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If you're keen for a comparison I would strongly suggest the 1982 performance from Hammersmith Odeon in London. Vocally, it's astonishing.

Singer Bruce Dickinson (aka "the human air raid siren") was in his lare 50s when this was filmed. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014. He made a full recovery and still sounds great today! Up the Irons!

The rime of the ancient mariner is a must listen. Great storytelling and mood setting, asides from being one of their longest songs

None of them wear in-ears - It's all stage monitors. They're old-school because, well, they're old and that's what they've always done!

The 1982 live performance of this same song is exactly what you were asking for. As good as this is Bruce takes it to a whole 'nother level on that one!

Everybody gets old - there’s nothing you can do about that. This is one of the most iconic metal bands of all time. RESPECT!

The robot you were referring to is their "mascot" Eddie. He's on all their album covers and sometimes he appears moving and walking onstage and is usually gigantic.

Flight 666 was filmed during their Somewhere Back in Time tour. They played in Warsaw, Poland during this tour back in 2008, 7th August. My frist concert ever. This show made me a metalhead, I started to grow my hair, bought Iron Maiden Tee. Big Iron Maiden fan since that day.

To put the lead singer's sweat into perspective, this was the encore. And he still managed to have this stamina.

MORE MAIDEN PLEASE! Bruce is a legend. One of the most iconic voices in metal history. Check out the 1982 live version of this song. I think you will LOVE ‘Fear of the Dark’ from Flight 666 also…

I live in Santa Monica California and I caught Maiden in 1985 in Long Beach at all 4 shows that were filmed and became Live After Death ! UP THE IRONS!

This is even more impressive when you realise this is the last song of the set on the last show of the tour.

They have some of THE best live shows everrrr! It's incredible how they've remained so quality for sooo long! You should definitely watch the older version of this song, it's mind-blowing!

Anything live from Iron Maiden is gonna be full of stage theatrics. Their sets are always mind blowing. Especially their live rendition of Rhime of the Ancient Mariner. The bird mask and the creaking ship sounds were great

Arguably the most iconic metal band through the years for their quality and longevity. This is a talented group of musicians and song writers beyond those qualities alone. Plus every Maiden song is an adventure, story or history lesson. I urge you to continue your Maiden journey and you will understand. Did you know Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer flies their 747 while on tour?

Going to an Iron Maiden concert is like going to a full theater production. You would be very impressed. They still tour 50 years on.

Funny thing to look up, Floor gave an interview where Steve Harris from the bassist and founder maiden came up to her and proclaimed how much of a fan he was, she was totally humbled.

What is even more impressive is this is the last song of a 2+ hour high energy set.

Made me chuckle about the Can I come to Xmas, The lead singer, Bruce, is also a commercial airline pilot. Imagine settling down to your holiday flight and "Welcome aboard ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain, Bruce................"

Iron Maiden has one of the most dedicated and long time fan base . they have been together for 50 years. P.S., the lead singer is also the pilot of their airplane.

Every metal band today has been inspired by iron maiden, my favourite quote from a singer came from lady gaga, at the height of her career a reporter asked her. " do you want to be the next Madonna, gaga replied NO i want to be the next iron maiden " i suggest you do the beast over hamersmith live 1982 version of this song it's bruce at his prime.

Bruce Dickinson (the vocalist) is over 50 years old here (he is born in 1958, this was shot in...uuh... 2010'ish ?). If you want to hear him at his peak, there is a live 1982 recording of this same song here on KZfaq. As for "all the guitars", one of the guitarists (Adrian Smith) left the band in the 90's and was replaced by Janick Gers. When Smith later re-joined Iron Maiden, instead of getting rid of Gers, they kept all 3 guitarists going forward.

It's fantastic to see someone who has been doing this for decades, still enjoying it SO much ❤

1982 Hallowed Be Thy Name is a must, there are some differences but you'll be so impressed on how his voice has carried through the decades. He was diagnosed with Throat Cancer in 2014 and made a full recovery and is still singing today. The Evil That Men Do from the 'Maiden England' show is also amazing!!

