Iron Maiden 2010

absolutcilly

Has anybody seen Maiden on this years tour? This is my first time seeing them, will be at the Pittsburgh show Wenesday. I don't know many songs off of the current setlist they are playing; just wondering if they are as great as i've been told?

fanch75

I'll be at the Pitt show on Wednesday as well. Maiden rule. They are not resting on their past and are playing a set heavy on music written in the last decade. And all of it is good.

Did you hear that Nickelback is a better band than Pearl Jam?

absolutcilly

Great to hear, I lost touch with Maiden after the Seventh Son album. Def looking forward to it!!

Yes, i've read about this great band known as Nickelback. I've never been blessed enough to see them live, but I hear they are going on tour with Buckcherry soon. I just hope they have a "Nickel Club" that I can join that allows me to buy presale tickets to this epic show!!

Ledbetterman10

absolutcilly wrote:

just wondering if they are as great as i've been told?

Hell yeah they are. I'm not seeing them on this tour but I saw them at Camden a few years ago and they were awesome.

fanch75

Cool, Ledbetterman & I agree on something. So maybe we will share a beer at a gig one day while talking about the Mighty Maiden.

Ledbetterman10

fanch75 wrote:

Cool, Ledbetterman & I agree on something. So maybe we will share a beer at a gig one day while talking about the Mighty Maiden.

Well I'm sure there's a lot of things we agree on. I just don't find your "drunken threads" to be very funny. Even here, you desperately seek attention but throwing your Nickelback joke into this Maiden thread. And I found it especially lame when you said in your last thread that people were giving you shit because you're black. 1) How could anybody know your race when we're on a message board? and 2) Nobody would give you shit because of your race anyway.

That being said, yes, Maiden rules and I'll pass whatever it is I'm smoking at that time your way if I ever catch ya at a show.

even flow - question mark

I saw them last weekend. I must say that they played a ton of stuff that I did not know. Granted I don't have too many albums past Peace Of Mind, though I see them almost every time they come around. And I still didn't know too many tunes. I still enjoyed it all the same. Up the Irons!!!

billyruff

Saw them at the Ottawa bluesfest on the 6th..Awesome spectacle!!!!3 Ripping guitars and steve harris

one wierd thing that bruce kept doing was telling us to go buy the new album and make them number 1 on the charts?

setlist
The Wicker Man
Ghost Of The Navigator
Wrathchild
El Dorado
Dance Of Death
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
These Colours Don't Run
Blood Brothers-Dedicated to Ronnie James Dio
Wildest Dreams
No More Lies
Brave New World
Fear Of The Dark
Iron Maiden
Encore:
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Running Free

absolutcilly

Thanks for all the info guys. I just finished watching the Flight 666 Documentary... Really looking forward to seeing them now.

fanch75

absolutcilly wrote:

Great to hear, I lost touch with Maiden after the Seventh Son album. Def looking forward to it!!

Yes, i've read about this great band known as Nickelback. I've never been blessed enough to see them live, but I hear they are going on tour with Buckcherry soon. I just hope they have a "Nickel Club" that I can join that allows me to buy presale tickets to this epic show!!

Can you feeeeeel it coming? Tomorrow night, my friend. I'm watching Flight 666 right now in prep well getting ready for bed & making the wife comfy. Unlike you, I have seen Maiden - it was 1997-ish with Blaze Bailey on vox. Truthfully it was a good show, the songs are the songs and they played a hell of a set, nearly 3 hours in the Arena District in Columbus, Ohio. It was awesome down there in the Arena District, metalheads everywhere. I remember drinking a good amount of Bud Ice (remember that one?) that day. A great, great day.

absolutcilly

Hell yeah, I can't wait. Been drinking beer and watching youtube videos for the last couple hours. I wish i had seen them in the past, many oppurtunities, but never realized what i was missing.
Bud Ice, Bud Dry, Red Dog, Red Wolf....all some of my favorite beers in high school!!
Enjoy the show!!! \m/

fanch75

My review of the Pittsburgh 7/14/2010 show (last night):

The show ruled! Great setlist, great stage, great energy, everything! I really like how Maiden is playing most songs from their recent albums. It truly legitimizes them as a "current" band, not just a nostalgia act. Bruce was just all over the place and his voice was in great form. The sound was very crisp & clear, and the solos sounded just beautiful for a lack of a better term.

The audience was very enthusiastic throughout, which was a nice surprise given the non-classic setlist. The classics, when played, did the loudest responses of course. Still, it was a great setlist & very interesting to see (I hope they release a live DVD from this tour, I would definitely grab it). I wish other bands would do this approach.

The setlist:

Wickerman
Ghost of the Navigator
Wrathchild
El Dorado (from upcoming unreleased album)
Dance of Death
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
These Colours Don't Run
Blood Brothers (with tribute to Ronnie James Dio beforehand, song is dedicated to him)
Wildest Dreams
No More Lies
Fear of the Dark
Brave New World
Iron Maiden (with Eddie!)
Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Running Free

absolutcilly

Excellent review Fanch, I was def impressed, they left me wanting more!! I wish we had bought pavillion seats, but we had a great time on the lawn.

Fear of the Dark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT0Gl9ExjY4

veddertown

Saw them 7 times I think over 3 tours in 86 -90 and they were amazing apart from the final show I attended when I found them sounding a bit tired. After Bruce's departure and subsequent return they have gone on to become a great live act again and most of my Maiden touring buddies from back then still go to a lot of shows. Totally professional in every way and will go down as legends when they finally and sadly hang up their boots. I will consider another show next tour for old times sake and a chance to meet up with some old friends because they're still worth the admission fee although the sets are a lot shorter now..

acutejam

Ha! Came into this forum on another topic and saw this sitting here.

Saw 'em a few weeks back in Concord, CA ... on FATHER'S DAY! STANDING PIT at a local amphitheater (removed the orch seats)! I got within about 5 peeps from the rail, hair on the back of my neck went up, and I skipped back about 10 people as the mosh pit broke out about 3 songs in!!!

LONG interlude of songs I didn't know, none 80s/90s tunes, but I must say a few of them really shredded and I was pretty pumped all-in-all. Gave 'em my money for a fun time live, but I don't really see myself going out to buy their recent stuff (ie last 15 years worth, hehehe...)

Bruce is one heckuva frontman, consumate performer -- just awesome to watch. I think this like the 5th or 6th time I've seen Maiden! I gravitated over to D. Murray's side, he was always my fav and he doesn't dissapoint though I'd heard his ol' hands don't fly they way they used to. Something to be said for that 3-Ax-Attack though!

One of those songs midset had a slow/quiet intro/interlude part and a freakin rockin chorus and main verse that really f'n rocked! Been trying to figure it out ever since!

Good Times! And Dream Theater was fun too!