Iron Maiden return to Brazil and tell how Eddie became a Vasco banner
Iron Maiden begin the Brazilian leg of the tour marking 50 years as a band this Sunday, with three shows in São Paulo and Curitiba. The link with Vasco was born in the 1980s, when fans took the band's mascot Eddie to the terraces.

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O Iron Maiden começa neste domingo (25) a perna brasileira da turnê Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026, que celebra 50 anos de banda, com três shows: São Paulo (25 e 27, Nubank Parque) e Curitiba (28, Arena da Baixada).
A ligação com o Vasco nasceu nos anos 1980, quando integrantes da Força Jovem inovaram nas bandeiras e levaram o Eddie, mascote do grupo, à arquibancada. Em entrevista, a banda disse que foi ali a primeira vez que viu o personagem em um bandeirão: “Foi no Vasco que vimos pela primeira vez o Eddie em um bandeirão circulando pelo estádio, e aquilo foi fantástico. Isso também foi reproduzido em outros países”.
Em dezembro de 2000, o torcedor Rodrigo Melo usou um contato na produção para aproximar a organizada dos músicos antes do Rock in Rio de 2001. Uma van com cerca de 20 pessoas levou camisas, bonés e flâmulas até um hotel na Zona Sul do Rio. Houve fotos com Nicko McBrain, Steve Harris e Bruce Dickinson e um convite: levar a banda à final da Copa João Havelange, no Maracanã. Harris e Janick Gers foram.
O elo mais forte é de Harris, torcedor do West Ham: o baixo tem o escudo do clube e, em 2019, time e banda lançaram a camisa “Die With Your Boots On”, nome de uma música de 1983. A banda separa admiração de preferência: “Não é político nem partidário: pode significar a mesma coisa para um torcedor do Vasco, do Corinthians, do Flamengo ou do Palmeiras, estádio onde tocamos regularmente em São Paulo”.
No Brasil, a WA Sports licencia camisas inspiradas na banda, com anos de álbuns estampados como números de camisa.
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