You should love them they are the most theatrical band until Nightwish so your brilliant analysis was on point !!!❤❤❤

Bruce Dickinson is an effin beast. Look at some of the early live shows, you'll see him running all over the stage like a mad man. He's old school, uses stage placed feedback monitors instead of the in-ear monitors. Put him in the same class as Rob Halford, David Draiman, and yes, Ozzy. there's a reason these guys will sing at a high level until the day they die. They know what the frack they are doing. \m/

Best version of this song to see Bruce when young is live at Hammersmith Apollo - it’s flawless - Beast over Hammersmith tour - check out anything from that show to see how great he was as a young man

I am excited see them every year so sure quite excited.

I can’t wait to see these guys in September

Remember he started singing this song in 1982, this recording was from 2009 and he still sounds good today. Also beat throat cancer in 2014

They were my history teachers growing up. Metal gods here on earth. Up the irons. You could spend months and just scratch the surface

The 1982 hammersmith version shows Bruce in his prime singing this and its incredible. They are beyond icons

They aren't using in ears because they've been tearing up stadiums live for decades before in ears were invented. They're quite comfortable using monitors to hear what they're playing

I'll throw out some recommendations for you Charis: Hallowed Be Thy Name (Hammersmith 1982) Fear of the Dark (Rock in Rio 2001) Phantom of the Opera (Ullevi 2005) Revelations (Flight 666 2008) Powerslave (Live After Death 1985) Dance of Death (En Vivo 2011) Infinite Dreams (Maiden England 1988) And many more songs that don't necessarily need to be done live (although it won't hurt) such as The Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, Aces High, Wasted Years, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 2 Minutes to Midnight, The Trooper, The Evil That Men Do and Children of the Damned.

Grew up with these guys in the 80's. Amazing is an understatement.

Great reaction thanks greetings from Costa Rica 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

bruce dickinson is an awesome singer now, and clearly still has the style points to go along with it. i'd love to see you react to one of their live videos from around when he joined the band. he looks unrecognizable with the classic super long hair from the era

I really love your vibes, you're such a funny girl! Keep making videos like this, i love iron maiden🤍

I was at this show! One of the best concerts of my life.

Your preoccupation with his pants was hilarious

Hahahah funny you mention it :) I feel the same with Floor and him

Rule #1 of seeing Maiden live: When Steve Harris "machine guns" the audience with his bass, you must act like you've been SHOT BY ROCK!

I loved watching your reaction as always! When it comes to Iron Maiden, they set the bar for live metal performances and have done so for decades! They have a huge following and are absolutely one of the biggest bands in the world still to this day. To help understand and appreciate how huge and amazing. I suggest checking out the docu-movie this performance came from, 'Flight 666'. I promise you it's worth it. I would say even more so for someone like yourself who is currently exploring the most important metal bands of our time. It's a 101 lesson in Maiden and also just how huge of an influence metal music like Maiden still has on people all over the world. The lead singer, Bruce Dickerson definitely has an amazing voice as you witnessed. And, he is also known for delivering a very over the top, demonstrative performerance for every show. I would also bet this is why he was wearing those crazy pants, and did so for every show on that tour. It's just another way to help be more easily noticed by the fans all the way in the back! Dickerson is someone who believes in huge hand and arm gestures. Making himself as big as he can be on stage in his performance to ensure every fan, even the very last fans all the way in the last row will experiences the best live show possible!

My advice to delve into older Iron Maiden, you can't go wrong with studio versions of Number of the Beast, Trooper, or Run to the Hills... 3 of the most iconic Maiden songs . and if you want to do another live recording, check out the Live After Death album

That was the last song during a 2 hour concert.

The look of sheer unpretentious pleasure on Bruce's face when the fireworks go off sums up everything about Irom Maiden. There isn't a better live act around. Saw them in June this year...as awesome as ever

watching you from Thailand ♥

Iron maiden is considered one of the godfathers of power metal, so yes Nightwish would absolutely be considered in the same genre.

