Iron Maiden: Flight 666 Page #3

with a bunch of hooligans

and all our gear in the back.

We got to the venue

and the stage was built from wood.

The stage was lashed-together bamboo.

We were going round testing it

but it was really solid.

The backstage thing where everything's

like red carpets and great big tents.

it's almost like

being back in the Raj or something.

Maiden! Maiden! Maiden!

All right?

Can we switch the air conditioning off.

please?

Let's go.

I'll tell you what amazed me.

Madness went down a storm.

I know. I know. Which is unusual.

Beer!

Obviously got very good taste in music.

Five beers is not enough

for an hour journey.

I said to the tour manager. "Five beers for

five people for an hour journey isn't enough.

"It's pathetic."

- I'm sure we can afford it.

- Note to self.

I can't talk very well

'cause my mouth's so dry.

So bear with me.

Look. boys and girls.

this is what it's like after a gig in a van.

We post-mortem the gig for ten seconds.

make apologies to one another...

Then we argue.

And then we argue about ice cream vans

and stuff!

It was a little jagged tonight. Got through it.

I thought I might collapse halfway through.

I ran out of steam. I'm an old man.

Oh. dear. We've still got the police escort.

He's the only vehicle holding us up.

Oh. man.

Passengers travelling

on lron Maiden Flight AEU666

kindly board the aircraft

at gate number four. thank you.

That's what I'm saying. I don't...

..will be served in-flight.

Please observe the fasten seat belt signs

and no smoking signs...

You're sh*t and you know you are!

You're sh*t and you know you are!

You're sh*t and you know you are!

You're sh*t and you know you are!

I've got to slow down

'cause the arm's hanging off now.

It's like watching a rare wild animal.

Even in its sleep. it snarls and it growls.

unaware of the presence of the cameras.

Rod is the best rock and roll manager

in the world.

who is not just about the money

and the fame and the bullshit.

It's about integrity and. "We did it our way."

He's such a bombastic guy.

which is what you want as a manager.

Sometimes he's bombastic

with us as well at times.

We all moan about him

but we love him dearly.

and he's a very hard-edged person.

He's a Yorkshireman.

"Don't bloody talk about that! Come here!"

Bloody Roderick Smallwood!

He's brilliant when he bursts into the room.

I thought that was him.

And it's awake. We've woken it up.

Fat chance of sleeping.

Saxon's radar. good afternoon...

Could you sign this?

- Maiden! Maiden!

- All right?

So where are we?

We're at the Corner Hotel in Australia

for the lron Maiden Melbourne meet-up.

So why do you have

these pre-show events?

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