{"id":150719,"date":"2025-06-02T00:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150719\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T00:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:02:12","slug":"iron-maiden-manager-wishes-fans-who-filmed-show-against-bands-will-nothing-but-a-sore-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150719\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden manager wishes fans who filmed show against band’s will “nothing but a sore arm”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iron Maiden<\/a>\u2019s manager has said he wishes fans who use their mobile phones at the band\u2019s gigs \u201cnothing but a sore arm\u201d.<\/p>\n

The metal veterans\u2019 \u2018Run For Your Lives\u2019 tour kicked off in Budapest, Hungary last week<\/a> (May 27), with the band set to stop off in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Birmingham, Manchester, London, and more. You can check\u00a0all dates here<\/a>\u00a0and find any remaining tickets for the shows\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shortly before the tour commenced, their manager Ron Smallwood urged fans to refrain from filming the band\u2019s performances on their phones during the shows<\/a>. Writing a post<\/a> titled \u2018Put Away Your Phones and Get Ready to Run For Your Lives!\u2019, he implored gig-goers to experience the shows \u201cin the moment\u201d rather than through a phone screen.<\/p>\n

He explained the band wanted fans to experience the show \u201cas they would have when many of these songs were first played live back in 80\u2019s\u201d.<\/p>\n

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After the Budapest gig, Smallwood followed up with a new Instagram post, writing: \u201cA huge thank you to every one of you who kept your phones down, respected the band and your fellow fans, and embraced the show the way it\u2019s meant to be experienced \u2013 in the room with us. That was a great boost for us and the band appreciated it greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so much better when they can see you unencumbered and that drives them on without that distraction. For the selfish few that didn\u2019t and just had to keep videoing\u2026 I wish you nothing but a very sore arm!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they were few, and we do hope this support from fans, especially in the floor area in front of the sound desk, continues in Prague tomorrow and beyond. As I said before, by all means take the odd quick pic as a memento of a great night, but otherwise please keep your phone in your pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The current worldwide trek marks\u00a0Maiden\u2019s 50th anniversary as a band and will see them playing a setlist made up exclusively of songs from their first nine studio albums, with frontman Dickinson previously teasing that the band would\u00a0\u201cbe doing stuff we\u2019ve never, ever done before\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

The mammoth run of dates will also\u00a0see the debut of drummer Simon Dawson<\/a>,\u00a0following the retirement of long-term sticksman Nicko McBrain<\/a>, who announced he would be stepping away from touring after\u00a0suffering a minor stroke in 2023<\/a>\u00a0which left him partially paralysed on his right side from the shoulder down.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Iron Maiden have announced an\u00a0\u201cunrestricted\u201d new documentary film<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 including the late Paul Di\u2019Anno\u2019s final interview. The film, which will celebrate 50 years of the band, is due to drop later this year.<\/p>\n

Along with appearances from longtime fans and names such as\u00a0Javier Bardem<\/a>, Metallica<\/a>\u2018s Lars Ulrich<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0KISS<\/a>\u2019\u00a0Gene Simmons,<\/a>\u00a0rare archival footage and all-new animated sequences of the band\u2019s legendary mascot, Eddie, will all be included too.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Dickinson recently announced a graphic novel made with soil from William Blake\u2019s grave<\/a>, and opened up about the\u00a0Di\u2019Anno era song he can no longer sing<\/a>.<\/p>\n