Vocalist Biff Byford of legendary British heavy metallers SAXON recently spoke to ThisIsNottingham.co.uk about the band's current U.K. tour, which kicked off on November 4 in Whitehaven.

On the resurgence in the band's popularity in the U.K.:

"There are a number of reasons. We've got a new agent and we're spending a lot of time concentrating on the U.K. as opposed to Europe. The new album is doing well and people are writing about us again."

"The IRON MAIDEN reunion, with Bruce Dickinson coming back, created a big stir; then there was the JUDAS PRIEST reunion and more recently the HEAVEN & HELL thing, so people are interested in the whole scene again.

"We've not done anything new. We've learned over time what people want from us and we've stuck to that."

On the current tour:

"This will be our second U.K. tour of this album. I've had a virus recently, but that's clearing now and I'm quite lucky at the moment, because my voice is holding up. Obviously, the voice won't be as good on the 19th night of a tour as on the first if you've had no time off, but it's about keeping the clarity in the voice — so not too many bottles of wine!"

"We'll stick in a couple of new tracks but we're looking to mix it up. On our website, we're inviting fans to submit set-lists and if we like it, we'll use it.

"Fans can register on the forum and let us know what they'd like to hear."

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