IRON MAIDEN: Photos From CLIVE BURR Benefit Concert Posted Online

IRON MAIDEN performed a special fund-raising concert for former MAIDEN drummer Clive Burr on Friday (September 2) at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. The show, featuring songs from the band's first four albums ("Iron Maiden", "Killers", "The Number of the Beast" and "Piece of Mind"),marked the final date of the group's current tour and the very last time some of the songs in the set will be played live by the band. Check out pictures at this location.

In 2002, the members of IRON MAIDEN were shocked to learn that their former drummer, Clive Burr, was suffering from MS. They played three nights in March 2002 at Brixton Academy in his honour, donating the £250,000-plus profits from the concerts and merchandising into a newly formed Clive Burr Multiple Sclerosis Trust Fund. The fund also received generous donations from the record company EMI and publisher BMG Music from the commercial single releases of "Run to the Hills" and "Number of The Beast" (which leapt into the U.K. charts at No 3 earlier this year). There were kind donations from all over the world of heavy metal, and tremendous support from the fans through numerous fund raising initiatives and very generous individual contributions.

Three years on, the money raised has helped enormously to provide treatment and support and to improve the quality of Clive's life. For example: the Trust has helped Clive to secure his house, funded specialist treatments in this country and with experts in Europe and the USA, has provided specialized equipment, assisted with transport and travel and helped Clive with his living expenses. The Trust was also able to help some other MS sufferers who have longstanding connections with the band by assisting with the provision of vehicles specially adapted to carry wheelchairs.

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