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In 2026, The X Factor has about 3400 more views than Virtual XI:

Iron Maiden members who participated in an album recording: number of visits to their pages, 27 February–5 March 2026. Bruce, by far, is the most visited page. Almost doubled the page views compared to Adrian on second place. One interesting observation is that former members are not far behind...

I thought I’d pull together some statistics using the pageviews.wmcloud.org tool, which can reveal a number of interesting insights about Wikipedia pages. Feel free to contribute!

He had been doing matinee shows since forever

In the UK, British Lion and Blaze Bayley play about the same venues, Nighttrain in Bradford, Southend in Chinnerys, Red Lion in Gravesend .

Your definition of what constitutes “high demand” isn’t clear to me. Even British Lion are playing small venues. Without artists touring this circuit, the club scene would be dead. There is demand for bands that can consistently fill clubs, and British Lion and Blaze Bayley clearly do exactly...

It’s not as if the live music scene is neatly divided into “high demand” and “low demand” across all genres and venues. There are many different setups, stadiums, theaters, clubs, along with different genres and very different approaches to touring. In Europe, if we focus on the metal scene at...

I think a Silicon Messiah-themed tour is the best possible introduction to Blaze Bayley’s catalog. That said, the Circle of Stone tour felt a bit short, only about 25 dates, before the Maiden and Silicon Messiah anniversary shows began. War Within Me received two tours, and although the...

He is doing like 40 Maiden themed shows this year, but I’m glad I’m seeing one of the Silicon Messiah shows.

I think this one is from June 15, 1993 so they still had the 27 and 28 August 1993 shows at Pinewood Studios to play with Bruce.

From Metal Archives (https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Iron_Maiden/Ed_Hunter/12852): This is a three-disc video game and greatest hits package. Disc 2 contains the installation files for the video game, while Disc 3 includes the game itself. The tracks are sequenced according to the number...