In a new interview with Eddie Trunk, Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris talked about the fact that the group’s 2000 album “Brave New World”
He said:
“It’s amazing, really. I don’t know where the time goes. It’s crazy. It’s scary, really, what happened to the time.
“Yeah, [the tours] just seem to be getting bigger and better. What can you say? It’s great. We’re really enjoying it. Everyone’s enjoying it.
“I don’t know how long we’re gonna be doing it for, so everyone’s looking at it… we’re just totally enjoying every gig. We’re taking each day as it comes, really.”
On retirement:
“We all feel that if we feel we’re not cutting it anymore, then we’ll discuss it and that will probably be the end of it. But at the moment, we don’t feel like that.
“We feel that we definitely still are pulling our weight, so to speak. We’re just doing well. So far so good. I don’t wanna tempt fate, but we are doing good.”
On current live setlist:
“I’m really enjoying all of it. I like playing the more difficult, or technical songs, but then again, I’m really enjoying playing ‘[Flight of] Icarus’. We hadn’t played that for a long time either.
“And we’re actually playing it slightly more uptempo than the original album, which I think is what we should have done in the first place, in my opinion. So I’m enjoying it. The whole set is really enjoyable to play.
“I didn’t choose the set, funny enough. Usually, me and Bruce choose it together, but it was actually… I thought it was Bruce that chose it, but apparently, it was [manager] Rod [Smallwood]. It doesn’t matter whose idea it is; any good idea is a good one.”