Bruce Dickinson

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We didn't do the, 'Oh, 'cause it's Power Trip, we have to suddenly do greatest hits.' No — we did the MAIDEN show with all the stuff we're doing on the 'The Future Past' tour; 'Death Of The Celts', everything else like that.
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I echoed something similar in the TFP thread around that time and I'm super happy that they chose to stick to their guns.
 
Mosh said:
Bruce is right though. With a few exceptions, most of the bands at Power Trip regularly tour and you can see them play almost every year for standard ticket prices. I was living temporarily right outside Indio after Power Trip and noticed that while I was there, Guns n Roses was performing in LA just weeks later (it's about a 2-hour drive). The people who live in the area or travel to the area are the stereotype of rich elites who are primarily interested in status. I highly doubt the majority of audience members were that interested in the music, and more interested in the pomp around the event and getting social media cred. Bruce is right, they could have played Virtual XI in its entirety with Blaze on vocals and the crowd would have not known any better. The advertising for the Power Trip event was also so cynical and constantly inundating to the point of stupidity.

But they would have been stupid not to accept the truck(s)load of money that they were offered to perform the event, and I appreciate they at least took the opportunity to do a little Canada tour that actual Iron Maiden fans were able to attend at a reasonable price (the price of the ticket, AirBNB and gas to get to Vancouver from Oregon was still a fraction of what Power Trip was selling for).
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If he was so against the concept, he should have refused the big fat paycheque, but he is a first class hypocrite.

For what is worth, I loathe this ultra-expensive festivals.
 
GhostofCain said:
If he was so against the concept, he should have refused the big fat paycheque, but he is a first class hypocrite.

For what is worth, I loathe this ultra-expensive festivals.
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Meh. A gig is a gig. I don't think there's anything hypocritical about playing a gig that represents a concept you don't like except something extreme like a political rally. Every musician has done it and I would bet most people on here in their own professions have taken work that they don't personally endorse.
 
Mosh said:
Meh. A gig is a gig. I don't think there's anything hypocritical about playing a gig that represents a concept you don't like except something extreme like a political rally. Every musician has done it and I would bet most people on here in their own professions have taken work that they don't personally endorse.
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I think there's everything hypocritical about playing a gig that's nothing but an excuse for incredibly well-off people to flaunt their wealth and then, presumably after the massive paycheck you got clears a few months later, turning around and bitching about that very same paycheck because it's not in the "spirit" of what you do or whatever.

Where the fuck was this Bruce when he was saying Iron Maiden's too posh to accept the Glastonbury paycheck that they were never offered, while Metallica was? He's spouting complete nonsense because he wants to feel like he's held on to his imagined principles. What a load of hogwash.
 
srfc said:
I'll be getting that CD book too, but I haven't ordered it yet. I think it's very expensive to begin with being nearly 20 euro dearer than the other CD version, plus adding 10 euro postage and then the possibility of customs on top of it. I'm waiting for a brick and mortar shop over here to have a pre-order for it.
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Juno records should sell it cheap. Keep checking with Juno.
 

A few things from this interview (except he said SBIT tour, not the 1986 one :) )

- he won't play the whole new album live because he wants to have a celebration of his entire solo career.
- he said that the album is not a concept album per se, but prefers to say that there are some spiritual links between many of the songs on the album. The album and the comic are separate. Hmm, then the album title is odd and fitting at the same time. This is his 3rd solo album without a title track (although BTP was originally supposed to be called Laughing In The Hidding Bush). Eternity Has Failed is for this one!
- the whole band will be in the video for the 2nd single.
- he loves to tell stories and paint pictures with the music (''there's always room for improvement''), and knowing the state of Maiden's career now (for the next couple of years), he thinks this won't be his last solo tour.
 
Azas said:
Even in demo form it's evident that this song is very good. Is it me, or some Roy's bass lines are more Steve than some recent Steve's
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Yes. And very Maiden-esque. About the bass lines, it's because of the production.
Black Bart said:
Bonus songs were relevant when CDs were hugely expensive on the Japanese market, compared to the rest of the world, so that buyers got their money's worth. There is no point in releasing bonus songs any more, though it takes away the charm they had.
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Not true. Many bands still release bonus songs for the different formats. And there's always a point for extra music.
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Though I wouldn't be surprised if the If Eternity Should Fail demo ended up as a bonus track, probably nothing new unless there are other demos or rejected songs.
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The demo is very possible, unfortunately. I think it would be ridiculous for the album to not have any bonus songs since Bruce wrote ~20 songs for it.
 
Poto said:
Hm... How do we interpret that?
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Idk, I dread to think about it. He said Maiden have plans until 2026, so maybe the tours will be shorter and he will have more time for solo shows (''so many songs we can bring out live, it's very exciting and it was about time''), like next year, although Maiden's tour is a standard one for them in recent years. Maybe he plans to record more solo albums? Why not. Or Steve's idea of Maiden continuing as a studio band with a few live shows every year. But I think Maiden are in very good-to-great shape now, despite everything.
 
Poto said:
Hm... How do we interpret that?
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I watched the interview and the impression I got from Bruce's words was more of a *I know the Maiden schedule for the next couple of years so it'll give me a chance to plan the solo gigs around it as well* vibe rather than *Maiden is about to end in a couple of years so I'll have time for solo business!*

But again, that just what I gathered, not staring it as a fact.

And well, of course the mentioned interpretations aren't mutually exclusive, but anyway.
 
Kalata said:

A few things from this interview (except he said SBIT tour, not the 1986 one :) )

- he won't play the whole new album live because he wants to have a celebration of his entire solo career.
- he said that the album is not a concept album per se, but prefers to say that there are some spiritual links between many of the songs on the album. The album and the comic are separate. Hmm, then the album title is odd and fitting at the same time. This is his 3rd solo album without a title track (although BTP was originally supposed to be called Laughing In The Hidding Bush). Eternity Has Failed is for this one!
- the whole band will be in the video for the 2nd single.
- he loves to tell stories and paint pictures with the music (''there's always room for improvement''), and knowing the state of Maiden's career now (for the next couple of years), he thinks this won't be his last solo tour.
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Thanks for sharing the interview.

I am with @Randalf regarding the interpretation of his comment about Maiden's career. It sounds as if he will be planning his solo tours around the Maiden commitments he obviously knows about for the next couple of years.
 
I can see Maiden doing a farewell tour around 2025-26 and then Bruce continuing with his solo project. If he can tie in other things like graphic novels, he could drag out the Mandrake Project for several years.
 
GhostofCain said:
I will be getting the deluxe CD from either my local HMV or another record store nearby. No need to bother with overpriced pre-orders that always arrive late!
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The only reason I even bother with pre-orders is the local record store here, that I had been buying Maiden releases on release days all the way back to Man on the Edge, let me down with the Maiden Picture LP's. They got the picture lp's in but couldn't be arsed with getting the box for them as it would have increased the shipping costs. A box set without the box FFS. Haven't gone back since.

If it's something I really want, I'll go with the pre-order to make sure of getting it, if it's a pre-order with click and collect from a store in town, that's what I prefer. For someone reason, the shop I usually go to now is taking it's time with putting The Mandrake Project on it's website.
 
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