Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson has performed some of the New Wave Of British Heavy Steel icons’ songs along with his solo band for the primary time in 22 years.
The 65-year-old, who’s these days traveling to advertise his 2024 solo album The Mandrake Challenge, carried out Alexander The Nice at a live performance in Athens, Greece, on Sunday (July 21).
Watch a clip of the abridged airing by way of the video participant under.
Alexander The Nice was once written via Iron Maiden’s bassist and foremost composer/lyricist Steve Harris and firstly gave the impression on Iron Maiden’s 1986 album Someplace In Time.
In a November 1986 interview with France’s Enfer Mag, Harris mentioned of the track: “My maximum bold composition [on Somewhere In Time] is definitely Alexander The Nice, a tale in keeping with true information.
“Once we set to work at the LP, I used to be immersed within the tale of Alexander The Nice, a person who had an out of this world and unbelievable existence.
“I fell in love with him and, moderately naturally, I wrote the track and the lyrics, all this inside two weeks.
“I will have to say that I’m very pleased with this observe.”
Regardless of Alexander The Nice being a fan favorite, the track wasn’t debuted reside till Might 2023, when Iron Maiden began their ongoing The Long term Previous excursion.
The excursion celebrates each Someplace In Time and Iron Maiden’s most up-to-date document, 2021’s Senjutsu.
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain not too long ago published that he needed to adjust how he performs every other Someplace In Time observe, opener Stuck Someplace In Time, for the excursion.
The exchange was once a results of the drummer’s January 2023 mini-stroke.
“Now there’s a center phase, it’s all snare drum at the document. I will be able to’t play it,” mentioned McBrain.
“As you most likely spotted, the ones of you nerds which might be within the target market that pass, ‘He didn’t do the drum fill.’ Smartly, that’s why, ’purpose I fucking can’t do it.”
Iron Maiden will proceed their Long term Previous run in September with presentations in Oceania and Asia.
The band will then play a leg thru North, Central and South The us from October to December.
See the entire listing of upcoming Iron Maiden concert events and get tickets by way of their site.
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