TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
First song of the show (very near from the stage). 
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
Full London show.
I read all the interviews here but I didn't find the answer for my question. Did Bruce say anything if the guitarists are solely his live guitarists?
Or can we maybe expect them to be on his next album? I think they are very good and could contribute more solos than are on his current album.
Thanks if someone has this information!
Or can we maybe expect them to be on his next album? I think they are very good and could contribute more solos than are on his current album.
Thanks if someone has this information!
I don't completly agree. If he is asked about Sonata, see the interview posted on this forum, and encourages women in the interview that their beauty doesn't fade and that they look interesting, but on the other hand all the photos he publishes of his wife are photoshopped beyond recognition so that she looks like a blonde 20-something, we are allowed to find him hypocritical once again, in my humble opinion.
Iron Lurker
Ancient Mariner
I would think Bruce lets his team post most if not all of his social media. And that team probably includes his wife. I will bet that Leana(a former model) approves any photo of her before it goes out. If she doesn't do the photoshop/filtering herself she has someone do it for her. But let's look for new ways to criticize Bruce...
is this the first time a Mandrake song was swapped out?
I am not looking for ways to criticise Bruce. Why would I .
I just wrote this because all the "wonderful" wedding photos posted here left a bad taste in my mouth for the reason I explained and I thought I could also post that because it was true. I didn't think we had to find everything great he puts out and add Likes.
I just wrote this because all the "wonderful" wedding photos posted here left a bad taste in my mouth for the reason I explained and I thought I could also post that because it was true. I didn't think we had to find everything great he puts out and add Likes.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Why in spoilers?
13 songs (+ the cover). Road To Hell was the main set closer. Tears Of The Dragon was moved to the middle like earlier in the tour.
Good decision from Bruce to drop Book Of Thel and Darkside Of Aquarius since he has a cold - some of the few most challenging and difficult songs for him from the staples (including with Maiden). But he removed 4 songs and only replaced 2 of them? There are some easier solo songs for his voice that he could try. Like Born In '58, The Magician, Innerspace, Change Of Heart...
A new song is dropped from the set for the first time (and it is not replaced by another new song!). Many Doors To Hell has some high parts, but it's not the most challenging. Maybe it's not the ''strongest'' live song of the 4 new songs in the set, or the one with the least crowd participation. He could have sneaked Face In The Mirror for example, but the set is already full of mid-tempo songs.
I'm happy he adds Road To Hell more often, but the pre-chorus is still difficult. Jerusalem has more high parts though. Faith on the other hand doesn't sound that good live.
Good decision from Bruce to drop Book Of Thel and Darkside Of Aquarius since he has a cold - some of the few most challenging and difficult songs for him from the staples (including with Maiden). But he removed 4 songs and only replaced 2 of them? There are some easier solo songs for his voice that he could try. Like Born In '58, The Magician, Innerspace, Change Of Heart...
A new song is dropped from the set for the first time (and it is not replaced by another new song!). Many Doors To Hell has some high parts, but it's not the most challenging. Maybe it's not the ''strongest'' live song of the 4 new songs in the set, or the one with the least crowd participation. He could have sneaked Face In The Mirror for example, but the set is already full of mid-tempo songs.
I'm happy he adds Road To Hell more often, but the pre-chorus is still difficult. Jerusalem has more high parts though. Faith on the other hand doesn't sound that good live.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
Attacking bandmembers over their spouses leaves a bad taste. There's a longstanding tradition here not to discuss the private lives of the bandmembers, for good reason. Don't shit on them, her appearance, her photoshopping of private photos for some quasi-analysis of Bruce's song lyrics. It's bad form, and it's bizarre that we're talking about her more than "she's wrong about Sonata" (as Bruce brought up that she encouraged him not to rework it at all) or "congratulations on the marriage to Bruce and Leana".
Iron Lurker
Ancient Mariner
Ok, fair enough. I understand your point. Then this is simply not the right forum for me.
I have always beliefed that people in the public eye in exchange for their fame and money also have a responsibility to try to improve our society which can include some aspects of their private life if they themselves are the ones that start talking/answering questions about it.
I witness everyday how my daughters struggle with all the impossible standards set by photoshopped pictures that in fact don't show an existing person anymore, They understand that and are still influenced by it, so that is maybe why these wedding photos triggered me.
I apologise.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
I don't think they will play on Bruce's next solo record. Roy Z will still be the one guitarist on it. The live guitarists are only live session ones.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
They are private in the same way that all other wedding photos shared by couples are. Sure, they are, in part or whole, legal properties of the platform. But they aren't photos that are taken in the professional capacity of the singer Bruce Dickinson. In that sense, they are private because they don't relate to his work and should certainly not be the target of negative connotations. This is, after all, a forum about Iron Maiden as a band and related solo projects.
I get your sentiment about the world we are living in, with unrealistic expectations and lifestyles propogated by the poison that is social media. But Leana is an extremely tiny cog in the wheel, same as you and I are tiny cogs in the wheel of global warming and carbon emissions. There's no point in banging on the drum when I decide to take a drive when I could ride the bicycle instead. Leana is a fitness instructur who has a few thousand followers on Instagram. She isn't even a semi-professional influencer. Most people that label themselves as influencers are just people who post a few pics on social media or manage to produce like one semi-locally-viral Tik-Tok video (kinda like a bedroom guitarist in a sense).
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Not sure about that.I don't think they will play on Bruce's next solo record. Roy Z will still be the one guitarist on it. The live guitarists are only live session ones.
At least, they can contribute on the next album, maybe not on every song.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
Now you're just into semantics though and property law. Discussing semantics is pointless when the intent is clearly made and just deflects from the case at hand. This is just an example of the ugly side of the internet. As soon as I post my wedding picture, it's fair game for strangers on a forum to slag my wife for her makeup and photo airbrush. I work at a radio station as a tech. I suppose that a couple of listeners can find my wedding photos and then proceed to discuss them as if they somehow relate to my work.
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