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« Reply #4130 on: September 13, 2019, 08:54:38 PM »
All right, we finally made to this point.  LA show is tomorrow.  I got my parking and travel arrangements somewhat mapped out.  For now, I'm watching Rock In Rio as 11 of the 16 songs from this tour's setlist is in that DVD.

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« Reply #4131 on: September 13, 2019, 09:07:01 PM »
LA show is tomorrow.  I got my parking and travel arrangements somewhat mapped out. 

After driving around this venue this summer, I am interested in this. What are your plans?
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« Reply #4132 on: September 13, 2019, 09:19:24 PM »
Nothing too fancy.  Going to be parking somewhere in LA Live (I know someone that got me a validated spot in a lot) and then taking the Metro Expo Line or Bus (if the Expo Line is still closed, near the station I will be going to, due to construction) to the station near USC and then walk to the stadium.  Afterwards, when the show is over, if I feel like taking the Metro in the late night is too risky in a sense that they come too infrequent, I'll just take a Lyft or Uber back to the parking lot.

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« Reply #4133 on: September 15, 2019, 01:59:30 PM »
Ang, how was the show?
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« Reply #4134 on: September 15, 2019, 03:30:13 PM »
Good question.  I had an awesome time.  Definitively a show of the year contender.  I'm not going to ahead and give a long essay of thoughts like I would in my normal concert thoughts since everyone here that has seen the show knows that this show was great, the band was fantastic and you wouldn't think these guys were in their 60s, Bruce was awesome and animated as ever, the setlist was great, all the production values is out of the world.  It's always awesome to see a band that has a custom backdrop of all of their songs.  The only thing that sorta bugged me was that I was placed in the far back and centered section where I thought I would have a fantastic center view and I did.  One catch, there was this thing that was placed on top of the middle speaker in the fields and it blocked a portion of my view of the stage (right around where Steve would normally be positioned in).  Thankfully, there were two big screens anyway to capture a lot of action so I wasn't bothered by it too much except for the two opening bands where they didn't get to utilized those screens at all so no close up footage for those two bands (I think those screens could have helped get people into those bands rather than try to feign interest and give a respectful applause after a song ends.)

Also, I guess I kinda wished the crowd were more into the I guess "obscurer" songs outside of the 80s era like The Clansman, For the Greater Good of God, etc. but I think that's asking too much since this is a history of Maiden tour.  Another downer for me was that when I got to my seat, I had huge cramps in my left leg (that might have been due to the fact that I was walking about a mile from the Metro Expo Line station to the stadium in really warm LA weather and stood around for another hour or so.  That honestly didn't make sense since I was standing in line for about 4 hours two weeks ago for another show and had no cramps.  Just plain feet soreness) so I found myself sitting the entire time.  Thankfully, the person in front of me was sitting so that was a bit of a relief to me.

The people around me were nice.  Sure, there was a row in front of me was smoking what I presume was pot a lot and the smell of it was too overbearing, but it wasn't a distraction.  I sat next to a guy that stated that this was his 15th Maiden show and that his first show was in Long Beach Arena back in 1985 for Live After Death.  Overall, people around me were friendly and not giving anyone a hard time at all.  Just really excited to see Iron Maiden although, and this is just me, I just don't like the look that people have where they wear denim vests with all kinds of metal band logos on it.  I always find that look to be tacky.

Overall, seeing Iron Maiden first time ever lived up to every expectation, and then some, and hype for me waiting the 10 months to see this show.  I would absolutely love to see them again in Southern California a few more times before they call it a career.  I just hope they do not host it in Glen Helen Amphitheater and Banc of California Stadium is a nice looking stadium.  Just really hard to get out (I took a Lyft to get back to the parking lot in LA Live I was parked in and we waited like 10-15 minutes to get out).
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« Reply #4135 on: September 15, 2019, 04:15:35 PM »
That looked like a vey big and epic Maiden show in that stadium, but with that comes shit like the structures of the set up getting in the way. 

