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Kill Me Ce Soir

??? My guess was neither correct nor incorrect, it would seem…

Death Of The Celts

Just saw Megadeth and Maiden last night in Minnesota at the new open-air amphitheater in Shakopee, which is a quick 15 minute drive from my house. Just under 20K capacity, looked sold out to me. Megadeth sounded great musically, but Mustaine’s voice is completely shot. Still, nice to see them...

I just saw Maiden tonight in Minnesota, my first time seeing them in person with Simon, and they had plenty of energy, IMO. Simon wasn’t as jazzy and fun as peak Nicko, but he was perfectly fine. I didn’t notice any actual deficiencies.

Nicko was great, but Peart was arguably the greatest rock percussionist of all time, so replacing him is a bigger deal.

Bruce commits a double faux pas here, doing the Vulcan salute with someone who didn’t play a Vulcan, then also getting the salute wrong (thumb should be out)! For shame.

He sounded very shaky on the prospect of new Gamma Ray, unfortunately.

…which was originally going to be called Ion Maiden until some little-known, has-been UK band issued a cease & desist!

Not that I know of. Same story with Tattooed Millionaire — digital files only for the new remix.

It’s been available on Apple Music and Amazon Music for months, apparently.

Percussion during the chorus.