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[Cat Milk Supreme]

Planet Rock says Eddfest brought forward by an hour to facilitate the England game, gig over by 9.30.

Does this mean they will now show the game at the gig or will 1000s of fans descend on Stevenage to watch it?

Anyway, no darkness for the encores.

 

[snarf]

Planet Rock says Eddfest brought forward by an hour to facilitate the England game, gig over by 9.30.

Does this mean they will now show the game at the gig or will 1000s of fans descend on Stevenage to watch it?

Anyway, no darkness for the encores.

Did they say that only on air? I can't see any evidence of it elsewhere and honestly I don't quite believe it would happen, it'd be ridiculous lol

 

[matic22]

Did they say that only on air? I can't see any evidence of it elsewhere and honestly I don't quite believe it would happen, it'd be ridiculous lol

IM start at 20:15. It was on the official Eddfest timeline.

It would be hillarious if they sacrifice DVD consistency just to see Haaland and company send them home live.

 

[snarf]

IM start at 20:15. It was on the official Eddfest timeline.

It would be hillarious if they sacrifice DVD consistency just to see Haaland and company send them home live.

Show's about two hours though, so still a 10:15ish finish if they stick with that start time.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Also also, the internet says Maiden start at 8.15, radio just said they finish at 9.30. Short set. Say whaaaaat??

Official Maiden socials said 8.15 start, posted 2 days ago, not yet updated.

So was the original plan was to start at 8.15 with a 10.30 curfew? Plenty of time for Nicko and the boys to come out for an extended Running Free at the end. But now they finish 1hr earlier but start at the same time?

Maybe they just haven't updated the start time and I haven't seen an official post regarding the 9.30 curfew, only an announcement on the radio, which I assume is official.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Did they say that only on air? I can't see any evidence of it elsewhere and honestly I don't quite believe it would happen, it'd be ridiculous lol

Yeah, it's been said on air during a show and also in the news bulletin

 

[matic22]

Also also, the internet says Maiden start at 8.15, radio just said they finish at 9.30. Short set. Say whaaaaat??

Official Maiden socials said 8.15 start, posted 2 days ago, not yet updated.

So was the original plan was to start at 8.15 with a 10.30 curfew? Plenty of time for Nicko and the boys to come out for an extended Running Free at the end. But now they finish 1hr earlier but start at the same time?

Maybe they just haven't updated the start time and I haven't seen an official post regarding the 9.30 curfew, only an announcement on the radio, which I assume is official.

They are dropping Infinite Dreams, Rime and Seventh Son. But will play Aces High twice to make up for it. During the 2nd performance, the plane animation will be played in reverse.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

They are dropping Infinite Dreams, Rime and Seventh Son. But will play Aces High twice to make up for it. During the 2nd performance, the plane animation will be played in reverse.

That. Would. Be. Phenoooooooomenal.

 

[dickinson1978]

They are dropping Infinite Dreams, Rime and Seventh Son. But will play Aces High twice to make up for it. During the 2nd performance, the plane animation will be played in reverse.

And churchill speech,also reverse.

 

[GhostofCain]

Planet Rock says Eddfest brought forward by an hour to facilitate the England game, gig over by 9.30.

Does this mean they will now show the game at the gig or will 1000s of fans descend on Stevenage to watch it?

Anyway, no darkness for the encores.

Sad news. Justin Hawkins would have done a good job on Aces High.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Sad news. Justin Hawkins would have done a good job on Aces High.

Epic troll if they cover it

I knew someone would pick up on that and my guess was you

 

[snarf]

Yeah, it's been said on air during a show and also in the news bulletin

Nice of them to not have any new bulletins or mentions of this since I started listening to check on it I believe you for sure but it seems a mad change not well communicated if true!

But what's one more bit of bad comms for Eddfest, for good luck hahah

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Nice of them to not have any new bulletins or mentions of this since I started listening to check on it I believe you for sure but it seems a mad change not well communicated if true!

But what's one more bit of bad comms for Eddfest, for good luck hahah

Yeah, I haven't heard it since I mentioned it here but I definitely heard it 2 or 3 times, I swear

 

[UpTheIrons]

Latest email I have received from the event has an 'information for ticket holders' pdf which is now saying Maiden start at 20:00.

 

[onurb]

I'd love for them to play some of these rarities: The Duellists, Only the Good Die Young, No Prayer for the Dying, and Childhood's End.

Seems like they hate no prayer or it got "outvoted" (lmao)....

 

[srfc]

Don't know UK prices, so are these reasonable or expensive, approx €9.10 for a Trooper Nitro, expensive no doubt but probably in the ball park of what I'd pay at a big gig at home for a pint of Rockshore piss

 

[Poto]

I can't comment on prices outside of Norway. At Tons of Rock a 0,4 litre beer cost 116 nok or £8.85.

 

[UpTheIrons]

Don't know UK prices, so are these reasonable or expensive, approx €9.10 for a Trooper Nitro, expensive no doubt but probably in the ball park of what I'd pay at a big gig at home for a pint of Rockshore piss

More or less standard prices for a festival or big London gig these days, the fact that practically every category has some kind of Iron Maiden branded beverage is pretty funny though, although suitably thematic.

 

[dickinson1978]

Reading the interview again steve says that they are going to do somerhing special for the songs ( recorded there?)

 

[cyanopsis]

Shouldn't we have a separate thread for Eddfest? I want reports on everything! Pictures of the exhibition, Blaze review, pictures of the campsite, review of the portaloo facilities, the other bands, weather, what's going on in the bushes when its dark, beer prices, merch stand, drunk people, sober people, and of course the performance of the main attraction!