Simon Dawson steps behind the kit as Iron Maiden prepare for tour

In an interview with SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” on April 8, guitarist Adrian Smith discussed Iron Maiden‘s next “Run For Your Lives” global tour, which is set to begin in Budapest, Hungary on May 27. Simon Dawson, Iron Maiden‘s new drummer, who previously played with Iron Maiden co-founder Steve Harris as part of his British Lion project, will accompany the band on their inaugural trek.

Yeah, it should be great. It should be great. A new setlist. We’ve been doing [‘The Future Past’] thing for the best part of three years, so it’s a completely new set. I think the fans are gonna absolutely love it. And we’ll be starting rehearsing in a couple of weeks. And it’s just getting ready for it and going out again. And I can’t wait, really. After the first show, it’ll be all over the Internet. Everyone’s gonna know the setlist, everyone’s gonna know what it looks like, everyone’s gonna know the fuckups we made. That’s just the way it is now. But, yeah. it’ll be special, I think.

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Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden opens up about artificial intelligence

Adrian Smith, guitarist for Iron Maiden, discussed the advantages and disadvantages of social media in a recent interview with Andrew McKaysmith of the Scars And Guitars podcast. He claimed that too many people become engrossed in their smartphones, which leads to an increase in anxiety and sadness.

Well, you’ve only gotta drive down the street and you’ve gotta stop your car ’cause people are walking out in front of you ’cause they’re on their phones. They’re addicted. Hey, I get sucked into it like everybody else. It takes over your life sometimes. You get bombarded with all the things you like. It all comes very easy, just keeps coming up on your feed, all the stuff you love, so you are there, you’re looking at it with your neck bent over like that. You are bombarded with news 24-7 about all these terrible things that are happening in the world. I mean, what you supposed to do? It’s not natural to have to be so concerned with absolutely everything. I think people are moving way beyond their personal spheres trying to change things that they have no power on because they’re aware of them and then they feel that they have to do something about it,” he continued. “And they’ve stopped getting on with the basic, put one foot in front of the other, earn your living, pay your tax, and just live your life and be happy. And it’s just — I don’t think it makes people happy. Anyway, little rant there.