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I'm feeling incredibly lucky to be able
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to do, but the the number one thing
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I've had incredible support from my
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>> You know, when I didn't have a band, I
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remember being at work. I was working a
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day job after Maiden. I'd had terrible
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problems. And after Maiden, I was
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working a day job. Uh I'm working in a
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And fans used to come in the shop. And
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they never said "Why are you working in
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a shop?" They said "When's your next
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>> And it was incredible. "When's your next
0:34
gig?" They didn't say It's like, "Okay,
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it doesn't matter where you're working,
0:38
but when is your next record?" And that
0:40
really kept me going, you know, in a lot
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of a lot of Man, that was a dark time.
0:46
But that that kept me going. So, I look
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like 15 like 17 years ago, maybe. And I
0:54
think, "Wow, to get from there to here,
0:57
where we've got sold-out shows,
1:00
sometimes we play two nights in a row,
1:02
we're invited on to important
1:05
festivals." It's Man, it's a different
1:09
a different world. So, going back and
1:11
playing those Iron Maiden songs,
1:13
it's really really cool. It's like
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>> You know what? You know what? I like
1:20
that that that a few of your songs from
1:23
The X Factor and and Virtual XI became
1:26
classics that Iron Maiden also plays,
1:28
you know? You cannot see You cannot see
1:30
that in Judas Priest, for example, with
1:32
Ripper. You know, Ripper had two great
1:34
albums with Judas Priest, but Halford
1:36
doesn't sing some of them, you know? So,
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you your your few few of your songs are
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classics, man. I I love them, you know?
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From the from the from the two albums.
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>> Thank you. Bruce and I have always got
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along. We've always been friends. We've
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always had the greatest respect for each
1:55
other. Different things. He's always
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helped me in my solo career and in
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I can't I know Tim very well, Tim Ripper
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Owens. He's an incredible vocalist and a
2:11
wonderful, wonderful person. We've
2:13
worked together on many times and um
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what I I can't say about his situation,
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but what I can say about Maiden is
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everything that we did, we did 100% with
