Change some of the Maiden setlists

A couple '90s setlists. Firstly, Fear of the Dark. There were twelve songs on that album and only five got played. Let's rectify that.

Fear of the Dark Tour
1. Be Quick or Be Dead
2. From Here to Eternity
3. The Trooper
4. Tailgunner
5. Can I Play With Madness
6. Wasting Love
7. The Fugitive
8. 2 Minutes to Midnight
9. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
10. Judas Be My Guide
11. The Clairvoyant
12. Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
13. Fear of the Dark
14. The Number of the Beast
15. Iron Maiden
—Encore—
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. Running Free
18. Sanctuary

Then the Real Live Tour, a farewell to Bruce. I like the concept of the two live records released from the tour, and I want to implement that idea into the actual setlist proper. So:

A Real Live Tour
—A Real Live One—
1. Be Quick or Be Dead
2. Tailgunner
3. The Evil That Men Do
4. Wasted Years
5. No Prayer for the Dying
6. Heaven Can Wait
7. The Clairvoyant
8. Fear of the Dark
—A Real Dead One—
9. The Number of the Beast
10. Where Eagles Dare
11. Die With Your Boots On
12. 22 Acacia Avenue
13. Phantom of the Opera
14. Powerslave
15. Run to the Hills
16. Iron Maiden
—Encore—
17. Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
18. Hallowed Be Thy Name
19. The Trooper
 
The Final Frontier World Tour
Intro: Satellite 15
1. The Final Frontier
2. El Dorado
3. Coming Home
4. Brave New World
5. The Talisman
6. The Alchemist
7. The Trooper
8. Dance of Death
9. The Wicker Man
10. Blood Brothers
11. Isle of Avalon
12. When the Wild Wind Blows
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
—Encore—
15. The Number of the Beast
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. Running Free
 
Maiden England 2012/2013, new and improved:
(Italics = reordered, Bold = new)

1. Moonchild
2. Infinite Dreams
3. Can I Play With Madness
4. The Evil That Men Do
5. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
6. The Prophecy
7. The Clairvoyant
8. Only The Good Die Young
9. Stranger In A Strange Land
10. Sea Of Madness
11. Wasted Years
12. Aces High
13. 2 Minutes To Midnight
14. The Trooper
———
15. The Prisoner
16. Run To The Hills
17. The Number Of The Beast

Stays true to the time period, gives us their best album live in its entirety, beefs up the representation for Somewhere In Time, and still hits a bunch of earlier Bruce-era classics. The reverse chronological approach has some appeal, too.
 
Jer said:
Maiden England 2012/2013, new and improved:
(Italics = reordered, Bold = new)

1. Moonchild
2. Infinite Dreams
3. Can I Play With Madness
4. The Evil That Men Do
5. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
6. The Prophecy
7. The Clairvoyant
8. Only The Good Die Young
9. Stranger In A Strange Land
10. The loneliness of a long distance runner
11. Wasted Years
12. Alexander the Great
13. 2 Minutes To Midnight
14. Phantom of the Opera
———
15. The Prisoner
16. Run To The Hills
17. The Number Of The Beast

Stays true to the time period, gives us their best album live in its entirety, beefs up the representation for Somewhere In Time, and still hits a bunch of earlier Bruce-era classics. The reverse chronological approach has some appeal, too.
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Changed 3 songs, with bold.
 
Two stabs at the Maiden England World Tour, one based on the original Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour, and the other a ‘90s history tour.

