Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Clue 1, the trickster is briefly present
Clue 2, all I will say for now is 1953 in literature

wrong guesses: Be Quick or be Dead, Run Silent Run Deep, The Apparition, El Dorado
 
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Black Bart said:
Starblind
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Nope.

Jmaster said:
Aces high
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nope.

srfc said:
Childhood's End
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Correct.

Clue 1
The trickster part is the guitar-solo, which Dave&Janick tried to fool the listener. It sounds like one complete solo played by one but there's both of them playing it. Mentioned by Forostar on the forums earlier:
The solo is a very special one in the catalogue: Dave and Janick tried to fool the listener.
At first, it sounds like one solo by one person, but in fact Janick starts and Dave takes over fluently (and not at a typical moment) and ends it.
This puzzled me for years but after reading an interview about this with Bruce I finally could analyze it well.

Clue 2
The year 1953 is when Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke was released.

Your turn.
 
srfc said:
Someone else can take this turn if they want
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Right, as there are no takers by now, I'll give it a go to keep the thread alive:


Clue 1: In the 1990s, Iron Maiden came close to playing at a live music venue with a name that relates directly to this song. A few years later, Bruce Dickinson actually performed there.
 
Killers

I think I know the venue but I suspect this guess is wrong so I'm not going to explain my thinking in case the venue is right and helps someone else get the right answer.
 
Clue 1: In the 1990s, Iron Maiden came close to playing at a live music venue with a name that relates directly to this song. A few years later, Bruce Dickinson actually performed there.

Clue 2: In the lyrics, there is a mention of a geographical place.

Incorrect guesses: Rainbow's Gold, The Angel and the Gambler, Killers
 
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