Iron Maiden have rejected all ideas that this tour is going to be their last. After spending more than 40 years in the rock n’ roll scene, the band is anything but ready to quit after their ‘The Book Of Souls Tour.’
Guitarist David Murray spoke to The Press Enterprise over the phone last week and put the rumours to bed, saying “We’re not stopping after this tour; this isn’t the last tour by any means. We’re going to finish this one out, which we’re having a lot of fun, and then we’re going to take some time off and next year there’s going to be some surprises.” He continued with “When you’re doing something you love doing, it’s been fantastic even after all this time; but obviously seeing the kids’ reaction, that gives it a big lift. They’re singing along to the new songs and the old songs as well.”
Murray also explained how after all this time, the band still love creating new music and performing songs old and new for their fans. “When you’re doing something you love doing, it’s been fantastic even after all this time; but obviously seeing the kids’ reaction, that gives it a big lift. They’re singing along to the new songs and the old songs as well” However, he also explained what he thinks if the past 40 years of rock and roll stardom came to an end tomorrow. “If it was to finish tomorrow, I think I could say quite honestly that I’ve been very happy and very lucky and have done everything, enjoyed most of it, because of all the places we’ve traveled to, you’d never go there. We’re lucky enough in that respect to see the world several times over by being on tour, that in itself has been a great experience and also playing music and being able to express ourselves in a melodic form, an aggressive form and just have fun with that. The future, there’s still things to do so you just keep inventing new things all the time, try to create new things every day.”
Iron Maiden are currently on their ‘The Book Of Souls Tour’ which kicked off back in January and came to the UK last month. The tour continues throughout the US until the end of July.
