Recent content by StormTheTrooper

Good call-back the Somewhere Back in Time never had the Somewhere in Time song. Yeah, the thematic of everything was Powerslave homage, but the call-back is good (and wasn't one of the Eddies used the SiT cyborg?). Run to the Hills would be an easy no for Nicko and Bruce, but it is absolutely...

Wrathchild is a given, but, being entirely honest, with the art of the tour, it would be very misleading, bordering bad faith, if they do not play Killers, akin to they not playing Stranger in a Strange Land after releasing basically the cover of the single as a piece of the tour merchandising...

We know Bruce absolutely loves this one, but we're getting to the point that there's too many possibilities being floated around when we have realistically few slots possibly available in the set. Would be shocking if Total Eclipse eclipses (heh) some more known "surprise" from NOTB (aka...

I can relate the stress on Nicko, but if they, internally, had doubts about the possibility of playing Killers, I think they would have went with a different aesthetic for Eddie. Phantom of the Opera, Women in Uniform, the classic one, even a re-edition of the classic. They deliberately went...

It depends heavily on what do you count as "Deep Cuts", really, but I wouldn't count so much. You will have Run to the Hills, Iron Maiden, Fear of the Dark and The Trooper. You will very likely have Number of the Beast, 2 Minutes to Midnight and Hallowed be Thy Name. We already have 7/15. 8...

I sure hope they announce it before I buy tickets and the air ticket to Bratislava, specially if this new concert is in Bucharest, Sofia or Istanbul. Belgrade would also be interesting for me, even if, for whatever reason, the flight Bucharest-Vienna is always cheaper than to Belgrade.

What's with the hype on To Tame a Land? Not the first time I see someone suggesting it, but it is so, so, sooooooo out of the blue. Songs like Flight of Icarus and Alexander the Great had significant fan pressure, it was almost a running gag, both hardcore and casuals asked for it. To Tame a...

Now that I'm looking in a proper computer at the office instead of the cellphone on a crowded bus, it will probably be either Bratislava ou Padova. It will depend on the dearest love of my life deciding if she will want this to be just a day-trip type of solo travel or if she will want the...

Thought so they would not come to Bucharest. I had hopes of seeing them here after Bruce cancelled his solo gig here due to his throat, but oh well. I want to go to Budapest, but my salary only comes on Oct 10th, no way I can buy tickets before that, so it will be a “where’s the cheapest flight...

So, I think there'll be a North America addition to be announced later on and the 1st leg of the Future Past Tour will be over for good. Eastern Europe won't receive concerts very likely due to the uncertainties of the war, South America and the Balkans will get a token Bruce concert playing...

Why is everyone so sure that Futureal will be in the set? I joined the hype, to be honest, but now I'm thinking...why? I mean, their usual go-to in the VXI album is The Clansman. Futureal is a quick, go-to song to give Bruce a breather and pump up the crowd, but they'll already need to...

Issue is North America, really. If the European tour rolls up until August (imagining Wacken will be the last concert in Europe), they can always fit South America in 15/20 days. São Paulo, Rio, Curitiba or Porto Alegre, a capital in the Brazilian Northeast; Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima or...

My opinion: no incentive. As a rule of the thumb, an average band will have two major motivations to do stuff: personal views on their art or money. Money-wise, Maiden already has a non-incentive to play any deep cuts (or any band does, really). As much as any social media focused on the fans...

Just read the Nicko interview and I gotta confess I did not remember he was lobbying for Alexander for so long. I gotta think that someone in the band isn't a huge fan of the song, akin to the whole Flight of Icarus debacle. Maybe Icarus working so well softened the moods. I won't complain, I...

Curious on the reasoning here. Other than the fans asking for it every odd tour, I have never seen any interview from the band showing that they foresee playing Alexander any time in the future. Bruce playing with a plastic clarinet was the closest they ever showed to be interested in...