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My ideal setlist for the upcoming tour:

  1. Caught Somewhere In Time
  2. Days Of Future Past
  3. The Time Machine
  4. Heaven Can Wait
  5. The Trooper
  6. Wasted Years
  7. The Book Of Souls (because why not)
  8. Lost In A Lost World
  9. Stranger In A Strange Land
  10. Fear Of The Dark
  11. The Number Of The Beast
  12. Iron Maiden
  13. Alexander The Great
  14. The Parchment
  15. Hell On Earth
  16. Sanctuary
This set is like 2h 20min long...
 
If they did the 5+5 deal like LotB...

1. Caught Somewhere in Time
2. Stranger in a Strange Land
3. Wasted Years
4. Heaven Can Wait (w/bounty hunter walk-on Eddie)
5. Alexander the Great
-------- set change ----------
6. Days of Future Past
7. The Writing on the Wall
8. The Parchment
9. Stratego
10. Hell on Earth
11. The Number of the Beast (w/samurai walk-on Eddie)
12. Iron Maiden
=======================
13. Can I Play with Madness
14. Hallowed Be Thy Name
15. The Trooper
 
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I submitted my setlist prediction for The Future Past Tour in the appropriate thread and I will be standing by it, but I came up with another plausible setlist today that I figured I’d post.

Intro: Blade Runner (End Titles)
1. Days of Future Past
2. Sea of Madness
3. The Trooper
4. The Writing on the Wall
5. Stranger in a Strange Land
6. Lost in a Lost World
7. Heaven Can Wait
8. The Time Machine
9. The Prisoner
10. The Parchment
11. Wasted Years
12. Iron Maiden

ENCORE:

13. The Clairvoyant
14. Hallowed Be Thy Name

15. Alexander the Great

The more I think of it, the more I wonder if "Lost" and "Parchment" are the two Senjutsu epics that get played. They just have the most explosive live energy to me. Additionally, "Fear of the Dark" is usurped by "Wasted Years" as the penultimate main set crowd anthem, and elsewhere "The Prisoner" has replaced TNOTB and "The Clairvoyant" has assumed the fifth classic position left open by FOTD. This is another good setlist that plays around with the expected classics and feels a tad fresher than the other take I had.



Additionally, there's been some talk about a 50th anniversary tour post-TFP. I came up with a possible setlist for it a few weeks ago but never posted it. Here it is:

1. Murders in the Rue Morgue
A throwback to the Beast on the Road Tour.
2. The Trooper
A classic, gotta have it. Hitting the audience with it as the second track ups the excitement.
3. Ghost of the Navigator
One of the most popular BNW songs, a moodier one after the opening rockers.
4. Still Life
A deep cut from POM and one of the songs I'd most like Maiden to dredge up again.
5. Dance of Death
One of the reunion era's most popular epics and a song the band is willing to perform live given the TFF Tour, it makes sense to bring it back.
6. Coming Home
A hard-hitting ballad from the reunion era, would be nice to bring it back here.
7. Total Eclipse
A deep cut from the TNOTB days, following the new vinyl release of the record and the new mix from last year, plus Bruce mentioning how much he likes it, I could see them going for this one.
8. Paschendale
Another DOD epic, but another one that's immensely popular. After only briefly appearing on the TFF Tour, it may not be the band's most logical pick, but it would be awesome to see it live again.
9. The Clairvoyant
Assuming that the TFP setlist I posted above is wrong and it doesn't get played on that tour, it would be cool to see it resurrect here. In case it does get played on that tour, you can swap in an AMOLAD track like "Benjamin Breeg", or a Blaze track like "Lord of the Flies".
10. Brave New World
The title track to Maiden's first reunion release, this is a track they've played on a few different tours beyond the BNW Tour. Makes sense to bring it back here.
11. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Yeah, it's time to play "Rime" again.
12. Fear of the Dark
Duh.
13. Iron Maiden
Duh.

