US EditionIron Maiden Manager Wishes Fans Who Filmed Show Against Band's Will "Nothing but a Sore Arm"
- Iron Maiden's manager Rod Smallwood publicly criticized fans who excessively filmed the band's Run For Your Lives World Tour concerts in early 2025.
- Smallwood asked fans to limit phone use to experience the show live, noting this request followed earlier statements and social media posts during the European leg.
- He thanked fans who respected the band by keeping their phones down and called those who did not "selfish," wishing them "nothing but a very sore arm."
- The tour, celebrating Iron Maiden’s 50th anniversary and running through early August 2025, features a setlist from the band’s first nine albums and new drummer Simon Dawson.
- Smallwood’s message implies that reducing phone distractions enhances the live experience for the band and audience, encouraging fans to engage fully in the moment.
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Even the Iron Maidens join the artists, Bob Dylan in the lead, who do not like the massive use of mobile phones during the tours, which was organized to celebrate 50 years since, in 1975, Steve Harris set up the band. In a note before the start of the concerts this summer the statement of intent was more than clear: "We would very much like you to be "at the moment" and actively involved, to enjoy each of these songs in the spirit and in the way…
Iron Maiden Manager Doubles Down on 'Selfish' Fans Using Their Phones During Concert
It "diminishes enjoyment, particularly for the band who are on stage looking out at rows of phones, but also for other concertgoers," Rod Smallwood saidKevin Mazur/Getty Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Dave Murray, and Janick Gers of Iron Maiden in October 2023NEED TO KNOWIron Maiden's manager Rod Blackwood slammed fans for taking their phone out during recent concertsHe called audience members who kept their phone out excessively "selfish"The heavy…
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