Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Jealous Of Slipknot
Posted by Chris Harris on July 1, 2011 in News
Bruce Dickinson
“Obviously we do what we do for two hours, and a lot of our stuff now is semi-theatrical and proggy,” says Bruce. “Whereas Slipknot is theatrical but much more rrrraaaaahhhh!!!! The audience get a really good variation of stuff.”
Iron Maiden headlined during both bands’ recent European festival appearance.
“We’re the headliners so we are doing our usual set,” said Bruce. “We’ve got ourselves some new toys for it, so there’s one or two spectacular monsters and things like that, but I think everybody brings their toys out for a festival! I mean, Slipknot have got some fabulous kit. I’m very jealous of their flames and fire! We haven’t gone with any pyro at all on this tour. I think the next time we go out we will.
“We like to alternate it every other year because if you get the reputation that you’ve got to go and see a band because of the pyro and then you don’t do the pyro people think, ‘Oh, I won’t bother then,’” Bruce concluded.
