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The Future Past Tour was announced 3 weeks before the end of the 2022 Legacy of the Beast run, I could see something being announced before the tour is over, but they might want to get the live album/video out for this tour before they begin hyping up the next.

The only unplayed Maiden epic that has the remotest chance of being played by Bruce is some sort of orchestral rendition of Empire of the Clouds.

Coincidentally, the Director of Public Prosecution during the time of the 2011 riots was in fact Kier Starmer himself, he took a hard line then and I imagine a similar approach will be taken now.

Similar things have been said even earlier than that, I distinctly remember the band using phrases like 'every gig is sacred' and 'we don't know how much longer we've got' as early as the Somewhere Back in Time tour.

Honestly it would be very weird if they used the 50th anniversary to focus on a specific album or combination of albums, especially following hot on the heels of a tour completely focused on new material and deep cuts. It's the most obvious opportunity to do a straightforward Greatest Hits...

The Brave New World Slavery Tour?

Not sure if it helps decipher any hints, but I believe this Sphinx is part of the Cleopatra's Needle monument at Embankment in London.

If Trump is 'the Devil' and it will be 'hell on Earth' if he wins, then it is morally justifiable to shoot him, or to do any manner of terrible things to stop him being elected, or at least that is how some mentally ill extremists like this shooter may interpret it. Dangerous and irresponsible...

The aftereffects of COVID can be no joke, my grandmother had it in very late 2019 in fact and was severely unwell for several weeks, we only realised it was COVID after the fact when all of the symptoms lined up perfectly. Her senses of taste and smell are still badly diminished as are her...

The view from a non-US citizen and someone with a more passing interest in their politics - Biden looks like an exhumed corpse, moves like a poorly constructed robot and frequently descends into incoherent mumbling. My grandparents and the owner of the company I work for are all of an age with...

I strongly suspect the 50th anniversary tour will go on for 2 or even 3 years , based on the other hits tours.

I'm a Download Festival fan, I've been many times and always enjoyed it and I'll definitely be there next year if Maiden play, but it can be a grueling day/weekend and its not for everyone. Especially when the weather is like it was in 2016. Not to mention the ticket price has gone up...

It's not completely impossible, in 2013 Maiden played Download Festival and announced two shows at the O2 for August of that year right afterwards. However going by recent tours we will probably get either festivals or headline shows in 2025 and then the alternative in 2026, its just a question...

Having seen what the weather conditions were like at Download this year, I hope you're right!

A snippet in the Daily Mirror (be advised, not the most reputable of sources!) suggesting Maiden are booked in for Download 2025:

The booking hall is a fantastic independent venue, I've been there a number of times since it opened a few years ago, hopefully this will help them hit their fundraising goal.

Really cool to see Bruce dusting off some older tracks for a live debut, I never thought we'd see a track like The Alchemist cropping up in the set. I get the feeling they will probably try a few different things and see what works during these warm-up shows, hopefully some deep cuts will make...

Given that Future Past is a new album/neglected older album deep cuts tour and that 2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the band, it feels like a safe bet that they will pivot back to a Greatest Hits style tour for the next, possibly final, cycle.

The social media post for the single says that the B-Side is If Eternity Should Fail (Demo), so this is probably what Steve originally heard and decided it should be co-opted for Maiden. I'd expect in that case it has been cut from Bruce's album.

Clearly Bruce doesn't read your posts about him :p