Just a small correction, Zare, Powerslave HAS been played on the Ed Huntour.
Stupid me. I was in a haste when replying. It has been released as a b-side, and that performance from the EdHuntour is brilliant, i have couple of videos from various bootlegs.
That white-black Premier drum kit of Nicko's sounds like a real drum from hell, and the drum track off the Powerslave '99 is something i could listen alone, without any guitars, bass or vocals from that song.
It's possibly my favourite drum performance ever, the beat, the fillins and the sound.
Nice set but I'm pretty sure Heaven Can Wait will be played instead of Sea of Madness.
Shit, first i'm saying that we have HCW confirmed, then i forget to put it in the setlist
Like i said, hasted reply...
You know, Sea Of Madness is among my top3 Maiden tracks, i'm really looking for any possible excuse to pump it up in the setlist.
But yeah, we're probably getting maximum 4 tracks from SIT, that means SOM is out.
They are going to play CSIT probably (i hope), HCW and Wasted Years for sure. I think it's up to Adrian to choose between SOM and SIASL, both of his songs. We'll see, but chances are slim to get them both in a setlist.
Mind you, SIASL was played on EdHuntour because it was a single, and when Adrian took short break from the tour (personal issues), they decided not to play it anymore. The reason was - Janick didn't have time to learn the solo.
Personally, i think it's better to keep Janick off from that solo.
Also I can't imagine that they won't do any material from Piece of Mind (I recently backed that up in another topic)
Why would they? They covered both TNOTB and POM on the first history tour. Besides, they only mention TNOTB on this tour because it contains two essential show songs, that were featured on every single concert from 1982 till this day.
This was planned as a Powerslave, Somewhere In Time, and Seventh Son material-tour.
A: I dare not to speculate on this one. It would be a unique novity in Maiden's history to go back in time and play a song for the first time.
Yeah, we agree on this one. They won't play anything they didn't play before. And, every tour like this is a chance to get new young fans, and those only heard mainstream stuff from that like Aces High, RTTH...
And i also think that Maiden, at the end of their carreer, will embark on a massive final farewell tour. Let's hope that ain't anytime soon (i still want to get the 3rd history tour for '90s stuff), but when it comes, it'll be a real chance to deliver unplayed songs to their hardcore fans.
In essence, i would want the farewell tour based in majority of unplayed songs.
B: Most logical choice would be Infinite Dreams. It might be better to do this one with three guitars, instead of the fast Moonchild.
Hmm...not so sure. Both of them could benefit the three guitar arrangement. The live version of Infinite Dreams with two guitars isn't more shallow than the (possibly) overdubbed studio version. The intro is not a harmony with two guitars...Adrian plays it with pitch/doubler pedal, so it sounds like two guitars.
On the other hand, there's a complete part missing in Moonchild's live performance. The guitar line with squeals and whammy bar usage between Adrian's and Dave's solo, also played by H on the studio track.
I could use this topic to raise another issue...Janick's role on the following tour. I never charished him so much as i did with H and Dave, but i don't like when somebody's bashing on him. However, i think that he should be in second plan here. Simply because he has this tendency to butcher H's solos, and songs lose some of their charm that way. In most cases, i am looking forward to hear H and Dave soloing in a song.
I haven't had a chance to look at the Rock Am Ring and Ullevi shows fully yet, but what i saw, is that Janick took solo from Phantom Of The Opera, Revelations and Heaven Can Wait.
Besides, if we get the third history tour, don't expect much soloing from Adrian.
