RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2026

[Vaenyr]

The choruses in Aces High are fine. The first part of the verses and the first half of the chorus are in E minor. The same key that the Trooper and Hallowed are in. He's usually okay with that. The second half of the chorus is in G minor, three steps higher. He usually deals with that well too.

The issue is the second half of the verses ("jump in the cockpit"). That's in A minor, 5 half steps higher than the previous part of the verse. That's segment always sounds horrible live, even when he was younger.

 

[Spaldy]

 

[matic22]

Loads of last year's footage.

If the DVD is edited like this... Oh boy.

 

[Azas]

He would sound better with a better drum sound. It's a criticism I had of Nicko in the last years as well, the "boomy" and full drum sound doesn't fit maiden that well

I sort of agree with this. Personally, I miss more of their wooden or metallic drum sound:

Also, during The Number of the Beast, just watching Simon, he seems a bit laid-back - or maybe tired - to me. I’m not feeling quite enough drive from him. Like others have said, maybe he’s playing to a click track to keep the tempo steady and closer to the album version.

Not dissing him at all - good luck to him, and he’s clearly here to stay - but I think I personally prefer Lazarus’s playing style. He may be more of a Nicko copy, but he’s got that vitality, and to me he feels more convincing behind the kit.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1909556519021986306

Overall though, the boys are in very good shape. Bruce sounds absolutely fired up vocally - maybe the solo tour really sharpened him up. And Infinite Dreams definitely didn’t seem like heavy-duty work for him.

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"State ERT television said Sunday that more than 50,000 people turned up to hear the British band at the Olympic Stadium in the first of its Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026 shows."

Good attendance. No nosedive.

 

[onurb]

He would sound better with a better drum sound. It's a criticism I had of Nicko in the last years as well, the "boomy" and full drum sound doesn't fit maiden that well

Yes, iron maiden'd drum sound was always nice, but since this Pooch guy came, the drum sound is muffled.

 

[Poto]

Yes, iron maiden'd drum sound was always nice, but since this Pooch guy came, the drum sound is muffled.

Nicko sounded fantastic in 2018 with Pooch behind the mixing desk.

 

[Poto]

"State ERT television said Sunday that more than 50,000 people turned up to hear the British band at the Olympic Stadium in the first of its Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026 shows."

Good attendance. No nosedive.

I won't believe that number until it's official. My uneducated guess is 40k

 

[The Garlon]

Yes, iron maiden'd drum sound was always nice, but since this Pooch guy came, the drum sound is muffled.

I like the drum sound but the cymbals can be too low in the mix. I also think the vocals are eq'd kind of strangely. Too boxy and open enough.