Iron Maiden’s vocalist Bruce Dickinson to perform concert in Istanbul

ruce Dickinson, the vocalist of Iron Maiden, author, musician and businessperson, will join music enthusiasts at Küçükçiftlik Park on July 19.

The rock star, who is also a pilot, producer and fencing athlete, will be performing for the first time in Türkiye as part of the European Tour of his new solo album “The Mandrake Project.”

Joining Dickinson on stage will be Roy Z on guitar, Dave Moreno on drums, Tanya O’Callaghan on bass guitar and Mistheria on keyboards.

The opening act for the concert will be the Maltese band led by Cenk Durmazel.

The first track of the album, “Afterglow of Ragnarok,” was released on vinyl accompanied by an 8-page comic book. The track also includes an original version recorded by Dickinson of Iron Maiden’s “If Eternity Should Fail,” which was featured on the album “The Book Of Souls.”

Fans and music lovers alike can look forward to an electrifying performance by Bruce Dickinson and his talented band at Küçükçiftlik Park, promising an unforgettable evening of music and entertainment.

Joining Dickinson on stage will be Roy Z on guitar, Dave Moreno on drums, Tanya O’Callaghan on bass guitar and Mistheria on keyboards.

The opening act for the concert will be the Maltese band led by Cenk Durmazel.

The first track of the album, “Afterglow of Ragnarok,” was released on vinyl accompanied by an 8-page comic book. The track also includes an original version recorded by Dickinson of Iron Maiden’s “If Eternity Should Fail,” which was featured on the album “The Book Of Souls.”

Fans and music lovers alike can look forward to an electrifying performance by Bruce Dickinson and his talented band at Küçükçiftlik Park, promising an unforgettable evening of music and entertainment.

Di’Anno recorded two classic albums with IRON MAIDEN before being replaced by Dickinson. He went on to front a number of other bands, including KILLERS and BATTLEZONE, and released several solo records.

In 2005, Di’Anno was asked by Classic Rock Revisited editor Jeb Wright about his previous comment that Bruce is a better singer for MAIDEN than he was. He said: “Yeah, I did admit that Bruce is a better singer for MAIDEN than me. I still do think that but only related only to the MAIDEN albums that were made after my first two initial MAIDEN classic albums. My feeling is that I could never have stamped my mark properly on the MAIDEN albums that came after ‘Iron Maiden’ and ‘Killers’ because Bruce’s voice is much better suited to that material than my voice ever could be. However, that aside, I am not actually comparing our voices against each other either, as I feel as much as I could not sing Bruce’s period of MAIDEN songs, Bruce definitely does not have — and never did have — the voice to replace me on the first two classic albums either. My voice is, and always will be, mega aggressive and that is what helped make those first two classic albums what they are. On the other hand, Bruce’s high-pitched, and sometimes operatic voice, is what has helped give the later albums their different character. I will say this though: Bruce sounds incredible on many later MAIDEN tracks such as ‘The Trooper’, ‘Number Of The Beast’ and ‘Two Minutes To Midnight’ but let’s face it — without meaning to sound arrogant here, just saying what everyone knows — when Bruce tries to emulate me on classics such as ‘Remember Tomorrow’, ‘Running Free’, ‘Wrathchild’, ‘Killers’ or anything from the first two MAIDEN albums, he just does not have the tools for the job as the aggression just isn’t there. Your voice can often explain a lot about your background, and I think my voice shows the kind of rough, lower-class background I came from. Bruce’s voice kind of gives an impression of a public schoolboy background.”

In a 2022 interview with Sakis Fragos of Greece’s Rock Hard magazine, Di’Anno addressed the circumstances that led to his departure from MAIDEN and whether it’s true that it has something to do with his vocal performance. He said: “My record stands for itself. I’ve played more shows than IRON MAIDEN have ever played… They play a lot of concerts, but I played a hell of a lot more than they ever had. So it was nothing to do with my voice. It was nothing to do with that. I was just upset about certain things, which were private things in the band. And the way I dealt with them maybe was not right, but I dealt with them. And that’s the end of it. And that’s as much as I’m gonna say.”

Pressed about whether it’s true that he wasn’t properly compensated for his work on the first two IRON MAIDEN albums, Paul said: “I have nothing to comment on that at all, because, to be honest with you, it’s nobody’s damn business. I got paid very well. I’m very happy with that. See, if I try to say, ‘Oh, IRON MAIDEN didn’t pay me enough money,’ it’s a bad reflection on IRON MAIDEN. And I’m not taking that. I got paid very well. They looked after me. End of story.”

In December 2022, Di’Anno spent time in Split, Croatia recording an album with his new project called WARHORSE. The band was formed earlier that year by Di’Anno and two guitarists/authors, Hrvoje Madiraca and Ante “Pupi” Pupačić. The resulting LP will be made available on July 19, 2024 under the PAUL DI’ANNO’S WARHORSE banner.