I finally got to see the Bruce solo tour show last night and had a great time. Ticked this one off the bucket list for sure.
Bruce was in excellent form and he was vocally stellar all night and hit some absolute incredible notes at times. The extras - the theremin and the drums were really cool as well. Very well put together performance with the band and the stage set up.
His band was very impressive and they looked like they were having a blast on stage. I'm optimistic about the forthcoming album even though we'll have a bit of a time to wait for it. I even managed to chat briefly with one of the guitarists (the lefty) as he was standing by the merch booth when I was grabbing my shirt which was fun.
My only set list gripes, while small really, were them not playing a thing from Skunkworks and missing out on hearing Darkside of Aquarius which I believe he may have done last year. I also thought it was weird that Afterglow of Ragnarok wasn't played either, but no biggie.
Flash of the Blade was cool but honestly, if I'm at a Bruce solo show I'd prefer Bruce solo songs. He's got enough amazing ones that didn't get the set list time. Probably a weird opinion I know.
Highlights of the night for me were Chemical Wedding, Shadow of the Gods, Tears of the Dragon and Gods of War.
Maybe it was because it was a Sunday night, I don't know, but the audience definitely skewed way older than Maiden shows. Just an observation. Seems like everyone there was a slightly overweight dude wearing cargo shorts in their early 50s ha.
This doesn't quite make up for me missing seeing him in 1997 but it was still a killer show and I'm glad I went even though I'm exhausted today.
