Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith says: “We don’t want to be a cabaret act. We could probably play Vegas for the rest of our lives, but we want to play new material and keep moving forward”

STEVE HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HE ALWAYS PLANNED TO MAKE 15 ALBUMS, BUT IS THIS REALLY THE LAST ONE OR ARE YOU BEING A BIT MISCHIEVOUS BY CALLING IT THE FINAL FRONTIER?
Steve: “That’s true. I’ve always said that I wanted to do 15 studio albums. Well, I haven’t always said that. I started saying it after the fourth or fifth album, I suppose, but I didn’t even expect to do more than three when we first started! But yeah, there’s probably a bit of mischief there, particularly on Bruce’s part, but people are going to think it’s either the last album or that we’re Trekkies, or both, and it’s not like that really.”

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Bruce: “Is it mischief? Yeah, of course it is! Ha ha ha! Because although we genuinely haven’t made up our minds about another album, we thought that people are bound to say, ‘Oh, it’s the last album!’ and so we’ll just go, ‘Not necessarily!’ Ha ha! I don’t know what we’ll call the next one. Maybe Never Say Never! Ha ha ha!”
Nicko: “I think everyone’s being too fucking cagey! No, it ain’t gonna be the last record. Not as far as I’m concerned. The general feeling is that is if we want to make another record, we will. You can never say never.”