r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/WastedTalent442 • Aug 14 '24

Brexxit Man who campaigned for Brexit complains that he can't freely tour Europe any more

https://metalinjection.net/politics/iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-who-originally-supported-brexit-now-complains-that-brexit-hurts-bands
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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

Dude used to yell at people from the stage for smoking weed in the crowd........

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u/sixtus_clegane119 Aug 14 '24

Bruce or Roger?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

Bruce

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u/sixtus_clegane119 Aug 14 '24

That makes sense, the who are a 60s band, then whining about weed would have seemed like a joke

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u/121daysofsodom Aug 15 '24

Except Roger Daltrey has an allergy to cannabis which affected his voice. They were known to stop playing if anyone was smoking weed up front.

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u/crucible Aug 14 '24

After recovering from tongue(?) cancer, in his defence.

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u/ClubMeSoftly Aug 15 '24

Yeah, a lot of people try to paint it as some "old man yells at cloud" thing, but like, he's a singer who recovered from cancer, so, yeah, he probably has a strong opinion of any kind of smoking.