News | Entertainment
11 Feb 2025 9:07
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Bruce Dickinson has come 13th in a fencing tournament

    The Iron Maiden rocker, 66, loves the sport and competed in the Circuit Européen 2025 games in Fâches-Thumesnil, which took place from 18 to 19 January - competing alongside 30 other participants in the prestigious veterans' contest before coming No13 in the rankings


    Bruce trained with the British Olympic fencing squad in the 1980s, and has told The Times in a recent chat he fences around four times a week.

    He also said he has switched from the fast-paced foil fencing to épée, as he finds it more "tactical".

    Bruce went on: "I've found an amazing club in France, full of incredible fencers who all kick my a***.

    "It gives me something to aim for - I want to get to the stage where only 75 percent of them kick my a***!"

    Bruce, whose wife Leana Dolci is French, also enjoys hobbies including flying - and is a pilot who once worked for Astraeus Airlines.

    He's also an entrepreneur with his own line of beer with Robinsons Brewery called Trooper.

    In 2014, Bruce was diagnosed with throat cancer, but got the all-clear the next year after nearly three dozen radiation sessions and weeks of chemotherapy.

    He told Rolling Stone about his new outlook on life after the brush with death:

    "I really appreciate every day, but that means that every day I have to do something, even if it's consciously doing nothing - at least do something consciously.

    "When I did my series of one-man shows around the States almost two years ago, I made up a T-shirt that said, 'Life is better than all the other options.' And if I had a mantra to live by, that would be it."

    Bruce is far from the only celebrity with a side-interest in flying, with other A-list pilots including John Travolta and Tom Cruise.

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     11 Feb: Sir Elton John has a "new respect for sight-impaired people"
     11 Feb: Kanye West has hit out at critics of his wife's naked Grammys stunt
     11 Feb: Gisele Bündchen has reportedly given her new child the middle name River
     11 Feb: Michael Jackson was envious of Rob Lowe's good looks
     11 Feb: Kelly Stafford got "a lot of heat" for her criticism of Taylor Swift
     11 Feb: Jessica Simpson has been in the "best spirits" after announcing her split from Eric Johnson
     10 Feb: Gary Kemp believes musicians who struggle with fame "shouldn't be in the business"
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni has praised his side for defying the odds to beat Kansas City and win Super Bowl LIX More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Belief the Government could be doing an awful lot more to attract domestic dollars More...



     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Sir Elton John has a "new respect for sight-impaired people" 8:42

    Business:
    Belief the Government could be doing an awful lot more to attract domestic dollars 8:17

    Rugby:
    Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni has praised his side for defying the odds to beat Kansas City and win Super Bowl LIX  8:17

    Entertainment:
    Kanye West has hit out at critics of his wife's naked Grammys stunt 8:12

    Law and Order:
    Metropolitan Police response criticised at Sam Kerr's racially aggravated harassment trial in London 8:07

    Accident and Emergency:
    Fire crews are heading back out to a scrub fire at Tikorangi, east of New Plymouth 8:07

    Law and Order:
    Trafficking and crime will rise after US foreign aid freeze, experts say 7:57

    Christchurch:
    Two people are seriously injured following a truck crash in South Canterbury 7:47

    Soccer:
    Doncaster Rovers are hoping to emulate Plymouth Argyle by causing an FA Cup football upset 7:47

    Entertainment:
    Gisele Bündchen has reportedly given her new child the middle name River 7:42


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd