frontman has revealed “the most decadent thing” he’s ever done. The admission was made in a new interview with , published to mark 30 years since Iron Maiden became the first Western rock band to play a full-production live tour in Soviet Europe. During the tour, Dickinson says, he and his bandmates were approached in their hotel by a man selling a sack’s worth of caviar that had fallen off of a Russian ship.
“This guy comes up with a bin liner full of caviar,” the singer remembers. “We were all drunk, going, ‘Come on then, how much?’ He got a half-kilo tin of caviar out and he said, ‘It’s $100.’ I’m like, ‘$100? That’s incredibly cheap.
’” Photographer Ross Halfin was following Iron Maiden on their 1984 European tour, which was promoting that year’s album . Halfin was reportedly able to haggle the caviar salesman down to $50 per tin. “We said, ‘Have you got any more?’,” continues Dickinson.
“He came back with five kilos, like an oil drum full of caviar. Everyone went mad. We probably had about 10 kilos of caviar, which we couldn’t possibly eat.
“This is the most decadent thing I think I’ve ever done in my life, eating a tablespoon of caviar and knocking it back with vodka. It could’ve been the scene in [1975 film based on ’s rock opera] but without the baked beans.” Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Iron Maiden are currently in the middle of their world tour, playing a setlist largely composed of songs from 1986 album and 2021’s .
They’ll play a run of Oceania, Asia and North/Central/South American dates from September to November. See the list of shows below. Dickinson released his first solo album in 19 years, , in March.
Sep 01: Perth RAC Arena Sep 04: Adelaide Entertainment Centre Sep 06: Melbourne Rod Laver Arena Sep 07: Melbourne Rod Laver Arena Sep 10: Brisbane Entertainment Centre Sep 12: Sydney Qudos Bank Arena Sep 13: Sydney Qudos Bank Arena Sep 16: Auckland Spark Arena Sep 22: Aichi Sky Hall Sep 24: Osaka-Jo Hall Sep 26: Tokyo Garden Theater Sep 28: Kanagawa Pia Arena Oct 04: San Diego North Island Credit Union Ampitheatre Oct 05: Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena Oct 08: Los Angeles Kia Forum Oct 12: Sacramento Aftershock Festival Oct 14: Portland Moda Center Oct 16: Tacoma Dome Oct 18: Salt Lake City Delta Center Oct 19: Denver Ball Arena Oct 22: St Paul Xcel Energy Center Oct 24: Rosemont Allstate Arena Oct 26: Toronto Scotiabank Arena Oct 27: Quebec Videotron Arena Oct 30: Montreal Centre Bell Nov 01: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center Nov 02: Brooklyn Barclays Center Nov 06: Worcester DCU Center Nov 08: Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena Nov 09: Newark Prudential Center Nov 12: Baltimore CFG Bank Arena Nov 13: Charlotte Spectrum Center Nov 16: Fort Worth Dickies Arena Nov 17: San Antonio Frost Bank Center Nov 20: Mexico City Foro Sol Nov 24: Bogota Colombia El Campin Stadium Nov 27: Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Nov 28: Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Louder’s resident Gojira obsessive was still at uni when he joined the team in 2017. Since then, Matt’s become a regular in Prog and Metal Hammer, at his happiest when interviewing the most forward-thinking artists heavy music can muster. He’s got bylines in The Guardian, The Telegraph, NME, Guitar and many others, too.
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