In the five-minute video below, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson offers a first-hand account to Kerrang! magazine of the harrowing time in 1994 he was invited to play a show in war-torn Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital. A documentary telling the story of the concert, "Scream For Me Sarajevo", was released on June 29 on DVD, Blu-ray and digital via Eagle Vision. In addition, the music from the film was made available on CD/double LP via BMG. Comprising music from the film which spans Bruce Dickinson's solo career, the album features the rarities "Acoustic Song" (previously only available as a bonus track on the 2001 "Best Of Special Edition"), "Inertia (Live)" (previously only available as a bonus track on the expanded re-release of "Skunkworks" in 2005) and the album closer "Eternal" (previously only available as Japanese bonus tracks on "Tyranny Of Souls"). "Scream For Me Sarajevo" album track listing: 01. Change Of Heart 02. Tears Of The Dragon 03. Gods Of War 04. Darkside Of Aquarius 05. Navigate The Seas Of The Sun 06. Road To Hell 07. Arc Of Space 08. Omega 09. River Of No Return 10. Power Of The Sun 11. Strange Death In Paradise 12. Inertia (Live) 13. Acoustic Song 14. Eternal The first time Dickinson was in Sarajevo, the city was cut off from the world, its citizens brutally terrorized by shooting, bombing and starvation with electricity and water supply being nothing short of a luxury. Bruce and his then-solo band drove through the frontlines and ultimately played a show for the people trapped in the city. What this gig meant to the people and how it changed Bruce and his band is told in "Scream For Me Sarajevo". Featuring footage from the historic gig, the film also meets those that made it to the show and made the show happen; determined to keep living their lives despite the atrocities going on around them. Interviews with the band, crew and security bring home the reality of the situation that was not only dangerous, it was barbaric. "We weren't protected, there was no plan and the bullets were real, but fuck it, we went anyway," said Bruce in his autobiography "What Does This Button Do?" "The gig was immense, intense and probably the biggest show in the world at that moment for the audience and for us. That the world didn't really know didn't matter. It changed the way I viewed life, death and other human beings." In addition to the feature film, a specially recorded interview with Dickinson will be included as exclusive theatrical-only content in participating theaters.
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