Metal legends Iron Maiden are coming off their highly successful “The Future Past World Tour” which saw the band performing sell-out concerts across the globe. The band will embark on another lengthy trek later this year, the “Run For Your Lives World Tour,” focusing on material from the band’s inception through 1992’s “Fear of the Dark” album.
In a new interview with Music Radar, Iron Maiden guitarist Dave Murray talked about the upcoming tour, the state of the band, and how he sees their future unfolding. Murray said that Maiden will know when it’s time to retire. “To me, there’s nothing worse than seeing a band you like on stage and they look like they shouldn’t really be there doing it,” he said. “We’re nearly hitting the seventies mark now, but I think we will all know when it would be time. It would be a mutual decision.”
He continued: “I think there’s a time and a place to bail out with dignity and grace — as opposed to dragging it out. “If you can leave it at that high level, and then bow out gracefully, I think it would be satisfying for us. And not just flog a dead horse, when you’re doing it for the wrong reasons.”
Of the band’s upcoming tour, Murray said: “We’re all set up for this tour, and after that we’ll see what the future holds. But at the moment the band sounds great, we still have that excitement and adrenaline when we go on stage. We’re still enjoying it, and that’s what it’s all about, really.”
Last year, longtime Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain retired from touring at the age of 72, sparking conversations on the band’s future. Bassist Steve Harris previously told SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk: “We all feel that if we feel we’re not cutting it anymore, then we’ll discuss it and that will probably be the end of it. But at the moment, we don’t feel like that. We feel that we definitely still are pulling our weight, so to speak. We’re just doing well. So far so good. I don’t wanna tempt fate, but we are doing good.”
