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I'd rather have intermission storytime with Nicko than listen to anyone "rant" about anything

god that would be incredible!

I think we can all guess whether your glass is half empty or half full...

Looks like Tuesday now:

They're migrating to a new host. Not sure when it's going to be done, but I think the original message said "Monday"

According to reports form people at the Rock n Roll Ribs party today, Nicko said there will be a N+S American tour in 2024

It's in this video, around 1:17. Hallowed is mid-set, RTTH is closing: ???? (possibly TROOPER?) NOTB PHANTOM HALLOWED WASTED YEARS SEVENTH SON CLAIRVOYANT FEAR OF THE DARK IRON MAIDEN -------------- ACES HIGH THE EVIL THAT MEN DO RUN TO THE HILLS

That's not the original running order of the setlist. Clearly they just moved Infinite Dreams and Hallowed down to the bottom of the list once the decision was made that they were not going to be played.

LOTB 2022 (realistic version) - trying to come up with a better-paced setlist that contains mostly the same songs as the actual set: War realm: 1. Aces High 2. Senjutsu 3. Stratego 4. The Writing on The Wall 5. The Trooper Religion realm: 6. Revelations 7. The Wicker Man 8. Sign of the Cross...

To me, the lyrics of Hell On Earth read more like they're about the climate crisis and how everyone is ignoring it because they're too busy fighting each other over relatively trivial shit - to humanity's collective peril.

He's been using one for the past few tours - it's just to get the tempo at the beginning of the song before he counts it in, he doesn't use it for the whole song.

Hard disagree. It seems he's more conservative and taking the tempos slower at Maiden gigs, but I think that's down to other members of the band wanting a more relaxed pace. Listen to some of the old stuff he's played with Titanium Tart this year - gigs where he's not using a metronome to guide...

Straight into Wasted Years or Stranger would be great as well, since they're both mid-tempo

100%. Nicko can still pull off Trooper an TETMD, which are both a similar tempo and kick drum part. Yes, CSIT is slightly longer and slightly busier drum wise, but he's been simplifying his parts on the other two songs for years to give them more punch. He can absolutely do CSIT justice in 2023...