DICKINSON: An IRON MAIDEN Show 'Should Be As Dirty, Smelly And Sweaty As You Can Possibly Be'

Karen Bliss of AOL's Noisecreep recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On IRON MAIDEN selling out arenas and sheds in North America with little or no publicity:

Dickinson: "Sold out in Vancouver; sold out Toronto; Edmonton was sold out. We did 10 or 11 [thousand] in Winnipeg. We did eight in Saskatoon."

On IRON MAIDEN's reasonable concert ticket prices, with top seats going for under $90 before the FMF fee and service charge.

"No, we don't do $250. But that's bullshit anyway. What that is is all these quote-unquote 'heritage' acts . That's the name they've branded themselves with.

"Basically, you're going and seeing a bunch of bands that have been around for a while doing the same old shit. They just come out of the woodwork after 10 years and go, 'Hmm, let me see. You're going to pay through the nose for seeing the same old shit so were gonna rape you for 200 bucks a ticket.' And what that says to me is, 'We won't be doing this again any time soon' or 'If you're crazy enough to pay this money and sell out, well maybe we'll come round again next year and see if it works again.'"

On IRON MAIDEN's high-energy live performance:

"An IRON MAIDEN show should not be some kind of bourgeoisie experience like going to see THE EAGLES with $50 hotdogs and dickie bows and all that kind of shit. It should be as dirty and smelly and sweaty as you can possibly be. And I if you don't like dirty, smelly and sweaty shit, stay away."

Read the entire report from Noisecreep.

Multi-camera video footage of IRON MAIDEN performing a new song, "El Dorado", on June 9 at the Superpages.com Center in Dallas, Texas can be viewed below (courtesy of Arthur Santos).