As manager of Iron Maiden for 45 years, Rod Smallwood has seen the band play live hundreds upon hundreds of times. That number will increase by the dozen as Maiden celebrate their 50th anniversary with the Run For Your Lives tour – their first with new drummer Simon Dawson in place of the long-serving Nicko McBrain.
“Maiden want to tour every year,” Smallwood says. “It’s not me cracking the whip and saying: ‘You’ve got to keep working,’ it’s the guys. They genuinely love touring.”