ENCORE
14. Prowler

After going through quite a number of post-reunion tracks, it makes sense to throw ourselves all the way back to the very first Iron Maiden album for the encore. To fully celebrate fifty years of Iron Maiden, "Prowler", its first track, is in.
15. Phantom of the Opera
And following up on this is the band's first epic, foreshadowing everything yet to come.
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
Finally, what better way to finish the show than with Maiden's most beloved song of all? It worked epically as the closer to the SBIT Tour, and it'll be a fantastic closer here.

There's a pretty nice representation here of songs from throughout Maiden's history, including a strong emphasis on the songs they've done post-reunion. The track breakdown is as follows:

Iron Maiden: 3
Killers: 1
The Number of the Beast: 2
Piece of Mind: 2
Powerslave: 1
Somewhere in Time
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: 1
No Prayer for the Dying
Fear of the Dark: 1
The X Factor
Virtual XI

Brave New World: 2
Dance of Death: 2
A Matter of Life and Death
The Final Frontier
: 1
The Book of Souls
Senjutsu


A further breakdown by era:

'80s: 10
'90s: 1
'00s: 5

An anniversary tour like this would be a fantastic next chapter in a string of incredible tours that started with TBOS, was deepened by LOTB, and further exemplified with TFP (assuming that we don't find out that the setlist on Sunday actually sucks). Maiden have been a bit more daring lately and should they do a history tour to celebrate their golden anniversary something like this would be fantastic.
 
Imagine instead if the band nixed the Legacy 2022 tour and re-launched it with a mix of a Senjutsu Tour/40th Anniversary of The Number of the Beast Tour. 6/6 split.

'The Hell on Earth Tour'
Stage-set: The charred ruins of a Japanese temple, pagoda towers in the back corners in various states of rubble.

1. Invaders [imagined for the intro video an enemy army of skeletons (or the undead or what have you) approaching Samurai Eddie and his undead samurai army, the four hits of the snare intro of the song building in volume/speed until the two armies collide... band then kicks in on the four-count at 0:11]
2. 22 Acacia Avenue
3. Stratego
4. The Writing on the Wall
5. The Trooper
6. The Prisoner
7. Lost in a Lost World
8. Days of Future Past
9. Dance of Death
10. Run to the Hills (w/walk-on samurai Eddie)
11. Death of the Celts
12. Hallowed Be Thy Name
13. Iron Maiden (w/inflatable Senjutsu Eddie)
===================
14. Hell on Earth
15. Killers
16. The Number of the Beast (w/walk-on classic leather jacket Eddie)
 
BRAVE RENEWED WORLD TOUR (2025)
25 Year Anniversary


The Wicker Man
Ghost Of The Navigator
The Writing On The Wall
2 Minutes To Midnight
Stratego
Brave New World
The Mercenary
The Parchment
Nomad
The Number Of The Beast
Fear Of The Dark
Iron Maiden
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Hell On Earth
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Sanctuary
 
Long songs tour. With a chamber orchestra and Bruce being as dramatic as possible. Also the set works amazingly in the reverse chronological order.

1. Hell On Earth
2. The Book Of Souls
3. For The Greater Good Of God
4. Paschendale
5. The Clansman
6. Fear Of The Dark
7. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
8. Alexander The Great
9. Rime Of The Acient Mariner (Big mariner Eddie, ship)
--‐-------------------------------------------------
10. Hallowed Be Thy Name
11. Phantom Of The Opera

And Nicko will be able to play those songs without much simplification in 2 years time.
 
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Some talk in the Future Past Tour thread regarding the Early Days Tour got me thinking. Someone mentioned that it would have been cool to have that tour revolve around just the first three Maiden records and save PoM for the SBiTour. So - what if that actually was the case? What if Maiden focused on three albums each tour and went through in chronological order? Here's an attempt at some setlists for these tours.

I tried my best not to be overly reliant on staples. The band can play them on the album tours. We're going to be looking a little deeper into their material, and sometimes that means withholding a song from one tour and saving it for another down the road. (Think along the lines of the current Future Past Tour, and how much more daring it is compared to the setlists from earlier in the post-reunion era.) It was a little hard to get the right balance but I do think these five tour concepts would be pretty damn cool.

