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“He said to me, ‘Hey man, your upstrokes are weak!’ I’m like, ‘You effin’ what?’ But he was right”: Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith says you never stop learning as a player

"I've never really been big on practicing," he confesses

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“It's something a guitar player wouldn't write, it stretches you as a player”: Dave Murray says Iron Maiden stuck out from the pack because because they have a bassist as the lead songwriter

The guitarist has opened up on Harris’ songwriting lead and why he’s happy taking a back seat in one of the biggest metal bands in the world

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“We’d gone backwards. We still enjoyed playing, but I did wonder how much longer the band would last”: Iron Maiden guitarist Dave Murray on the highs and lows of the band’s 50-year odyssey

“Maiden songs take you on a journey,” he says

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Iron Maiden want fans to embrace phone-free gigs

Veteran rockers Iron Maiden want fans to embrace phone-free gigs and have urged them to put their devices away for shows on the band's 'Run For Your Lives' tour, which kicked off in Budapest, Hungary last week.

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"I wish you nothing but a very sore arm!" Iron Maiden manager on fans who ignored plea not to use mobile phones

Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour got off to a brilliant start in Budapest – even if some "selfish" fans broke no-phone rule

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“I looked around and everybody was just down. But we started bashing through some songs that we knew, a bit of AC/DC, a bit of Deep Purple. And suddenly we were all smiling”: Bruce Dickinson recalls his audition for Iron Maiden

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"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show

From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style

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Iron Maiden have played a surprise-stuffed first show of their 50th Anniversary tour - watch videos now

Scream for me, Budapest!

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A Judas Priest documentary co-directed by Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello is in the works

The Brummie stars have announced The Ballad Of Judas Priest – produced by Iron Maiden, Rush and ZZ Top collaborators Banger Films – but kept tight-lipped regarding a release date

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“The amount of phone use nowadays diminishes enjoyment, particularly for the band who are onstage”: Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour

Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour

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“Eddie says, ‘Let’s go back to the ’80s, so put down your phones!”: Iron Maiden are asking fans to limit their phone use at the band’s shows this summer

“We would very much like youto be ‘in the moment’,” says manager Rod Smallwood

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“People on their mobiles, getting bombarded with this information –it’s kind of like brainwashing”: Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are waging a two-man war on the modern world with Smith/Kotzen

Transatlantic supergroup Smith/Kotzen is the sound of two worlds colliding

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“Brent had an Iron Maiden jacket on so I went over to him to talk to him and he was like, ‘Hey you’re that crazy drummer dude’”: The chaotic birth of prog metal giants Mastodon

How Mastodon crawled from the Atlanta underground metal scene to become one of the most important bands of the 21st century

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“If you’re a singer, you’re totally reliant on your body. You can't put a bit more distortion on your amp or use effects. You can’t compensate. You’re very exposed”: Why Iron Maiden had to change their singer to reach the next level

Guitarist Adrian Smith remembers a pivotal moment in Maiden’s history

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"The universe is not fair like that." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson tells new bands they'll get nowhere without self-belief

Iron Maiden frontman offers advice to young musicians looking to make their mark

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Bruce Dickinson to start recording new solo album in 2026

Bruce Dickinson will start recording his next solo record next year.

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“I’ve been in the demo studio for the last three weeks”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has 18 songs ready for new solo album, will record it “early next year”

The Mandrake Project was Bruce’s first solo album in 19 years, and he seems to have no intention of taking that long again

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"We had a deal one day and it was gone the next, but we still had the money in the bank": The dashed hopes and early trauma of White Lion

White Lion's second album Pride went double platinum, but debut Fight To Survive was a different story altogether

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“Whether any illicit cigarettes were involved isn’t clear, but this is the sound of Maiden floating in space”: Four Iron Maiden songs that sound nothing like Iron Maiden

Even Iron Maiden like to throw a few curveballs into their back catalogue

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“We just told them to get out!” Why Iron Maiden have banned record label staff from the studio since 1982

Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast

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“I made a decision that essentially was very selfish”: Mike Portnoy admits he “hurt” Dream Theater bandmates with 2010 exit

“We had just played Madison Square Garden with Iron Maiden and then, like, a month later I left the band”

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The 50 greatest Iron Maiden moments

From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band

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“Ringo Starr set down rules for us to follow. There was to be no riding of motorbikes on the grounds – so we did that. What do you expect from a heavy metal band?” The crazy story of British Steel, the album that turned Judas Priest into superstars

1980’s British Steel officially sealed Judas Priest’s status as metal gods

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“I saw right away that he wrote a lot about urban culture, youth culture and violence. That inspired me to create moodier songs”: The story of Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith’s forgotten 2010s side project

In 2012, Adrian Smith stepped away from Iron Maiden to indulge in something edgier

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“You have to fight to be heard in metal. But you have to give them something worth fighting for!” 20 metal bassists who took heavy bass playing in new directions

Featuring metal’s leading low-enders – from old-school thrash to modern metal

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