I asked the same question:
As @Vaenyr said:
This.
It's entirely possible the settlement could've included a clause concerning The Nomad too, like a lump sum paid for it with the agreement Iron Maiden will never play it live. This would avoid the complications arising from the original authors of the lifted section getting no royalties from live performances of the song and would be binding so it'd likely be satisfactory for their demands.
Playing a cover is different than plagiarizing a song. You can play music from other artists without any issue most of the time (recording a cover is different though). The problem here is that The Nomad is solely credited to Maiden members even though parts of it are lifted from a different song. Same thing with the lyrics in Hallowed.
To me, this declaration sounds as if they've planned something a bit different for 2025 - 2027. So The Future Past will end this year in Sao Paulo. I think Iron Maiden is preparing something different maybe a big 50 Anni tour with elaborated stage shows and some never-played tunes?! I hope I'm right this time!
Most likely no.
Infinite Dreams please
I doubt an epics tour would work.
The last part of the song looks vaguely like to the instrumental part in "The Nomad", but it's not so explicit. I understand that Beckett needs money and thinks that sueing Iron Maiden to get some money is the easiestway to do it instead of getting off their asses and getting back to writing new songs and releasing a new album since 1974.
I think there are several reasons why they didn't play those songs before and with them having 70 years I doubt we'll ever see songs like Flash of the Blade played live.
The whole anniversary thing is pure speculation. They might do something like that but Maiden have never been famous for celebrating their anniversaries."Anniversary tour" makes me think a very safe set basically like the 80’s hits, the Iron maiden song, Fear of the dark, The wicker man, El dorado, Speed of light and Writing on the wall. I really hope I’m wrong of course
Hope another album with 3-4 new songs, a couple of staples and a few rare/never played songs again!
