Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson isn’t shy about going off on audience members who tick him off. Usually the cause of his anger is when fans smoke near the stage or light off anything that could hinder his voice.
On Saturday in Brasilia, Dickinson was performing as part of his solo tour in support of his new album “The Mandrake Project,” and he went off on a fan for smoking a vape and possibly another that shot off pepper spray.
“I can’t f*cking breathe,” he said. “Tanya (O’Callaghan, Bruce’s bassist) can’t breathe. You with the f*cking vape over there, yeah, it’s not you, but, you know, please, f*cking do that outside, all right? You know, if you can’t stay for five minutes without having a f*cking addiction, but… Somebody down here has been using pepper spray. Some f*cker has been using pepper spray, which is why people can’t f*cking breathe down there, right? So, you know, if you figure out who the f*ck it is, I just don’t care what happens to them after the show, all right? In the meantime, we will try and do the best we can.”
He continued: “I do apologize for coughing. Some of you f*ckers are smoking, all right? I can’t sing if you’re gonna smoke, all right? Tanya’s coughing her guts out, I’m coughing, my f*cking wife is going, ‘Blargh,’ in the back there, all right? It’s kind of disgusting, all right? But if you wanna be disgusting, do it outside, all right? Not in here. My throat’s got work to do. You pay good money to hear me f*cking sing, not go, ‘Blargh, blargh,’ all right?”
Tour promoters released a statement after confirming that “noxious fumes” were released during the show by someone in the crowd.
“Saturday night over 2000 fans filled the Opera Hall in Brasília to see Bruce Dickinson on the third show of his, critically acclaimed, first Brazilian solo tour for over 20 years,” the statement read. “An incident occurred towards the end of the show where noxious fumes were released, causing severe issues for the band members on stage and the crew and audience in the auditorium. Subsequently many members of the crowd have taken to social media to corroborate the incident that caused them breathing difficulties.”
“As video footage shows, Bruce did his best, with limited knowledge of the situation, to explain the effects to the crowd but subsequently found out that several band members, including himself, were affected by the fall out and a member of the crew had to be treated with oxygen by a doctor. The footage also shows Bruce departing the stage to perform part of the encore after being seen visibly struggling to breathe and pitch his vocal.”
“Tour promoters MCA are still working with authorities to understand the full impact of the incident and understand how the noxious fumes affected not just the audience and crew but also the band onstage. Fortunately, everyone has been checked out by medical staff and given the all clear.”
Video of the incident can be viewed below.
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