Saw Maiden last October, & they seem to even get better with age. An amazing show, & I definitely recommend 👍🏼🤘🏼

As far as specific songs, all the best stuff is from their '80s albums. "The Trooper" is probably the most fan-beloved song, maybe "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." "Number of the Beast" if you're looking for their big "hit."

You have Earned a, "RAISE THE IRONS"!

Yes! Iron Maiden! I’ve seen them 15 times over the past 32 years and Bruce actually sounds better now that he did back in the day. Not bad for a 65 year old. He was around 50 in this video. During this tour he piloted their private 747 around the world. No, that’s not a joke.

That was their encore at that Toronto show. Imagine trying to maintain that stamina for 3+hrs in your mid-late 50's. These guys are the tightest ever!

Bruce is known for his wonderful pants/trousers. - Rumour has it, when the tailor asked "what kind of trousers do you want?" Bruce just said "Yes".

A Monday reaction!?! Well this bodes well for the rest of the week

So good seeing Bruce back in action after his throat cancer. He's a legend.

Bruce suffered throat cancer years ago and still he delivers

Hi Charis. Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 Saw your Holy Wars reaction yesterday, love your style !!! Hallowed Be Thy Name is undoubtedly a Maiden classic, my favorite version is from Rock In Rio 2000. Bruce’s voice has matured & his vocal technique is sensational, I believe superior to the 1980’s Maiden live shows. Will check out your Patreon shortly, keep doing your thing ! Cheers. 18:02

These guys are all 60+ years old but still killing it every night.

As a theater kid you would probably love The Trooper by Iron Maiden, live they usually have a flag a la Les Miserables 😝

this guy made my eardrums pop live lol

some classic maiden favs of mine are the wicker man, the trooper, can i play with madness, run to the hills

And this was actually a short version. He normally holds that note of "low" for 15 seconds!

Hey Charis, G’day from Australia 🇦🇺 and you asked why Bruce isn’t wearing an ear monitor, it’s probably because he’s used to stage monitors which back in the day were so awesome when you had a great stage mixer, or stage tech, who is in charge of giving the band an incredible stage sound. Back in my day an excellent stage mixer and stage sound was the only way to go, 🇦🇺👏❤

I think the most amazing part isn't even the music, it's the fact that after 40+ years, these guys clearly still loving hitting the stage together and putting on a great show.

Go sew Iron Maiden. They will NEVER disappoint. 🤘😎🤘

And to think that he is doing this well up there in years. Bruce Dickinson's vocals in the 80's and 90's were even more insane.

I was at this show 🤘

He doesn't use in-ears because he's old school and used to monitors on stage... and probably way back in the day before big stages they just had the house speakers. And you learn to trust your voice even if you can't hear it perfectly

I love Iron Maiden, but I liked seeing you watching Iron Maiden even more, very funny.

When it comes to Iron Maiden and Nightwish. Well, Finland and Iron Maiden have a _long_ history. Before the Iron Curtain collapsed Finland was at the ass end of the European tour stages and a small country. Most big bands never bothered to come at all. But young Iron Maiden did, and was met with such enthusiasm that they promised right on the stage to come to Finland on every European tour they'll ever do. And they kept that promise. So when Finland transformed from a country of tons of dedicated metal fans to a country of tons and tons of metal _bands_, Iron Maiden was a strong influence, because it's one of the masters everyone had seen and ended up imitating. For decades it was almost impossible to find a Finnish guitarist who would not have been able to play the Iron Maiden classics right from memory. They've also always been a band that can put up a _show_, with gigantic backdrops for every song in the set to Bruce changing costumes to play the characters to the huge zombie-like mascot Eddie walking the stage. So yes, practically every metal band in Finland founded in the 20th century was more or less influenced by them. And Bruce is like a walking breath support. He's one of the Unholy Trinity with Rob Halford and Ronnie James Dio, the defining voices of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, usually nowadays called just heavy metal and dubbed an air raid siren in the early years. All three are extremely gifted and skilled singers, setting the standard for melodic metal vocals pretty high.

