IRON MAIDEN Manager Checks In From Los Angeles

March 10, 2008

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood has checked in from the Los Angeles stop of the band's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008. An excerpt from his online posting follows:

"It was always going to be a quiet day. Got up feeling at least rested and a little better though still not wise to eat yet. But didn't feel like it anyway — when you have these stomach bugs your body doesn't feel hungry as it wants to kill the bug and if you eat then you just feed it. I have had similar on bike rides in Kenya and late last year in Peru and have ridden days on just water and salts. After a couple of days you start to feel very aware as you are detoxing! Also it's a great way to lose weight (especially as no alcohol too) which has to be good on the road where its quite tough to keep any personal discipline. The band get to work out and sweat on stage but I get to be tied to a laptop. I try to get to the gym but haven't made it since India. You can always make time irrespective of how busy you are but when you are tired and jet lagged as we have been pretty well since we started with the thousands of miles we have travelled, it's quite tough to make yourself. So maybe this bug will be a blessing in disguise, who knows!"

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