Recent content by edward creighton

Def Leppard playing Belsonic Belfast, June 26, Maiden to follow? Curious if Maiden would headline one of the nights at Isle of Wight festival just of South coast of England which runs 18-21 June 2026. Attendance 55000+ per day. Maiden have headlined more general festivals in Europe...

Nice to have longer interview, discussing range of things, not just Maiden.

Bruce is an incredible frontman, have friend saw Maiden for first time in Dublin say was far better than Corey Taylor. Lots of Maiden songs suit participation. In Madrid at start of 2 Minutes and Phantom whole football field bouncing. Foo Fighters have great live energy. Watched some of...

September is hopefully the lucky month when many of the 2026 tour dates are announced. Seems most on forum agreed on about 60 gigs, the America's to get at least half, Europe 16 ish, Australasia and Japan up to 10. Will it be Australasia Japan, Europe, short break, America's? I get holiday...

Curious how they do an outdoor show in UK if not Download. Huddersfield does about 40k, good location. Rod may like it!

Senjutsu has quite a few Gold discs in Germany, France, UK, Brasil. Maiden, like Def Leppard, haven't re certified in US for many years. In US bands have to pay for certification, provide evidence of sales shipments, doesn't happen automatically. Double albums count double for certification...

https://kworb.net/spotify/artist/6mdiAmATAx73kdxrNrnlao_songs.html This link gives Spotify streams for almost every Maiden song. Has link to YouTube, iTunes, Apple Music statistics. Book of Souls has 141m streams AMOLAD 77m Final 59m Senjutsu 165m Wasting Love 113 million streams vs...

Wasn't sure where to post this but Maiden will go through 5 billion Spotify streams this week. YouTube views more than 1 billion. Senjutsu has 165 million Spotify streams, does about 50k per day. Writing has 49 million Spotify streams, does 15k per day, most popular song from the album by a...

Looking at attendance figures for Future Past in Japan, 6.6k+ average for 5 concerts, no sell-outs. Maybe play 1 or 2 this time in Japan or skip? In Australia Maiden did 24k+ in Sydney and Melbourne, could they play small stadium in each city as could do 30k? At moment presuming 16 Europe...

Fiddling about on Google search trying to access Pollstar, got into their Live 75 chart it says in the past 30 days Maiden averaged 30,853. Dated August 1st. 12 concerts reported, gross average $3.657 million. 100% tickets sold. Maiden played 15 concerts July, Belfort won't be included as...

https://apnews.com/article/top-20-global-concert-tours-from-pollstar-32c4f950a188382ca1c5b6c403482e4b Some Maiden box score info from Pollstar for some of the RFYL tour, not show specific. Average attendance 25,889,average gross +$2.58 million, average ticket price $99+.

How long will tour last 2026, 5 months at longest? 13 gigs per month, taking into consideration lot of travelling? Maybe short break at some point? Assume 24 North American shows, up to 10 in South America? Japan, Asia, Australia, New Zealand 10? May only leave enough space for 12 to 14...

BMO sized venues of up to 30000 I think in big markets like LA, Toronto and New York. Selling out 15000-20000 arenas and amphitheaters in NA is Maiden's limit I think.

Play Download UK, the 2 Rock Am Ringy concerts, Greece, Romania, Croatia, couple more in Europe? As I live in Bangkok hope a show happens within medium flying distance for me. Saw Madrid and Lisbon which where very good recently.

Thinking about taking my Thai wife to the Def Leppard residency in Las Vegas but the "big beautiful bill" proposes an additional $250 "integrity tax" for her so visa costs would be $435 for a 5 day trip. ESTA to increase from $20 to $40. Makes trip very doubtful, unless "integrity tax" is...