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No it wasn't.

Wouldn't hold my breath for the documentary. Being announced without even a title was weird (considering they had most, if not all material ready), the complete silence after almost a year since the announcement smells like "turned out lame, not gonna release it".

Oh my god.

Actually this is kind of important (not if a show is sold out or now, but if sales are what they expected or not). But on this thread people tend to assume that a 30k result in a 35k stadium is something people would be embarassed of.

I'm just explaining why what he's saying make no sense.

So? Aside from the fact it will surely sell out, even if it would end up with 35k over 37k do you think someone's gonna notice?

I don't think anyone is embarassed for them when watching En Vivo, despite being filmed in a 62k capacity stadium with less than 42k people in the attendance.

Doesn't mean much, if you plan a show and it's not selling you can come up with all excuses you want, but still somebody is earning a lot less money than expected.

Both are over 30k.

For like 4 shows out of 50. How dreadful. Which is still true, but considering their record attendance is 14,799 it doesn't mean sales are good for a stadium show.

Marvel should just hire you as Dr. Doom. There are less than 3k seats available, probably some are sold as I write this, how on earth it could not be impressive?

Definitely less than 20k, otherwise they wouldn't be so desperate. This one could be the first show cancelled due to poor sales in what, 15 years?

I've heard less than that, but it wasn't an exact figure, so could be around that

I don't know about cancelling, although I'm not sure how they would be able to please everyone who bought tickets in different sections. There is a new arena in Milan with a reported capacity of 20k, they could go there.

My source claims they're nowhere near that number, otherwise they wouldn't be talking about moving the show.

I'm talking about Italy, of course. But do you know the picture where the crowd for One Direction and Iron Maiden where compared, with the former having such a small crowd? It went viral something like 10 years ago and it's still around. Well, it was taken at San Siro. Hopefully we won't see...

Because the stadium in Milan is one of the most popular in the world, flopping there is different than flopping in an unknown stadium (from a pr point of view). That being said, Lyon is doing very good, while Paris is more than half full and will be packed in the end, so there is no contest.

Not to mention all of the bad pr they will get if they change the venue/the stadium will be half empty. It's like missing a shot at Wembley. I already see that some "outsiders" (aka non-metal listeners) are making fun of Maiden on reddit for their poor sales in Milan.

The reason why prices are skyrocketing is that up until some years ago Maiden wasn't a proper stadium band, more like an arena/Festival acts with some stadium markets. Since Legacy, this have changed, and now they're selling out the usual big stadiums. Meaning their cachet has probably gone up...

Won't happen no matter what. If Maiden will undersell in a country, they won't visit that country again.