Rocker Bruce Dickinson poured fans pints of his own beer and joked he might have to become a barman “to make ends meet”.
The Iron Maiden frontman, 61, is braced for a divorce battle over his estimated £100million fortune after splitting with his wife of 29 years.
He faces making a considerable payout to wife Paddy after finding love with a blonde fitness instructor 15 years his junior.
And the heavy-metal star was said to have had drinkers in fits as he treated them to his own specially brewed ale, Trooper – named after a Maiden song.
Bruce – who is also a qualified commercial airline pilot – went behind the bar to pull pints for punters at Robinsons Brewery in Stockport, Cheshire, where his 4.7% beer is produced.
Lifelong fan John Temple, 52, said: “One of the lads asked what his next plans were, expecting the answer to have something to do with an album or touring.
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“But he said he was considering becoming a barman because he needed a regular income to make ends meet.
“Before we all left he asked us to continue supping pints of Trooper because he needed every penny he could get his hands on. He seemed cheerful enough but we wondered exactly what he was going on about, as everyone knows he would have earned mega money as a rock star.
“Then when word started to get out about his marriage situation we twigged that he was having a bit of a joke at his own expense.
“He’s a top bloke and one thing we all agreed on is that if ever times do get really tough, he’s definitely not a bad barman.”
Bruce is now living in Paris with fitness tutor Leana Dolci, 46.
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She is believed to have met his children by wife Paddy, who is currently thought to be in South America.
Singer Bruce joined Iron Maiden in 1981 and the band’s hits include The Number Of The Beast, Running Free, Run To The Hills and Bring Your Daughter…To The Slaughter.
As well as being the frontman, he has captained Maiden’s charter plane, called Ed Force One, on some of their world tours.
His beer, launched six years ago in collaboration with Robinsons, is named after 1983 song The Trooper.
Speaking of how he came up with the recipe for the brew, Bruce said: “I am a lifelong fan of traditional English ale.
“I thought I had died and gone to heaven when we were asked to create our own beer.
“I have to say I was very nervous. Robinsons are the only people I have had to audition for in 30 years.”
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