The masters of the live perfomance 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

I have to admit, those plant leaf leggings and I think he started with a similar shirt were badass Elf wardrobe.

Love this reaction! Where are you from?

You're impressed they've been kicking ass for well over forty years.

On the "in-ear" monitor thing - he's chosen to only use earplugs and not in-ear monitors. Apparently he felt more comfortable that way.

There's a version of this song from 1982 where you can see them in all their youthful power.

Fear Of The Dark Live in Argentina is Fantastic..they are really passionate about there Rock n Roll.

Bruce is a legend

Before they really got big, Bruce was on the short list of the British Olympic Fencing Team, the band took off and he had to withdraw, but he still keeps his hand in by fighting Eddie on stage. He left the band in the 90s, apart from releasing solo albums, he made a living flying commercial passenger jets, he also founded his own company servicing passenger jets at Cardiff Airport. He re-joined the band in 99 I think. For this world tour they chartered a Boeing 727 for him to fly, and their air traffic control call sign was Air Atlantique 666, hence the flight 666 reference. For their last world tour they up graded to a Boeing 747 Jumbo jet, and Bruce had to up grade his licence from 2 to 4 engine.

Keep in mind in the early 2000, Bruce had a battle with throat cancer. Also Bruce did all the piloting on Ed Force One, a 777. I May be wrong on that, but it was a big ass plane😋

Don't forget. These guys are in their late 60's and have done a whole gig before hand and part of a tour.

What you heard is what Bruce has been doing for 30+ years. His voice hasnt changed, and he even went through throat surgery.

I was at this show. Killer from start to finish. Bruce still has so much stamina

Your thought about asking to come to Christmas is one I know well. My stepmoms cousin is Steve "The Colonel" Cropper who was one of the guitar players in The Blues Brother band and co wrote "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" with Otis Redding. I am always saying he needs to be invited to any and all family gatherings!

If you can find it, Powerslave live 1985 long beach was shot during the live after death live album recording. I think the only Iron Maiden member that's shirtless will be Eddie.

all these guys are pushing 60 plus, crazy how great they all look and sound and their energy after all these years. recommendations for old Iron maiden (bruce dickenson era) REVELATIONS, RUNNING FREE (LIVE AFTER DEATH 1985) Live Performances.. running free is an awesome live song, great crowd interaction...

No inears, because when he gets back to England, he wants the ear doctor to tell him that Long Beach fucked up his hearing.

Love it when people do these videos like they are experts. 😂

Bruce posted 2 videos on Iron Maidens KZfaq channel about what he does backstage during a show. Costumes, hydration all of it. I recommend watching those even if you don't do a reaction, they are very interesting and only a few minutes long.

Bruce was a powerhouse in the 80s and still is now. One of the best voices in metal. It’s not too far of a fetch to compare with Nightiwsh as Bruce is known for being operatic in his style. If you watch and old version of this song it has to be the Hammersmith performance.

Not going to bother with scanning through other comments because I'm sure there are many that say this isn't even close to the best live version of the song. Hammersmith 1982 for the best. That said, I saw this song performed by the band in Fall 2022 and the vocals were better than this 2008 performance. Saw them again a few weeks back in Prague, where they didn't play this one, but the vocals were a notch better than what I saw in 2022. A few months shy of 65, and he's the youngest in the band. A complete thrill to see them still doing this at a level that bands half their age would kill to achieve.