‘80s Maiden England World Tour
1. Moonchild
2. The Evil That Men Do
3. The Prisoner
4. Still Life
5. Die With Your Boots On
6. Can I Play With Madness
7. Infinite Dreams
8. The Trooper
9. Killers
10. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
11. Stranger in a Strange Land
12. The Clairvoyant
13. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
14. The Number of the Beast
15. Iron Maiden
—Encore—
16. Tailgunner
17. Hallowed Be Thy Name
18. Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter

‘90s Maiden England World Tour
1. Be Quick or Be Dead
2. From Here to Eternity
3. Lord of the Flies
4. Tailgunner
5. Lightning Strikes Twice
6. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
7. Sign of the Cross
8. Man on the Edge
9. The Clansman
10. Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter
11. The Number of the Beast
12. Fear of the Dark
13. Iron Maiden
—Encore—
14. The Trooper
15. The Angel and the Gambler
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
 
matic22 said:
War (Camouflage over Senjutsu set):
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Exactly!

My LOTB 2022 setlist would be:
  1. Aces High (camouflage on top of Senjutsu's set as @matic22 said)
  2. The Trooper
  3. The Clansman (lights off black drop in front of the stage with Senjutsu symbol, recorded war drums sounding)
  4. Senjutsu (Senjutsu stage)
  5. Stratego
  6. The Writing On The Wall (lights off and black drop in front the stage with a cross, recorded passages from 'The Name Of The Rose')
  7. Sign Of The Cross (cathedral stage)
  8. Flight Of Icarus
  9. Revelations
  10. Wasted Years
  11. Phantom Of The Opera
  12. Fear Of The Dark
  13. The Number Of The Beast
  14. Iron Maiden
______________________________________
  1. Moonchild
  2. Hallowed Be Thy Name
  3. Run to The Hills
 
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Diesel 11 said:
The Final Frontier World Tour
Intro: Satellite 15
1. The Final Frontier
2. El Dorado
3. Coming Home
4. Brave New World
5. The Talisman
6. The Alchemist
7. The Trooper
8. Dance of Death
9. The Wicker Man
10. Blood Brothers
11. Isle of Avalon
12. When the Wild Wind Blows
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
—Encore—
15. The Number of the Beast
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. Running Free
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The 2010 tour (celebrating the Reunion era) was the reason why they played only 5 songs from TFF album live, but I still think they should have played more new songs (two more or at least one). It's not fair to the album. Bruce was amazing on this tour. ''The Alchemist'' would be a very good live song (the case was the same with ''Montségur''), it was an obvious choice. ''Isle Of Avalon'' would shine even more live (that chorus and atmosphere). My pick would have been ''Starblind'', although it's a hard song for Bruce (like ''The Talisman'').
- the only song in your setlist that I would change is ''Blood Brothers'' for ''2 Minutes To Midnight''. Kudos for adding ''Brave New World'', this song should make a return someday. Great setlist.

Strange decision for this tour, like for TBOS tour when they played ''Tears Of A Clown'' (I like it, but it's not a good live song imo), while great live songs like ''Shadows Of The Valley'' and ''When The River Runs Deep'' were not played.
Even for AMOLAD 2007 tour... I know it's because they played the whole album live in 2006, but for the 2007 leg the new songs were (again) only 5 - the two singles, two great epics and one song with anthemic chorus. There was room for two short songs in the setlist, I think: ''The Pilgrim'' is a great live song (they should have added backing vocals during the pre-chorus, btw), ''Out Of The Shadows too (similar vibe as ''Coming Home''). ''Lord Of Light'' is a long song, but it's amazing live, ''The Legacy'' is a great song, but too specific and hard for live performances and the chorus of ''The Longest Day'' is not so good live imo.
 
Jer said:
Maiden England 2012/2013, new and improved:
(Italics = reordered, Bold = new)

1. Moonchild
2. Infinite Dreams
3. Can I Play With Madness
4. The Evil That Men Do
5. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
6. The Prophecy
7. The Clairvoyant
8. Only The Good Die Young
9. Stranger In A Strange Land
10. Sea Of Madness
11. Wasted Years
12. Aces High
13. 2 Minutes To Midnight
14. The Trooper
———
15. The Prisoner
16. Run To The Hills
17. The Number Of The Beast

Stays true to the time period, gives us their best album live in its entirety, beefs up the representation for Somewhere In Time, and still hits a bunch of earlier Bruce-era classics. The reverse chronological approach has some appeal, too.
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Awesome setlist, but you forgot one song... Eddie will be angry if they remove it from the set. :p It's mandatory.
 
