In a recent interview with SDTV – Stonedead Festival, former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di’Anno shared his thoughts on his recent encounter in Croatia with Bruce Dickinson, the singer who replaced him in the band. Bruce was in the country promoting his new solo album, The Mandrake Project, and performed with his solo band on July 13 at Hala Zagreb in Zagreb, where Di’Anno had been receiving treatment following knee surgery.
Paul said: “[Our conversation was] private, so I say no more. Everyone thinks that we hated each other, which is bulls**t. That’s the press for you. But we’ve known each other, obviously, from when he was in SAMSON and all that. So, yeah, it’s all good.”
Di’Anno also talked about his meeting with Dickinson during a recent interview on “The Neil Jones Rock Show” on TotalRock. He said: “Well, I can’t tell you too much. I came out of the clinic I was in, ’cause I was going on stage that night, in Zagreb as well, doing signings basically, and I was gonna go up and do three songs with a MAIDEN covers band sort of thing. All I remember is my transport came to pick me up from the clinic. I’m, like, ‘Where are we going?’ So I went down to this open-air concert thing. And Bruce was on stage. I was like, oh, I’m clueless. That was my initial thought. Anyway, so after it was all over, I went backstage. All of Bruce‘s band came down to say hello and all that stuff. They said, ‘We’re gonna come down and watch you later on, in about an hour or two.’
“And then next thing I know, Bruce came in. We just gave each other a hug, shook hands and had a little chat, which is private, obviously. But, yeah, it’s all good. But the press have put the bad things up about us, that we don’t like each other, et cetera, et cetera. But, yeah, it’s all good. He’s had a little snipe at me over the years, and I’d snipe back occasionally, but yeah, it just kept it all interesting. Yeah, he’s a great singer, man. Absolutely brilliant.”
When asked if it was indeed the first time he and Bruce had met in person, as previously reported, Paul clarified: “No, because, obviously, [we had met when he was] with SAMSON [before he joined MAIDEN] and all that.”
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