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Tour of the Silent Planet

Imagine a Maiden tour that does everything backwards. Deep cuts, live rarities, stuff from periods outside of the classic songs, but the stage shows rock - welcome to the "Tour of the Silent Planet".

1. Out of the Silent Planet
Instead of a normal concert intro, we jump right in with the first song. The instrumentation is a studio recording, but Bruce appears live, as a dark and silent planetary object looms overhead of him. Minimal lights until the song's beginning comes to a close - then things go dark, and the familiar beat occur - then all the lights break open upon the audience like magic as the entire band jumps onto the stage, and so the concert begins!
2. Futureal
This song utilizes holograms of Eddie to bring it to life, as Bruce engages with one and punches right through him!
3. The Evil That Men Do
Utilizes a holograph of Seventh Son Eddie but is otherwise normal.
4. Prowler
The stage is quickly revamped into a alley-way scene for this and the next song.
5. Killers
As this song comes to a close, the stage goes dark. As people move about setting up the next part of our show, Bruce takes it upon himself to recite some pieces for us...

"Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.

GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!-- An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime.--
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.”
― Wilfred Owen

“All blood runs red.”
― Eugene Bullard
​
The stage opens up again, this time to a scene of desperation, of sickness, of fear, of death...
6. The Aftermath
7. Paschendale
8. Blood on the World's Hands
9. The Edge of Darkness
As our war section ends, the planetary object we saw in the opening track returns, bigger and brighter somehow...
10. Brave New World
11. The Fallen Angel
Bruce wearing... angel wings? Fallen angel wings...
12. Lord of Light
13. The Mercenary
Bruce is slinging, I dunno, machine guns or something in that last song to truly bring out the character of The Mercenary. As it ends, he prompts the next one simply:

"Is there a beast? A living breathing beast that unleashes hellfire and damnation?
Maybe there is... maybe it's only in us..."
― partially quoted from William Golding​

14. Lord of the Flies
15. Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
As the song draws to a close, the stage goes dark again, only for the familiar opening riff to quick in and unleash...
16. Iron Maiden
Encore? What encore? Fuck that! The show ain't over but there's no special encore to it anyway! They just plow right on into...
17. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
18. Man on the Edge
19. Blood Brothers
As Bruce thanks the audience for attending, they launch into yet another track they never undertook with him. Thin line? That's this one alright!
20. The Angel and the Gambler
Given that it's not a popular track, the band wanna make it special. The chorus isn't interesting you say? Well, Maiden happen to be pulling up you and a shit-ton of other people onstage to sing it with them! As the last concert-goer leaves the stage, Nicko does some sort of drumbeat and Bruce announces one final song. Is it... can it be... none other than...
21. Wrathchild
What the fuck else were you expecting?

...alright, I lied. There is a fucking encore.
22. Different World
23. Gates of Tomorrow
24. The Wicker Man
During this final song, a really wicker man Eddie appears on stage, and Bruce is thrown into it at the end. Nicko lights it on fire... all is over... doom... despair! ...but he survives to make it to the next show. Gods.

There's a fucking setlist. Maybe now a hoppable one, but it's got a consistent tone and mood throughout. Total runtime going by studio album song lengths is 2:16:06, which factors in none of the live variables, so this could well be a three-hour show in full. I could imagine them doing maybe ten of them in core locations around the world - I mean, it's not the setlist they'd ever come up with, but would I love to see it? Hell yeah.
 
A stripped down, all-acoustic set — Maiden Unplugged!

1. The Talisman
2. Infinite Dreams (ends with extended acoustic outro from “The Prophecy”)
3. Prodigal Son
4. Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
5. 2 A.M.
6. Blood On The World’s Hands
7. Dance Of Death
8. Revelations
9. 2 Minutes To Midnight
10. Out Of The Shadows
11. The Longest Day
12. Journeyman
13. The Clansman
14. When The Wild Wind Blows
15. The Legacy
—-
16. The Trooper (midtempo and softer)
17. The Evil That Men Do (less lead, more chords)
18. Wasted Years (less lead, more chords)
19. Run To The Hills
 
Isn't this a lovely topic?

Alright, one more.

If Maiden did the third album with Blaze and toured one more time, even though sales and the overall market wasn't looking too good. This is based on the idea of band actually acknowledging some of the biggest issues with Blaze and at least trying to make things go down a bit better. While the set has been built, to some extent, with Blaze's strenghts and abilities in mind, there's also a couple of setlist staples that you'd never really expect them to drop anyway, regardless how poor they end up sounding.

- New song
- A song they haven't played with Blaze before

1. The Mercenary
2. Prowler
3. The Trooper (Blaze did have a tough time with it, but I guess they would have played it anyway)
4. Another new song
5. When Two Worlds Collide/Futureal
6. Dream of Mirrors
7. Lord of the Flies
8. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
9. 2 Minutes to Midnight
10. The Clansman
11. New Song
12. Wasted Years/Phantom of the Opera
13. Blood Brothers
14. The Clairvoyant
15. Fear of the Dark
16. Iron Maiden
--
17. The Number of the Beast
18. Man on the Edge
19 Running Free
 
"Dystopian Future Tour"

Blade Runner Theme
1.Caught Somewhere in Time
2.Stranger in a Strange Land
3.The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
4.To Tame a Land
5.Still Life
6.Prowler
7.The Trooper
8.Sea of Madness
9.Infinite Dreams
10.Strange World
11.Killers
12.Wasted Years
13.The Clairvoyant
14.The Number of the Beast
15.Fear of the Dark
16.Iron Maiden
Encore
17.Moonchild
18.Children of the Damned
19.Running Free
 
