5th July '14 Knebworth!
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Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
A rock festival in the UK? Surely sun wouldn't' be appropriate.
Enjoy the show!
Enjoy the show!
Maiden10_0
Nomad
Please God, let this gig with the airshow be streamed or recorded for YouTube ...
I'd give my left foot to be there... But I'm stuck down here in New Orleans and the airshow is about to begin!
I'd give my left foot to be there... But I'm stuck down here in New Orleans and the airshow is about to begin!
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Educated Fool
Is the dogfight going to be set to music? For example Iced Earth's Red Baron ... Blue Max
... about which I recall @Perun stating something like "Iced Earth made a bad song about air combat. That should be illegal"
They flew in to Paschendale (abridged), of course! Then had a very helpful commentary during the action, with acka-acka machine gun noises, and a military band on stage playing the Last Post at the end. And Bruce got his man.
Maiden10_0
Nomad
I agree it would be a little odd to release a dvd/album of this tour, but with the right marketing it should be a success.
The sticker on the box should have "songs played live here that will never get played live again". If they have any new material that they could lay down one track for "el dorado" style and make it an exclusive to the dvd purchase. Fingers crossed about the Donny box set you memtioned, or for me they could just put last years Donny show with the flyover and Knebworth with the entire dogfight. "Maiden England Revisited: Aces High Version "!
I personally would pull the trigger on it. I downloaded both Rock in Rio '13 and Rock Am Rimg 14'... Made DVDs out if them and have been wearing them out !
I would love to see one of these ME shows edited like they did with En Vivo.
I thought it was a major improvement with the way they had seperate windows to view instead of .3 seconds of footage thrown at you !
THESEVENTHMARINER
Ancient Mariner
Well the show was bloody fantastic. My first Maiden experience, and I was not dissapointed. Although I could see 'eff all, why do so many tall people have to attend festivals? The show went without any problems apart from the pyros not entirely working during Phantom of the Opera, but that was quite funny.
There was about 10 minutes worth of chanting "Maiden! Maiden! Maiden!" and "one more song! one more song!" after they left the stage, but to no avail. Before they left, when people were chanting "one more song", Nicko gave a look and gave us a wanker gesture, which was lovely.
Oh, and Bruce mentioned about the future of Maiden will seem more real for us than it will be for them, I didn't have a clue what he meant by that. But I'm assuming it's good news!
Overall, a cracking day, and a brilliant performance by Maiden. Now, when's the next tour fellas?
There was about 10 minutes worth of chanting "Maiden! Maiden! Maiden!" and "one more song! one more song!" after they left the stage, but to no avail. Before they left, when people were chanting "one more song", Nicko gave a look and gave us a wanker gesture, which was lovely.
Oh, and Bruce mentioned about the future of Maiden will seem more real for us than it will be for them, I didn't have a clue what he meant by that. But I'm assuming it's good news!
Overall, a cracking day, and a brilliant performance by Maiden. Now, when's the next tour fellas?
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I finally got back home at 2am this morning after driving back - I was battered, bruised, just about deaf, lost my voice and about ready to pass out from being soo tired. Sod it though, IT WAS F*CKING WORTH IT! What an incredible day all round!
Maiden were absolutely on fire from start to finish, they were sh*t hot and on top form as usual, but on a whole though this was the best performance that I've witnessed to date - I'm really glad that the engineers and the mixers got the entire sound absolutely spot on in my opinion, Download last year was a bit hit & miss at times and due to the wind too. I got to my spot ready for Maiden just before Deftones started their set and I was positioned probably about 5 rows from the very front and just towards the right. For the first 90 mins or so before Maiden came on I got chatting to a few very cool fellow Maiden fans and had a right laugh - it's so great when you go to these festivals and you mingle with some of the people as a lot of you will know. The crowd really started to build up heavily just as Deftones finished and it felt quite packed (and the noise levels of the crowd were getting louder & louder too!).
Then finally as 8:45pm approached, the Doctor Doctor intro appeared following by the stage prep curtains falling and the incredible atmosphere started. The intro to Moonchild follows and I don't think I've ever heard soo many people singing the intro ever, just brilliant! However, Maiden bursting onto stage when they did was just the icing on the cake and all the pyrotechnics too! And then... within a minute of Maiden bursting on the stage the massive crowd surges started - it started to get insane, unbearable and I was nearly struggling to breathe - no to mention how much I was sweating from top to bottom as well with the heat! (if any of you on here who were right near the front would know exactly what I'm talking about!) and I must admit, the rest of Moonchild, CIPWM, The Prisoner & some of 2MTM was just a tad difficult to follow due to the power of the crowd surges.
