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Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" Mega-tour
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:58 pm
by danlo
5 continents, 4 hours, 3 different eras!
To tie in with forthcoming 2008 releases on DVD of the classic 'LIVE AFTER DEATH' and 'MAIDEN ENGLAND' concert videos (more details coming soon) this tour, aptly entitled 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME', will revisit the band's history by focusing almost entirely on the 80's in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which will be based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 'Powerslave Tour'. This will arguably be the most elaborate and spectacular show the band have ever presented, and will include some key elements of their Somewhere In Time tour of 1986/7, such as the Cyborg Eddie.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:00 pm
by The Laughing Man
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:53 pm
by exnihilo
Bruce Dickinson is back? I may have to check this tour out, if possible. Maiden was one of my three favorite bands in the '80s... Blue Öyster Cult, Metallica, and Iron Maiden.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:56 pm
by Cail
Bruce has been back for quite some time. I'm really looking forward to seeing this tour. It'd be nice if they went out with Priest again, just like the Screaming for Vengeance/Number of the Beast tour.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:00 am
by danlo
Gotta love the plane:
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:51 am
by The Dreaming
HELL YEAH!!! UP THE IRONS!!!
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:22 am
by Spiral Jacobs
Didn't they just do something like this, go on tour and play old stuff only?
I like Maiden (in fact, until recently I played in a maiden tribute band
), but it seems they really have to fall back on stuff like this, because their latest release is crap. And yes, Bruce has been back for ages.
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:12 pm
by Cail
Actually, my understanding is that this tour is to make up for their last tour, in which they only played new stuff.
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:49 pm
by The Dreaming
Actually, I think for the tour you're thinking of they only played Stuff from their debut through piece of mind. So perhaps this new tour is Powerslave - 7th son. (which I actually like better)
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:50 pm
by Cail
I didn't go, but according to Eddie Trunk, the last tour they played no old stuff at all.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:06 pm
by CovenantJr
On the last tour, they played the new album in its entirety, plus five or six older songs tagged on at the end. It was actually really good, and I consider the latest album one of their best. Having said that, Powerslave and Seventh Son are also among my favourites, and I hold some small, stubborn hope that they might actually perform The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
And yes, Bruce rejoined the band for Brave New World in 2000.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:36 pm
by The Dreaming
The NEWEST stuff (the reunion stuff) is actually pretty decent. I think Dance of Death is a damn good album. (Not particularly into Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg though)
Honestly, Powerslave is probably my favorite IM album. Not a weak track, the pinnicle of their 5 piece-no synth setup.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:19 pm
by jelerak
Man, they've gotta come here.
They've only been to New Orleans twice, for the Powerslave tour in '84, and then back again for the Seventh Son tour in '88.
I'd go as far as Houston if they go there, though...