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The strategy worked for Megadeath - their final album gave them their first ever number 1 album in certain countries including America. Maiden have hit number on the album charts all over the world, but the have never quite managed it in America. I wonder if there is a little bit of wanting...

Reading your posts, I have one of two reactions….(1) utter frustration and bewilderment (2) genuine laugh out loud. This time it was the second.

But it is not healthy debate, is it? You are constantly speculating terrible sales for Maiden, telling everyone that they risk having to downgrade their venue size or play to half empty venues…..and then literally days later we find Maiden adding dates and you say nothing, you just move on to...

Yes this makes sense - the only reason to squeeze such a (relatively) extensive tour into 2026 is to spend 2027 recording. Otherwise, the European festival 2026 leg would surely have been scheduled for 2027. But…. Then again, they could also have spent the early summer of this year...

Those seem strong reasons why a new album would not be a priority for the band, but the reasons are undermined by the fact that half the band are finding the time to make solo albums. Also, I guess writing and rehearsing new material on the road is an alien idea for them. And likewise, the...

And just a day or two later….. another date is added. Perhaps it is time for you to stop with all the doomsday rhetoric about how poor ticket sales are etc. You clearly do not know anything bout the touring industry and your unfounded speculation is just noise. I suggest a period of quiet...

Since when were production tickets including seats at the back of a venue. Grow up and stop being such a fan boy.

69,500 is way short of the 80,000 capacity of the venue - which was my point.

You clearly have no idea how ticket sales operate. I got my ticket on the day of the show, and where I was sat in the nosebleeds, there were plenty of empty seats. The show attracted less than 69,500. If that was a sell out, it was the lowest sell out crowd in the venues history! But let me...

They couldn’t sell out one night at London stadium in 2025, so not sure what your logic is for claiming they can sell out two nights in 2026.

But then you have the moderators being on the hook to address every rumour in circulation. Being blunt, but if people want to believe somebody with any due diligence, more fool them.

Considering the size and wealth of Japan, the shows Maiden play there are very small compared to other parts of the world. It seems they are losing their ageing Japanese fans and not replacing them sufficiently with newer generations.

I doubt there will be another deep cuts tour like the DoFP. I think the band are looking to play at the stadium level in their twilight years, which is fair enough. And they can only sell out stadiums in most markets with a set list giving a big focus on their big songs and a few deep cuts -...

To be fair, this is probably Maiden’s first and last chance to step up into the stadium league in America. For American fans, I hope it pays off as otherwise the band may be more inclined to neglect the US if the can only do arenas there in the future whilst most of the rest of the world allows...

A second night in LA already suggests their ambition of upgrading venues is paying off in their traditional strong holds. Time will tell how they do in other markets in America.