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Hotel is just for rockers
Peter Dominiczak26 Jan 2009
Iron Maiden, one of heavy metal's most infamous bands, is launching Britain's first hotel designed solely for rock stars.
The band's management and nightclub owner Mark Fuller will open the £6.5 million Sanctum Soho Hotel next month.
The 30-room hotel will have specialised security to keep out the paparazzi, and the receptionist will be dressed all in black. The mini-bars are hidden in giant speaker stacks and the main bar never closes. However, Ben Groom, the hotel's publicist, said: “It's not a hotel for throwing televisions out of the window. It's going to be a sexy hotel.” A brief stay in a crash-room costs from £150, and top-priced suites, called Naked Luxe, are £500 a night.
Iron Maiden's members have mellowed in their later years. Singer Bruce Dickinson sometimes works as a commercial airline pilot and drummer Nicko McBrain is an obsessive golfer.
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Hello Ken
Did you not read the article above? Us rockers aren't hotel trashers in fact we are very respectful these days.
It is more likely a chav or a trendy that wrecks hotel rooms.
Anyway this hotel sounds like a wonderful idea, I can't wait to stay there, being an Iron Maiden fan myself.
- Lucyfur, Loughton, Essex UK, 26/01/2009 12:40
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Ding dong!
"Hello?"
"Housekeeping. Shall I trash your room for you now, sir?"
"No thank you. I'll do it myself later."
- Ken, Bexleyheath, 26/01/2009 11:20
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