Legacy of the Beast 2018 Tour

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Nicko was also apparently hyping up the stage set at his drum shop opening event, so I imagine they've got something interesting cooked up on that front.
 
runsilentrundeep said:
I thought it might quite cool to have the intro played off stage with some imagery going on on stage (if they do the hologram thing) then the band comes on when the song kicks in

Now I read it back maybe swapping Hallowed for Wickerman around would make a lot more sense!
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I think opening with Hallowed could work great. What a way to kick off the show.

And they don’t always open with fast short rockers. 2016-2017 tours opened with the relatively plodding mid-tempo (but completely awesome) If Eternity Should Fail.

I would start the show with:

- Hallowed Be Thy Name
- Run To the Hills
- Flight of Icarus

Crowd would be completely jacked at that point and any set list after that would work.
 
Brigantium said:
It bothers me when they overhype stuff. I'm thinking slightly more pyros or an extra lightbulb.
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Yes, it bothers me as well.

But what pisses me off is when they overhype the setlist, like they did on the previous tour. Bruce said that they would play a rare song and another hidden gem that would surprise people, and then it was Children of the Damned and Powerslave.

Do I love those songs? Yes, I do, but both were played in 2008/2009 - COTD being played in 2007 as well - and back then Bruce said the same thing about COTD -> "You guys are very lucky to hear this song, because it is very rare and we probably won't play it again".

He has created another hype now, and I hope they play more than Flight of Icarus to justify his words, because FOI alone wouldn't justify it, in my opinion.

What would justify it? Alexander The Great, Flight of Icarus, Where Eagles Dare and Stranger in a Strange Land. Then I would look back and say: "Alright, Bruce was right this time! Hype justified".
 
Shavasku said:
Yes, it bothers me as well.

But what pisses me off is when they overhype the setlist, like they did on the previous tour. Bruce said that they would play a rare song and another hidden gem that would surprise people, and then it was Children of the Damned and Powerslave.

Do I love those songs? Yes, I do, but both were played in 2008/2009 - COTD being played in 2007 as well - and back then Bruce said the same thing about COTD -> "You guys are very lucky to hear this song, because it is very rare and we probably won't play it again".
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To be fair, COTD is quite a rarity. You seem to forget that it was only played at a few gigs in 2002, 2007, and 2009. The last time it had been featured on a world tour was in 1986/1987!!!
 
GhostofCain said:
To be fair, COTD is quite a rarity. You seem to forget that it was only played at a few gigs in 2002, 2007, and 2009. The last time it had been featured on a world tour was in 1986/1987!!!
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I do not agree, my friend. While I love the song and loved to see it live (and Bruce simply nailed it in São Paulo), it was played during a whole summer tour in 2007 and then during a whole world tour in 2009 (SBIT).

Infinite Dreams is a rarity, because it's been 30 years they don't play it. Flight of Icarus is also a rarity. Still life. The Prisoner was a rarity when they played on ME (even though it was predictable). But no, not COTD, or at least not enough to justify his words.
 
Shavasku said:
I do not agree, my friend. While I love the song and loved to see it live (and Bruce simply nailed it in São Paulo), it was played during a whole summer tour in 2007 and then during a whole world tour in 2009 (SBIT).

Infinite Dreams is a rarity, because it's been 30 years they don't play it. Flight of Icarus is also a rarity. Still life. The Prisoner was a rarity when they played on ME (even though it was predictable). But no, not COTD, or at least not enough to justify his words.
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I think Infinite Dreams deserves a special category, because rarities might still be played from time to time, while ID was played only on one tour and the chances to come back are close to zero.
 
Shavasku said:
I do not agree, my friend. While I love the song and loved to see it live (and Bruce simply nailed it in São Paulo), it was played during a whole summer tour in 2007 and then during a whole world tour in 2009 (SBIT).
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I beg to differ. COTD was featured on the final leg of the AMOLAD tour, renamed A Matter of the Beast Tour, which was just a short run of European shows. The 2009 leg of the SBIT was not a whole world tour, it was the final leg of the SBIT tour and did not visit most territories where they played in 2008. Therefore, the last time COTD was featured on a world tour was in 1986/1987.
 
Black Wizard said:
As I said many, many pages ago: Bruce Dickinson is a performer and knows how to work the crowd. Everything he's said is sales tactics.
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Same can be said about any artist being interviewed before a tour/album release. You want to grab people's attention and have them buying tickets/albums. :)
 
Diesel 11 said:
Bruce said the beginning of the show would lead to "social media madness", right?

How cool would it be for them to debut a brand-new Maiden song from a new album they've been working on but have kept completely in the shadows up to now?
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sounds like a good potential for Caught Somewhere in Time to be honest..... think about it... what other opening track would blow people's minds and cause social media madness? They haven't played it since 87 and know fans want it... It's probably the most powerful opening track in their discography and certainly heavy with the synth bass and twin guitar riff. Fantastic opening song and would certainly cause social media madness.

My bet is Caught Somewhere in Time.... if this proves to be true, I'll be jumping with excitement
 
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