Iron Maiden is one of the most successful heavy metal bands ever.
They have sold more than 80 million albums and are renowned for their live shows - tickets for which they say sell faster now than at any point in their 30 years as a band.
Sarah Montague speaks to the band's lead singer, Bruce Dickinson, the only member of the band who has lopped off the long, 'hard rocking' hair.
And that is because of his dual life.
For when he is not on stage performing in front of thousands he can often be found in a cockpit.
He is a commercial pilot who has now set up his own aviation business.
So how can you mix the hard rock lifestyle of a metal-head with the clean living required of a pilot and entrepreneur?
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I don't know why pop stars have to point. Must be something genetic.
Mick Jagger leaped about in front of the President here on one of the in-house entertainment nights. They usually have some real talent, but Mick just charged up and down making shouty noises and pointing. Dunno what at...just staring wildly at something and stabbing his finger at it.
With huge apologies the The Who and to the tune of Squeeze Box. The good lady in question will probably beat the crap out of me.
Whirly's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
She flys and counts beans
She never gets no rest
'Cause she's playing all night
And the music's all right
Whirly's got a squeeze box
Berkshire never sleeps at night
Well the pilots don’t eat
And the dog can't sleep
She’s building crazy spreadsheets
So her figures are neat
'Cause she's playing all night
And the music's all right
Whirly's got a squeeze box
Berkshire never sleeps at night
She hovers up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down
'Cause she won’t stop squawking
When she’s hovering and talking
Whirly's got a squeeze box
Berkshire never sleeps at night
She goes, file me, come on and file me
Come on and file me like you do
To the Inland Revenue
Whirly's got a squeeze box
Berkshire never sleeps at night
She hovers up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down
'Cause in IFR flight
Our mate Whirly’s all right
Whirly's got a squeeze box
Berkshire never sleeps at night
I don't know why pop stars have to point. Must be something genetic.
Now much copied by US politicians. Watch Mitt Romney enter a convention and on his way to the podium he will invariably point at an indeterminate point in the crowd, smile and wave. The idea of course is to show that he actually knows someone in Hicksville, Iowa (or wherever) which is pointless as everyone knows it's a fake.
Oh and what's this silly holding up a finger each time each time Stuart Broad takes a wicket? That's the umpire's job
Sorry for the thread drift but I've never heard of Bruce Dickinson
btw B Fraser - Berkshire?
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Once I'd picked mesel' up from the floor from laughing, I have managed to garner all my strength to wallop Beef and Alloa severely with diverse, heavy (and now out of tune) musical instruments.
