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PREVIEW: Iron Maiden
by David Sue8/12/2006
IT is the season of pantomime, so what better time than the
return of Iron Maiden, the enduring heavy metallers for whom capes,
daggers and medieval castles are as mandatory to stage performance
as a sweaty power chord riff?
Formed 25 years ago, Iron Maiden are among the last exponents of
heavy rock as it was before it became the domain of
eyeliner-wearing teenage sociopaths.
As it turns out, they're probably the only band immune to pop
culture's virulent ``ironic'' recycling of old rock.
Thanks to frontman Bruce Dickinson's unwaveringly pompous musical
world view, there's little chance of Iron Maiden ever being given
an ironic cool badge like Motorhead.
All of which makes their live shows all the more absurdly
entertaining, from sets featuring medieval castles to the songs
themselves, the likes of Run To The Hills, real classics in the
metal canon.
Forget your Aladdins and Snow Whites - the REAL pantomime has
arrived in town.
Iron Maiden play the MEN Arena on Thursday.
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