Color code:
Iron Maiden
Killers
The Number of the Beast
Piece of Mind
Powerslave
Somewhere in Time
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
No Prayer for the Dying
Fear of the Dark
The X Factor
Virtual XI
Brave New World
Dance of Death
A Matter of Life and Death

The Final Frontier



Beast on the World Tour

We start off with a celebration of the band's original three records. This setlist is a bit of a mixture of what we got on the Eddie Rips Up the World Tour, the setlist from Beast Over Hammersmith, and a deep dive into the band's debut album.

1. Murders in the Rue Morgue (The song's intro doubles as the show intro, like on Beast Over Hammersmith - no segue from "Ides of March".)
2. Another Life
3. Children of the Damned
4. 22 Acacia Avenue

5. Remember Tomorrow
6. Killers
7. Purgatory

8. Transylvania
9. Strange World
10. Phantom of the Opera

11. Wrathchild
12. The Number of the Beast
13. Hallowed Be Thy Name

14. Iron Maiden
ENCORE
15. Run to the Hills
16. Running Free
17. Prowler


Breakdown by album:
Iron Maiden
1. Remember Tomorrow
2. Transylvania
3. Strange World
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. Iron Maiden
6. Running Free
7. Prowler

Killers
1. Murders in the Rue Morgue
2. Another Life
3. Killers
4. Purgatory
5. Wrathchild

The Number of the Beast
1. Children of the Damned
2. 22 Acacia Avenue
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Hallowed Be Thy Name
5. Run to the Hills



Somewhere Back in Time World Tour

The first tour is easy enough to make with only three albums in the mix, but going forward we'll have to dip into a few of the prior records to keep the balance. Obviously this tour will revolve around Piece of Mind, Powerslave, and Somewhere in Time. It's fairly similar to the actual SBiT Tour, but with bigger emphasis on those three albums. I was tempted to include "The Duellists" here, but it was hard to fit in amongst all the longer songs that need to be included, which ended up becoming a rule throughout the rest of this series: no songs featured that weren't played on their original tours.

The first half of the set is very much LAD-inspired, although with "Boots" included instead of "Icarus". I'm assuming here that LOTB is still taking place in this world, so we can save "Icarus" for that. Also avoided CSiT and "Alexander the Great" because I'm also assuming that TFP is happening, and I think it's best to save those for that.

"Where Eagles Dare" is a nice way to segue from the LAD concept into more Somewhere in Time territory - a show of two halves.

INTRO: Churchill's Speech
1. Aces High
2. 2 Minutes to Midnight
3. The Trooper
4. Revelations
5. Die With Your Boots On
6. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
7. Powerslave
8. Where Eagles Dare
9. Sea of Madness
10. Heaven Can Wait
11. To Tame a Land
12. Hallowed Be Thy Name
13. Iron Maiden
ENCORE
14. The Number of the Beast
15. Stranger in a Strange Land
16. Wasted Years


Breakdown by album:
Iron Maiden
1. Iron Maiden

The Number of the Beast
1. Hallowed Be Thy Name
2. The Number of the Beast

Piece of Mind
1. The Trooper
2. Revelations
3. Die With Your Boots On
4. Where Eagles Dare
5. To Tame a Land

Powerslave
1. Aces High
2. 2 Minutes to Midnight
3. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
4. Powerslave

Somewhere in Time
1. Sea of Madness
2. Heaven Can Wait
3. Stranger in a Strange Land
4. Wasted Years



Maiden England World Tour

This is kind of a fun one. I think that most of us can agree that the Maiden England Tour was a bit of a letdown in terms of the setlist - a lot of the songs featured on the original Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour were replaced by overplayed staples (and "Infinite Dreams" replaced by "Afraid to Shoot Strangers", weirdly). So the idea here is to revamp it - the emphasis is still on Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, but there's also some tracks from NPFTD and FOTD, and we're also going back to include some tracks we skipped on the previous two tours (which were part of the original STOAST setlist). The end result is a really cool deep cuts heavy setlist that feels way more exciting than the original did.

