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According to the Daily Mail, Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickenson flew to the rescue of 22 stranded British vacationers in Egypt. Apparently, a big Brit vacation package company went bust right before last weekend which left many holidaying Brits all around the world with no way to get home. The heavy-metal singer then brushed off his captain wings with British airline Astraeus to answer the call for help. Apparently, he’s been a captain with the airline for 2 and a half years, having worked for them for 9 years. The rocker became a pilot during a low point in his solo career. He told the paper “I was just doing my job. I was called out like a lot of other pilots to help and I was obviously happy to do that. Some of the people on the flight were obviously frustrated by the situation they had found themselves in but everyone was pretty good-natured about it all.” I guess John Travolta wasn’t available.

Category : Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden

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Forget Ozzfest as you know it because the annual summer heavy-metal rock concert is changing things up this year by no longer touring the country and performing nonstop. Instead, they will be making Ozzfest a one-day mega event. It will take place in Dallas at the Pizza Hut Park on Saturday, August 9th with headliners Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Manager Sharon Osbourne commented on the change saying “Ozzy just finished an 11-month world tour, so I think he deserves a summer off. We’re going to be a stadium destination festival for now — we have gone past doing the sheds every summer. We’ve given everyone else the blueprint and we have to keep evolving Ozzfest.”

Category : Heavy Metal, Metallica, Music Festival, Ozzy Osbourne

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