RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2025 Tour Thread *SPOILERS INSIDE*

MrKnickerbocker said:
I think we can all stop slagging off the 67 year old guy who can perform better than anybody with an anonymous account on the internet.
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That’s not what it’s about though. It’s about wanting him to do a different song instead so he and the entire band look better. And so he doesn’t completely blow out his voice. No one’s slagging the guy off, just being incredulous that they keep it in the set, and as an encore no less.
 
Bremen btw was a nice gig yesterday. I was there but had no time to drop in any earlier here today, so, a little late review...
I liked the show even better than the one in Gelsenkirchen few days before. The sound was very good this time and SSOASS worked better than in Gelsenkirchen (delayed H guitar). The audience was a bit annoying because I had a bunch of assholes right beside me doing slamdancing in circle all the time. Fucking ridiculous thing to do at a Maiden show.
Now having seen two gigs of this tour, must say I really, really like Simon Dawson. He seems a super nice dude, he just come across mega friendly, and his drumming is a very fresh impact to the band, which was stated so often in here before. I just can confirm it. In many ways I like him even much better than Nicko (unpopular statement I guess, but it's the truth for me). I hope they'll enter the studio with him very soon. Cool guy.

I really hope there'll be an official live video release from this tour. Just for the backdrops alone. Would be too bad if this wasn't documented.

Oh, and one thing, I don't know if it was mentioned before, regarding Churchill's speech:

The new version 2025 of it blew me away. They did a few changes in word timing/emphrasing to the original tape. Actually not much was changed, but they just cut away some of the silence moments between the words. So it's kinda "pieced together", but it doesn't sound like that. The only difference: It sounds completely evil now :yes: ...almost demonic that way. Much more straight forward, and its "voice melody" hits even better in the face that way. Cool stuff. (I need that for my car stereo :D ...going downtown, slowly passing by the ice cream shop where they all sit outside... blasting WE SHALL GO ON TO THE END... at them :D )
 
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MindRuler said:
How many shirts are you going to buy? :lol:
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Well, I only bought the offiical German event shirt this time at the gig, but ordered a few others from their official store. Non of them arrived yet, but will soon I guess since they're getting released one by one.:) Incoming shirts are: Budapest, Prague, Nordics and UK. :)
I like many of their 2025 event shirts, main reason is because they weren't done by Herve this time.
 
BludBrutha said:
They should get Nicko to record a new version of Churchill’s Speech.
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Wat ho sed the thing!
We shall fart in France
We shall fart on the seas and oceans
We shall fart! With growing confidence
And growing smell in the air!

We shall defend our island
Whatever the cost may be
We shall fart on the beaches
We shall fart on the landing grounds
We shall fart in the fields
And in the streets
We shall fart in the hills

We shall never stop farting!
 
BludBrutha said:
They should get Nicko to record a new version of Churchill’s Speech.
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"Whhhhhatto, boys and girls of Great Britain! And the French Republic, because that is where they grow the grapes that make the wine, you see. Mmm, oh yes! Lovely little tipple, but never before a show, Steve would say "Oi, Nick! Yer can't keep time anyway, can yer?" He only keeps me around because I'm the handsome face of the band, you see! Where was I? Oh yes, war! Mm, and a terrible thing it is.

We shall go on to the end! We shall fight in France, although Germany would be better, wouldn't it? Nip it in the bud, before that bleedin' 'itler had the chance to 'kin decimate half the population of Europe! Straight to the source, but not on the sauce, although if it were me I'd have needed Dutch courage! I'd need bloody double Dutch bleedin' courage mate, ah tell ya.

We'll fight in the seas and oceans, ah, preferably on a boat! Can't swim to 'kin Germany, can we? Although Bruce probably could, and they wouldn't see 'im comin', cos he's a bit of a short arse, y'see. Eh? What? He's not 'ere, is he?

Mmm, yes! Defend our island, whatever the cost may be. Blimey, it's a good job Rod wasn't givin' this speech! He'd a' sent 'em out with sticks and rocks just to save a bob or two! Fwooo, yes, tighter than a Nun's chuff, he is.

We shall bite them on the features, on the landing grounds, in the fields and streets, and poke them in the eye with our pointy sticks! 'Oi, Nick! Is that another dig at me, yer bugger? Eh? Ahh, or, ooo!'

