Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno took part in a press conference last month during his solo tour of Argentina. When asked about the rumors that his drug use had something to do with his split with IRON MAIDEN, Di'Anno responded,

"Where the fuck do you people get this from? I left IRON MAIDEN because they were going too heavy metal, and IRON MAIDEN is a money-making machine, and I don't give a fuck about it. It was not about drugs; it was nothing like that. Me and Steve [Harris]... I [wrote] the song 'Killers', Steve had [what he thought] were better songs. I thought his songs were shit. Nothing to do with drugs; nothing whatsoever. Check your facts or otherwise this interview is over... I hate that! I fucking hate that! Because people... You say something but you don't know. Well, I'm telling you. IRON MAIDEN is Steve Harris' band. It doesn't matter about anybody else — whether it's Dave Murray, Clive [Burr], me... it's Steve Harris' band and all it is is money, money, money, money — nobody else counts. And I wrote fuckin' 20 times better songs than his, but I only got one song on the 'Killers' album because it's Steve's — he must have this. Fuckin' Adolf Hitler. I'm not interested. So there you go. But you need to take drugs when you're with IRON MAIDEN because they're so fucking boring. And the only drugs were aspirin, because Steve ... Fuckin' headache."

Video footage of the question-and-answer session can be viewed below. (Note: The above quote can be heard starting at around the six-minute, 25-second mark.)

Paul Di Anno will perform at the 8th Anniversary bash of the PRO-ROCK magazine on 25 September in the Blue Box club in Sofia. The show is sponsored by Jack Daniel’s, with the media support of radio Tangra Mega Rock and 'Fraktura' show of ММ TV.

The Bugarian bands - В Smallman and Lavina will support Di Anno's concert, who is going to perform lots of early Iron Maiden classics and stuff of his own projectsВ - Di'Anno, BattlezoneВ and Killers.

Tickets priced 30 BGN (15 Euro) are on sale through eventim.bg andВ ticketstream.bg.