Recent content by Helmuth Von Moltke

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...

I agree. For me: The Parchment Senjutsu Empire of the Clouds Mother of Mercy Age of Innocence From the reunion era, they have great parts but overall none of the first 3 in my list justify their length

I saw the BNW set list played about six times between 2000 and the Clive shows in 2002. Loved the shows but the set list pacing just felt off in the middle.

Agreed. Setlist selection gets better from 2008 in my opinion. Not in terms of old vs new songs but in terms of flow, balance, variety within sets. BNW setlist needed something more I think, especially in terms of flow.

My fear as well, since Maiden saw the London Stadium numbers and thought, 'great lets top that!', but they may not succeed. The documentary hype will boost some sales early next year, that's my expectation.

Genius and made me laugh! Really well written post, absolutely on the money. It’s another of the reasons why I like Maiden too.

Maybe not quite, but Maiden has closed the ticket sale gap with Metallica really well, I guess in most places except USA. Some markets Maiden may be neck and neck or even better. Total turnaround from the late 90s when Metallica towered over Maiden’s ticket sales.

Take your time! I'll be interested whenever you read it (I'm not convinced I'll buy it yet, but maybe I will if it sounds good).

Tell us more about the Shooman book. I have his Bruce bio which was quite good (I read it in 2009 so can’t recall it very well)

Assume they release it ahead of the tour, to also help super charge ticket sales?

I’m hedging my bets between Europe and/or Asia as for where I spend my cash. There is little chance many Euro dates will sell out so no pressure to buy tickets right away for them.

I can see this being a South America only leg, with no Asia / Australia. Hope I’m wrong.

It is challenging putting in South America, Asia, Australia all into the final leg after already touring from May till October. Do we think Maiden are actually going to visit all these territories in October / November? Maybe without Nicko they feel they can be more ambitious? Maybe the mid...

Like fine wine with every passing year … no, wait!

Though I personally like some of these versions, it has confused me as to why HCW became a 1990s staple in successive set lists. Was it simply the fans on stage part?