Tonight’s audience is of a certain vintage and a certain gender. There are fadedIron Maiden t-shirts everywhere and a large gaggle of fanboys have already reserved their spot on the barrier and are not planning on moving anytime soon. Yes, a barrier at Rebellion (and two security guards), but it isn’t often that you get visited by Heavy Metal royalty. British Lion is Iron Maiden head honcho Steve Harris’s other band and there is a palpable level of excitement about being within touching distance of one of the most important and omnipresent figures in our world (presumably the barrier is there to stop any actual groping).

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