Iron Maiden singer, Paul Di’Anno, has died at age 66.
Representatives for Di’Anno confirmed the information to Fox Information Digital on Monday, saying that the singer died at his dwelling in Salisbury, England.
Representatives and household for Di’Anno stated in a press release to The Each day Mail, “On behalf of his household, Conquest Music are unhappy to verify the demise of Paul Andrews, professionally referred to as Paul Di’Anno. Paul handed away at his dwelling in Salisbury on the age of 66. Born in Chingford, East London, on seventeenth Might 1958, Paul first got here to prominence as lead singer of English Heavy Metallic band Iron Maiden, between 1978 and 1981.”
Di’Anno was the vocalist for the band’s first two albums, “Iron Maiden” and “Killers,” in 1980 and 1981, respectively.
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Paul Di’Anno, heart, with Iron Maiden bandmates, left to proper, Steve Harris, Clive Burr, Adrian Smith, and Dave Murray in 1981. (Robert Ellis/Hulton Archive/Getty Photographs)
He joined the band in 1978 after it had already gone via a number of line-up adjustments with different singers and musicians.
In keeping with Final Traditional Rock, friction inside the band, canceled gigs, and fewer than stellar reside performances led Di’Anno and the band to half methods in 1981, and he was changed by Bruce Dickinson.
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Di’Anno, far proper, with the band in 1980. (Virginia Turbett/Redferns)
Di’Anno informed Metallic Hammer in 2020, “I do not blame them for eliminating me. “Clearly, the band was Steve’s [Harris] child, however I want I might been capable of contribute extra. After some time, that obtained me down. Ultimately, I could not give one hundred pc to Maiden anymore, and it wasn’t truthful to the band, the followers or to myself.”
He added, “The 2 albums I made with the band have been pivotal [to the metal genre]. Afterward in my life, once I met Metallica, Pantera and Sepultura, and so they informed me that these albums have been what obtained them into music, it made me extremely proud.”
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“Conquest Music are proud to have had Paul Di’Anno in our artist household and ask his legion of followers to boost a glass in his reminiscence.”
The assertion additionally famous, “Since leaving Iron Maiden, Paul Di’Anno had an extended and eventful recording profession with Battlezone and Killers in addition to quite a few solo releases and visitor appearances,” including, “His first profession retrospective album, ‘The E-book of the Beast’ was launched in September 2024 and featured highlights of his recordings since leaving Iron Maiden.”
Di’Anno started experiencing well being points within the 2010s, together with knee surgical procedure in 2014 that always had him performing reside reveals in a wheelchair. He additionally had a most cancers scare.
He informed Traditional Rock, “I collapsed at dwelling after getting back from Argentina and a scan discovered an enormous large black shadow on my lungs. I assumed I used to be on my means out, however it turned out to be non-malignant.”
“It was an abscess that was all contaminated and the dimensions of a rugby ball. It seems I’ve been residing with this factor in me for the previous couple of years,” Di’Anno stated.
Di’Anno had a handful of well being issues lately, together with a most cancers scare. (Kevin Nixon/Metallic Hammer Journal/Future through Getty Photographs/Future through Getty Photographs)
He added, “I suppose I’m fairly rattling fortunate, however the final six months have been onerous.”
His household’s assertion to Each day Mail stated, “Regardless of being troubled by extreme well being points lately that restricted him to performing in a wheelchair, Paul continued to entertain his followers around the globe, racking up effectively over 100 reveals since 2023.”
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They added, “Conquest Music are proud to have had Paul Di’Anno in our artist household and ask his legion of followers to boost a glass in his reminiscence.”
