In advance of Iron Maiden’s and British Lion’s Australian gigs, Iron Maiden founder and bassist Steve Harris recently made a special appearance on the Scars And Guitars podcast. In addition to talking about Bruce Dickinson’s Mandrake Project, the recent reunion with Paul Di’Anno, if British Lion permits more in-depth lyrical exploration, and Iron Maiden similarities, he also talks about how fan interactions have molded his legacy. They also look at the topics that Iron Maiden explores in relation to social and political contexts, possible partnerships with modern artists, and the difficulties that metal encountered in the middle of the 1990s.
“That’s a hard one because there are so many songs that I’ve written. I don’t know how many I’ve written, but it’s got to be more than 150 songs over the years. That’s something you could ask the fans, but if you did you’d get 10 or 12 people giving you 10 or 12 different songs. It’s such a personalized thing. It’s very difficult (to answer that question), but I’d probably pick a long song with lots of stuff in it and say that’s fairly representative. There isn’t only one particular song that I can say is totally representative of what Maiden is.”
British Lion has revealed their new tour schedule, which includes their first-ever visits to Australia and New Zealand. The tour will begin in Perth on August 31 and will also stop in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, and Auckland, NZ on September 15. Following performances in Osaka and Tokyo, the band will make their first trip back to Japan in six years. Following that, they will make their eagerly anticipated live debut on the West Coast, playing three dates: October 3 at San Diego’s Brick By Brick, October 7 at Los Angeles’ renowned Whisky A Go Go, and October 10 at Sacramento’s Aftershock Festival. Except for the British Lion performance at, all dates will feature Tony Moore’s Awake as the special guest.
