Recent content by Helmuth Von Moltke

Here's my contribution from BBC World Service yesterday, where I was allowed to suggest a personal interest topic for discussion. The BBC brought in music journalist Ian Windwood to speak to me and host Julian Woricker about Maiden. Starting from around 35 / 36 minutes...

Reflecting on the London show, I had a absolute blast (and at the Dive Bar beforehand). Rear standing but not far from the barrier. The band played a fantastic homecoming show, the atmosphere in the crowd was excitable. The steam rising from the emptying stadium as I walked away from it was a...

That may have been the Guardian review? Which was sneering as usual, the Telegraph review was very positive

I gave a big shout out to Maiden on BBC World Service this morning. I was the in-studio guest for 3 hours, and the BBC asked me beforehand if there was a non-world affairs story I'd like to talk about. They even brought in the music journalist Ian Winwood (who wrote the Telegraph review last...

Matter of the Beast was half baked. Donington video is good but I wasnt there, best thing was the bonus Brixton show in Sept 2007 that I attended. But it wasn't a very memorable show TBH and I don't recall it that well. Earls Court 2006 was better.

I saw x5 Legacy shows in 2018 and x7 Future Past shows across 2023-24. Seeing x2 Run For Your Lives shows and that seems about the right ratio for me.

The Covid pandemic messed up the album rhythm, hopefully not at the expense of 18. Had Senjutsu been released as expected in 2020 I really think we’d have another by now. As it stands, not only has Nicko retired but they lost 2 years of touring and then felt compelled to compete Legacy. Now...

My view is that when they include Blaze songs it’s not really maiden for the masses. So 1999 and 2018-19, there are Blaze songs in there which is only for the hardcore. Maybe 2008 and 2012 are the two closest setlist analogies to today ? Maiden for the masses, where you know every tune with...

That's the UK singles chart, they may now use other metrics like youtube views as well to gauge this. Setlist wise, this feels like the maiden for the masses tour that some people in the media like Kerrang! were screaming at them to do in the early 2000s. Can't believe that day is finally here...

Day after the Birmingham show. My first Maiden show in that city since I saw BNW and DOD at the NEC venue in 00 and 03. If this is the best the band can be in 2025, I’ll take it. Not the best Maiden show or tour I’ve seen (quite a few travelling Maiden fans echoed this sentiment). Still some...

Just back from Birmingham - a way tighter performance than the videos I’ve seen from the start of the tour. Agree with snarf - some humour and light heartedness creeping back into the show. Bruce spoke well to the crowd, was witty at times. Aces High was ok, not as bad as Graspop, but ok. A...

One offending video left of the start of Murders being murdered ...

Graspop 2025 :rolleyes:o_O:nuts:

Yup, the Aces High Graspop 2025 has been scrubbed from the internet. The only maiden tour I haven't seen since I became a fan was 2022 Legacy. Out of curiosity I searched for an Aces High version from then and found Graspop 2022: yes, Bruce was finding a few workarounds in the chorus but he...

Aces Low. Fuck my old boots. I'm currently re-reading old FC magazines, got to the 2014 issues (fun to re-read them over a decade later). Made me nostalgic for the Maiden England tour which was also songs from the first 7 albums + FOTD by the way!!! And then I found this absolute gem that I...