The Iron Maiden Thread v. The Merge of Souls

[cramx3]

We did get the AMoLaD tour and it was short similar to TBoS

and that tour with DT had my favorite live setlist of the band.  Glad I got to see that show twice (and DT twice too) and the AMoLaD show too. 

It was a good time to be a fan, I became a fan after DoD but before AMoLaD yet because of all the throw back tours, I managed to get to see

The Early Years
AMoLAD
Somewhere Back in Time (twice)
The tour before TFF which we talk about above with the sweet set of mixed reuinion era songs (twice)
Maiden England
and just recently TBoS

I feel quit lucky after writing that out to have been able to catch all the newer songs as well as all of the classics since being a relatively new fan.

[El Barto]

AMoLaD was a couple of dates shorter. It was also largely confined to New England and NE Canada, with only 3 shows in the rest of the US. We're talking 11-13 NA dates (including Canada) for those two tours. By way of comparison, the US got 8 shows for AMoLaD. The UK got 9 alone. They hit five cities in Japan.  These are your proper album tours. Only Florida got album support tours for TFF. As for DoD, the US seems to have gotten 4 dates total.

[425]

Only Florida got album support tours for TFF.

And we've gotten a total of one show since. In Fort Lauderdale.

[cramx3]

Only Florida got album support tours for TFF.

And we've gotten a total of one show since. In Fort Lauderdale.

Still better than most of the US.

[El Barto]

After putting together a similar list for DT, I figured I'd do a scorecard for Maiden. Looks like I'm up to 18 shows. They stopped coming to Dallas for a while after SBiT, so there's a pretty big gap between that and TXF. Also of note is that exactly half of the shows, nine of the last 11, have been away from Dallas.

 3/4/85¹
 1/22/87
 3/16/96
 7/12/98²
 8/8/99
 9/1/2000
 8/18/03
 8/16/03 Houston
 8/9/05 Denver³
 8/20/05 San Bernadino⁴
 2/19/08 Los Angeles⁵
 5/22/08 Houston
 6/9/10 Dallas⁶
 6/11/10 Houston
 8/17/12 Dallas
 8/18/12 Houston
 2/26/16 Tulsa
 3/3/16 Mexico City
 6/23/17 Dallas

 
¹Got to meet a couple of them backstage after the show
² 110° and an outdoor show (under a shed, no less)
³ Only US headlining date of the tour
⁴ The infamous Egg-fest show
⁵ First leg of the SBoT tour which was filmed for Flight 666 (TNotB)
⁶ Opening night, and as such the only show to feature Brighter than a Thousand Suns

[cramx3]

 8/9/05 Denver

You lucky dude 

[TAC]

Awesome list Bart!
Here's mine:

8/27/83  Cape Cod Coliseum  (Fastway, Coney Hatch)
6/2/85  Providence Civic Center (Accept)
3/30/87 Providence Civic Center  (Waysted)
7/17/88  Worcester Centrum  (Frehley's Comet)
7/20/88  Providence Civic Center (Frehley's Comet)
1/21/91  Brendan Byrne Arena, Meadowlands, NJ  (Anthrax)
1/25/91  Providence Civic Center (Anthrax)
6/8/92   The Ritz, New York City (Dream Theater)
7/?/98  Celebrity Theater, Phoenix AZ  (Dio)
7/18/99  Orpheum Theater, Boston
8/20/00  Great Woods, Mansfield, MA  (Queensryche, Halford)
6/20/08  Great Woods, Mansfield, MA
6/26/12  Great Woods, Mansfield, MA  (Alice Cooper)

Bruce Dickinson:
7/22/90  The Living Room, Providence RI  (with Jannick)
9/28/97  The Strand Theater, Providence RI (with Adrian)

[cramx3]

I gave an overview before, but I'll do the details for fun:

July 26, 2005 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
October 13, 2006 - Continental Airlines Arena (formerly the Brendan Byrne Arena that TAC went to), Meadowlands NJ
March 14, 2008 - IZOD Center (formerly the Continental Airlines Arena, and previously the Brendan Byrne Arena  ), Meadowlands NJ
June 15, 2008 - Madison Square Garden, New York City NY - Won the Heaven Can Wait contest and got on stage behind Steve Harris as seen here: https://youtu.be/-Hk76D_ExuA?t=1h18m9s
July 11, 2010 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
July 12, 2010 - Madison Square Garden, New York City NY
July 2, 2012 - Prudential Center, Newark NJ
March 30, 2016 - Madison Square Garden, New York City NY

[TAC]

I edited my post to list the amazing group of opening bands.

[El Barto]

I curse and yell and shake my fist at everybody who mentions seeing the PoM tour. As I've said many times, the last show I was too young to attend. And only by a couple of months, to boot.

Shame you didn't get Saxon, though. Down here they were the middle act with Fastway opening.

