Bruce Dickinson, singer on “Iron Maiden”, was an avid supporter of Brexit. Now he wants to go on tour in the EU, and that’s where things get complicated.
Difficult situation, of course. If British bands currently want to tour the European Union, they need a work permit. Not only for themselves, but also for their roadies, their sound engineers, the lighting crew, the merch seller, the tour manager, the guitar tuner, the drum tech – for each European country individually. The reason is Brexit. No EU membership, no freedom of movement. Actually logical. Anyone who is still very annoyed about it, including in an interview he recently gave to Sky News: Bruce Dickinson. Hobby pilot, singer of the metal band Iron Maiden and once very vocal supporter of Brexit.
“Just stop the government’s attitude towards the entertainment industry. We’re probably one of the UK’s biggest exports. And yet we’re sitting here. We can’t do anything. (…) Okay, it’s well known that I’m for the I voted for Brexit. But the idea was that after you did it, you go there and use common sense when dealing with people. At the moment we have all this nonsense that we are not in a position in Europe to play, and the Europeans are not able to play here with us. That with the work permits and all that crap. (…) Get your hands on it! Put your hands out of your pockets! Put in a decent guy who does something for the relationship with Europe! Right now we can play easier in America than in Europe. We have a sold out tour, by the way. Hundreds of thousands of people in Europe. (…) Get started, government! “