Bruce Dickinson slams security 'bullies' at Iron Maiden gig after fan is left with 'bleeding head wounds'
"I hope that kid takes this building to the f---ing cleaners!"
Bruce Dickinson lambasted security at Iron Maiden’s show at the Tacoma Dome in Washington last night (5th September) after he witnessed a fan being beaten by ‘10 security guards’ at the front.
Temporarily stopping the gig before encore opener ‘The Evil That Men Do’, a rightfully angry Bruce Dickinson addressed the audience to tell them that there’s a bloodied Iron Maiden fan backstage.
“We’ve got an Iron Maiden fan backstage who’s had the s*** kicked out of him by ten security guards,” Bruce told the crowd. “I saw one security guard lean over the barrier and punch a kid half his size in the face four times.”
Following boos from the crowd he continued. “There were ten people. TEN people! This is not the f***ing Mixed Martial Arts. If it was the Mixed Martial Arts you’d have a referee y’know. This is not that.
“We’ve played to several hundred thousand people so far on this tour. This is the first time anything like this has happened. I don’t know if this happens in this building all the time, I don’t know if this is an act of fing madness and I hope that kid is getting hospital treatment now because he’s bleeding from head wounds. I hope that kid takes this building to the fing cleaners.
“If anybody has any footage – camera footage – or anything then we would be pleased to help facilitate it to find the bullies and the f***ing criminals who are responsible. It’s not big, it’s not clever, it’s just called ‘bullying’, it’s as simple as that. So this is a very appropriate song, it’s called ‘The Evil That Men Do’”
Several fans have taken to social media to share clips of Bruce addressing the crowd:
Seattle based journalist Jimmy Lovaas later tweeted that “security at the door declined to comment and declined to say who was in charge.”
The North American leg of Iron Maiden’s Legacy of the Beast Tour continues at the Portland Moda Center tonight (Friday 6th September) and wraps up at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City on Monday 30th September.
The metal legends then play arena and stadium shows in South America in October.
The setlist on the tour is as follows:
1) Aces High
2) Where Eagles Dare
3) 2 Minutes To Midnight
4) The Clansman
5) The Trooper
6) Revelations
7) For The Greater Good Of God
8) The Wicker Man
9) Sign Of The Cross
10) Flight Of Icarus
11) Fear Of The Dark
12) The Number Of The Beast
13) Iron Maiden
Encore:
14) The Evil That Men Do
15) Hallowed Be They Name
16) Run To The Hills