1. Moonchild
2. The Evil That Men Do

3. The Prisoner
4. From Here to Eternity
5. Still Life
6. Can I Play With Madness
7. Tailgunner
8. Infinite Dreams
9. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
10. The Clairvoyant
11. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

12. Fear of the Dark
13. Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
14. Iron Maiden
ENCORE
15. Be Quick or Be Dead
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. Sanctuary

Breakdown by album:
Iron Maiden
1. Iron Maiden
2. Sanctuary

The Number of the Beast
1. The Prisoner
2. Hallowed Be Thy Name

Piece of Mind
1. Still Life

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1. Moonchild
2. The Evil That Men Do
3. Can I Play With Madness
4. Infinite Dreams
5. The Clairvoyant
6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

No Prayer for the Dying
1. Tailgunner
2. Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter

Fear of the Dark
1. From Here to Eternity
2. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
3. Fear of the Dark
4. Be Quick or Be Dead



Out of the Silent World Tour

A tougher setlist to assemble. Obviously the Blaze era isn't one of the band's most popular eras, but connecting it with BNW helps out a bit. The thing about Brave New World, though, is that its first four tracks are its most popular. With this setlist I wanted to actually give OOTSP a proper inclusion, as opposed to an encore position that rarely occurred. This is also the moment where we start to see previously played songs come back in a slightly larger scale than before, to keep the audience's attention throughout.

INTRO: Arthur's Farewell
1. The Wicker Man
2. Ghost of the Navigator
3. Man on the Edge
4. 2 Minutes to Midnight
5. Blood Brothers
6. Sign of the Cross
7. Lord of the Flies
8. The Trooper
9. Futureal
10. Blood on the World's Hands
11. Out of the Silent Planet
12. The Clansman
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
ENCORE
15. Brave New World
16. The Number of the Beast
17. Run to the Hills


Breakdown by album:
Iron Maiden
1. Iron Maiden

The Number of the Beast
1. The Number of the Beast
2. Run to the Hills

Piece of Mind
1. The Trooper

Powerslave
1. 2 Minutes to Midnight

Fear of the Dark
1. Fear of the Dark

The X Factor
1. Man on the Edge
2. Sign of the Cross
3. Lord of the Flies
4. Blood on the World's Hands

Virtual XI
1. Futureal
2. The Clansman

Brave New World
1. The Wicker Man
2. Ghost of the Navigator
3. Blood Brothers
4. Out of the Silent Planet
5. Brave New World



A Matter of Space and Time Tour

Space, of course, referring to The Final Frontier, and Time referring to Dance of Death. This was probably the most difficult setlist to make because a lot of the songs on these albums are long as hell and one can only include but so many of them. It ended up being a case of three per focus album, and then some classics to keep the flow of the show going. Honestly, better than I expected it to be. I also think it would be interesting having "The Final Frontier" segue in from "Mars, Bringer of War", instead of "Satellite 15". Too much? Ah well. I do like to have fun every now and then.

INTRO: Mars, Bringer of War
1. The Final Frontier
2. Rainmaker
3. Wrathchild
4. These Colours Don't Run
5. Dance of Death
6. Can I Play With Madness
7. Coming Home
8. The Talisman

9. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
10. Paschendale
11. The Evil That Men Do
12. Fear of the Dark
13. Iron Maiden
ENCORE
14. For the Greater Good of God
15. Phantom of the Opera
16. Running Free


Breakdown by album:
Iron Maiden
1. Iron Maiden
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. Running Free

Killers
1. Wrathchild

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1. Can I Play With Madness
2. The Evil That Men Do

Fear of the Dark
1. Fear of the Dark

Dance of Death
1. Rainmaker
2. Dance of Death
3. Paschendale

A Matter of Life and Death
1. These Colours Don't Run
2. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
3. For the Greater Good of God

The Final Frontier
1. The Final Frontier
2. Coming Home
3. The Talisman



The Future... Past?