The Book of Souls to me feels like a modern Powerslave-type album. Almost every song would’ve been huge live. This is a pipe dream setlist for a less intensive tour than we got.

The Book of Souls World Tour
1. If Eternity Should Fail
2. Speed of Light
3. Wrathchild
4. Death or Glory
5. The Red and the Black
6. The Trooper
7. The Great Unknown
8. Children of the Damned
9. When the River Runs Deep
10. Shadows of the Valley
11. Sanctuary
12. Powerslave
13. Tears of a Clown
14. The Book of Souls
15. Fear of the Dark
16. Iron Maiden
—Encore I—
17. Empire of the Clouds
—Encore II—
18. The Number of the Beast
19. Blood Brothers
20. Wasted Years
 
Dance of Death World Tour
1. Wildest Dreams
2. Rainmaker
3. Can I Play With Madness
4. No More Lies
5. Montségur
6. Dance of Death
7. Lord of the Flies
8. Brave New World
9. The Trooper
10. Paschendale
11. Face in the Sand
12. Hallowed Be Thy Name
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
—Encore—
15. Journeyman
16. The Number of the Beast
17. Run to the Hills
 
Senjutsu of the Beast / Legacy of the Senjutsu

If LOTB had been reworked as a full Senjutsu tour.

— WAR —
1. Senjutsu
2. Stratego
3. The Trooper
4. 2 Minutes to Midnight
5. Death of the Celts
— RELIGION —
6. The Writing on the Wall
7. Revelations
8. Days of Future Past
9. The Parchment
10. Flight of Icarus
— HELL —
11. Hell on Earth
12. The Number of the Beast
13. Iron Maiden
— ENCORE —
14. The Time Machine
15. Hallowed Be Thy Name
16. Run to the Hills
 
Not a setlist but a tracklist:

The Number of the Beast (Invaders-less version)
  1. The Number of the Beast
  2. Children of the Damned
  3. The Prisoner
  4. 22 Acacia Avenue
  5. Total Eclipse
  6. Run to the Hills
  7. Gangland
  8. Hallowed Be Thy Name
Or
  1. Total Eclipse
  2. Children of the Damned
  3. The Prisoner
  4. 22 Acacia Avenue
  5. The Number of the Beast
  6. Run to the Hills
  7. Gangland
  8. Hallowed Be Thy Name
 
LOTB 2022 (realistic version) - trying to come up with a better-paced setlist that contains mostly the same songs as the actual set:

War realm:
1. Aces High
2. Senjutsu
3. Stratego
4. The Writing on The Wall
5. The Trooper

Religion realm:
6. Revelations
7. The Wicker Man
8. Sign of the Cross
9. Flight of Icarus

Hell Realm:
10. Hallowed Be Thy Name
11. Fear of the Dark
12. The Number of the Beast
13. Iron Maiden
------------------------
14. Running Free
15. Blood Brothers
16. Run To The Hills
 
The Beast on the Road
(I completely overhauled the setlist. It barely resembles it)
========================
Invaders
Wrathchild
Killers
Charlotte the Harlot
22 Acacia Avenue
Total Eclipse
The Prisoner
Children of the Damned
Phantom of the Opera
Transylvania
Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Run to the Hills
Iron Maiden
===========
Sanctuary
Drifter
===========
Running Free
==========
Prowler (On Select Nights)
 
