The Iron Maiden Thread v. The Merge of Souls

[El Barto]

Nice pictures, SP.

Sucks for the people who are injured, wouldn't want to get hurt by that thing.

Does the perspective of those photos seem odd to anyone else? The 1st picture makes the engine look about 20 metres high while the other makes it look about 2.

There are two engines on each wing of the 747. Both engines were damaged. The first picture shows the outside engine which is up higher, the second photo shows the inside engine closer to the fuselage which hangs lower to the ground.

This is part of what puzzles me about what happened. A rough estimate is that you've got eighty feet between the outboard engine and the nose gear on a 747. A ground collision that takes damages that much of an aircraft is fairly significant, and I'm not sure how a tug does it.

[TAC]

That is some nasty damage to the plane.

[Cyclopssss]

Exactly what I was thinking. Wtf causes that amount of damage? Did someone run into that engine with a tankerwagon? Did it hit something while taxiing? I mean that looks like some serious human error/fuckup. 

[SebastianPratesi]

I came across two interesting clips of Sunday's show in Córdoba:

1. https://twitter.com/Vorterix/status/709774440796725248. Posted today by Vorterix (the famous radio I mentioned before).
During "The Book Of Souls", Eddie falls onstage, and the roadies help him stand up! I guess his age is really starting to show
(you can even see Steve noticing it, and constantly checking out if Eddie is OK.)

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7kdNY6C2qw. This is a short clip by InYourFace TV (a website from Córdoba).
They interviewed some fans right before the concert. The video also features some (raw) footage of the bands onstage (Anthrax at 2:41, Maiden at 3:20).

I come back from work at 9pm, around the time Maiden goes on stage. If I find something (maybe a live broadcast?) I'll post it.

EDIT: Just found these links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g21Jj5q7OaI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRFGIAa6h2o
Apparently live streams. I don't know if they are official or fake, but you guys can check them out if you are interested.

[SebastianPratesi]

Couldn't find any (good quality) videos from yesterday's show in Buenos Aires. Here you can find some nice pictures, though:
https://www.infobae.com/2016/03/16/1797461-las-mejores-fotos-del-recital-iron-maiden-velez

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Anybody else going to the NYC show at MSG this Wednesday?

[Mladen]

1. https://twitter.com/Vorterix/status/709774440796725248. Posted today by Vorterix (the famous radio I mentioned before).
During "The Book Of Souls", Eddie falls onstage, and the roadies help him stand up! I guess his age is really starting to show
(you can even see Steve noticing it, and constantly checking out if Eddie is OK.)

This is hilarious.  Eddie's like: "Fuck, I'm too old for this shit." 

[SebastianPratesi]

1. https://twitter.com/Vorterix/status/709774440796725248. Posted today by Vorterix (the famous radio I mentioned before).
During "The Book Of Souls", Eddie falls onstage, and the roadies help him stand up! I guess his age is really starting to show
(you can even see Steve noticing it, and constantly checking out if Eddie is OK.)

This is hilarious.  Eddie's like: "Fuck, I'm too old for this shit." 

Ha!

[countoftuscany42]

Anybody else going to the NYC show at MSG this Wednesday?

Yes! can't wait 

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Me either.  Hittin' up some place called Stout around the corner with a group.

[Zydar]

Meanwhile, Paul Di'Anno performed sitting in a wheelchair due to ongoing knee issues.

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former_iron_maiden_singer_paul_dianno_forced_to_perform_in_a_wheelchair_due_to_ongoing_knee_issues.html

[cramx3]

Just stopping by (I've avoided this thread since the tour and haven't read anything so I am not spoiled) to say that I am super pumped for tomorrow's show in NYC!!!

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Looking forward to it.  We're picking up the bus in Allentown and coming in.  No f*cking way I'm driving into that mess.  Going to be an excellent show.

[El Barto]

Meanwhile, Paul Di'Anno performed sitting in a wheelchair due to ongoing knee issues.

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former_iron_maiden_singer_paul_dianno_forced_to_perform_in_a_wheelchair_due_to_ongoing_knee_issues.html

If you ask anybody down here what the best Tull show they ever saw was damn near all of them will say "man, that wheelchair show!" While I sadly missed it, Ian Anderson apparently went on a rolling rampage that night.

[Nick]

Watching for a ticket, but so far no luck.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Checked these?

https://www.stubhub.com/iron-maiden-tickets-iron-maiden-new-york-madison-square-garden-3-30-2016/event/9408640/?sliderpos=true

[Stadler]

Meanwhile, Paul Di'Anno performed sitting in a wheelchair due to ongoing knee issues.

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former_iron_maiden_singer_paul_dianno_forced_to_perform_in_a_wheelchair_due_to_ongoing_knee_issues.html

If you ask anybody down here what the best Tull show they ever saw was damn near all of them will say "man, that wheelchair show!" While I sadly missed it, Ian Anderson apparently went on a rolling rampage that night.

