{"id":361595,"date":"2025-08-21T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/361595\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:19:09","slug":"bruce-dickinson-doesnt-want-iron-maiden-to-play-the-las-vegas-sphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/361595\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Dickinson doesn&#8217;t want Iron Maiden to play the Las Vegas Sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bruce-dickinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Dickinson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/iron-maiden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iron Maiden<\/a> aren\u2019t keen on playing at the Las Vegas Sphere \u2013 see what the frontman had to say below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1245\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/iron-maiden-senjutsu-review-3035836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Iron Maiden \u2013 \u2018Senjutsu\u2019 review: an imaginative instant classic\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The futuristic state-of-the-art venue opened in 2023 and has since hosted residencies from the likes of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/u2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/phish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phish<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Eagles<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Backstreet-Boys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backstreet Boys<\/a>. It was also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-spheres-second-location-confirmed-for-abu-dhabi-3803152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed that a new Sphere venue will be constructed in Abu Dhabi<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/metallica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metallica<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/metallica-reportedly-in-talks-for-las-vegas-sphere-residency-3882519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly in talks for a residency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While playing at The Sphere now seems to be a milestone that some bands are working towards, it seems not everyone shares that sentiment. Speaking to Eddie Trunk for SiriusXM, Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson expressed his thoughts on the venue when asked if they\u2019d want to perform there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. It\u2019s not Maiden. Maiden\u2019s about the relationship between the band and the audience, and the show, whilst it\u2019s a show, is an enhancement to what we do. The Sphere, as far as I can gather\u2026 I mean, I appreciate what you\u2019re saying about it \u2014 it\u2019s all encompassing, it\u2019s this and that, it\u2019s the other \u2014 but I think the band would be very uncomfortable with the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, we just do a lot of stuff: we run around, we go around, and at the Sphere, what\u2019s the point? What\u2019s the point? In fact, what\u2019s the point of even being there, if you\u2019re a band?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/heres-what-iron-maiden-played-to-kick-off-the-run-for-your-lives-european-and-uk-tour-3865288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent \u2018Run For Your Lives\u2019 tour<\/a>, Iron Maiden performed a special setlist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/iron-maiden-announce-2025-run-for-your-lives-european-and-uk-tour-dates-3795068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">containing only songs from their first nine studio albums<\/a>, from their self-titled debut to \u2018Fear Of The Dark\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the 17 songs played were performed for the first time in numerous years, including opening song \u2018Murders In The Rue Morgue\u2019 and \u2018Killers\u2019 \u2013 the latter of which they hadn\u2019t played since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>It was also their first run of shows with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/iron-maiden-announces-new-drummer-after-nicko-mcbrain-departure-3820085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new touring drummer Simon Dawson,<\/a>\u00a0who was appointed following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/iron-maiden-share-emotional-video-of-final-concert-with-nicko-mcbrain-3821287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the touring retirement of long-term sticksman Nicko McBrain.<\/a> McBrain announced he would be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/iron-maidens-nicko-mcbain-to-take-a-step-back-from-the-grind-of-the-extensive-touring-lifestyle-3820013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0\u201ctaking a step back\u201d from touring<\/a>\u00a0last year due to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/iron-maiden-drummer-nicko-mcbrain-reveals-he-suffered-stroke-that-left-him-paralysed-on-one-side-3477778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffering a minor stroke in 2023,<\/a>\u00a0which left him partially paralysed on his right side from the shoulder down.<\/p>\n<p>In late July, the original Iron Maiden singer Paul Mario Day died at the age of 69. Paul Mario Day was enlisted by bassist Steve Harris when the latter formed Iron Maiden in 1975. Day served as the band\u2019s first singer, and was with the band between 1975 and 1976 before being replaced by Dennis Wilcock. Wilcock was later replaced by Paul Di\u2019Anno, who went on to perform on the band\u2019s iconic first two records.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/former-iron-maiden-singer-paul-dianno-dies-age-66-what-he-left-behind-will-live-on-forever-3804890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Di\u2019Anno died in October 2024 at the age of 66<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruce Dickinson and Iron Maiden aren\u2019t keen on playing at the Las Vegas Sphere \u2013 see what the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,3981,269,453,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-361595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-metal","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115065782547089102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}