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Dance of New Worlds Tour

(Brave New World + Dance of Death revisited)

1. The Wickerman
2. Ghost of the Navigator
3. Brave New World
4. The Trooper
5. Dance of Death
6. Rainmaker
7. Blood Brothers
8. Pashcendale
9. The Mercanary
10. Dream of Mirrors
11. No More Lies
12. Out of the Silent Planet
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
--
15. Journeyman
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. Run to The Hills
 
Collin said:
Dance of New Worlds Tour

(Brave New World + Dance of Death revisited)

1. The Wickerman
2. Ghost of the Navigator
3. Brave New World
4. The Trooper
5. Dance of Death
6. Rainmaker
7. Blood Brothers
8. Pashcendale
9. The Mercanary
10. Dream of Mirrors
11. No More Lies
12. Out of the Silent Planet
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
--
15. Journeyman
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name
17. Run to The Hills
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Cool concept! I did something of similar nature with "Brave New World history tour" thing:

Randalf said:
I toyed with another thematic set, sort of a Brave New World celebration thing. While not exactly a BNW history tour, it's pretty heavily focused on that particular album and era, with a couple of nods a a couple of years backwards and forward. If they'd ever do an era-focused history/hits tour (they won't, but IF they did), BNW would be a strong candidate. Four to five songs from that album with a completely new take on the visual landscape of the stage set. Considering that BNW is loved a lot by all of the current members and it's a very special album for them (and for the fans too), I could kinda see something like this being in the realm of potential possibility in alternative universe.

Yeah, that's not much, but it's still something. :D

Intro: Arthur's Farewell/something from The Wicker Man (1973) movie
On screens: Futuristic London looms in the twilight. The view moves slowly away from the city, to sea. There, on a lonely island, some rises through above the hills and trees. Lights turn towards the huge wicker man prop that rises behind the drum risers and stage structure. (You can tell that absolutely love the idea of a revised wicker man prop)
1. The Wicker Man (w/ wicker man, pyro, torch - Bruce picks up a torch during the instrumental break and sings the last chorus holding it)
2. Ghost of the Navigator (stormy sky/sea backdrop)
3. Rainmaker/Killers/Wrathchild (with the same backdrop)
4. The Trooper
5. Out of the Silent Planet (w/ pyro, the surprise of the set)
6. The Clansman
7. The Clairvoyant/The Evil That Men Do/Run to the Hills
8. Man on the Edge
8. Dance of Death (w/ torches)
9. The Number of the Beast (w/ pyro)
10. Fear of the Dark
11. Brave New World
12. Iron Maiden (w/ pyro, Eddie)
--
13. Powerslave (w/ pyro)
14. Blood Brothers
15. Wasted Years
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But with a proper focus on both BNW and DOD albums and tours and early 00's and the first five years of the glorious re-union era in general, I'd go with something like this:

1.The Wicker Man
2. Ghost of the Navigator
3. Rainmaker
4. 22 Acacia Avenue/Die With Your Boots On
5. The Number of the Beast
6. The Clansman
7. The Trooper
8. Paschendale
9. Lord of the Flies
10. Wildest Dreams
11. Fear of the Dark
12. Brave New World
13. Iron Maiden
--
14. Run to the Hills
15. Blood Brothers
16. The Evil That Men Do
 
The Evil That Men Do Tour:
Based mainly and the themes of War and Hell from LOTB.
War:
  1. Churchill's Speech/Aces High
  2. These Colours Don't Run
  3. Run to the Hills
  4. The Longest Day
  5. Die With Your Boots on/Where Eagles Dare
  6. Paschendale
  7. The Trooper
Hell
  1. If Eternity Should Fail
  2. Children of the Damned/The Prisoner
  3. For The Greater Good of God
  4. The Number of the Beast
  5. Fear of The Dark
  6. Hallowed Be Thy Name
  7. Iron Maiden
Encore:
  1. Rime of The Ancient Mariner
  2. Wasted Years
  3. The Evil That Men Do
 
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The Only Epics Tour:

The Book of Souls
Paschendale
Sign of the Cross
Dream of Mirrors
For the Greater Good of God
Dance of Death
To Tame a Land
Phantom of the Opera
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Alexander the Great
The Legacy
When the Wild Wind Blows
The Clansman
The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
-----
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
----
Empire of the Clouds
 
The Adventures in the Final Frontier
Aka. let's make a standard TFF '11 set a bit more thematic, with a focus on space, journey, expedition and whatnot. Bit of a mix between "fixing some issues of the TFF set with one or two exciting additions" with a lot of pure daydreaming and playing with visual and lyrical themes and incorporating them to the original stage show and visual world of the representative album.

- = backdrop change (The Trooper, 2MTM and possibly DoD out, SIASL and BNW in)
-- = encore break
* & **= could be changed around


Intro: Satellite 15...
1. The Final Frontier
-
2. El Dorado
-
3. Ghost of the Navigator/Rainmaker/Sea of Madness
4. The Talisman
-
5. Coming Home
6. When Two Worlds Collide
-
7. Stranger in a Strange Land
-
8. The Number of the Beast *
-
9. Blood Brothers
10. Hallowed be Thy Name**
-
11. When the Wild Wind Blows
-
12. Fear of the Dark
13. Iron Maiden
--
14.The Wicker Man *
-
15. Brave New World / Dance of Death **
-
16. Running Free
 
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