According to
ElTiempo.com, seven people were injured in riots that took place during
IRON MAIDEN's concert last Thursday (February 28) in Bogota, Colombia. An estimated three thousand uniformed personnel were responsible for providing security at the concert, where such illegal items as knives, drugs, liquor were seized. No serious injuries were reported, but 480 people are said to have sought treatment for headaches, and other health conditions related to substance abuse (drugs and alcohol).
More than 42,000 fans from Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Venezuela attended the show, which was part of
IRON MAIDEN's
"Somewhere Back In Time - World Tour 08".
Watch Colombian TV reports on the
MAIDEN concert riots in Bogota below.
IRON MAIDEN frontman
Bruce Dickinson will air a
MAIDEN "tour special" during the March 7 edition of his weekly
BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named
"The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". The show will feature interviews with
Steve Harris (
IRON MAIDEN),
Lars Ulrich (
METALLICA),
Ronnie James Dio and
Kerry King (
SLAYER), along with extracts from
Bruce's own audio diary. Listen to the program live via the Internet between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. U.K. time at
BBC.co.uk.
IRON MAIDEN has announced it is coming back for more major USA concerts this summer which will take it to a number of cities it has not played in many years along with a return to the Los Angeles area with two nights at the 16,000-capacity Verizon Amphitheatre on Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31. Tickets for the majority of these shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday, March 1. A special pre-sale will be made available exclusively to members of the
IRON MAIDEN fan club, who will also be eligible to enter to be "First to the stage barrier."
(Thanks:
Agda B. Pain)
