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Iron Maiden

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Heavy Metal

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2 фев 2008

Rockers Take Control For Maiden Flight

Iron Maiden have become the first rock band to use a single aeroplane to take them, their crew and equipment on tour - with their lead singer as the pilot.

"Welcome on board. We'll all be living together on this bus for a while. And maybe we'll share the driving."

We are sitting on the tarmac at a VIP section of London's Stansted airport in a very special Boeing 757 - and standing in front of us is our captain is using the intercom to say hello.

His name is Bruce.

Dressed in a white pilot's shirt with yellow shoulder stripes, a black clip-on tie and a security pass around his neck, he looks like every pilot you have ever seen.

He also speaks in that way that pilots do, calm and measured, like they are talking to air traffic control.

Except he is standing on his own plane, addressing an aircraft full of familiar faces: his wife, bandmates and road crew.

They are all sitting in front of him, ready to be flown to Mumbai in India for the first show on a 45-date world tour.

You see, Captain Bruce Dickinson has another job.

By night, he is frontman of British heavy metallers Iron Maiden.

Now a fully-trained commercial pilot, with charter firm Astraeus, he has helped hatch a plan to take his band on the road in a single plane.

"I came up with a crazy idea: just imagine all the gear, all the crew and the band, everybody all on the same aeroplane," he explains.

This is your captain speaking...The aircraft (flight number: 666) is pretty easy to spot.

It has "Iron Maiden" painted on the side and their skeleton mascot Eddie on the tailfin.

Fans have dubbed the plane "Ed Force One".

However, that is where the rock'n'roll stops. There is a proper crew and no sign of bad behaviour or irresponsible high jinks - just a bit more laughter than you would get on a normal flight.

For one, the band's crew are much happier that this is not a commercial flight with no "punters or crying babies".

Shortly before we get into Mumbai airport, band manager Rod Smallwood explains why he likes the single plane idea.

A distinctive livery"It is pretty complex to do this. You've got 12 tons of equipment, you've got 60-70 crew and you've got the band and their families. But with this plane, we can move quickly," he says.

"On one leg of the tour we're doing four major stadium shows in four different countries in one week. You just couldn't do that the normal way."

And after a textbook landing in India, Bruce unclips his pilot's tie.

Now he's heading for the hotel to prepare to play to 30,000 people with his band.

From calm pilot to heavy metal frontman. "It's a bit like being Jeckyl and Hyde," he laughs.

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2 фев 2008

Bloodred

ха, уже есть сет лист и небольшое видео)))

Intro - Churchills Speech
1. Aces High
2. 2 Minutes To Midnight
3. Revelations
4. The Trooper
5. Wasted Years
6. The Number Of The Beast
7. Run To The Hills
8. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
9. Powerslave
10. Heaven Can Wait
11. Can I Play With Madness
12. Fear Of The Dark
13. Iron Maiden

14. Moonchild
15. Clairvoyant
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1IE454zMH0

2 фев 2008

Yumi

Мейдены попсеют... Уже подались зову мейнстримного гламура...

2 фев 2008

elf1n

От этого не становится меньше желание их увидеть в живую.

2 фев 2008

SnaP

очуметь, как мадонна на своём личном самолёте ездят. Скоро небось как Оззи начнут реалити-шоу снимать про свою жизнь )

2 фев 2008

Berzerk

Херню порете какую-то,че им на автобусе чтоль в мировое турнэ ехать.Какой мейнстрим и гламур ,если у тебя миллионы долларов и ты работаешь пилотом в свободное время почему бы и не летать на личном самолёте.Помоему уже давно всем известно что у Брюкинсона есть коллекция самолётов, а авиация его вторая страсть после музыки.

2 фев 2008

RolanD

А к нам они не залетят часом? ]:->

3 фев 2008

Oloir

ИМХО. классная идея обзавестись самолетом) и удобно, и фэнам приятно. А раз человек водить машину умеет - почему бы и не полетать?. Главное, чтобы он после концертов не "рулил"=)

4 фев 2008

Zuker

Пусть пользуются личным самолетом,если им так комфортнее

5 фев 2008

Damned_13

Круть! Мэйдэны всегда впечатляли!

17 фев 2008

ophido

Летать по миру в турне на собственном самолете, где пилот - член группы. Какая еще команда в истории может предложить аналогичное? Какой нахер мейнстрим, тем более гламур? Мозги включай хоть периодически. Это однотипное задроченое нытье про всеобщее опопсение, к месту и ни к месту, уже по-мойму самих должно смешить своей нелепостью.

Тем более с таким статусом и вкладом в музыку можно хоть раком на горе стоять, имя давно забитое в камне от этого тускнее уже не станет никогда.

20 фев 2008

AzNemin

Коллекционирует он не самолеты, а танки! А пилотом действительно работает..... А исчо он был классным фехтовальщиком в молодости, по моему даже за зборную выступал....

23 фев 2008

Илья Г.

Какое попсение?!?!Deep Purple в тур в поддержку Burn тоже свой самолет брали!Queen на Уэмбли появились на вертолете!
Это ж не с группой чернокожих R'N'B-герлов и золотом на шее!!!