IRON MAIDEN Bangs Out Soccer Game Before Dallas Show (Video)

According to CBS DFW, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN wanted to play a little soccer prior to their headlining concert Friday (June 23) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Watch the report below.

MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris, an avid soccer fan, said in a 2012 interview that he had given up playing the sport — for the most part. He explained at the time: “I’ve had so many problems with my back that I can only play the odd match here or there. Unfortunately, it’s five years since I’ve played a full season of football and that’s something that I miss a lot. But I had to make a decision. I play a lot of tennis.”

IRON MAIDEN is touring North America in support of its 2015 album “The Book Of Souls”. Six of the fifteen songs in the band’s setlist are track from the latest disc and only two are from their fan favorite “The Number Of The Beast”, which turned thirty five years old this year.

MAIDEN‘s recent European tour consisted of a total of sixteen dates, including three shows in Germany, eight in England, two in Scotland and one each in Ireland and Wales. The U.K. leg marked MAIDEN‘s first full U.K. arena tour in six years.

“The Book Of Souls” is MAIDEN‘s first ever double studio album and their most successful chart-wise to date, debuting at the No. 1 spot in over 40 countries around the world and No. 4 in the U.S.A.

Fonte: Blabbermouth.net