“People say to Pete Townshend, ‘Why do you jump about on stage?’ He doesn’t know. And it’s the same for me”: The Iron Maiden guitarist who plays every gig as if it’s the last

Janick Gers.

Iron Maiden are gearing up for their 50th anniversary Run For Your Lives tour this summer - and Janick Gers, one of the band’s three guitarists, says he still approaches every show as if it is the last he will ever play.

Speaking to MusicRadar, Gers says: “I’m looking for intensity. Intensity and passion. I want it every night.