No Prayer for the Dying + Fear of the Dark
  1. Be Quick or Be Dead
  2. Holy Smoke
  3. No Prayer for the Dying
  4. Die with Your Boots On
  5. Charlotte the Harlot
  6. 22 Acacia Avenue
  7. Fates Warning
  8. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
  9. Judas Be My Guide
  10. The Trooper
  11. Killers
  12. Rhythm of the Beast (heavy metal version)
  13. Fear of the Dark
  14. Wasting Love
  15. The Clairvoyant
  16. The Number of the Beast
  17. Hallowed be Thy Name
  18. Iron Maiden
  19. The Prisoner (encore 1)
  20. Sanctuary (encore 2)
  21. Run to the Hills (encore 3, selected dates only)
This is based on my personal playlist for these two records:
  1. Be Quick or Be Dead (Dickinson/Gers)
  2. Holy Smoke (Harris/Dickinson)
  3. No Prayer for the Dying (Harris)
  4. Childhood's End (Harris)
  5. Judas Be My Guide (Dickinson/Murray)
  6. Fates Warning (Murray/Harris)
  7. Afraid to Shoot Strangers (Harris)
  8. Rhythm of the Beast (heavy metal version) (Murray/McBrain)
  9. Wasting Love (Dickinson/Gers)
  10. Fear of the Dark (Harris)
 
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World Slavery Redux

I love Powerslave. I think every single song on it could have been an absolute hit live. So… what if Maiden played the whole record live on the World Slavery Tour? And what if they kicked things off with a little ‘greatest hits so far’ set before hitting everyone over the heads with the full new record? And then what if they do a little encore afterwards? So, consider:

1. Sanctuary
2. Wrathchild
3. The Trooper
4. Revelations
5. Flight of Icarus
6. Children of the Damned
7. Phantom of the Opera
8. Hallowed Be Thy Name
9. Iron Maiden
— Intermission… Churchill’s Speech —
10. Aces High
11. 2 Minutes to Midnight
12. Losfer Words (Big ‘Orra)
13. Flash of the Blade
14. The Duellists
15. Back in the Village
16. Powerslave
17. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
— Encore —
18. The Number of the Beast
19. Running Free
20. Run to the Hills

One can dream…
 
Legacy Of The Beast 2018 with bigger focus on the 90's era with 8/17 songs.

Churchill's Speech
1. Aces High
2. Tailgunner
3. 2 Minutes To Midnight
4. The Clansman
5. The Trooper
6. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
7. Revelations
8. Judas Be My Guide
9. The Wicker Man
10. Sign Of The Cross
11. No Prayer For The Dying
12. Flight Of Icarus
13. Fear Of The Dark
14. Iron Maiden
---------------------------------------------
15. The Number Of The Beast
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. From Here To Eternity
 
The Ed Huntour was Maiden's chance to redefine themselves live on stage with with their iconic vocalist back in the band and, for the first time ever, a three guitar line-up. The biggest thing that hurts about Bruce rejoining Maiden is that his solo career pretty much shriveled up and died. But Steve has had occasions of nabbing a Bruce solo work and including it as part of a proper Maiden album... what if the band had played a couple of great solo Bruce tracks live on the Ed Huntour so as to bridge the gap between the two worlds? Below is my stab at reworking the setlist to include them.

Intro: Churchill's Speech
1. Aces High
2. Wrathchild
3. The Trooper
4. 2 Minutes to Midnight
5. Futureal
6. Road to Hell
7. Wasted Years / Stranger in a Strange Land
8. Killers / Tailgunner
9. Man on the Edge
10. Powerslave
11. Phantom of the Opera
12. The Evil That Men Do
13. The Tower
14. Fear of the Dark
15. Iron Maiden
- Encore -
16. The Number of the Beast
17. Hallowed Be Thy Name
18. Run to the Hills

Unfortunately "The Clansman" gets the axe, but it's not a big loss as next year it would be incorporated into the Brave New World Tour. Also a the band rotates a couple songs setlist to setlist, for a little more representation across the tour, and "Futureal" gets bumped up a little earlier into the setlist. Overall? Not a bad bunch of songs with which to announce that Maiden was affirmatively back, and a couple additions to soften the blow for solo Bruce fans. No big epics, but that will be rectified with future tours.
 
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