Iron Maiden Share Documentary for Legacy of the Beast Tour

Iron Maiden has shared a new mini-documentary for their Legacy of the Beast Tour. The two-part doc, titled Behind The Scenes With Bruce, runs a total of 18 minutes and explains the inner workings of the metal heads’ most recent trek around the world.

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In the doc, frontman Bruce Dickinson gives fans insight into the 140-date tour including his workout routine, the band’s rider and the equipment that goes into making a stage show of this caliber.

He later describes the tour as the “strange world that I live in – this funny little hobbit world behind the stage, which is all dark and dingy and things like that, with, like, plastic capes and flamethrowers.”

Dickinson also goes through his post-show routine which sees him breathing into a towel to come down off the high of being on stage. Check out the first episode below.

In other Iron Maiden news, the band has announced a number of 2023 dates as part of their The Future Past Tour. The band will perform tracks from their latest effort, Senjutsu, and the 1986 LP Somewhere in Time across the tour.

Stops along the trek include Dublin, Glasgow, Belgium and Poland. The tour will kick off on June 13 at Tauron Arena Krakow in Poland. Find the full run of dates below.

The Future Past Tour Dates

June 2023
13 Tauron Arena, Krakow, POLAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)
19 Hallenstadion, Zurich, SWITZERLAND – (On sale Thu Oct 13)
24 3Arena, Dublin, IRELAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)
26 Ovo Hydro, Glasgow, SCOTLAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)
28 First Direct Arena, Leeds, ENGLAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)
30 AO Arena, Manchester, ENGLAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)

July 2023
03 Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, ENGLAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)
04 Utilita Arena, Birmingham, ENGLAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)
07 O2 Arena, London, ENGLAND – (On sale Fri Oct 14)
11 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS – (On sale Thu Oct 13)
13 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, BELGIUM – (On sale Thu Oct 13)
15 The Return of the Gods Festival, Milan, ITALY – (On sale now)

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