Iron Maiden Vocalist Turns Heads With Gwyneth Paltrow Comment
Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson made a comment about Gwyneth Paltrow when talking about Glastonbury Festival. – Author: Charles Ken, Photo via Ken Settle
When reading an inerview with Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, one doesn’t expect to see a comment about Gwyneth Paltrow, but you can expect the unexpected with Dickinson. He never gives a “normal” interview and always says something really surprising.
Now, Dickinson has made a comment about Paltrow that’s turning heads. The subject came up when talking about playing England’s popular Glastonbury Festival, which Iron Maiden is not playing this year. Instead, Maiden is playing another gig in the area, so it’s hard to ignore that this massive festival will be happening when Maiden is also playing their own solo thing.
Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson and Gwyneth Paltrow
Dickinson does not sound like a big fan of Paltrow, but he’s not hating on her too much. He’s mainly making a comment about celebrity culture.
This year’s Glastonbury fest features headliners Olivia Rodrigo, Rod Stewart, Muse and The 1975. Iron Maiden have their own headlining show on June 28 at London Stadium, which is just over 160 miles from Glastonbury fest. So, it’s not in the backyard of the festival, but it’s drivable.
When asked about playing a show in England at the same time that Glastonbury festival is happening, Dickinson said in an interview with The i Paper, “I always said I’d turn Glastonbury down if we were ever invited. I don’t want to go play in front of Gwyneth Paltrow and a perfume-infested yurt.”
Of course, celebrity culture is alive and well at such events, and that’s what Dickinson is talking about here. “It’s not just about making money,” Dickinson added. “We want … of people to come and see us. I’m amazed at the prices that some people are prepared to pay to see some legacy acts.”
Iron Maiden, who has been around for more than 50 years, will close out their “Run for Your Lives” on August 2 in Warsaw, Poland. Then, Dickinson will hit the road on his first North American solo tour in about three decades staring August 22 in Anaheim, California. Before going on tour, Iron Maiden’s manager posted an open letter asking fans to limit how much they use their phones on the tour, stating, “The amount of phone use nowadays diminishes enjoyment, particularly for the band who are on stage looking out at rows of phones, but also for other concertgoers.”
In a May 2024 interview with The Quietus, Dickinson commented, “An Iron Maiden show is a magic ritual. That’s absolutely what is going on. I look at what I’m doing – the way I behave, my placement on the stage at a certain point in the set – as almost shamanic. What you are doing is playing with the audience’s energy, raising it, lowering it, reflecting it back.”
In the Quietus feature, John Higgs noted, “For those who have seen the adult Dickinson perform or heard his voice, the idea that he was ever powerless is hard to imagine. It was at this age that he began reading the occult books which are so evident in his lyrics, as a way to claim some power for himself. In a similar way, heavy metal is all about empowering the powerless. This is why it can seem ludicrous to people from a more comfortable background.”
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