Obviously Maiden have only released two albums after TFF, so the required third is at this point unavailable. I'd be happy to revisit this concept in the future though, should they drop another record. Pipe dreams and what-could-have-beens are just fun ways to spend an afternoon sometimes. But anyways, I'm going to bed.
 
In the style of The Future Past Tour... The Final Powerslave Tour (The Final Frontier and Powerslave). I used the same setlist structure so I put the list in a spoiler. It's a few minutes too long I think but these are the songs I'd like.

Intro: Churchill Speech
1. Aces High
2. Flash Of The Blade
3. El Dorado
4. Coming Home
5. Starblind
6. Revelations
7. The Talisman
8. Ghost Of The Navigator
9. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
10. Powerslave
11. Fear Of The Dark
12. Iron Maiden
---------------------------------------
13. When The Wild Wind Blows
14. The Number Of The Beast
15. 2 Minutes To Midnight
 
The very best Ever Forever setlist

1. Aces High
2. Where Eagles Dare
3. Children of the Damned
4. Be Quick or be Dead
5. Infinite Dreams
6. The Trooper
7. The Evil That Men Do
8. Powerslave
9. The Wicker Man
10. Sign of the Cross
11. Wasted Years
12. Fear of the Dark
13. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
14. Iron Maiden

15. The Number of the Beast
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. Running Free

18. Run to the Hills
 
I took the Future Past tour structure and I made one for Piece of Mind and A Matter of Life and Death. I found out it could work.
1. Where Eagles Dare
2. Revelations

3. The Pilgrim
4. For The Greater Good of God
5. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

6. Stratego
7. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breegs
8. Stranger in a Strange Land
9. Still Life
10. Flight of Icarus

11. Hallowed Be Thy Name
12. Iron Maiden

13. The Legacy

14. The Evil That Men Do
15. The Trooper

These two albums have a lot of war/religion themes so they fit good together.
 
A full 80s world tour with songs out of the 5 first Bruce albums will be a dream, if they play some deeper cuts too. I know they did somewhere back in time/ maiden england etc, but I don't think they've ever done this.There will be 5 realms like the ones they had for LOTB, not exactly one per album.

Doctor Doctor ( of course)
SSOTSS set
1. Moonchild
2. Infinite Dreams
3. The evil that men do
4. The Clairvoyant ( the seven deadly sins outro from only the good die young plays as they change sets)

War set
5. Aces High
6. Where eagles dare
7. The trooper
8. Alexander the Great ( now that they played it) ( Blade runner plays, as they change sets)

Future set
9. Caught somewhere in time
10. Stranger in a stange land ( stranger eddie just like the current tour)
11. Children of the damned ( just like somewhere on tour)
12. Wasted years
Ancient set
13. ( Extended intro mummy thing)Poweslave
14. Flight of Icarus
15. Revelations
16. The Rime of the ancient Mariner

17. Iron Maiden ( walking Eddie, probably a leather jacket one)

666 set/ Encore
18. The Number of the beast
19. Hallowed be thy name
20. Run to the hills
 
Eddies 50th Birthday Tour 2025! Iron Maiden celebrates their 50th anniversary with a setlist full of their hit songs and a few rare picks.

1. Be Quick Or Be Dead
2. 2 Minutes To Midnight
3. Wrathchild
4. The Trooper
5. Dance Of Death
6. The Wicker Man
7. Phantom Of The Opera
8. The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
9. The Evil That Men Do
10. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
11. Wasted Years
12. Fear Of The Dark
13. Iron Maiden
--------------------------------------------
14.The Number Of The Beast
15. Blood Brothers
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
 
Gemini Rising: Seventh Son/Brave New World mash-up tour

1. Moonchild
2. Ghost of the Navigator
3. Can I Play with Madness
4. Infinite Dreams
5. The Trooper
6. Dance of Death
7. Brave New World
8. Blood Brothers
9. The Number of the Beast
10. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
11. Hallowed Be Thy Name
12. Iron Maiden
==============
13. Out of the Silent Planet
14. The Evil That Men Do
15. The Wicker Man
 
