that some persons are ready to pay to see some legacy acts.”
Iron Maiden will wrap up their “Run for Your Lives” UK/European tour on August 2nd in Warsaw, Poland. After that, Dickinson will embark on his first North American solo tour in almost 30 years starting August twenty second in Anaheim, California (decide up tickets right here).
Previous to launching the present tour, Iron Maiden’s supervisor issued an open letter asking followers to severely restrict their use of telephones on the outing, remarking, “The quantity of cellphone use these days diminishes enjoyment, significantly for the band who’re on stage searching at rows of telephones, but additionally for different concertgoers.”
