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I was honestly slightly afraid they were gonna have him on a super tight leash and do exactly this, maybe with slightly fewer toms and crashes and more typical sizes but otherwise trying to mimic Nicko's setup. I'm glad to see they're not treating him as a glorified crew member or anything, he...

I was wondering if that drum intro was quite there, and turns out, no, it wasn't. First show nerves for sure. I think that's probably the most noticeable honest-to-God fuckup Simon had, there were smaller flubs and some difficulty with timing here and there I believe, but a really good showing...

All that said, I can't help but wonder if Simon's planning on playing Steve recordings of Bruce singing Aces High a few months down the line though.

Well, it fits the performance of the song quite well then!

I think I called it very soon after the tour was announced that from IM to FotD was always meant to just mean "we will definitely play Iron Maiden and Fear of the Dark, don't worry" with absolutely no guarantees offered concerning if every album gets representation. I was actually slightly...

I do think this is going to be a winning setlist for next year, seems like the reactions on Twitter to even Seventh Son and similar are incredibly positive. Makes me also think the screen was a knowing choice to get more flexibility in the visuals and be able to get 90% of the same effect as...

I'd be incredibly surprised if we didn't start seeing a lot more Jacksons as the tour progresses, seems like he was practically forcing himself to play the Lados instead of his usual guitars with how often he had them on.

I don't mind WY closing since I love the song, and I love they're finally treating it like the staple it should've been, but I did think it's started to wear down in a weird way where it just doesn't come across nearly as good as it used to when it was rarer. Might be Bruce's strained voice...

I do think it's kinda funny how we ended up exactly where I figured we would: a hits setlist like no other, with one song that hasn't been played in quite a while and a couple of unexpected picks and missing exactly one of the proper hits. Which is fine. But the stage show, I dunno what the deal...

I really can't help but wonder if they were gonna play it anyway, why not just put Aces High as the first song so Bruce has a snowball's chance in hell of singing it? I don't think Murders needs to be the opener, in fact it could've well been the encore opener instead.

The post started with "not played in the reunion era" which I feel is an important qualifier you seem to want to ignore.

The song they played in '99?

Bring Your Daughter would've worked great in that spot as an audience participation song, but just like with Infinite Dreams I'm pretty sure they simply hate that fucking song and all of the album. They've had plenty of chances to play something from NPFTD, but they never did.

I think the one thing that really stands out in this set is that they're still not playing TETMD. Maybe they should've rehearsed it just in case and replace Aces High with it next show onward.

Also, they fucking did the song with a giant fucking Spitfire hovering above them. How the hell is this a bigger, better show than that? It's absurd they're so insistent on it.

It's just kinda funny that the 80s spanning tour with a seeming early days focus in the promo art is literally just Powerslave Again Again. Again, they did a few more things that are nice, but did we really need all four?

This is starting to feel a bit too Somewhere Back in Time for my tastes, I can't lie. At least we got Seventh Son and Killers to add a bit of variety I guess.

Wait, so the big Eddie is just on the screen? That's pretty lame.

Fear isn't getting dropped on the 50th anniversary greatest hits tour specifically advertising its inclusion in every promo, come the fuck on people.

The encore is real. Uh oh.