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soapymongoose said:Personally I think whatever they do it will get 100% given by every member because I think the SBiT tour will have given them more "fire" than they've had in a while and is probably what they needed to remind themselves that they can do anything they want, but do it a lot better than anyone else can.
I tend to think otherwise...they were far more engaged "on stage" with AMOLAD tour than with SBIT. They always had more fire while playing most recent songs.
SBIT #2...i don't buy it. Especially if it's "just a couple of remote places". It seems too non-Maiden, and repeating the history tour. Bruce said himself he's going to be in Maiden as long as Maiden does/plans to do new material.
He also said that year 2009 will be..."something". If we rule out the SBIT #2 which is the most extreme rumor i've heard regarding their future plans, we can assume following :
- Maiden England remastered DVD with extra 1986-1988 material, plus the 3rd part of the documenary, perhaps in the first half of 2009, or Donington 2007 DVD.
- 15th studio album, released somewhere in summer of 2009.
- Bruce Dickinson solo project, who could release something in the first half of 2009.
Now, i'm confident about the DVD, just not sure about which one. Perhaps even both. We all know that they filmed Donington for DVD, and it's logical that it'll come out before the next studio album, however, they've also started working on remastering the Maiden England video. If we go by the timeline;
DOD -> DOD Tour -> Early Days -> Early Days Tour -> AMOLAD -> AMOLAD Tour -> LAD DVD -> SBIT Tour
...it's broken allright because SBIT Tour covered '86-'88 and LAD DVD preceeded it, so the Maiden England DVD won't fit there. Just a hypothesis. Both DVDs could happen soon, i'm not sure which one.
Now that would cover the first months of the next year, since they will take a few months break till New Year's Eve or something. Steve could return to the studio to work on the DVD.
Since it took them two months to fully realize AMOLAD, the next album could be due in summer. However, since Bruce is a workaholic, and he didn't release his own record since 2005 (will be 4 years after their break), he might embark on his way for a while, because they'll all have extra months on their own if Steve is working on the DVD.
The way i see it, 2009 should give us a DVD, and a studio record from Maiden or Bruce Dickinson. It's all just educated speculation, but i think it makes sense.