''50th Anniversary Tour'' 2025:

with rarities:

1.Futureal/Be Quick Or Be Dead/Tailgunner
2.Sun And Steel
3.Ghost Of The Navigator
4.No Prayer For The Dying/Wasting Love
5.Still Life
6.Infinite Dreams
7.Killers/Prodigal Son
8.Back In The Village
9.To Tame A Land
10.The Parchment
11.Fear Of The Dark
12.Iron Maiden
Encore:
13.Brave New World/Out Of The Silent Planet
14.Only The Good Die Young
15.The Trooper

Maybe something from AMOLAD (Benjamin, Colours) or TFF? Hallowed for Brave New World? Or Judas Be My Guide, Man On The Edge?

with classics:

1.Moonchild
2.2 Minutes To Midnight
3.Wrathchild
4.Brave New World
5.Dance Of Death
6.Only The Good Die Young
7.Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
8.The Clairvoyant/Killers
9.Phantom Of The Opera
10.The Number Of The Beast
11.Fear Of The Dark
12.Iron Maiden
Encore:
13.The Evil That Men Do
14.The Trooper
15.Hallowed Be Thy Name (or Run To The Hills)

with New album:

1.New song
2.New song
3.2 Minutes To Midnight
4.Brave New World
5.New song
6.New song
7.Only The Good Die Young
8.New song
9.Rime Of The Ancient Mariner/Infinite Dreams
10.The Number Of The Beast
11.Fear Of The Dark
12.Iron Maiden
Encore:
13.Hell On Earth/The Writing On The Wall
14.The Trooper
15.Hallowed Be Thy Name
 
The best Iron Maiden setlist for me would be a SSOASS/SiT tour:
6 songs from each+ Hallowed, Trooper, IM, FotD

1. Caught Somewhere in Time
2. Stranger in a Strange Land
3. Moonchild
4. Infinite Dreams
5. The Evil That Men Do
6. The Trooper
7. The Clairvoyant
8. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
9. Heaven Can Wait
10. Alexander the Great
11. Hallowed Be Thy Name
12. Fear of the Dark
13. Iron Maiden

14. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
15. Only the Good Die Young
16. Wasted Years

1h 38mins total.
 
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''Reunion era celebration'' tour:

1.Rainmaker
2.Ghost Of The Navigator
3.Brave New World
4.Coming Home
5.Death Or Glory
6.The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
7.The Final Frontier
8.Dance Of Death
9.No More Lies/Dream Of Mirrors (or Brighter Than A Thousand Suns)
10.Hell On Earth
11.Fear Of The Dark
12.Iron Maiden
Encore:
13.The Writing On The Wall
14.Blood Brothers
15.Out Of The Silent Planet
 
Instead of a full 90s celebration tour, I'd like a Future Past-esque half and half tour (or third, third and third, rather): part 90s, part 21st Century, with the remaining slots for classics. Something like this:
  1. Futureal
  2. Holy Smoke
  3. Lord of the Flies
  4. Revelations
  5. Wasting Love (less likely option: Coming Home)
  6. Killers (less likely option: Still Life)
  7. Dance of Death
  8. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
  9. Sign of the Cross
  10. Brave New World
  11. Fear of the Dark
  12. Iron Maiden
  13. The Wicker Man
  14. The Trooper
  15. Running Free (Don't like it much, but think it fits the set)
Little more mid-paced and not overly difficult on Bruce's voice, think it's semi-plausible.
 
Samurais & Pharaos - 2024

1. Aces High
2. 2 Minutes to Midnight
3. The Writting on the Wall
4. Lost in a Lost World
5. Darkest Hour
6. The Prisioner
7. The Parchment
8. Wrathchild
9. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
10. Hallowed be thy Name
11. Fear of the Dark
12. Iron Maiden
*****************************
13. Powerslave
14. The Trooper
15. Wasted Years
 
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