Overview

• Dickinson performed The Star-Spangled Banner at Acrisure Stadium on September 14 before the Steelers–Seahawks kickoff, with footage shared by music outlets.
• Louder reported a crowd of about 66,347 and described prolonged “U.S.A!” chants as helicopters flew overhead.
• The night before at Pittsburgh’s Stage AE, a venue-wide P.A. failure twice halted his set, prompting a cappella renditions of Iron Maiden’s Revelations and the anthem.
• Blabbermouth reported the concert was ended early with the final three printed songs—Tears of the Dragon, Gods of War and The Tower—left unplayed.
• He had previewed the anthem during his September 11 Boston show and continues his Mandrake Project tour with dates ahead including Toronto and Montreal.