Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is used to entertaining massive crowds all over the world with his air raid siren vocal delivery and energetic and theatric stage performances. He fights off a giant monster mascot (“Eddie”) every show and leads audiences of all backgrounds, cultures, colors and creeds in anthemic and inspiring sing-a-longs. You wouldn’t think there’s much that would make Dickinson uneasy or uncomfortable at this point in his career, but the legendary heavy metal vocalist recently revealed one of the things that scares him most.
“It’s terrifying. It’s absolutely terrifying,” Dickinson said to BBC Radio Scotland of performing his spoken-word shows. The Iron Maiden frontman is set to embark on a two-month North American speaking tour early next year.
“I’ve got a little carpet that I stand on,” he said.” “And there’s a little table and a glass of water and, more often than not, a bottle of beer. And that’s it. I’ve got some slides and I just riff around the whole thing. There’s a bit of physical comedy involved as well, which I won’t go into, but if you are of a nervous disposition and don’t like talking about drummers in anatomical detail, then you should stay away. And I hasten to add, there are some naughty bits and I’m not shy of using the odd naughty word from time to time that I couldn’t possibly say on the radio.”
“An Evening with Bruce Dickinson” is split into two parts. In the first portion of the show, Dickinson takes a satirical look at the world from his own perspective and includes Iron Maiden tidbits and many other personal experiences. The show features photographs, videos and the occasional a-capella performance. The show’s second act is devoted to a Q&A session.
Dickinson has surgery to to remove a cancerous lump on his throat in 2015. The rocker, who had a golf ball-sized tumor on his tongue and another in the lymph node on the right side of his neck, got the all-clear in May 2015 after radiation and more than two months of chemotherapy.
Iron Maiden recently released their 17th studio album, “Senjutsu.” The band’s first LP in six years was recorded in 2019 in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and was co-produced by bassist Steve Harris.
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