Recent content by Helmuth Von Moltke

Unless it has been spiked for some unforeseen reason since filming was completed, then yes, it will be released in 2026 as Maiden themselves have said.

You are wrong, something I know for a fact.

It will : hype and exposure via streaming platforms to a huge lay audience of people who otherwise don’t think about Maiden. Or vaguely recall them from the 80s and have their appetite reawakened. Depends on which streaming platform they sold it too of course. If they release by Easter it could...

I have the original version of That Girl by FM on vinyl for some random reason, and it’s a great song when they do it as well.

Yep, the biggest question for me is how many more countries they tour next year. Gets me thinking... Metallica just played their first ever show in Qatar. The high end concert offerings in Singapore has also really picked up since Maiden last played there in 2011. Japan and Australia are more...

Yeah, I attended four (or three and a half) of those Aussie 2024 shows. I missed half of Sydney second night due to a work call - doh! I didn’t think Nicko sounded that bad in the arena itself but maybe it was the atmosphere making up for it. But you are right, those are the exact shows he said...

I think they all wanted to do it when planning the set list. And now have the experience of actually playing it after 90 mins onstage aged in their late 60s night after night … The one atrocious Bruce performance of Aces from this summer is probably the most off I’ve heard them on stage (or...

Just Harris's opinion, singular. Read it in the latest FC magazine. If I see him at Cart and Horses this week I'll ask him!!!! The RFYL setlist seems decided by a committee of 3. Everyone who has ever had a committee at work will know sometimes it can come up with odd decisions that please...

In 2010 they went for Breeg and Colours from AMOLAD only. Interesting to remind ourselves that WED was played in 93, 06 and 18... that's the kind of big return after many years for a beloved song. The big gaps make it such a treat for the fans. Changing topic to Aces High, I am wondering now...

For me, its a setlist mashup of Ed Huntour, Early Days, Somewhere Back In Time and Maiden England ... that's just how the current setlist feels to me. With every song from RFYL played on one or several of these tours. If I didn't follow the band avidly and see 50 shows over the last 25 years...

Objectively it is a great show. For those of us who have seen most or all tours since 1999 however, we've heard the reunion lineup play these songs already, so the 'wow' factor was a bit muted for me pesronally. But for the stadium crowds and casuals they want to attract, it is a well designed...

I think similar, I'd expect an approach to touring involving a random run of dates here and there.

This is an immense accomplishment, a clear indication of the success of the reunion era. Well done to Maiden and to the awesome idea of alternating new album and history tours. For 2.5 decades, it has kept it way more interesting for us fans than the approach of other comparable acts, IMO.

In the latest Fan Club magazine, Steve says he thought a couple of songs in the current setlist -- "not naming any names" -- could have been rested. Until he saw the visuals and agreed otherwise! I think he means Aces High ... I am starting to think the band has made a very sensible...

Priest are buying in a lot of younger external talent late in their careers to make those last 2 albums sound that good. And I fully include Andy Sneap into that equation. Great albums YES. Organic albums NO WAY. It’s not about KK or Glenn by the way, it’s just the polar opposite approach to...