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« Reply #4136 on: September 16, 2019, 11:11:24 AM »
Ang, I'm curious what section you were in.  I steered clear of the show because of the prices (obviously, I didn't buy when they went on sale).  My understanding of a soccer field is that it's about as long as a football field and a bit wider.  General admission seats were $400+, and I wouldn't do GA anyway.  On Friday, the lowest price seat was in the corner of the "endzone" at the other end of the field from where the state was, and I wasn't about to drop $250 for that and not be able to see well.  Anyway, just curious for future reference if someone else I want to see plays at the venue.
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« Reply #4137 on: September 16, 2019, 11:25:57 AM »
I was Section 222, Row D.  This was the location of my seat below.  I think the price I paid at $70.00 was the cheapest seats for the show.  I'm not able to actually post a picture of my view at the moment, but there was a tall structure a couple of yards behind where it says mix where the center speaker was and then there was something on top of that speaker.  That something blocked a portion of my view of the stage.  Other than that issue, I had a good, but very far view.  I guess next time if I want to get tickets at this stadium, I probably want to be in a section left or right where I was at to avoid that blocking too much to the point of irritation.

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« Reply #4138 on: September 16, 2019, 01:21:56 PM »
That's a reasonable price for that location.  The seat I was looking at was in that triangle shaped section to the right of and below where you were.
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« Reply #4139 on: September 16, 2019, 08:45:57 PM »
I don't want to derail the thread from the real Iron Maiden, but I thought these two covers really impressive. Since probably we'll never see Maiden playing them, maybe you'll find interesting also. It's from a brazilian cover/tribute band "Children of the Beast" and they're are truly excellent live, specially the vocalist, which it's the hardest job here, no doubt.
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« Reply #4140 on: September 16, 2019, 08:51:44 PM »
WOW!!!
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« Reply #4141 on: September 17, 2019, 08:06:36 AM »
That ending part of Alexander the Great - the part around 7:30 to about 8:15 - was incredible.   

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« Reply #4142 on: September 17, 2019, 09:30:39 AM »
Fantastic

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« Reply #4143 on: September 17, 2019, 12:46:09 PM »
Those were great  :tup Vocalist really sounds like Bruce  :coolio
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« Reply #4144 on: September 17, 2019, 02:33:16 PM »
That was really great! :tup Man the guitar lead at 4:00 is such a wacky part.

They even got Eddie in their show  :lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tPTOHU4vkU
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« Reply #4145 on: September 17, 2019, 02:52:46 PM »
There can be a very fine line between tribute and unwitting parody.  These guys appear to come dangerously close at times.
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« Reply #4146 on: September 17, 2019, 04:25:40 PM »
There can be a very fine line between tribute and unwitting parody.  These guys appear to come dangerously close at times.

That brief bit of live footage during Alexander made me chuckle (I haven't watched anything else yet).

I think it would be amusing if the Mac Sabbath guys started doing other bands (Mac Maiden?  Iron McMuffin?).  The singer would have to get a helluva lot better to do Maiden material.
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« Reply #4147 on: September 23, 2019, 02:41:11 PM »
Two UK dates announced for 2020! it strongly looks that it's gonna be once again a Legacy of the Beast tour.

On one hand, I'm salivating at the idea of having a chance to see this magnificent show again. On the other hand... just release a new album and tour for it dammit!
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« Reply #4148 on: September 23, 2019, 07:26:19 PM »
Two UK dates announced for 2020! it strongly looks that it's gonna be once again a Legacy of the Beast tour.

On one hand, I'm salivating at the idea of having a chance to see this magnificent show again. On the other hand... just release a new album and tour for it dammit!
It seems Bruce confirmed that it will be another leg from the legacy tour...
Incredible tour and all, but I think Maiden should release a new album next tear, to balance things more IMO.
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« Reply #4149 on: September 23, 2019, 08:08:42 PM »
Agreed, the tour feels dragged out now. Even if they dont release new music, change up the set a bit. It was a great show and all, but it will be 3 years of it by then.

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« Reply #4150 on: September 24, 2019, 06:31:10 AM »
Maiden England also took three years. As long as there is demand by the fans for more, they will do it.

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« Reply #4151 on: September 24, 2019, 06:35:10 AM »
Maiden England also took three years. As long as there is demand by the fans for more, they will do it.

