Since others have already re-activated this one, I'm not feeling too guilty by making another list...
The visual side is pretty similar with another "fanboy vision" of mine in this thread, but... These sets of mine kind of balance between what could have been possible, with more or less daydreaming when it comes to certain songs. It's not an outline for anything I'd expect, but merely a vision of what kind of a show they could realistically put together on an alternative reality, given the fact how great TLOTB turned out and all. Not too realistic, but some of the ideas are...if not almost there, at least something you can assosiate with Maiden shows if you use a bit of childish imagination here, haha!
"Aleister Crowley, religious sex... ancient, ancient Egypt... and the English hippogriff by G.K Chesterton" or alternatively "black magic and shit, that's cool - REVELATIONS" (- Bruce Dickinson, various concerts during Give Me 'Ed Till I'm Dead tour 2003), myths, aeroplanes & aliens Tour
The stage has angular shapes on the top and sides of the risers. Everything is covered with white, icy drapes and the backdrop features icy landscape. A moon is red and bleeding on the sky. Behind the drums, on the top of the stage, looms a crystal ball with smoke inside it. You can also see familiar images and shapes from the 7th Son Sleeve artwork within...
Seven deadly sins... seven ways to win...
1. Moonchild (w/ pyro, crystal ball)
*BOOM* You already know how this one kicks off! While the basic setup and shape of the stage is the one we've used to for years now, they've finally added some stairs to the left side (Nicko's right) of the tops, allowing Adrian to finally climb up and duplicate the 7th Tour thing with him and Bruce standing on the risers when the song starts.
2. The Evil That Men Do (w/ pyro at the end)
Another throwback to 7th Tour. While CIPWM worked perfectly fine as a second song during Maiden England tour, TETMD suits this set much better and continues the mystical and gloomy atmosphere very well here, while being a catchy crowd-pleaser at the same time.
3. The Number of the Beast (w/ pyro, flames, baphomet, etc.)
Familiar setting and even more familiar song, this time a bit earlier in the set.
4. Stranger in a Strange Land (w/ dry ice)
/ Ghost of the Navigator (w/ sea themed backdrop, should look great with the icy stage) /
Infinite Dreams
5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (w/ scribe Eddie+crystal ball, candles, pyro, dry ice)
Re-worked version of the Maiden England setting; while the props might be just a tad bit smaller than on Maiden England tour, they'd be a little bit more "sophisticated" and detailed.
6. The Clairvoyant (w/ crystal ball)
The stage goes dark. The backdrop shows starry sky with the red moon as the only source of dim light. The icy drapes are removed, revealing a ruined temple-esque stage, sort of a crossbreeding between TBOS, TLOTB, SBIT/World Slavery, DOD and EdHuntour stages... Naturally, there are obvious and less obvious details and hints here and there, with all kinds of Maiden and Eddie references. Torches, similar to TBOS stage set, light up.
Here is the soul of a man...
7. If Eternity Should Fail (w/ torches, dry ice)
"--for me, eternity is nothing but a short while..."
8. Flight of Icarus (w/Icarus, pyro
+Bruce's jetpack)
9. Dance of Death/The Book of Souls (w/ torches)
10. Lord of the Flies (w/ impaled head of a pig on a spike behind the drum riser - it IS a bit Spinal Tap, isn't it...)
11. Revelations
12. Sign of the Cross (w/ cross, pyro)
13. Iron Maiden (w/ pyro, torches, big pharaoh/revised grim reaper Eddie)
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The stage goes dark once again. After a short break the lights illuminate the backdrop with some white and light-blue clouds in it and in front of it, rising behind the drum riser, a giant figure of a wicker man...
Blasting from the PA: revised version of the song "Summer is icumen" from The Wicker Man (1973)... From the movie: "O, God! O, Jesus Christ!"
Spotlights turn to Adrian and the Wicker Man figure...
14. The Wicker Man (w/ wicker man, torches)
15. Children of the Damned (w/ torches lighting up at the end to burn those little witches...)
16. Powerslave (w/ pyro, walk-on Pharaoh Eddie)