I've heard similar things about a Tull show like that ('96, I want to say) but this is a case of "not everyone is equal".   Ian can (and clearly did) pull that off, and later I believe, he recreated that as a joke.  But he's known for whacky shit like that.  Honestly?  I'm always the first guy to say "the band/artist can play as long as they want, and it's our choice to pay for the tickets or not", but the Di'Anno thing is sad.    He's a shell of his former self, and honestly, he's not bringing anything to the table that someone picked randomly from the crowd couldn't do.   

[Cyclopssss]

Yup, totally agree. There comes a time to admit to one's self that it's time to pack it in and retire already. As much respect I have for the man's legacy in the early years.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I saw Di'anno once, can't remember if he supported someone or he was the main act but either way it was cool hearing the maiden songs but once you opened your eyes and saw Di'anno the fun swept away and all you saw was some guy feeding of his small legacy from his time in Maiden.

Have more respect for Blaze Bayley in that regard because he atleast does his own thing and the last time I heard one of his albums it sounded pretty good.

[TAC]

Blaze has put out TONS of great music.

[Mladen]

Blaze CONTINUES to put out great music, his new album Infinite entanglement is really good. The last two times I saw him, he performed a lot of his solo stuff and only several (four or five) classic Maiden tunes. Truly admirable, he's very aware of the quality of his solo career.

[Stadler]

It's not like Di'Anno sucks; Killers is a legendary album.  That album ROOLS.   But you don't get to phone it in. 

[TAC]

Dianno had such a great voice.
I love the way he sounds on this:


and also this:

[home]

Speaking about wheel chairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGPV3IGBJug 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

  Yea I just saw that on their FB. 

[Mladen]

I saw a FB video of Bruce addressing that guy during Wasted years with "Good evening, sir!" Great moment.

[ozzy554]

I have no idea why Dianno does not do more of his solo stuff. He actually has some great stuff in his discography. Even his last album Architects of Chaoz I thought was pretty good.

[El Barto]

The smile on Wheelchair Dude's face is priceless.

[SebastianPratesi]

The smile on Wheelchair Dude's face is priceless.

Ha! That sounds like the name of a meme character!
Bruce's and Steve's smiles while watching him are also cool! They seem genuinely happy to see him in the crowd.

[wolfking]

Blaze CONTINUES to put out great music, his new album Infinite entanglement is really good. The last two times I saw him, he performed a lot of his solo stuff and only several (four or five) classic Maiden tunes. Truly admirable, he's very aware of the quality of his solo career.

I haven't got it yet but what I heard even though sounded quite thin and a bit watered down, had some good grooves and melodies.

[cramx3]

Last night was a ton of fun, definitely the coolest stage show IMO that IM has done overall.  Lots of pyro's and Bruce's performance was superb I thought (other than messing up the ending of TBoS).  However, the volume was ridiculously loud.  Hard to hear the band clearly.  That was a huge letdown.  Also noticed a lot of mistakes by the band.  Either way, it was really fun and a surprising setlist I thought.  I managed to not be spoiled so when they played Children of the Damned and Powerslave I was really excited.  Met up briefly with Cozmo and met his wife, very cool people, hope your family enjoyed the show too!

My youtube video of my clips.  I ended up really liking my seats in the redone upper area at MSG.  Front row in section 301 had my standing up against the clear railing the entire time hanging over it with my beers.  I wanted to be up front so badly, but this may have been better than sitting in the middle on the side.

https://youtu.be/64tqNQjn8no

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Listening to Beast Over Hammersmith and remembering Clive and his drumming.   

[sneakyblueberry]

Listening to Beast Over Hammersmith and remembering Clive and his drumming.   

I really love listening to Clive play.  His playing is a lot more understated than Nick, and as a result there are moments of incredible power on those first three albums.  I also love that he got to play on the songs with all the weird 90degree tempo changes.

Interesting lyric explanation from the Maiden facebook:  'History snippet: Von Richthofen claimed that his Fokker DR.1 could “climb like a monkey and maneuver like a devil.”'

Line still sounds out of place haha.

[Mosh]

Also noticed a lot of mistakes by the band.

Saw them twice on this tour and the mistakes were really obvious both times. The first time it was in Vegas (third show) so I just figured that they were still warming up, the second time was just last week and they were still messing up a bit (though not as much). Didn't ruin the show at all but was definitely strange.

[cramx3]

Also noticed a lot of mistakes by the band.

Saw them twice on this tour and the mistakes were really obvious both times. The first time it was in Vegas (third show) so I just figured that they were still warming up, the second time was just last week and they were still messing up a bit (though not as much). Didn't ruin the show at all but was definitely strange.

Yea, definitely didn't ruin the show for me either.  The sound was honestly the worst part, mistakes are fine in my book unless it ruins a song because that is part of the live experience although Bruce's botching of the final "The Book of Souls" line was a bit disappointing since it's such an awesome ending to the song.