There are not many instances where my headbangin’ tendencies and my Catholic faith cross.
Iron Maiden pay respects at Blessed Oscar Romero’s tomb
Iron Maiden paid tribute to Blessed Oscar Romero during the British heavy metal band’s stop in El Salvador on their current world tour.
During a concert at the Estadio Jorge Magico Gonzalez in San Salvador, El Savador’s capital, a crowd of 9,000 people cheered when the band’s drummer Nicko McBrain put on a t-shirt featuring an image of the murdered priest and the slogan, “Saint Romero of the Americas”.
Before the concert, McBrain and his bandmate, guitarist Janick Gers, visited Blessed Romero’s tomb in the Crypt of San Salvador Metropolitan Cathedral, Associated Press reports.
Now I knew Nicko McBrain joined a Presbyterian church in Florida around 1999, so this is rather interesting.
