RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2026

I think we kinda ended up averaging around Aces Okay last year too, after some serious Aces Lows due to Bruce getting sick mid-tour and having to basically sing the entire song with alternate melodies and a lower register. Still think Adrian should sing backing vocals on the second part of the chorus too to mask Bruce's vocals more though.
 
I was just watching a video of Infinite Dreams live this year. They are crushing it. It’s a shame I am missing this year, but I can’t justify it at the moment.

I just have remind myself that I have been incredibly privileged over the years to see them perform some of my favourite songs over the years. The Book of Souls, Sign of the Cross, Flight of Icarus, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Legacy and Hell on Earth have all been particular highlights.
 
After 30 years of seeing them live, I do not think I have any real favourites that I have yet to see them play. It would be nice to see Infinite Dreams, but like @Ascendingthethrone, I cannot really justify to spend a huge amount of money to go to Eddfest just to tick that one off the list of songs I have not seen live.

I cannot really complain. I have seen all my favourite Maiden songs live. If someone would have told me in 1998 that we would have a long and successful reunion in which the band would be playing live songs that had not been played since the mid-80s, I would have thought they were pulling my leg. The Prisoner, Children of the Damned, Revelations, Flight of Icarus and Powerslave are the highlights to me.
 
I think a lot of the wierdness is definitely due to seeing Eddie & Boys start the "final lap" of it all. I think the loss of time due to COVID shifted them more into the very sterile/corporate/this is a production kind of feel to things. Then as the band picks back up and rolls with trying to claw back on track, everything goes down with Nicko and his health (Add in the extra drama of that one dude Lazarus? That is a pretty damn good Nicko copycat, was at least in some way on retainer for the band to mark off legal needs due to Nicko's age). No doubt all of that combined into a shitty-soup of stress, concerns, and questions about the future.

Naturally, those sort of conditions often result in a retro-active shift towards structure, rigidness, and a very sterialized/squeeky clean business. Its no secret the boy's twilight years have been squandered by things, and its amazing we can all still go see them. I doubt I'll ever see them all goofing around with that "free" feeling like I saw on TBOS tour, but Im happy they're still up there playing real music
 
Prowler said:
Yeah I think at this point I've seen most of my favourite songs live, too.
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They do a great job with the new album songs and the 80s in general. I would love to see more from the Reunion era and the 90s (ofc), some of my favorites are the likes of Rainmaker, Silent Planet, Wasting Love, No Prayer, Futureal, Parchment.. Big ones? I can say for some, but probably not like Alexander, Empire, Infinite.
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Dave's live version of his RTTH solo (especially the last lick) is effective.
 
FeelLikeIveForumedBefore said:
I think a lot of the wierdness is definitely due to seeing Eddie & Boys start the "final lap" of it all. I think the loss of time due to COVID shifted them more into the very sterile/corporate/this is a production kind of feel to things. Then as the band picks back up and rolls with trying to claw back on track, everything goes down with Nicko and his health (Add in the extra drama of that one dude Lazarus? That is a pretty damn good Nicko copycat, was at least in some way on retainer for the band to mark off legal needs due to Nicko's age). No doubt all of that combined into a shitty-soup of stress, concerns, and questions about the future.

Naturally, those sort of conditions often result in a retro-active shift towards structure, rigidness, and a very sterialized/squeeky clean business. Its no secret the boy's twilight years have been squandered by things, and its amazing we can all still go see them. I doubt I'll ever see them all goofing around with that "free" feeling like I saw on TBOS tour, but Im happy they're still up there playing real music
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They sound different,apart of simon. They sound more clear dont know why i dont say that is bad becuase you can hear everything perfect but i miss that raw live sound. Maybe indoors theyll sound diferent. But as i saw in this tour and in the videos i feel the same. But i enjoyed for sure. They are still one of the greatest live bands.
 
GhostofCain said:
After 30 years of seeing them live, I do not think I have any real favourites that I have yet to see them play. It would be nice to see Infinite Dreams, but like @Ascendingthethrone, I cannot really justify to spend a huge amount of money to go to Eddfest just to tick that one off the list of songs I have not seen live.

I cannot really complain. I have seen all my favourite Maiden songs live. If someone would have told me in 1998 that we would have a long and successful reunion in which the band would be playing live songs that had not been played since the mid-80s, I would have thought they were pulling my leg. The Prisoner, Children of the Damned, Revelations, Flight of Icarus and Powerslave are the highlights to me.
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There are plenty of reunion era songs I would love to hear live. The only album tours I got to see were TBOS and TFP.
 
Azas said:
Some of my all-time favorites are still waiting for their live debut: Invaders, Gangland, Quest for Fire, Chains of Misery, The Apparition, When Two Worlds Collide, and a few other overlooked masterpieces.
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There's nothing wrong with Invaders or Gangland. Call me crazy but I like Chains of Misery. It even could have been played on American radio if the band name wasn't Iron Maiden IMO.
 
Iron Lurker said:
There's nothing wrong with Invaders or Gangland. Call me crazy but I like Chains of Misery. It even could have been played on American radio if the band name wasn't Iron Maiden IMO.
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I agree. A friend of mine who's mostly familiar with the big classic hits that still got airplay a lot and a more or less random selection of longer tracks (Seventh Son, Isle of Avalon) got himself into a Maiden listening groove after watching the Burning Ambition and Chains of Misery is one of his newfound favourites. "Why isn't this played on the radio?" :D
 
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