RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2026

[Nomadd]

And when the shows will be (close to) sold out by the time of the dates, everything will be cool, as always happens.

Being honest, I hope so.

 

[Kalata]

Hallowed and Infinite Dreams replaced with Running Free and Afraid to Shoot Strangers. Worst trade in history. And I like both songs we ended up with!

Infinite is great, it should be played again, but I love Afraid and it's only been returned on 1 tour so far, so. Not playing Infinite during the current tour is more unfortunate for me.

 

[chaosapiant]

Afraid to Shoot Strange People is a fantastic song and one Bruce can absolutely still nail. I saw two shows on the 2012-2013 tour and loved them both.

I’m super excited to see Ghost, but if I could pick only one I’d still choose Maiden.

 

[Kalata]

Isolated drums of Rime's first half from Simon's debut. Idk if it was shared before. More than solid enough, different fills.

edit: Bruce said he keeps the album tempos (Hallowed is a good example), but sometimes the instrumental part of Rime, the encore songs, Trooper feel a bit slow, which is probably what the band wants. Playing songs faster live is fine for me. I think he plays all the songs very good, the best are probably first 2 albums songs (and compared to Nicko), Hills, Seventh Son, Powersalve, Aces. I want to hear that fatter sound and cymbals with an official production.

 

[matic22]

Isolated drums of Rime's first half from Simon's debut. Idk if it was shared before. Solid enough.

Rime is one of the songs in the set he plays the best IMO.

 

[chaosapiant]

Isolated drums of Rime's first half from Simon's debut. Idk if it was shared before. More than solid enough, different fills.

edit: Bruce said he keeps the album tempos (Hallowed is a good example), but sometimes the instrumental part of Rime, the encore songs, Trooper feel a bit slow, which is probably what the band wants. Playing songs faster live is fine for me. I think he plays all the songs very good, the best are probably first 2 albums songs (and compared to Nicko), Hills, Seventh Son, Powersalve, Aces. I want to hear that fatter sound and cymbals with an official production.

Can't tell if the bass drum is hard to hear or just not present, but I'm definitely not hearing him hit those triplets.

 

[Spaldy]

I can hear the kick drum.

 

[GhostofCain]

I can hear the kick drum.

Any triplets?

 

[Spaldy]

Any triplets?

Yes, by the sounds of it although not totally consistent. So, basically a bit like Nicko.

 

[chaosapiant]

I'm listening on my tinny tiny teeny teensy work laptop speaker so that could be why I can't hear it. Something I do like about Simon, which I'd taken for granted for now, is just how much the band can benefit from a rock-steady beat. Which makes me even more potentially excited for an 18th album with Simon on drums.

I'd also love to hear how Simon handles the newer, more complex and progressive material. If I'm not mistaken, he had rehearsed the whole set from the Future Past tour as a backup, which means he'd have rehearsed The Time Machine, Death of the Celts,

Edit: You'll notice the above sentence ends with a comma. I had more words, but my laptop disconnected from VPN as I posted and lost the bottom half of the post. I shall leave it like this for posterity. A monument to my shame.