Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson compete in ‘Circuit Européen Vétérans’ 2025 fencing tournament

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has competed for Great Britain in the ‘veterans’ category at the ‘Circuit Européen’ fencing tournament in Faches-Thumesnil.The musician won the first round 10/4 against Denmark’s Jeiner Simon and finished 13th in the overall standings out of 31 fencers in the category.Dickinson first started fencing as a teenager in school and has many other interests outside of music, including acting.

He is also a licensed commercial pilot and owns an aviation company. When he’s not doing that, he’s also known to brew beer.Check out footage of Dickinson at the tournament here:A post shared by Eddie The Head Fan Club (@ethfc)Last month, Dickinson teased that the band will “be doing stuff we’ve never, ever done before” during their forthcoming tour.The band shared a YouTube video on New Year’s Eve (December 31) that saw Dickinson bidding 2024 farewell and giving fans an update on what they can look forward to in 2025, especially their ‘Run For Your Lives’ tour which is set to kick off in May.“Hello folks.

This is my tour pass for 2024. That’ll get me anywhere in 2024, but I don’t need that anymore now because 2025 is gonna be something special,” the vocalist began. “Not just because of the tour pass.

Honestly, we are pushing the boat out with the tour. Not that I need to tell anybody, ’cause basically the tour is sold out already.”He continued: “So for those of you who have bought tickets, which is like all of you, it’s gonna be really, really cool.