Iron Maiden play this Year 2023 at the Wacken Open Air in Germany as Headliner and this Song is still in the Liveset and all Member are older than 65 years old

Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, was nicknamed 'Air raid siren' because of his high range vocals... but he was not their original vocalist. He had ear monitors, just smaller ones... Dickinson joined Maiden in 1982; his vocals w/ his previous band Samson were not as challenging... It was working w/ producer Martin Birch who pushed Dickinson to widen his vocal range when recording his first Iron Maiden album 'The number of the Beast' in '82 ... It became their first UK #1 album (Maiden's 3rd album)... Steve Harris (bass) formed Iron Maiden in 1975... he wanted a band that could play the original songs that he was writing, which had progressive elements, guitar harmonies and complicated time changes. The band had a raw sound in their early days as a pub band in London... The band went through a few members and singers, but eventually Dave Murray (guitar) became a stable member by 1977... They got Paul Di'Anno (vocals) to join the band, who had a gruff, bluesy voice and he gave Iron Maiden a punk rock edge that made them incredibly popular in the UK before they even had a record out. Signed finally in 1979, they recorded their debut album w/ Clive Burr (drums) and Dennis Stratton (guitar) joining... They also introduced their mascot 'Eddie the Head' - a ghoulish, shriveled corpse w/ hollow eyes who appeared on every Iron Maiden album cover in various forms. The self-titled Iron Maiden album in 1980 shocked everyone by charting at #4 in the UK... Adrian Smith (guitar) replaced Stratton for the 2nd album 'Killers' in 1981... However, the stress of touring constantly as Maiden played Japan and N. America for the first time, burned out Paul Di'Anno... he parted ways w/ the band in 1981. Bruce Dickinson (vocals) replaced Di'Anno and his vocals streamlined Iron Maiden's sound and they got even more popular in 1982 w/ the album 'The number of the Beast'... Nicko McBrain (drums) joined in 1983 for the 4th album 'Piece of Mind'... and Iron Maiden were one of the biggest heavy metal bands in the world as they toured arenas in 1984 for the album 'Powerslave'... and dominated the 80's. In 1990, Janick Gers (guitar) replaced Adrian Smith and Maiden released 'No prayer for the dying' (1990) and 'Fear of the dark' (1992)... Unfortunately, Bruce Dickinson had grown weary of the band's workload and announced in 1993 that he was leaving the band for a solo career. Iron Maiden recruited Blaze Bayley (vocals) for their 1995 album 'The X Factor'... but it was a darker, heavier record and fans did not warm up to Blaze's gruff vocals... The next album 'Virtual XI' in 1998 became Maiden's poorest-selling record. The band was also progressing in a more epic musical direction, and Blaze's vocals were not ideal for that sound, so he was fired in 1999... Bruce Dickinson's solo career was also selling poorly... so the decision was made for both Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith (guitar) to reunite w/ Iron Maiden and make it a 3-guitar band for the first time... Their 2000 album 'Brave new world' was a return to popularity and reintroduced Iron Maiden to a new generation. For the last 2 decades, Maiden's records have gotten more progressive and epic, compared to their 80's records... but their popularity has only been increasing worldwide. U can check out Iron Maiden's big singles - 'Wasted years'... '2 minutes to midnight'... 'Run to the hills'... 'The evil that men do'... 'Fear of the dark' (live version)🤘🤘🔥🔥 Their epic tracks - 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' ... 'The sign of the cross' (live version)... 'If eternity should fail' ... 'For the greater good of God' Songs w/ Paul Di'Anno on vocals - 'Phantom of the Opera'... 'Wrathchild'... 'Remember tomorrow'... 'Killers'... 🤘🤘 Songs w/ Blaze Bayley on vocals - 'Man on the edge'... 'Futureal'... 'Virus' ... 'The Clansman'... 🤘🤘

'The Trooper' is super melodic with great lyrics. It gallops!

He's never used a in ear. They use the monitors at the front of the stage always.

Hey! I have a a fantastic one for everyone and you! First, you gotta hear it live, it's TESLA - Live in Minnesota, 2008. "Song and Emotion" or "Private Ledbetter" as a real emotion tugger. The whole concert is just one of Tesla's best.

Charis Singer, Bruce Dickinson still or was licensed airline pilot who flew him, bandmates, crew, and equipment to locations during their world tours. One of their tours is Flight 666 tour. I don't know if he is over the age limit of being airline pilots. But I could be wrong.

Eat the guitar! That made my day. I laughed my azz off. Thank you for that!🤣