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Something interesting I've personally noticed from the footage is that it seems Janick's mostly been sticking to his corner of the stage and not really moving around all that much. I saw him around the middle, in front of Simon in one clip but other than that he seems unusually planted in one...

He would've been struggling hard on over half the setlist, with some songs just straight out or heavily altered like RTTH. Powerslave or Seventh Son, absolutely no shot. It's pretty obvious now there just was no way he could've continued since it would've limited the band's setlist choices...

Ah, Davey's solo on Seventh Son. Song was worthy of its inclusion by that virtue alone. The whole instrumental part in general, just a fucking blowout of solos followed by extra harmony parts and just pure guitar wankery of the best kind.

The video wall being so tall definitely helps the stage look more impressive. Even when they're using a simple backdrop like Trooper it comes across better with the sheer verticality of it, despite the actual stage part still being the same size as before, and the pan at the start of Murders...

Killers has been played a lot less overall, Murders appeared sporadically on WST, then again a few times in '98 until it became the opening track for '05. Killers was basically forgotten post-'82, a few shows in '88 and one tour in '99. e: Well, looking over the statistics, the difference in...

Well I always thought they were cool, other than the Stratego one. I think it had a big Eddie at least. I'm pretty sure it looked horrendous too. VXI also I think had one that looked so fucking heinous it should've been burned, but that's just because the Eddie itself for VXI was awful. e: It...

They were definitely far more conservative with the Eddies than I would've assumed this time around. Not a lot of Eddies in the backgrounds, the new walk-on is just Killers Eddie from the promo art while the other one is a reused one, and the big Eddie is replaced with the screen. Not even a...

I was honestly slightly afraid they were gonna have him on a super tight leash and do exactly this, maybe with slightly fewer toms and crashes and more typical sizes but otherwise trying to mimic Nicko's setup. I'm glad to see they're not treating him as a glorified crew member or anything, he...

I was wondering if that drum intro was quite there, and turns out, no, it wasn't. First show nerves for sure. I think that's probably the most noticeable honest-to-God fuckup Simon had, there were smaller flubs and some difficulty with timing here and there I believe, but a really good showing...

All that said, I can't help but wonder if Simon's planning on playing Steve recordings of Bruce singing Aces High a few months down the line though.

Well, it fits the performance of the song quite well then!

I think I called it very soon after the tour was announced that from IM to FotD was always meant to just mean "we will definitely play Iron Maiden and Fear of the Dark, don't worry" with absolutely no guarantees offered concerning if every album gets representation. I was actually slightly...

I do think this is going to be a winning setlist for next year, seems like the reactions on Twitter to even Seventh Son and similar are incredibly positive. Makes me also think the screen was a knowing choice to get more flexibility in the visuals and be able to get 90% of the same effect as...

I'd be incredibly surprised if we didn't start seeing a lot more Jacksons as the tour progresses, seems like he was practically forcing himself to play the Lados instead of his usual guitars with how often he had them on.

I don't mind WY closing since I love the song, and I love they're finally treating it like the staple it should've been, but I did think it's started to wear down in a weird way where it just doesn't come across nearly as good as it used to when it was rarer. Might be Bruce's strained voice...