Iron Maiden - Tour Poster Banned In Lithuania
Eddie is not for the faint-hearted? Lithuanian authorities have banned poster advertisements for Iron Maiden's world tour because the band's trademark Eddie the Head mascot may frighten children. The British heavy metal group is currently touring Europe on their The Book Of Souls world tour and is due to arrive in the Baltic country for a show in Kaunas's 18,000-capacity ?algiris Arena later this month. The poster was deemed scary enough that it has been banned in Lithuania.
The poster features a menacing Eddie with glowing red eyes, wearing white tribal paint and holding a heart in one hand and a bloodied knife in the other. According to a Lithuanian spokesman for Live Nation, the promotion company behind the tour, local authorities had expressed concern at the effect this might have on children and ordered all posters be taken down immediately.
Vytautas Pauk?tė told Delfi: "Right now, we have to decide how to carry on forward, but we must also immediately take down the posters." He said the band's promotional team was surprised at the decision as the promotional materials used were no different than in any other country.
The poster features a menacing Eddie with glowing red eyes, wearing white tribal paint and holding a heart in one hand and a bloodied knife in the other. According to a Lithuanian spokesman for Live Nation, the promotion company behind the tour, local authorities had expressed concern at the effect this might have on children and ordered all posters be taken down immediately.
Vytautas Pauk?tė told Delfi: "Right now, we have to decide how to carry on forward, but we must also immediately take down the posters." He said the band's promotional team was surprised at the decision as the promotional materials used were no different than in any other country.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62484  |
This is Lietuva 2016 not 1945-1991 ... gosh .... anmd we start to talk about Iran and Saudi, but CC album artwork was banned in Canada
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Kais Posts: 610  |
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| ANGEL REAPER Posts: 3687  |
Real question here is "Is the poster scaring children or some grown ass government representative ?". I can see the point why you might wanna ban such poster but than again i think that sheltering children for too long is far worse than showing them how the world is. Its sad to live in overly politically correct Europe today. EDIT: My father said once: only cowards hide behind their children.
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| CWA Posts: 285  |
Written by ANGEL REAPER on 11.06.2016 at 14:02 Very well said.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62484 |
Well what can I add, Lietuva is Catholics,
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| FYA Destroyer Posts: 827  |
Written by Bad English on 11.06.2016 at 13:44 Dude, here in Poland there are protests if Behemoth want to play.
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| cossaisVendeurs Posts: 436 |
Written by FYA on 11.06.2016 at 21:36 That's fair enough though, cause I never want them to play either  
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62484 |
Written by FYA on 11.06.2016 at 21:36 that's what I have mentioned million times here
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| FYA Destroyer Posts: 827 |
Written by Bad English on 11.06.2016 at 22:03 I mean, it's not a first time and this is still happening. Some poeple are offended by basically everything. I remember when some of the prime ministers in Poland wanted to ban Teletubbies from tv just because one of them have red bag and it's "homosexual".
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| K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2574  |
Written by FYA on 11.06.2016 at 21:36 People execute their right to opinion. if they want to protest, they protest.
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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| Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698  |
Written by Bad English on 11.06.2016 at 18:09 That's why I hate all religions therefore made myself a God. Worship me right away !
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| Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 |
Written by FYA on 11.06.2016 at 21:36 Poland banned their national treasure ? Sounds idiotic...
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| Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 |
There are people still live in the tree and cave.... To be informed, I 'll ban Lithunian's gay-aliked rainbow flag ! Boycott them Paz, stop wearing the singlet with Lithunian's gayish flag colours !
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| Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 |
By the way, the artwork of the promotion poster is just average, didn't impress me at all.
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| bddidier Posts: 71  |
Written by Irritable Ted on 13.06.2016 at 21:36 Amen to that.
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