Bruce Dickinson

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GhostofCain said:
Back in the Village would be cool. He played that with The Untouchables if I remember correctly.
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BITV is easily my 4th favorite track from the album (and that's because the other 3 are all top 10 on my IM rank). Absolutely fantastic tune. To be fair Flash Of The Blade is the song I like the least from the record and even so I simply love it and had a ball listening to this rendition. That´s how good of an album Powerslave is as far as I'm concerned. And to be fair it marks the beginning of a three spree 8 song full lengths of nothing but awesome tracks IMO.
 
Iron Lurker said:
I think he did a fine job. Not the best version I've heard. I don't think anyone will ever top Whitney Houston.
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What about drug abuse?

Apologies for the black humour based on the informal meaning of the word in British English… She was a sensational singer who died too young.

For what is worth, Bruce’s version of the Star-Spangled Banner does not even come close to Whitney’s.
 
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.
 
Donner said:
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.
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Maybe Bruce refused to rotate songs during this leg of the tour after all, to save songs. Aquarius is one of his best live songs, but it was probably dropped because it's one of his hardest songs to sing along with Book Of Thel (he compensate it later in the set with Gods, Alchemist, Tower and Tears ofc). And he doesn't want to play more than 3-4 new songs, I guess because this is his first solo tour in 20+ years. Him playing a rare Maiden song will always be a cool bonus. Shadow Of The Gods really shines live, such a special song that has been sitting in the vault for over 20 years!

How many songs from the albums has Bruce played on tours:

TM: 10/10
BTP: 10/10
SW: 11/13
AOB: 7/12
TCW: 9/10
TOS: 2/10
TMP: 5/10

-and 6 Maiden covers. He usually plays more than half of the albums live, like Maiden. Ofc there is chance again and for different TMP, TOS and SW songs in 2027. For sure the latter two. TM too, right (title track, '58). And less BTP songs, but Bruce is a fan of Cyclops, Clowns, Change Of Heart(?). And what about Man Of Sorrows, it's time.
 
He will hopefully dig out a few surprises from Accident of Birth and Tyranny of Souls on the next European tour.

I am thinking

Man of Sorrows
Omega
Kill Devil Hill
A Tyranny of Souls
 
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