Vocalist presents arguments to explain the relevance of the British Heavy Metal band, which is on tour celebrating 50 years of foundation
50 years, the Iron Maiden It’s still standing and attracting crowds. In late May, the band started in Budapestin Hungarythe tour RUN FOR YOU LIVESwhich celebrates the five decades of its foundation.
Although the drummer Nicko McBrain Having retired at the end of 2024, Maiden is still active. Now there is a full schedule ahead with the novice Simon Dawson in the drumsticks.
On the show in Londonon June 28, the band hit their most audiences (out of festivals) in Englandtaking over 70,000 people to London Stadium. Something that raises the question: why Iron Maiden Still attract so many fans?
The vocalist Bruce Dickinsonin an interview with The I Papertried to answer:
“We are unique. Simple as that is so rare in this AI world, inventing things and being able to copy everything.”
Bruce also reflected on the current conjuncture of the music industry and added:
“We’re lucky to come up with an era when we could create this identity. And we simply do what we do: to be authentic. There is an audience for that. Just as there is an audience for the nonsense of temporary influencers. We are not it. But one day this audience can overcome this nonsense and get interested: ‘Ah, damn, what business is iRon Maiden…? ‘. “
Iron Maiden’s Lognevity commented by Dave Murray
Another member of the Iron Donize, the guitarist Dave Murrayhe also offered his point of view about the group’s longevity before the start of the tour.
In chat with the website Music Radar (via SONIC PERSPECTIVES), Dave stressed the power of the repertoire developed by Maiden over the decades. Something that enables, for example, the rescue of songs that have not been played for a long time, as has been done in the Run for Your Lives Tour.
“This shows the strength of these old songs, which we managed to continue playing fifty years later. They resisted the test of time. And obviously many of the young people in the audience would never have seen these songs being played live before. So it will be an amazing leap to the future. Or back to the past. One of these!”
The Run For Your Lives Tour
The tour RUN FOR YOU LIVES began on May 27, in Hungary, and has also passed countries like Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Belgiumamong others. There are no expected dates for the Brazilbut it is imagined that the excursion arrives here in 2026.
The repertoire, as reported since the announcement of the tour, is all focused on the first nine studio albums. Despite that, No Prayer for the Dying (1990) was left aside – no song from him has been played.
Rolling Stone Brazil Special: Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden on the cover: A Rolling Stone Brazil He launched an edition of unpublished collector for fans of the Heavy Metal band. The biggest albums, the list of shows in Brazil, the power of the group’s market and even a tour of the band’s plane you can see in the printed special, for sale at Profile store.
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Source: Rollingstone
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