SPOILERS AHEAD...
I had a good time at Maiden last night, but unfortunately, Bruce had an off night. he was wearing a sweatshirt for most of the set except when he changed outfits, and his voice literally went out a couple of times. If it was a cold, I hope he feels better soon. That sucks so bad when you have to sing around a cold.
I gotta say though, I left feeling a little underwhelmed. This was my fifth time seeing Iron Maiden, and by far my least favorite. It was a combination of what appeared to me to be a scaled back show, from the staging to the length, to the overall energy. The latter was probably due to the setlist.
I am very much in favor of a band like Maiden doing a ton off their latest release. And I am glad they did. But in retrospect, I think the set could have been revamped to pick up the energy more. TBoS is very...mid-tempo. I would have altered the set by opening how they did (If Eternity Should Fail and Speed of Light), but then I would have spent the rest of the main set on high energy classics (moving the Number of the Beast, Blood Brothers and Wasted Years encore to the main set too), and then put The Book of Souls title track in the middle as a nice climax, followed by more classics to end the set. Then, as an encore, I would have done one tune -- Empire of the Clouds.
This way, The Book of Souls album gets really good representation and a dramatic closer, but there would have been a lot more high energy stuff throughout the set.
Anyway, I'm honestly nitpicking. I had a good time, I just felt like it wasn't up to what I was used to with Maiden. Hopefully next time!