Yeah, at the expense however of potentially the last album of their carrer. Even though it's 10 years that we're bracing for the last album and they keep going anyway  :hat

But age is catching up with them and especially Nicko, I thought Bruce's scare made them aware of their mortality and that their time is short. I'm sure however they have a master plan and that they plan these things at least 2 years in advance if not more.
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« Reply #4152 on: September 24, 2019, 11:50:04 AM »
Maiden England also took three years. As long as there is demand by the fans for more, they will do it.

Exactly, it's why the I&W&B went as long as it did.
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« Reply #4153 on: September 24, 2019, 11:57:31 AM »
But the good news is, once the "history tours" end, it's usually not that long before new music comes, if memory serves.  I thought the Final Frontier came out about a year after the "Somewhere Back In Time" tour (or whatever it was called) and AMOLAD was less than a year after the "Eddie Rips It Up Tour".   

I (very much regrettably) missed a fair number of tours there for a while, but now Maiden has replaced Kiss, Aerosmith and U2 as my "go see them whenever they come, whether they have an album out or not" band. 

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« Reply #4154 on: September 24, 2019, 12:34:41 PM »
Aerosmith??
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« Reply #4155 on: September 24, 2019, 12:42:42 PM »
Aerosmith??

One of the best live bands I've seen.  :metal :metal :metal
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« Reply #4156 on: September 24, 2019, 12:47:52 PM »
I never thought they were very  strong live.
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« Reply #4157 on: September 24, 2019, 12:52:00 PM »
Yeah; I saw them on the "Done With Mirrors" tour, and then I saw them on my second date with my ex-wife, so we would end up going whenever they came around (to where we were living at the time).  I enjoy them live.   Except for a handful of songs - Cryin', I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - most of the "hits" translate better live ("Love In An Elevator" is EXCELLENT live) and they usually throw in a nugget or two ("Seasons Of Wither" is enough to get me to go just about any time).  I'm not going to Springfield (casino gig here in Mass for those that don't know) because it's too steep, but they're good live. 

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« Reply #4158 on: September 24, 2019, 02:27:25 PM »
"go see them whenever they come, whether they have an album out or not" band.

That's my attitude with Maiden basically since Dance of Death.
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« Reply #4159 on: September 24, 2019, 03:05:01 PM »
I don't know if this is the right place or not (I searched the forum for a G'n'R thread, no dice!) but anyone see the setlist from the Guns and Roses show in Hollywood the other night?   Pretty good, and Axl is now singing a Velvet Revolver song. Well, let me caveat that; the band is PLAYING a Velvet Revolver song ("Slither").  But they also either played or rehearsed half of Chinese Democracy (though only two songs got played in the main show).   

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« Reply #4160 on: September 24, 2019, 03:09:09 PM »
I don't know if this is the right place or not

It's not! :P :P :P
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« Reply #4161 on: September 24, 2019, 03:17:35 PM »
Just up on Dime:

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Samples aren't great but are good enough! :metal

The was the Charlie Farren fronted version of the JPP, which to me, was the best version.
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« Reply #4163 on: September 25, 2019, 09:34:59 AM »
Two UK dates announced for 2020! it strongly looks that it's gonna be once again a Legacy of the Beast tour.

On one hand, I'm salivating at the idea of having a chance to see this magnificent show again. On the other hand... just release a new album and tour for it dammit!
It seems Bruce confirmed that it will be another leg from the legacy tour...
Incredible tour and all, but I think Maiden should release a new album next tear, to balance things more IMO.
Agreed, a new album would be great.  Book of Souls was just an "ok" album to me, nothing special with kind of weird production.  It does have some good songs but the overall vibe is a bit gloomy/ foggy. Also the worst looking Eddie ever...lol!
 I would like to see them put out at least one more great album and go out on a high note. Kind of like Rush did with Clockwork Angels..
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« Reply #4164 on: September 25, 2019, 03:02:01 PM »
I've always been moderate on AMOLAD, preferring both Dance of Death and The Final Frontier over it, but I listened to (most of) it last night while ripping my CDs to the network drive (I'm on "I" if no has guessed yet) and man, it was GOOD.  Really good.  There's some really good stuff in the reunion years, and daresay it might now be a better overall body of work than that which came before.  I'm not 100% there yet in saying that, but it's getting closer than it should be in an age where "rock is dead".

By the way, anyone hear the band doing an acoustic "Tush" by ZZ Top while in the studio recording AMOLAD?   Bruce KILLS it.