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Some people suggested that they would add dates on the American West Coast.

Announcing the only show in the UK at Knebworth Park is the thing that I and only I consider a mistake, playing the same set list to announce the big stadium/festival tour in Europe, just a few months after the same one was completed. Not informing people about their decisions on the documentary...

... 'cos I'm aware of that, most of the fans really don't care about it at all.

Rod's not always been lazy (in the past). Now they have three people in their management, and many actual decisions were mistakes, as we said in this thread.

I think so (deep in the heart).

I've read about this one too. Interesting.

Yeah, the promoting process is generally good, but some decisions (bad venue choices, postponing the documentary, and not publishing it before the tour) are kind of mistakes. There's the other side of the coin, too. Maybe despite managers' efforts rock and metal community worldwide isn't so much...

It's normal - she's promoting that just after they announced the whole line-up. For Maiden it would be better to announce their own indoor show in Belgium, I suppose.

Some say Steve Harris wasn't satisfied with the final result, so the documentary must be re-edited. I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to release it after the whole tour, completely illogical and different from all other artist did/do.

I hope for 15k - 18k this year in both countries. The tickets are expensive, and the economic situation doesn't help at all.

Where do you know it from?

Anyway, we will see how the tour did at the end of the year. Now, even on markets such as LATAM, the sales aren't as good as we could expect. I don't wanna think what would happen if the SAm. organizers announce a Metallica tour planned for September (some rumours).

So, what should they do to attract more people? Some propositions, ideas?

A setlist with many unexpected songs played only at Knebworth could attract more people than the same show and setlist as a year ago. To me, it's obvious.

Knebworth is an enormous venue with a capacity of 125k. Even 40k here is a poor result. Maiden should be booked as the headliner of Download Festival. 50 Year Anniversary and their 9th headlining at Donington! On the other side, even Knebworth could be successful if they organized a Very Special...

I'm aware of those words from Rod, but the question is about the sales. Bigger venues = more expensive tickets and the expectation that the band will attract more people. It's hard to think about 10k people at a 50k capacity stadium as a success. 2026 showed us all that filling big venues around...

No, I'm not the manager, of course! But - looking at the sales this year, some venues are too big...

Do you think they won't announce it in February? There's no time to waste on waiting. Some venues on the 2026 tour seem just too big and too many dates in the same cities.

Asia and Oceania aren't the biggest markets for Maiden, and they have played there in August 2024. But I think some arena dates would be OK, the question is how profitable it would be for a band?