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One thing is for sure, and it's that concerns about the attendance numbers wound up being unfounded. The band should (and surely will) be very happy with the numbers they got in the end, even with having a couple of discounts/giveaways. 50k willing to show up the year after 65k+ showed up in a...

The event itself was really great, organisational issues with getting in and out aside (and those were sort of inevitable I can't lie). It was heartwarming if anything to have a large and enthusiastic crowd help Bruce through. He was an absolute trooper (heh) through the whole set and people...

Bruce was indeed fucked and was admitting it to the crowd lol. Aside from Aces he handled the encore well, so it wouldn't surprise me if they just dubbed in some Amsterdam vocals in parts or something for that song. And yes, absolutely packed show and a great crowd!

This is all looking like everyone involved has put a bunch of effort in to make it a labour of love. I'm so pleased to see it, honestly, it could have been super shoddy.

Nice of them to not have any new bulletins or mentions of this since I started listening to check on it :lol: I believe you for sure but it seems a mad change not well communicated if true! But what's one more bit of bad comms for Eddfest, for good luck hahah

Show's about two hours though, so still a 10:15ish finish if they stick with that start time.

Did they say that only on air? I can't see any evidence of it elsewhere and honestly I don't quite believe it would happen, it'd be ridiculous lol

Gosh, the whole band's absolutely on one in this. I have to say it's been great to see Simon seems to have got himself comfortable with things really nicely this year, shaken any nerves completely, and does a damn solid job behind the Maiden kit now. He was noticeably more confident/willing to...

Does probably make sense to get any additional "make-good" recording out of the way ASAP and I suppose if you're in France you can hopefully bring the same people over to Lyon?

I also fully support having phone pouches on the floor. It's hard to overstate how much of a positive impact it has!

Yeah, I think a promoter or something jumped the gun - there was a statement on the FC forum. Regardless the organisers have decided to honour the tickets which is a classy move.

Just got back to the hotel from the Paris show. The power cut was honestly a massive bummer, because the band was playing with absolute fire and energy that exceeds what I've seen from them in quite a while. Crowd was phenomenal too, the pouches made a massive difference. Even after they...

I can't quite believe we're discussing being their first corporate-feeling tour when they literally had a tour named after a free-to-play iPhone app!

I have to say I noticed Nicko's issues and it is what it is, you can't say there wasn't a problem there but you can't hold it against them. But from my perspective the band is still playing with energy and passion every time I see them. I couldn't disagree less with the idea that they're low...

We're WELL overdue for a reunion-focused tour. They haven't really hit on BNW/DoD/AMOLAD since pre-TFF. I'd love to see some of those songs again.

I think anyone hoping for any real change to the setlist is setting themselves up for disappointment. I don't think any epics are getting swapped, I don't think anything that had merchandise made for it (Aces) is getting swapped. *Maybe* they move some parts around and make one swap somewhere...

I mean, Steve disagrees clearly. And the rest of the band at least is okay with that, but have given him praise when asked. He does a great job of holding down the rhythm section. After all those years of Nicko, that's what I want - Nicko is irreplaceable and I'm glad they didn't try to bring...

90 euros for Paris GA really contextualises that Knebworth is overpriced, unfortunately.

Seems a bit expensive tbh. I assume the standing is going to be split into front/rear so that 127.50 doesn't even get you particularly close. most likely. And it seems like it doesn't even get you in to see what's on Friday unless you pay another 45 for camping or another, more expensive accom...

Knebworth's just a lot of faff isn't it. I'm not really the person who wants to spend two nights living out of a tent to see five bands, only two or three who I particularly care about seeing and the most important of which I *just* saw five rows from the front of the pit at a massive stadium...