Iron Maiden super-fans Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have been gracefully accepted backstage by the band themselves, after what Urban describes as a “fucking ATOMIC EXPLOSION” of a show.
After the English metal veterans performed a show in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena on Monday, country star Keith Urban, and his Oscar-winning wife Nicole Kidman popped backstage for an all-smiles photo posted up on Urban’s Instagram. According to the post, it was one hell of a show.
Obviously a massive fan of the band, the New Zealand singer-songwriter gave the highest of praises to Maiden when he shared the golden-haired group pic the following day. See the photo of Urban and Kidman with the rockers who first introduced metal to MTV below.
In the caption Urban writes:
“To the entire @ironmaiden team, where do I begin?……. You were ALL beyond hospitable- and quite honestly it was a surreal dream come true for me (us) to meet you guys- AND then when u hit the stage….???- HOLY SHIT…… I told Nic ‘you wanna see THE MASTERS?- here they are’… and you delivered a fucking ATOMIC EXPLOSION of EVERYTHING that makes you THE GREATEST. The playing- the arrangements- the setlist- the sound, the lighting- EDDY!!!!- and BRUUUUUUUUCE- good God man- you’re superhuman. ALL HAIL THE MATCHLESS, THE PEERLESS IRON MAIDEN. – KU”
The show was apart of the band’s ongoing ‘Legacy of the Beast’ tour, which started its North American string of shows last month. The show will be continuing right into September before culminating with a three-concert run in Mexico.
“Obviously, tonight, it’s a bit of a celebration of everything that’s been going on for a few years,” frontman Bruce Dickinson said in a recent interview. “We are getting on a bit. By my calculation, if the United States started in 1776, we’re fucking older than that.”
