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My wife wants to go see Duran Duran again later this year, i know, what can i say!!

Only standard seats available on AXS for Leeds are £176 plus fees each,£291 each for a VIP seat with a lanyard and a special merch item.

Moral of the story , Maidens European tickets are not expensive and Knebworth is a bargain i`d say.:D
 
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Fozzie4 said:
My wife wants to go see Duran Duran again later this year, i know, what can i say!!

Only standard seats available on AXS for Leeds are £176 plus fees each,£291 each for a VIP seat with a lanyard and a special merch item.

Moral of the story , Maidens European tickets are not expensive and Knebworth is a bargain i`d say.:D
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If you take her to see them at Hyde Park the price is significantly cheaper. You can find general admission tickets from £103.65, but prices go down to £76.15 per ticket for a team of 6. :P
 
GhostofCain said:
If you take her to see them at Hyde Park the price is significantly cheaper. You can find general admission tickets from £103.65, but prices go down to £76.15 per ticket for a team of 6. :P
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Maiden cheaper than a bunch of middle aged new romantics playing their 80`s classics , we can`t have that now can we, I wondered who would be first to bite :bigsmile:

Seriously though , about £600 to get to London and stay overnight for 4, Knebworth is better value and more fun.
 
Fozzie4 said:
Maiden cheaper than a bunch of middle aged new romantics playing their 80`s classics , we can`t have that now can we, I wondered who would be first to bite :bigsmile:

Seriously though , about £600 to get to London and stay overnight for 4, Knebworth is better value and more fun.
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I was just pulling your leg. :D

Metal OAPs playing their 80s classics vs New Romantic OAPs playing their 80s classics with very expensive ticket prices. What's not to like?

You are not staying overnight for Knebworth? What type of fan are you???
 
Hello, chaps!

I'm an avid forum reader who has felt the urge to actually register, moved by how surprising I find that almost everyone is trashing Bruce for "ruining" «Aces High» while basically accepting that Simon —who is not Clive Burr and is making the band sound more tired than ever— is doing an excellent job.
I have nothing personal against the fella. I wish he was able to take the band somewhere else. But in my opininon, he's the main reason Maiden sound, for the first time, like they're going through the motions. And it hurts.
Joe Strummer said it: "there's a rule in Rock 'N' Roll, You're only as good as your drummer".

I wrote it in the comments for the Sweden Rock 2026 video, which, of course, has been deleted:
"As sad as it makes me, the band sounds tired at this gig. The absence of Nicko is immensely noticeable. «The Number of the Beast» is a bloody mess. And Bruce is late in the first songs —if it's a "monitor issue", get that fucking fixed. I DO NOT want them to quit. They are one of my favorite bands ever. But neither do I want to see them getting dull on stage. Not Maiden. They are not Guns N' Roses nor the Rolling Stones; they are something else, something beyond the ones who fade away".
 
Eduardo Cabeza said:
Hello, chaps!

I'm an avid forum reader who has felt the urge to actually register, moved by how surprising I find that almost everyone is trashing Bruce for "ruining" «Aces High» while basically accepting that Simon —who is not Clive Burr and is making the band sound more tired than ever— is doing an excellent job.
I have nothing personal against the fella. I wish he was able to take the band somewhere else. But in my opininon, he's the main reason Maiden sound, for the first time, like they're going through the motions. And it hurts.
Joe Strummer said it: "there's a rule in Rock 'N' Roll, You're only as good as your drummer".

I wrote it in the comments for the Sweden Rock 2026 video, which, of course, has been deleted:
"As sad as it makes me, the band sounds tired at this gig. The absence of Nicko is immensely noticeable. «The Number of the Beast» is a bloody mess. And Bruce is late in the first songs —if it's a "monitor issue", get that fucking fixed. I DO NOT want them to quit. They are one of my favorite bands ever. But neither do I want to see them getting dull on stage. Not Maiden. They are not Guns N' Roses nor the Rolling Stones; they are something else, something beyond the ones who fade away".
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Tastes and all that.

I never liked Bruce on Aces High, and now he sounds worse than ever.

Simon is a great drummer and does the material more than justice for the most part. Bruce's timing issues are on him, they aren't because of Simon since he had the same issues with Nicko as well.

So yeah, of course I'll say nice things about Simon while criticizing Bruce on Aces High, since the former left a great impression when I saw them live, while the latter has been struggling noticeably with the song to the point where he admitted to that in an interview.

That said: Welcome to the forum!
 
Eduardo Cabeza said:
Hello, chaps!

I'm an avid forum reader who has felt the urge to actually register, moved by how surprising I find that almost everyone is trashing Bruce for "ruining" «Aces High» while basically accepting that Simon —who is not Clive Burr and is making the band sound more tired than ever— is doing an excellent job.
I have nothing personal against the fella. I wish he was able to take the band somewhere else. But in my opininon, he's the main reason Maiden sound, for the first time, like they're going through the motions. And it hurts.
Joe Strummer said it: "there's a rule in Rock 'N' Roll, You're only as good as your drummer".

I wrote it in the comments for the Sweden Rock 2026 video, which, of course, has been deleted:
"As sad as it makes me, the band sounds tired at this gig. The absence of Nicko is immensely noticeable. «The Number of the Beast» is a bloody mess. And Bruce is late in the first songs —if it's a "monitor issue", get that fucking fixed. I DO NOT want them to quit. They are one of my favorite bands ever. But neither do I want to see them getting dull on stage. Not Maiden. They are not Guns N' Roses nor the Rolling Stones; they are something else, something beyond the ones who fade away".
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1. I dont think we are bashing bruce he tries to sing aces high at the encore. We are bashing the decision of who decided that
2. Simon is a good drummer but not one great drummer or first level drummer. Thats for sure
3. The band seems tired on the second half of the show. Bruce indeed sounds tired. Maybe the weather,maybe the age,maybe becuase he is not fit but thats what it is now. Btw i dont find the number of the beast a mess at all.
Enjoy becuause i think we have 2 more tours and thats all.
 
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I just got back from Rock am Ring and watched Dave, Steve, Adrian, and Janick very closely to see if I could find anything that would really confirm that they are notparticularly motivated.
I didn’t find anything. They didn’t seem tired even in the second half of the show.
Adrian did “something,” though I’m not exactly sure what “something” was. Just shaking his feet very intensely or an attempt to dance, but he just can’t dance.
But thanks for trying.
In any case, it was not something you do when you are tired.
 
MaryPelon said:
I just got back from Rock am Ring and watched Dave, Steve, Adrian, and Janick very closely to see if I could find anything that would really confirm that they are notparticularly motivated.
I didn’t find anything. They didn’t seem tired even in the second half of the show.
Adrian did “something,” though I’m not exactly sure what “something” was. Just shaking his feet very intensely or an attempt to dance, but he just can’t dance.
But thanks for trying.
In any case, it was not something you do when you are tired.
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I say bruce i was at sofia show and i mean the way he sings,when he is tired he uses to "talk" the song. And that exactly what he does for ex during RTTH to reach the chorus
But as a peformance i saw the band enjoying the show even steve was angry when bruce fucked killers. But yes for me bruce was tired on the 2nd half or saving energy
 
MaryPelon said:
I didn't focus on Bruce. I figured I couldn't keep a close eye on everything at once, so I decided to focus on the string players.
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I think they will retire when something happen or they feel their show is not good enough. And for me they are good. We can complain about bruce being strained but the band sounded good. We will see,they are going to take 1 year off. I really doubt they are going to be one year off and then say we are not going to play anymore,thanks for this years of support at their website. Maybe if they are planing to retire play like this 20 dates or a big gig like sabbath.
 
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