Bruce Dickinson looked back on a moment during a July 2022 Iron Maiden show when a fan lit a flare.

During the moment, Dickinson yelled at the fan calling them a “c*nt” and a “f*cking c*cksucker.”

In a new interview with ‘Rock Hard Greece,” Dickinson said, “I just lost my temper, because it was such… That activity that a very, very small minority of people do is so selfish and so disturbing.”

He added, “They think it’s really cool. Actually, it’s not about the band. It’s not about the audience. It’s about them drawing attention only to themselves and damaging the people around them who have this thing, this extremely toxic thing flying around.”