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This is just a bunch of random thought on last night's show. None any more important then the other. Bruce was amazing. Voice was strong as ever. I was completely blown away. I expected alot worse. He has been doing this for so many years and yet it was awesome. The crowd was small, venue was less then half full. I didnt hear any complaints about the setlist at all. In fact I was happy with the set. The songs were perfect. I only noticed one part where it didnt sound exactly like the original. One section lasting 10 seconds out of a hour and a half! The band was spot on. Janick was hilarious. I mean that in a good way. He was jumping around like Tinkerbell. Due to the seats I wasn't able to see Dave alot but Steve was everywhere. Nicko and Steve were sooooo powerful yet smooth. Nicko blew out his bass skin and had to be replaced. During the lull, Bruce was actually quite charming. Does that sound British? Anyway.....there were maybe 2000 chicks and maybe 5 were hot. Ughh there were some damn ugly women there. I am scratching this off of my 100 things to do before I die list. What else? Some jackass was trying to start a fight in the pit and Bruce yelled at him, ( I am not 100 percent sure this is what he said.) "You are 30 seconds away from a fuckin' disaster my friend." Security hauled the fool away. One other great thing. I have been a maiden fan for years and I have never seen so many maiden shirts in my life. There were tons I have never seen. That was kinda cool. Eddie was excellent as usual. Anyway, it was alot of money well spent. I will never miss another maiden show ever and I realized what an old geezer I am. And Bruce is just a few years older then I am. He is in great shape as well as the whole band. Celebrate life. 
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I was surprised to hear about the small number of people there. Hard to tell from the floor up front. I did see lots of empty seats, though. Sucks because they'll probably think twice about coming to Michigan next time. Luckily there's Chicago not too far away.
I was surprised that the setlist was so well received. I already knew about it and was looking forward to it, but expected others to complain. At least up front people were really into it.
I was next to the 2 idiots fighting. It was fun to see Bruce stop mid-song to point them out.
I was surprised that the setlist was so well received. I already knew about it and was looking forward to it, but expected others to complain. At least up front people were really into it.
I was next to the 2 idiots fighting. It was fun to see Bruce stop mid-song to point them out.
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I was up in section 115 in the middle deck. My section was dead. There were maybe a few guys who were singing along, but the majority seemed uninterested. I was tempted to yell at them - this is Iron-Frakking-Maiden, people!
Maybe it was because I was up a bit higher than floor lvel, but it looked a lot more than half full. Not sold out, no, but it looked to be at least 85% from my vantage point. There were people constantly moving in and out though, so it was hard to tell exactly. I don't know for certain.
Also, the upper level was blocked off with a tarp or something. So, yeah, some of the seats were closed off, which might make it seem less than there were. Not sure why they did that...
The set list seemed a little lacking, not in quality of songs, but quantity. When you combined the five-minutes-of-Bruce-banter and cliched fake-ending, it seemed like they wasted anywhere from ten to fifteen minutes of time. I know they obviously didn't schedule Nicko breaking his skin, but it still seemed like there should have been a bit more. It might be because they wre scheduled to be at Chicago the next day.
And that opening act was terrible. At least my section joined in booing and cat-calls, things like 'get off the stage' and 'bring on the real band'. The biggest applause they got was when they said 'this is our last song'. After the first few, I started calling out Maiden song requests; 'Aces High' and 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son', though I doubted they would play the latter. I was pleasantly surprised when a few fans laughed when I called out 'Fortunes Of War'.
Anyway, I don't really care about what they did and did not play or how long they played or what the opener was like. Seeing Iron Maiden in concert for the first time was awesome enough.
Oh! And I got a tour shirt. The one with the album cover on the front and the list of shows on the back.
Maybe it was because I was up a bit higher than floor lvel, but it looked a lot more than half full. Not sold out, no, but it looked to be at least 85% from my vantage point. There were people constantly moving in and out though, so it was hard to tell exactly. I don't know for certain.
Also, the upper level was blocked off with a tarp or something. So, yeah, some of the seats were closed off, which might make it seem less than there were. Not sure why they did that...
The set list seemed a little lacking, not in quality of songs, but quantity. When you combined the five-minutes-of-Bruce-banter and cliched fake-ending, it seemed like they wasted anywhere from ten to fifteen minutes of time. I know they obviously didn't schedule Nicko breaking his skin, but it still seemed like there should have been a bit more. It might be because they wre scheduled to be at Chicago the next day.
And that opening act was terrible. At least my section joined in booing and cat-calls, things like 'get off the stage' and 'bring on the real band'. The biggest applause they got was when they said 'this is our last song'. After the first few, I started calling out Maiden song requests; 'Aces High' and 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son', though I doubted they would play the latter. I was pleasantly surprised when a few fans laughed when I called out 'Fortunes Of War'.
Anyway, I don't really care about what they did and did not play or how long they played or what the opener was like. Seeing Iron Maiden in concert for the first time was awesome enough.
Oh! And I got a tour shirt. The one with the album cover on the front and the list of shows on the back.
One last thing. Did anyone else notice how many Megadeth shirts there were? Besides the highly common Iron Maiden, I also saw quite a few shirts for Megadeth... and one person wearing a Black Sabbath BORN AGAIN t-shirt!
