Saw the Ottawa show last night.
First thing: the arena in Ottawa has a shitty location, a shitty configuration, but the audio is decent. Not as good as O2 or the Bell Centre, which are exceptional places to see a concert, but still better than many places, and much better than outdoors.
Second thing: Within Temptation exists. There was two or three people hyped to see them. I didn't mind, if you like Dutch symphonic metal they're another Dutch symphonic metal band. I made some friends around me, as is my way.
Maiden fucking ruled. Aside from Bruce getting a little ahead of himself on the first chorus of Stratego, there were no timing issues of note or any different than in previous tours. I do think there was a couple moments he leaned in to ask Steve or Adrian something just before singing and they seemed to count to him, so I wonder if that's a change.
The set went well. All band members performed strongly, Adrian was singing along, Dave played mostly well but I feel he phoned in a solo or two. I thought Janick was very visible, moreso than normal, especially at the end of Iron Maiden when he dropped his guitar off the stage and it took him a minute or two to reel it in. Steve and Adrian didn't look impressed at that, but Bruce poked fun and they all laughed, so it must have been alright.
Got the shirts I wanted on the way out, and was very happy. Really enjoyed the show.