I'd have a tough time placing the opening acts. Largely different from TAC's list, which seems odd. I know WASP opened World Slavery. I think Y&T was in there a couple of times. Seeing Frehley's Comet rings a bell. Dio was part of several Summer package tours. Over the last 15 years or so I've been mostly skipping them.

[cramx3]

Dream Theater and Alice Cooper were the only opening acts worth noting for me, although one of those shows was at Ozzfest so there were tons of bands including Black Sabbath as the headliner.

[TAC]

I curse and yell and shake my fist at everybody who mentions seeing the PoM tour. As I've said many times, the last show I was too young to attend. And only by a couple of months, to boot.

Shame you didn't get Saxon, though. Down here they were the middle act with Fastway opening.

1983 was the first summer that I got to go to shows. I was 14 (turned 15 in Sept 83). They were both at the Cape Cod Coliseum which wasn't very far from where I grew up. (my first show as Def Leppard/Krokus/Gary Moore on 6/25/83).

In fact I saw Maiden on the Powerslave tour in Providence in June of '85, but they came to Worcester in January (with Twisted Sister). Worcester was twice as far from us than Providence. I had friends that went to the Worcester show, but my folks didn't let me go.
But as you say, by months. I attended my first show in Worcester in September '85 (AC/DC/Yngwie).

Oh, and I would've gladly traded CH for Saxon.

[TAC]

Oh, and Fogeys talking about how they were too young for something!    

[Stadler]

10/09/1982 New Haven Coliseum (Opening for Judas Priest)  First concert ever.  UNBELIEVABLE
08/26/1983 New Haven Coliseum (Fastway - who ROCKED, Coney Hatch - who didn't)  Bruce's mike didn't work for the whole first verse of Where Eagles Dare, and yet - I swear this is true - we could STILL hear him over the band.
05/31/1985 New Haven, CT (Accept)
07/22/2003 Hartford, CT (Dio, Motorhead)  Third time seeing Motorhead, and second time seeing Dio, who did Stargazer.

[cramx3]

10/09/1982 New Haven Coliseum (Opening for Judas Priest)  First concert ever.  UNBELIEVABLE

Epic first concert 

Also forgot to add in that video I linked, before Heaven Can Wait they played Powerslave... and the power went out during Powerslave. Being that I was waiting to go on stage for the next song with everyone else, the meet point was in seats along the side with a bad view of the stage, but a good view of the side soundboard backstage.  I got to see Bruce fairly close up come back there and yell at the sound guy after kicking a soccer ball on stage 

[Stadler]

10/09/1982 New Haven Coliseum (Opening for Judas Priest)  First concert ever.  UNBELIEVABLE

Epic first concert 

Also forgot to add in that video I linked, before Heaven Can Wait they played Powerslave... and the power went out during Powerslave. Being that I was waiting to go on stage for the next song with everyone else, the meet point was in seats along the side with a bad view of the stage, but a good view of the side soundboard backstage.  I got to see Bruce fairly close up come back there and yell at the sound guy after kicking a soccer ball on stage 

Life-changing, and I am not exaggerating one bit.

At the next show, when Bruce's mike went out, it was the same thing; he came back to the backline tech and gave a piece of HIS mind (pun intended). 

[Sycsa]

I've recently been getting more and more into Iron Maiden, I just listened to Rock In Rio and Dance of Death, and both these albums got - what I always considered to be - the typical, quintessential DT kick drum sound (FII, SFAM, SDOIT). Of course that can't be accidental, I thought to myself, and a quick Google search proved it, as I found out that Kevin Shirley produced all those albums. So weird, that sound doesn't fit Maiden at all. When I hear it, I keep picturing Mike Portnoy behind the kit. Checked out some more Shirley albums from the period, they ALL have that same kick drum sound. They guy must have really liked it.

[seasonsinthesky]

I've recently been getting more and more into Iron Maiden, I just listened to Rock In Rio and Dance of Death, and both these albums got - what I always considered to be - the typical, quintessential DT kick drum sound (FII, SFAM, SDOIT). Of course that can't be accidental, I thought to myself, and a quick Google search proved it, as I found out that Kevin Shirley produced all those albums. So weird, that sound doesn't fit Maiden at all. When I hear it, I keep picturing Mike Portnoy behind the kit. Checked out some more Shirley albums from the period, they ALL have that same kick drum sound. They guy must have really liked it.

I don't notice it in IM quite as easily as I notice it on the Journey 2001 DVD. It's exact.

[Mosh]

I was at that Denver show too in 05. Pretty lucky that they decided to do a headline show here.

Here's my list, not as impressive as the others here but I'll post it anyway:

8/20/03, Denver (Motorhead/Dio)
8/9/05, Denver (Mastodon/Rob Zombie)
6/14/10, Denver (Dream Theater)
8/13/12, Denver (Coheed and Cambria)
2/28/16, Las Vegas (Raven Age)
4/13/16, Denver (Raven Age)

Best show by far was vegas.

