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Matt Mills

“It was cheaper to come here and rent a whole hotel out of season. The bar was open 24/7”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson recalls writing classic albums in empty Jersey hotel

Bruce Dickinson performing onstage with Iron Maiden in 2025.

Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson has looked back on the times the British heavy metal giants visited Jersey to write material for three of their most lauded albums: 1983’s Piece Of Mind, 1984’s Powerslave and 1986’s Somewhere In Time.

Talking to ITV News, the 67-year-old returns to the Channel Islands and remembers he and his bandmates renting an entire hotel for themselves and their crew during the winter months.

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