The British band Iron Maiden will perform for the eighth time in Chile, which is the expression of a romance between the “Iron Maiden” and its southern fans who was born in 1992 when the Catholic Church foiled what would have been his first recital.
that veto and other mishaps, including the dictator Augusto Pinochet and even diplomatic relations, circumstantially slowed the arrival of European band to Chile, but paradoxically very giant projection, to become the main musical reference of heavy metal in this country.
It had been 30 months since the end of military dictatorship (1973-1990) when Iron Maiden Chile included within the promotional tour of the album “Fear of the dark” 1992.
But a few weeks before the US-led Bruce Dickinson band will perform in the southern country, the Chilean Catholic Church labeled as a group of satanic inspiration.
“satanic group comes to Chile” headlined a local newspaper before the possible first presentation of the authors of “the Number of the beast”.
“Satan, the devil, is a reality, and the devil takes many things to come, including, these bands, “he said in a television station a few weeks before the recital the then bishop of Valparaiso, Javier Prado.
what started as a values debate ended at the Palace of La Moneda Executive, when Deputy secretary of Interior at the time, the Democratic Belisario Velasco, echoed the controversy was about the lyrics of Iron Maiden.
Until today, Velasco acknowledged that ever he has heard a single issue of the band and says he had nothing to do with his abortive visit.
the concert, which was scheduled for July 23, never took place. The event organizer was informed late in the Mapocho Station, an old railway platform transformed into a cultural center that would serve as a stage for rockers, was rented for an event … that never took place.
Chilean fans had to wait until 1996 to enjoy first Iron Maiden, but that presentation was considered somewhat incomplete, due to the absence of vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
with the passing of the years, the British band has been adding recitals in Chile, not unharvested occasional disappointment.
in 1998, the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London by order of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon also affected plans group.
the arrest of Chilean dictator accused of genocide, terrorism, torture and forced disappearance, opened the door to a new era of international criminal law, but closed to the pioneers of heavy metal.
that year, Iron Maiden had planned to close the Monsters of Rock festival, but diplomatic tensions between Chile and the United Kingdom, caused the British Embassy suggested that the concert was suspended for security reasons.
all these mishaps have helped for musicians who travel the world aboard his own plane, piloted by Dickinson, forged a special connection with Chile.
“Chile always gives us a lot of love but it’s a little scary, “said vocalist in 2011, during the promotional tour of the album” the Final Frontier “, which ended with burning a DVD at the National Stadium, scene of great sporting feats but also functioned as a center detention during the dictatorship.
Iron Maiden sum several awards in Chile. It was the first heavy metal band that played at the National Stadium and the musical group that more public gathered at a concert. 60,000 people in the Equestrian Club of Santiago in 2009
For the night of Friday it expected to show on stage the same artistic assembly used in the European tour, with fireworks, giant machines and a mammoth robot impersonating “Eddie”, the mascot of the group.
Twenty years later his first visit to Chile, the “Iron Maiden” is no longer a victim of governmental prohibitions or ecclesiastical pressures. Now only they depend on the verdict of their fans.
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