Just as The Prisoner was finishing, I drew back a little bit further towards the right & out of the way of it all and I managed to position myself to a much more stable position which was nearly level with the right screen. Revelations came on and I was in full sync again - my god it's soo good to finally hear this song live !! The Trooper & TNOTB really got the crowd going as well, I don't think their was one person who wasn't singing the chorus to it - immense to say the least. Then one of the highlight songs to the setlist in my opinion appeared - The Phantom Of The Opera! I do agree with other reports though that they did play it a little bit slower than usual, but in a way it's to be expected but it still sounded excellent and it was a shame that their was a pyrotechnic problem during the solo though as already mentioned, though Bruce still made a cracking joke of it!
RTTH & Wasted Years, by this time the crowd from where I was standing were really on fire and going nuts, especially during RTTH. Then the epic of the night arrived, SSOASS! This is the second time I've heard it live and for them to play it again just like they did at Donington last year was amazing - though for me last night was much better, to hear everyone singing the chrorus & the rhythm note to it as well sent shivers down my spine - and to top off the pyrotechnics and effects too!
FOTD - Need I say more. During the chorus parts I could barely hear Maiden over the crowd! Iron Maiden - I love the Seventh Son Eddie at the centre of the stage And then after it went berzerk after Maiden temporarily left the stage, no one around me or nearby was under the impression that Maiden had finished their set as they knew they would come back on. Then the Churchill intro started, yep, that's it - ACES HIGH! This really got the crowd raring to go again and the atmosphere by this point was out of this world, and once again the pyrotechnics - it's crazy to think how much heat these things give off from a distance as well, you can really feel it!
TETMD - One of the Maiden songs that holds a place in my heart, sadly by this point my voice had perished very much and I could barely sing any longer!
Hearing the chorus sang by everyone else was just awesome. And finally, Sanctuary! This is the first time that I've heard it live and in a way I'm glad that they returned this old classic back to the set, and Bruce's speech during the middle was very touching as well - and I do think that what he was saying was in relation to a new album being in the works in the near future.
And that was it really, though as some people have echo'd and I thought exactly the same - when Maiden delayed the ending Monty Python song for 4-5 minutes, I really thought that they were going to burst back onto the stage at any second to do one last final song, but they didn't Ahh well, they played a fantastic set once again in my opinion and yesterday as a whole will be a day for me to always remember and I loved every minute of it from start to finish. Not only that, but to see Ghost, Anthrax, Frank Turner & Deftones as well was simply amazing - I really need to get into these bands more again (especially Deftones!).
I'm really looking forward to seeing Maiden again very soon in the near future, I really hope that it is sometime next year be it them promotion a new album or them playing a few gigs running up to a new album!
Liam
Maiden were absolutely on fire from start to finish, they were sh*t hot and on top form as usual, but on a whole though this was the best performance that I've witnessed to date - I'm really glad that the engineers and the mixers got the entire sound absolutely spot on in my opinion, Download last year was a bit hit & miss at times and due to the wind too. I got to my spot ready for Maiden just before Deftones started their set and I was positioned probably about 5 rows from the very front and just towards the right. For the first 90 mins or so before Maiden came on I got chatting to a few very cool fellow Maiden fans and had a right laugh - it's so great when you go to these festivals and you mingle with some of the people as a lot of you will know. The crowd really started to build up heavily just as Deftones finished and it felt quite packed (and the noise levels of the crowd were getting louder & louder too!).
Then finally as 8:45pm approached, the Doctor Doctor intro appeared following by the stage prep curtains falling and the incredible atmosphere started. The intro to Moonchild follows and I don't think I've ever heard soo many people singing the intro ever, just brilliant! However, Maiden bursting onto stage when they did was just the icing on the cake and all the pyrotechnics too! And then... within a minute of Maiden bursting on the stage the massive crowd surges started - it started to get insane, unbearable and I was nearly struggling to breathe - no to mention how much I was sweating from top to bottom as well with the heat! (if any of you on here who were right near the front would know exactly what I'm talking about!) and I must admit, the rest of Moonchild, CIPWM, The Prisoner & some of 2MTM was just a tad difficult to follow due to the power of the crowd surges.
