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I have seen a phrase going around the last few days along the lines of: 'Whoever you vote for, you get John McCain's foreign policy', sadly it seems to be broadly true.

To be fair, the middle section of If Eternity Should Fail (all of the song actually) is pretty simple to play on guitar, in fact it was the first Iron Maiden song I learned to play in full when I had not been playing for very long at all.

Up until 2008 the festival was held in the ground on the inside of the circuit (as was the original Monsters of Rock), after that it was moved to a big field next door.

The hallowed ground of Donington Park! (Not the actual hallowed ground though because the site moved in 2008!)

The 'festival maths' seem to work out, and this set is definitely festival friendly.

Skimming through the thread and its absolutely mental to me that people are complaining about a band playing the hits on a 50th anniversary tour. The fact that Killers, Phantom, Rime and 7th Son are in is more than enough to get me hyped.

Ok so I'm not going to delve into watching any videos but my Maiden blackout lasted approximately 3 hours after waking up today, as my Youtube homepage systematically suggested that I watch every single deep cut track immediately. Having said that, what a setlist, I can't wait!

Now begins my attempt to not get spoiled before the London date, as for once I want to go in blind to a show. I have muted/unfollowed the band and the news outlets likely to cover the setlist and will avoid the forum until then, but I fear the Youtube algorithm will wind up spoiling some things...

Starmer's Labour are in a strange and difficult position right now, if they tack to the right they lose voters to the Lib Dems and the Green, if they tack to the left they lose voters to Reform. All the while Starmer himself comes across as a man with few solid positions or convictions because...

Very tempted by this, especially on the date that Gojira is supporting, but I would be surprised to see standing tickets available for less than £150.

For reference, the speculation regarding this is coming from an interview recently where TF said: 'I think that there might be an end to the storytelling because it’s not productive to have this endless soap opera. If fans need the lore in order to like the band, then that element will probably...

I don't think TF means by this that they will drop the characters and theatrics entirely, but it seems like the point of Papa V being him in facepaint rather than a mask and having the name Perpetua is that he won't be inventing a new front man for each album cycle anymore and potentially that...

Thank you for elaborating, it seems many feel this way!

Peter Hitchens may accurately be described as the ultimate contrarian and the ultimate pessimist. I can see why you would have reservations on some of his positions (I would share some of those reservations) but in his assessment of the modern-day Tory party I think he is largely accurate. I'm...

Yes, I think it would be accurate to say that there is no mainstream political outlet for traditional conservatism in the UK these days - you may find Peter Hitchens' views on the Tory party interesting if you want to know more about this, if you don't know him he is the brother of famous...

The Tory party have been exposed in recent years as an entirely useless entity, who serve nobody but themselves. Despite bearing the name 'conservative', they managed to do precisely nothing conservative during their 14 years in office, and in fact incubated the entire hot-button issue in...

The most recent polls for the Scottish election next year actually have them neck-and-neck with Labour in second place, with each sitting around 20%, but of course the SNP are a country mile ahead of everyone else. Obviously you can only put so much stock in opinion polls but they certainly seem...

Iron Maiden played more than twice as many shows between September and December 2024 than SOAD have since the COVID pandemic, so there is a lot of stored up demand for them whenever they play. They haven't played in South America specifically since 2015. But SOAD for me are not a band who are...

It's a very real possibility on the current trajectory, I think there are two main factors that will affect the outcome at the next general election: 1. Labour have to deliver tangible positive improvements for everyday people i.e. people need to feel as if things are more affordable, their...

Yes this would almost certainly be a more successful strategy, as voters lost on the right are in my opinion somewhat unlikely to return to Labour, but just as many if not more have left for the Lib Dems and the Greens and they are much more likely to be responsive to a pivot back to the left...