Recent content by edward creighton

World Cup finishes July 13, sure Maiden can start end July in NA.

Tinley Park amphitheater in Chicago holds 28000, lots of large venues like that in North America, no need to play stadiums. Saw Def Leppard at Tinley, fantastic evening.

Makes sense to finish European announcements hopefully by end of October. NA tour not start to late July, plenty of time to announce before Thanksgiving. Maiden could play BMO stadium in LA, concert capacity 24000. Not sure about similar sized venue in New York. Arenas again, SA imagine...

https://www.rock-am-ring.com/en According to it's website it's sold out.

Rock Am Park listed as sold out, good work.

Hannover has at least 25% unsold seats. Imagine Rod has a magical spreadsheet saying how many tickets needed to break even for the entire tour but a lot more risk in individual shows. I saw Def Leppard at Wembley Stadium, lucky if 60% of tickets sold.

Would imagine NA / SA dates announced in plenty of time before Christmas to allow fans to get spending priorities in order! Oz ROW dates ideally announced before Christmas, but as not happen to late October 2026 maybe not. As I live in Bangkok knowing sooner is better!

Looking at San Siro seating map, doesn't look like strong sales. Playing the stadium not using typical goal end configuration (playing across rather than down pitch), which I am guessing would make capacity lower, maybe 40000. Maiden Italy website says more than 20000 tickets sold, which seems...

Depeche Mode sold out London Stadium with 65000, Beyonce Jay Z averaged 63000 in 2 sell outs. Sell outs at O2 in London can range from 21000 down to 13000, depends on configuration (seats or standing on floor, stage in middle or end) and tickets released as noted above. Saw Maiden in Shanghai...

Source? I live Bangkok, will see Metallica in Perth November 1, very interested!

If they play Hellfest not going to help Lyon's weak sales. Assume high cost renting Lyon's stadium.

London was sold out. Halfway down link says just over 69,400. Add on attendance from Birmingham and Manchester then 110k saw Maiden in England. Do tend to agree that big ask to sell 125k at Knebworth, 75k+ be good in 2026, hopefully closer to 90k...

Was looking at Touring Data for Future Past in North America and the tour did well averaging 11k+. Maiden never as big in North America as Europe. Think poor sales in some European markets for 2026 is an issue, but would expect 2026 NA to sell strongly in arenas...

16 NA dates? Mainly arenas? Couple small stadiums? Then SA?

Hannover looks like 50% of seated tickets sold. Curious why do standalone show at same time as doing festivals in Germany.