IRON MAIDEN Guitarist Janick Gers - "If You're Going On A Six-month Tour, You've Got To Pace Yourself"
February 13, 2011, 13 years ago
IRON MAIDEN guitarist Janick Gers spoke with Christopher Toh from Todayonline about their upcoming show at at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on February 15.
With a 35-year-old career, you'd think they'd have everything running like clockwork. But Iron Maiden almost couldn't get their current tour started.
"We were to set off from London in the morning and we had a problem with the plane," said guitarist Janick Gers over the phone from Moscow, their first stop on the world tour. "We had to actually make a new part for it. And we put it on and it didn't work. That was a bit of a SPINAL TAP moment, I think."About surviving on the road after 35 years: "You know, you hear a lot of bands cancelling a tour because of 'nervous exhaustion' - but what that means is that they've got so drunk they can't do the gig any more," he joked. "If you're going on a six-month tour, you've got to pace yourself."
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