Anyone who's even loosely followed Lady Gaga's career over the last 15 years knows she has a special affinity for rock music. The pop megastar, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, has made no secret of the influence that British rock icons Queen have had on her art, or the inspiration she's taken from the likes of Kiss when it comes to her love of stagecraft and big-ass live shows. Then, of course, there was her iconic, if chaotic, collaboration with Metallica at the 2017 Grammys.
If there's one band in history that Gaga has most proudly gone to bat for, however, it might just be Iron Maiden. The heavy metal legends have struck up a longstanding mutual respect with the chameleonic singer-songwriter, dating back well over a decade; in 2011, in an interview with Rolling Stone, Gaga gushed over a Maiden concert she had attended earlier that week, stating: “It was just awesome.”
