BRUCE DICKINSON Sings U.S. National Anthem On 24th Anniversary Of 9/11
Written by megarock on September 13, 2025
IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson sang the U.S. national anthem during his September 11 solo concert at the House Of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts.
Bruce‘s rendition of the track came three days ahead of his scheduled performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Sunday’s (September 14) Pittsburgh Steelers home opener against the Seattle Seahawks at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Prior to launching into the U.S. national anthem, Dickinson told the audience at the House Of Blues (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): ”So I’m gonna let you in to a dirty little secret that is gonna happen on Sunday. I’ve been asked to sing the American national anthem at a Pittsburgh Steelers game. Now, I’ve never done this before in my fucking life, and I’m trying to avoid the embarrassment of reading the fucking words off the back of my hand. Look, no writing on the back of my hand, or failure to read the auto cue because, fuck me, there is no auto cue, all right?! So because today is the kind of — it can’t have escaped your attention that today is 9/11, right? And on this day, on that day, I was in New York City and I witnessed all the shit that happened.
“So normally I do a little bit of like an a cappella — that’s just me singing on my own — a bit of [the IRON MAIDEN song] ‘Revelations’,” he continued. “But I thought, with your kind permission, I would have a go at the American national anthem, because it’s the only fucking time I’m gonna practice it.