[cramx3]

2/28/16, Las Vegas (Raven Age)
Best show by far was vegas.

Ugh at Mandalay Bay.. I wish I had gone to that.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

The first time I saw Maiden was at the 99 reunion tour. I remember the setlist was pretty amazing. Also the only time i've seen them indoors which is a diffrent thing. The best time I saw them was in 2008. Everything was perfect on that show,  the band was on fire, the sound was perfect, setlist was all you could ask for, great audience and the overall mood was the best it could be.

10/09/99 Ed Hunter Tour -Stockholm - Globe Arena
16/07/08 SBIT Tour - Stockholm - Olympic Stadium
01/07/11 TFF Tour - Gothenburg - Ullevi Stadium
10/07/13 Maiden England Tour - Malmö - Malmö Stadium

[CharlesPL]

My shows :

20/06/2000 - Katowice
21/06/2000 - Warsaw
03/06/2003 - Katowice
28/11/2003 - Wroclaw
28/05/2005 - Prague
29/05/2005 - Chorzow
06/06/2007 - Ostrava
07/08/2008 - Warsaw (Bruce Dickinson's 50th Birthday)
08/08/2008 - Prague
14/08/2010 - Budapest
10/06/2011 - Warsaw
03/07/2013 - Lodz
03/07/2013 - Gdansk
24/06/2014 - Poznan

03/07/2016 - Wroclaw

[Mladen]

Saw them last night and loved it. Rarely do I find it difficult to put my emotions into words, but this is one of those situations.

[Zydar]

I just saw this on Facebook and had to share it.

The first plane is Germany's Angela Merkel, the second is France's president Francois Hollande.

And then there's Iron Maiden.

[Cyclopssss]

Seeing them tomorrow night!

[home]

Seeing them tomorrow night!

Awesome, going to see them tomorrow too I am so excited!   

[cramx3]

I just saw this on Facebook and had to share it.

The first plane is Germany's Angela Merkel, the second is France's president Francois Hollande.

And then there's Iron Maiden.

This is awesome, but do Merkel and Hollande seriously travel in such small and seemingly unprotected planes?

[Stadler]

They're not carrying a stage show like Maiden's either.  They only need, what, a microphone and a lectern, no? 

[cramx3]

They're not carrying a stage show like Maiden's either.  They only need, what, a microphone and a lectern, no?

They should carry a stage show

[home]

I just saw this on Facebook and had to share it.

The first plane is Germany's Angela Merkel, the second is France's president Francois Hollande.

And then there's Iron Maiden.

--

This is awesome, but do Merkel and Hollande seriously travel in such small and seemingly unprotected planes?

I don't think their planes are particularly small, it's just Iron Maidens plane that's a little oversized

[cramx3]

I just saw this on Facebook and had to share it.

The first plane is Germany's Angela Merkel, the second is France's president Francois Hollande.

And then there's Iron Maiden.

--

This is awesome, but do Merkel and Hollande seriously travel in such small and seemingly unprotected planes?

I don't think their planes are particularly small, it's just Iron Maidens plane that's a little oversized

I'm more comparing it to Air Force One which is similar in size, I'm not expecting the leaders of any country to be flying in something that big, but something bigger than what you see in those pics, which makes sense for local European travel, but for someone as important as those two, just figured something more protective was in order.

[Stadler]

They're not carrying a stage show like Maiden's either.  They only need, what, a microphone and a lectern, no?

They should carry a stage show

Or at least have a ten foot Eddie walk out behind them when they're speaking (or in the alternative, a lunatic Bruce Dickinson waiving a 6 foot by 8 foot Union Jack as he runs back and forth behind the dais).

[cramx3]

They're not carrying a stage show like Maiden's either.  They only need, what, a microphone and a lectern, no?

They should carry a stage show

Or at least have a ten foot Eddie walk out behind them when they're speaking (or in the alternative, a lunatic Bruce Dickinson waiving a 6 foot by 8 foot Union Jack as he runs back and forth behind the dais).

And flames, massive flames.  A stage show wouldn't be complete without some pyro!

[El Barto]

The French president has a customized A330. The German president has an A340 with missile defenses. The A340-300 is actually not too far away from the 747. These are a Dassault Falcon and a Bombardier G5000 which they probably use for short flights. No idea where this picture was taken, but I imagine is was someplace pretty close to home for both of them. Also worth noting that AF1 is accompanied by one of two deafeningly loud C141s which carry all of the trappings of office. Armored limo and support vehicles and whatnot. It really is a big to-do. I suspect Hollande and Merkel both have a similar advance team. That said, Maiden still beats them out, though the POTUS tops them all.

[Zydar]

Apparently it's from Zurich airport.

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