"You're surrendering your senses completely to this little fascist in your hand." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson really hates mobile phones
By Stef Lach ( Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Louder ) published 2 hours ago
Iron Maiden singer despises cell phones at gigs and doesn't want to perform for "a bunch of Android twerps"

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"Put it down, put it in your pocket and look around you. Look at the people, look at the joy, look at the band, feel the emotion, feel the music. What a phone does, it cuts all of that off.

"And so I feel sad. I also feel pissed off, because as a performer, I want to perform for an audience of people that have some emotional feedback – not a bunch of Android twerps."

He also repeated previous comments about having seen Ghost in concert recently, and how their phone ban has made a remarkably positive difference to the atmosphere.

This week, Maiden added extra European dates to their Run For Your Lives world tour – including two completely phone-free shows in Paris which are being filmed for an upcoming release.