RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2025 Tour Thread *SPOILERS INSIDE*

Vaenyr said:
Yes and no, he was teasing the audience.

He said that they will be around for a long time. Then he said, they already have been (for 50 years) and then he turned it around and said "but I don't mean like that. I mean tonight. We are gonna play for a couple of hours or so".

So, he teased and joked about the future, but ultimately only made the typical "this night is just getting started, we will be playing so much music for you!" thing that many bands do.

Having said that, I believe that thanks to Simon they'll still go on for a few more years. I can see something like 5 or so still happening. Maybe another album, tour and then a farewell/LOTB style tour to finish everything off.
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Yes, I agree that it is banter and generally not reliable info what Bruce talks on stage.

But if you want to be an optimist, you could perhaps read into it: He wouldn't talk like that if it had been decided within the band that the 25/26 world tour is the last.
I also think that Maiden seem so energised at the moment that the retirement idea has seldom seemed so inappropriate.
 
DorotheaMe said:
Yes, I agree that it is banter and generally not reliable info what Bruce talks on stage.
But if you want to be an optimist, you could perhaps read into it: He wouldn't talk like that if it had been decided within the band that the 25/26 world tour is the last.
I also think that Maiden seem so energised at the moment that the retirement idea has seldom seemed so inappropriate.
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Yeah, and apparently (mentioned in a comment) he said the same thing in this new interview about his upcoming big solo show in Brazil. Can someone translate the entire excerpt?

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IMB - IRON MAIDEN BRASIL on Instagram: "Nova entrevista do Bruce Dickinson sobre a sua participação no The Town, que vai acontecer em São Paulo no dia 07/09. Você já garantiu o seu ingresso?"

4,390 likes, 92 comments - ironmaiden.brasil on July 12, 2025: "Nova entrevista do Bruce Dickinson sobre a sua participação no The Town, que vai acontecer em São Paulo no dia 07/09. Você já garantiu o seu ingresso?".
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Magnus said:
No idea if that's how it was honestly, there's been some debate earlier in the thread. Just shared what @Luisma said.
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Yep, I did browse things around this thing. There's been similar cases previously (like still not certain if Back In The Village was really played 1-2 times live in 1984 etc). I don't believe BITV until the full recording or tape surfaces somewhere..
 
PhantomOfTheOpera said:
Ok, did not know as haven't followed prices that closely. Currently 161€ (+ commissions) for the front.
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Yeah. It's like 40% more expensive than the other gig. And apparently they moved the fan pit barrier to the middle of the stadium, so they could sell more of the expensive fan-pit tickets.
 
btx109 said:
The dynamics you refer to are far more reliant upon the drummer's technique and less upon the equipment. Especially in a live environment.

A traditional drum kit is comprised of five pieces: the snare, the bass, two mounted toms and a floor tom. The cymbals used are a hi-hat, a ride and a crash. That's it. With such a set up Neil Peart affirmed that he could play every Rush song if necessary.

I don't know if any of that makes sense but bottom line, as much as one might believe the songs sound different because of the size of the kit, that's not it. Simon has one job and that's to play the set as dictated and give a good show and he's doing that in spades, IMO.
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Yes and no. As I've mentionned a few pages before, there are some songs that can easily be played on a traditional drum kit (the five piece one you've mentionned) but there are some others that really need that "extra" stuff, those other toms and cymbals. Since you've mentionned Neil Peart which happens to be my very favorite drummer along with Danny Carey of Tool, here's an example:
- Danny Carey played YYZ with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson a few years ago at the Taylor Hawkins tribute. Danny was playing on a very basic kit (snare, two toms and two floor toms along with a few cymbals and hi-hat) and Danny being the amazing drummer he is of course, the instrumental was perfectly flawless. But still if you listen to some parts where Neil used to do some very fast fills going over all of his toms, per example the one just before Alex's solo and listen how Danny played them, they sound great (eh, we're talking about Danny Carey here!) but still a bit diffent from the ones of Neil. So of course it's not like the size of drums make all the difference, surely not, it's a whole.
 
Vaenyr said:
That wasn't meant as something negative! And I'm not aware of any instances where they badly messed up that song.

I meant that the middle section, when only the bass and one clean guitar are playing, as well as the part right afterwards with the marching snare drum, have very complicated time signatures. Instead of being regular 4/4, like most of the song, the measures there keep changing almost randomly. It is very complicated to count and write down, but they manage to play it perfectly well. It was more of a compliment to Steve and his writing, than anything else.
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During Stockholm 2018 they badly messed up that part, to the point where I thought that they all might stop playing, but they did manage to salvage it.
But if I remember correctly they said in the FC magazine that it was because Nickos kick drum broke.
 
Going by Leana's stories, the Padova show isn't even close to being sold out. Plenty of space on the floor in both sections. And it isn't surprising with that ticket price which was basically the combined price of Prague and Budapest.
 
skogtastic said:
During Stockholm 2018 they badly messed up that part, to the point where I thought that they all might stop playing, but they did manage to salvage it.
But if I remember correctly they said in the FC magazine that it was because Nickos kick drum broke.
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Oh yeah, that was rough lol. Thanks for sharing!
 
permanenteddie said:
But still I went to the show and at the end of the day what can I say: it was probably the less exciting show since my very first one back in 1995. Of course, I'm aware they're not eternal and that age has started to take its toll,

All in all a nice show but definitely not among the best ones I've witnessed through all these last 30 years
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From my own perspective, seeing the band first time in 1998, I share your sentiments. This tour feels like the start of a long wave good bye to the band, whereas as recently as half a year ago, I actually still felt very excited and future focussed with the Future Past Tour.

I’ve loved seeing two shows this tour and if London Stadium is the last show I see (my 50th!) then so be it, a great send off.

But this tour feels very different for me. Like the spell Maiden cast with the reunion in 1999 is now over, and we are in extra time …
 
To me and everybody I talked to after the show to they seemed re-energised, renewed, totally on fire. Of course, everybody is entitled to their opinion and maybe you just have a different opinion, but I am just so surprised.
Are you sure it is not a reaction to something else? The line-up change? Or something else that happened?
 
matic22 said:
So, the LP Axcess is back for the encores.
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Another trip back to the 80's. Not for Powerslave, surprisngly. It's kind of odd to see Dave with an LP for Fear. Wasted Years is probably the song for which he used the most different guitars on live.
 
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