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I saw Maiden on Future Past and almost a year later, Dickinson on the Mandrake tour. Two totally different experiences. With Maiden, loads of phones up, crowd as a result very lame. Only a smattering of phones out for Bruce. This was after Rod's "kindly keep your phones in your pockets"...

I'm grasping at straws as to why they'd leave it out, even throwing dumb ideas out there. I honestly don't understand it either.

It's sort of like the Alexander excuse they used for years, that it was too difficult to play, yet the Iron Maidens and other tribute acts had been playing it for ages before Maiden decided to finally dust it off (and played it very well, of course). I'd think there's some more personal reason...

There could be some sort of retainer fee involved to keep their schedules open when he needs them, but I would imagine it's fairly small since he likely knows the window of time in 2027 he wants them to be ready to tour. Apart from whatever recording commitments they might have left on the new...

Where have you seen Steve talking about working on Maiden demo ideas? I got excited a month ago when I saw Steve say "they were due for a new album," only to read the interview and realize he was talking about British Lion. As for Simon, yeah, that seemed to be what Bruce was trying to do is...

I've said it before, but Bruce resurrecting his solo career out of nowhere was the biggest tipoff that the Maiden train is winding down. He'd seemed perfectly content to let it lie since doing Tyranny of Souls without even a tour, and suddenly--BOOM. Solo career kicking into its highest gear...

I'm really curious as to what the fan base will look like once Ghost does return. If it is a 3-5 year hiatus like I think it might be, will a significant chunk of the fan base have moved on? I guess it depends on what Tobias does in the interim as far as keeping interest up during the downtime...

From the tone of the interviews, I wouldn't be surprised if it's anywhere from 3-5 years before Ghost comes back. In one interview he said that momentum is important, and if he loses it and it's never the same, he's fine with that. When they do come back, I'd expect a mostly fresh pack of...

My guess is because Paul has said in various podcasts over the last few years it doesn't matter how good the new material might be. When it comes to the setlist, nobody wants to hear the new stuff, because they want the classic stuff that the audience has lived with for decades. So really, if...

While the title is appropriate for die-hards, I can't say I love it. Not terribly evocative, especially for casual fans who have no idea it was a song. The title and even the Akirant artwork, on first glance on my FB doomscrolling, looked like one of those damn AI "documentaries" that is totally...

My thought on The Angel and the Gambler has always been that Steve wrote a complete "live participation" song and bafflingly recorded it in the studio, a la the much-extended Sanctuary from Live After Death. To its credit, though, it's a good driving song if you can just kick back and cruise...

Confeos to me is like a hornier version of Rain on the Graves. I dig it.

Ah, the ultimate panic button when you need a distraction. Ex-Prince Andrew's in custody and might start squealing who else he saw at the island and what they were doing, so...ALIENS!!!!!!! :yes:

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So, I've finally gotten through most of the Shooman book. It's divided into a few segments--the main story of Maiden, then going through the albums, and then the band members. I'm up to the band members part. Having read several biographies of the band, official and unofficial, it's hard to...

It follows the predictions of a dude I follow on Instagram who posts about the progression of Trump's suspected dementia. As his frontal lobe continues to atrophy and disintegrate, the inhibition "governors" (for lack of a better word) disappear as well. This would be why he's been getting more...

Also telling is the handlers in a near-panic rushing all the press out of the room before they smell it. If someone in the press corps asks about it, I imagine Karoline Leavitt's answer will be that Biden shit Trump's pants.

Great info. Thank you!

Is there a complete (soundboard) recording of that Bulgaria show out there? All I've found of that quality is the one on YouTube that has only the last 40 minutes of the show.

To change the subject briefly to Di'Anno in his prime, Knucklebonz has a new statue of him coming out for those interested. I've gotten their previous three Eddie statues, so a bit bummed that's not continued in favor of this, but a cool tribute nevertheless considering his passing...