RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2025 Tour Thread *SPOILERS INSIDE*

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 scribe Eddie for Seventh Son which I figured would be a shoe-in since it's the perfect visual spectacle for such a lengthy song.
 
Couple of details while they're still fresh.

Pin-up girl infatable during Charlotte was too much.

Simon changing drum intro to Where Eagles Dare was a travesty.

Bruce forgetting lyrics in "Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner" was WTF. HALF OF THE FUCKING LYRICS ARE IN THE TITLE BRO

Heart-shaped confetti during Wasting Love were a nice touch, NGL
 
Spaldy said:
The amount of complaints over the years about how naff the inflatable Eddie's looked and now we're complaining because it's CGI.
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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 didn't. What the fuck big Eddie am I thinking of that looked awful in 2022? Did they even have one?
 
Reading the negative complaints in the comments on all the official pages seem to be directed at this tour not having any real deeper cuts and a never played before song because "Bruce Promised that" what he said definitely has been misinterpreted by many.
 
Helmuth Von Moltke said:
It was an excellent set, but it ended with a squib. So all that awesome energy from the start and middle kind of drops....

That's how I feel. Finishing the set with the same song 3 out of 4 tours in a row just sucks.
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I don't mind the closer, actually I would be thrilled to witness that again after 2016. Actually I was recently thinking Wasted Years might be my favourite Maiden song of all time.
 
Spaldy said:
The deepest cut was Rue Morgue.
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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 how often they've each been played is negligible. Still, one was played in '05 and the other wasn't.
 
On less serious note:
- sound was great, I don't know of it's Pooch or venue or smt else
- there were a lot less phones in the air, noticeably. People actually respected what the sign said.
- on some songs the video screen is utilized perfecly, either as an interesting backdrop or follows the song but doesn't steal attention from the song/band itself. On some songs - it's just a screen , with a video playing. Work in progress I guess (even Bruce commented something like that)
- it's a looooong set. Kudos to them if they keep it up for the whole tour.
- Bruce really prepared himself for some songs and downtuned (for some, not all khm khm aces khm)
- also, Bruce is often absent from stage. Rants were good but a lot less interaction with crowd (scream for me etc).
- Song selection is two thumbs up, but their order is... kinda random?
- I didn't see nobody slitting wrists because they played a single song from the 90s. It doesn't mean it hasn't happened! It just means I hadn't seen it happen.
- dave just keeps getting younger each tour since 2013
- band (and Steve foremost) were in complete lock woth Simon (I think there was a hiccup twice, but it was an opening night). I didn't see them them running to drumriser to catch their place in song.
- Simon passed with flying colors, I admit I had no expectation, and he won me over.
- Overall, this really looks like a show for sitting area. That's why I'll aim for first rows tomorrow.

Good night
 
Ruflux said:
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 how often they've each been played is negligible. Still, one was played in '05 and the other wasn't.
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Killers is a much more popular song as well as being the title track of said album. That makes Rue Morgue a deeper cut to me.
 
This tour feels slightly rushed and under prepared - apart from screen. Sticking to the big hits and same usual structure, especially encore, shows a lack of interest in creating something a bit “different”.

Strikes me as very much, “let’s just go out play the hits and go” - same eddies same outfits same props. Seems a bit of a random tour tbh and wondering - what is the point of it?
 
Spaldy said:
The amount of complaints over the years about how naff the inflatable Eddie's looked and now we're complaining because it's CGI.
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IKR? The band can't win for losing. I think they put together a spectacular show. That video wall is something else. But folks here are like "I'd rather have the shitty backdrops I used to complain about." That's MaidenFans for you...
 
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