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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 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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“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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“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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“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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“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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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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“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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Adrian Smith names his favourite Iron Maiden song, even though it’s “awkward” to play

“That riff is kind of awkward. But I like the song.”

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“A song I wrote when I was 16 ended up on an Iron Maiden album! And the chugging guitar was inspired by a Queen track”: Guitarist Adrian Smith reveals the origins of his first song for Maiden

It’s on their classic album The Number Of The Beast

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"Lars Ulrich came barging in. He’s like, ‘Hey, I’m Lars!’ F*** yeah you are!" Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck recalls meeting his heroes for the first time (and regrets falling out with Rob Zombie)

From touring with Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses to meeting Metallica, Killswitch Engage and Zakk Wylde, 2005 - 2007 was a massive time for Bullet For My Valentine

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"There will never be another to occupy her throne": Last year Iron Maiden's iconic Ed Force One 747 was scrapped – but now you can wear it

Parts of Iron Maiden's famous flying tour bus have been upcycled

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“It will excite anyone who loves a story of an underdog beating the odds to become and remain one of Britain’s biggest musical exports”: New Iron Maiden doc is on the way

There’s both a film and book to commemorate band’s 50 years

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“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

“I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I get out there,” he says

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Iron Maiden unveil details of official documentary

Bring your daughter… to the cinema: metal icons mark their 50th anniversary with career-spanning film

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“Paul liked to ruffle a few feathers. He used to call me Hitler. I’ve been called Sergeant Major, but Hitler takes the biscuit.” Iron Maiden's Steve Harris remembers "lovable rogue" Paul Di'Anno

Steve Harris salutes the singer who helped launch Iron Maiden from London's East End to stadiums worldwide

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“It was s***. The singing’s s***, the playing’s s***”: Opeth covered a beloved Iron Maiden song – and Mikael Åkerfeldt really, really doesn’t like it

The Opeth frontman also reveals which of his songs he feels are overrated in a new interview with Metal Hammer

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