Recent content by Randalf

Closing with Prowler would be cool too! However, I think that Flight of Icarus absolutely deserves to be played live again. It's one of those shorter 80's classics that fit the current groove of the band perfectly, Bruce's mature voice & style of vocal delivery works just fine for it and...

Very excited for the show in Helsinki! I was planning to go there anyway (before it was announced that The X-Factor will be played in full), but things certainly got even more interesting now. I've always had a very soft spot for that album, despite some of its weaker qualities, and I enjoy it a...

Futureal, the opening track, is certainly a strong one! I think there are some other good tracks as well, but as @Abas mentioned above, the album also delivers quite an overkill when it comes to repetitive choruses. In my opinion, the album also has a handful great solos by both, Dave & Janick...

Yeah, although they did play it (and FOTD) on a tad bit more "middle-set" kind of a position in 2022. Thinking about it now, it was actually rather strong sequence: Sign of the Cross, Flight of Icarus, Fear of the Dark, Hallowed, 666 & Iron Maiden.

Agreed. However, I would absolutely love to see songs like Hallowed and/or Run to the Hills being played a lot earlier than their usual spot has been for a very long time. Run to the Hills, for example, is a great closer, but being played early on would be a great way to "fake" some freshness to...

Apparently Maiden & The Mandrake Project tours aren't enough for Bruce this year, as he seems to be touring dance halls in Finland as his alter ego, "Kari Vepsä." It's not that far off, right?

Regarding Sanctuary & Running Free... My opinion (not prediction, mind you): ONLY RUNNING FREE GETS PLAYED - I'm okay with that! It's good fun BOTH PLAYED - I think it's bit of a waste for the setlist space, but oh well, can't help it if they enjoy playing them both so much ONLY SANCTUARY...

A very strong setlist indeed! I wonder how things will roll from now on; is the remaining Absolva group interested in finding a new guy anytime soon, and/or is Blaze planning to hire one for the live shows, as I'm rather doubtful that he'd be doing all those Maiden set shows with just one guitar.

Well they did exactly that with The Legacy of the Beast tour. That being said, I don't think that the art collage necessarily hints towards that many, if any, songs themselves, but works more as a "setting up the aesthics & mood" thing - a bit like The Future Past posters & whatnot did, as...

Absolutely! Good that you mentioned it, apparently I forgot to include a mention about edits in the opening posts. @PhantomOfTheOpera put it quite well: Updated the rules. :)

They can and could, but the thing is... do they want to? Is it something the whole band is ready to commit for? I remain doubtful!

Honestly, I think he's referring to some of the old(est) material they're most likely dusting off for the first time after 1999-2005 (or even 1993, if they'll open with Be Quick or be Dead, but I'm not too sure about that); Murders in the Rue Morgue is a possibility, Killers is definitely...

Well to be fair, Maiden album sales have often been more than double in Europe alone when compared to U.S sales, so they absolutely have sold significant amounts worldwide; in that sense, 100 million copies, live albums and other shit included, is not that big of a stretch. Not sure if...

Yeah, I agree that this could've been the "Somewhere Back in Time" of this decade in terms of market appeal, media coverage and all that and hence a good opportunity to scale up the production as well. Then again, since the basic concept of their stage show is rather impressive and works with...

It's clearly impressive and interesting enough, given how well they've done and still (basically) sell out most of the shows in most of their major markets. Of course they could invest more on production values, have bit of a different marketing strategy and whatnot that could/would result in...