Mmm, and, boys and girls, we shall never surrender! No! Not on your Nelly! And then, at the last 'kin minute, the Americans come in and claim it was all them, you see! What? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes, well.

I said to my dad, 'I want to be like Churchill', and he said 'Ah, you'll never be as good as 'im, son"

- Michael Henry McBrain, 1939, probably
 
BludBrutha said:
That’s not what it’s about though. It’s about wanting him to do a different song instead so he and the entire band look better. And so he doesn’t completely blow out his voice. No one’s slagging the guy off, just being incredulous that they keep it in the set, and as an encore no less.
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That's not going to happen no matter how much you complain on Maidenfans.com, so again, let's mostly move on. If someone attends a show and is disappointed, then they can certainly say that, but there's no point re-iterating the conversation every time a youtube bootleg drops. Let's try and keep things mostly positive so people can in general celebrate and enjoy.
 
Maybe it's because I have no attachment to the man (and not the most positive view of him, in fact), but Churchill's Speech has always been too goofy for me. The text itself makes for a great speech. Inspiring words in a time of turmoil. But Churchill's voice and delivery? The man sounds bored out of his mind, as if he's mumbling to himself while sitting at home reading the newspaper or something.

Not everything has to sound like big speeches in a movie, but there has to be a middle ground between King Théoden's speech and utter boredom lol

naranja said:
I will protect Futureal with my life.

My miserable pathetic life.
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You have my sword!
 
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Vaenyr said:
Maybe it's because I have no attachment to the man (and not the most positive view of him, in fact), but Churchill's Speech has always been too goofy for me. The text itself makes for a great speech. Inspiring words in a time of turmoil. But Churchill's voice and delivery? The man sounds bored out of his mind, as if he's mumbling to himself while sitting at home reading the newspaper or something.
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Because he is. Remember, the audio being used is not the original, it's a BBC re-recording of it years later.
 
Vaenyr said:
The text itself makes for a great speech. Inspiring words in a time of turmoil. But Churchill's voice and delivery? The man sounds bored out of his mind, as if he's mumbling to himself while sitting at home reading the newspaper or something.
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Might be because there is no original recording of the speech existing. The recording was done by Churchill in 1949 (!) as a reproduction of the original war speech.

Btw, Bremen First To The Barrier also failed for me. Wicked this year...
 
Belshazzar said:
"Whhhhhatto, boys and girls of Great Britain! And the French Republic, because that is where they grow the grapes that make the wine, you see. Mmm, oh yes! Lovely little tipple, but never before a show, Steve would say "Oi, Nick! Yer can't keep time anyway, can yer?" He only keeps me around because I'm the handsome face of the band, you see! Where was I? Oh yes, war! Mm, and a terrible thing it is.

We shall go on to the end! We shall fight in France, although Germany would be better, wouldn't it? Nip it in the bud, before that bleedin' 'itler had the chance to 'kin decimate half the population of Europe! Straight to the source, but not on the sauce, although if it were me I'd have needed Dutch courage! I'd need bloody double Dutch bleedin' courage mate, ah tell ya.

We'll fight in the seas and oceans, ah, preferably on a boat! Can't swim to 'kin Germany, can we? Although Bruce probably could, and they wouldn't see 'im comin', cos he's a bit of a short arse, y'see. Eh? What? He's not 'ere, is he?

Mmm, yes! Defend our island, whatever the cost may be. Blimey, it's a good job Rod wasn't givin' this speech! He'd a' sent 'em out with sticks and rocks just to save a bob or two! Fwooo, yes, tighter than a Nun's chuff, he is.

We shall bite them on the features, on the landing grounds, in the fields and streets, and poke them in the eye with our pointy sticks! 'Oi, Nick! Is that another dig at me, yer bugger? Eh? Ahh, or, ooo!'

Mmm, and, boys and girls, we shall never surrender! No! Not on your Nelly! And then, at the last 'kin minute, the Americans come in and claim it was all them, you see! What? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes, well.

I said to my dad, 'I want to be like Churchill', and he said 'Ah, you'll never be as good as 'im, son"

- Michael Henry McBrain, 1939, probably
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Brilliant! :lol:
 
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