Just as The Prisoner was finishing, I drew back a little bit further towards the right & out of the way of it all and I managed to position myself to a much more stable position which was nearly level with the right screen. Revelations came on and I was in full sync again - my god it's soo good to finally hear this song live !! The Trooper & TNOTB really got the crowd going as well, I don't think their was one person who wasn't singing the chorus to it - immense to say the least. Then one of the highlight songs to the setlist in my opinion appeared - The Phantom Of The Opera! I do agree with other reports though that they did play it a little bit slower than usual, but in a way it's to be expected but it still sounded excellent and it was a shame that their was a pyrotechnic problem during the solo though as already mentioned, though Bruce still made a cracking joke of it!
RTTH & Wasted Years, by this time the crowd from where I was standing were really on fire and going nuts, especially during RTTH. Then the epic of the night arrived, SSOASS! This is the second time I've heard it live and for them to play it again just like they did at Donington last year was amazing - though for me last night was much better, to hear everyone singing the chrorus & the rhythm note to it as well sent shivers down my spine - and to top off the pyrotechnics and effects too!
FOTD - Need I say more. During the chorus parts I could barely hear Maiden over the crowd! Iron Maiden - I love the Seventh Son Eddie at the centre of the stage
And then after it went berzerk after Maiden temporarily left the stage, no one around me or nearby was under the impression that Maiden had finished their set as they knew they would come back on. Then the Churchill intro started, yep, that's it - ACES HIGH! This really got the crowd raring to go again and the atmosphere by this point was out of this world, and once again the pyrotechnics - it's crazy to think how much heat these things give off from a distance as well, you can really feel it!TETMD - One of the Maiden songs that holds a place in my heart, sadly by this point my voice had perished very much and I could barely sing any longer!
Hearing the chorus sang by everyone else was just awesome. And finally, Sanctuary! This is the first time that I've heard it live and in a way I'm glad that they returned this old classic back to the set, and Bruce's speech during the middle was very touching as well - and I do think that what he was saying was in relation to a new album being in the works in the near future.And that was it really, though as some people have echo'd and I thought exactly the same - when Maiden delayed the ending Monty Python song for 4-5 minutes, I really thought that they were going to burst back onto the stage at any second to do one last final song, but they didn't
Ahh well, they played a fantastic set once again in my opinion and yesterday as a whole will be a day for me to always remember and I loved every minute of it from start to finish. Not only that, but to see Ghost, Anthrax, Frank Turner & Deftones as well was simply amazing - I really need to get into these bands more again (especially Deftones!).I'm really looking forward to seeing Maiden again very soon in the near future, I really hope that it is sometime next year be it them promotion a new album or them playing a few gigs running up to a new album!
Liam
I'd really like to know what he meant by this
Maiden10_0
Nomad
I'd really like to know what he meant by this
Oh yeah. good point.
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Or this:
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Ending the band next week.I'd really like to know what he meant by this
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
They're doing a re-release of Futureal.
Gerald Wiley
Lady don't fall backwards
I may have mis-heard this, but I am fairly sure at one point Bruce got the crowd screaming and shouting and mentioned something about filming a tv show or something...? Anyone able to elaborate on this ?
Humbug
Prowler
He got the crowd to wave or something for a TV show, probably just the highlights for when it gets put on Sky Arts
THESEVENTHMARINER
Ancient Mariner
One thing I was dissapointed about the show, was the lack of the few "surprises" that were mentioned by Bruce in the press release for the show. Unless the only surprise was the dog fight, and even then it wasn't a surprise, we knew weeks in advance.
Ah well, brilliant gig anyway!
Ah well, brilliant gig anyway!
harrisdevot
Priest of the Holy Wristband
I'd really like to know what he meant by this
This might be the answer.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ir...nd-would-consider-opening-interactive-museum/
Gerald Wiley
Lady don't fall backwards
I must admit, against my better judgement, that at the end of the gig I thought they were going to come back for one more "surprise"track. They kept the lights down, just the backdrop lit, with the crowd begging for more, for way longer than normal. I started to believe ! 