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Starblind
As I said, I was at the Albuquerque show. I'll be mentioning individual songs throughout the rest of the post so to make it easy I'll just put the whole thing in spoilers
In the early evening, it was fairly windy and it rained periodically. Coheed and Cambria started 30 minutes late and played a 30 minute set. I was not familiar with them at all, but I thought that their performance was quite good. The crowd was mostly uninterested in first but they gained momentum throughout their set. I thought they were good enough that I might consider checking out their studio albums in the future.
It was less windy but still raining off and on as they set up Maiden's set. Finally, Doctor Doctor played over the PA and Maiden's set began. Bruce, I thought, was on fire, his performance was perfect. In fact, the whole band was on fire, but especially Bruce and Davey.
Some little tidbits:
Bruce ad-libbed on Afraid to Shoot Strangers ("God - which god? - let us go now...")
During Phantom of the Opera, Bruce referred to the weather conditions by saying "We've had the wind, we've had the rain, now for the fire" before the fire effects began.
Bruce poked some light fun at Adrian on the last Wasted Years chorus by miming a muscular man, I assume referring to H's deeper voice. I also assume that the Almighty H took mercy on him for this transgression.
It seemed to me like the band dragged out the suspense on Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by extending the middle section.
When introducing the band, Bruce made several age jokes about Nicko ("they discovered his birth certificate in a pyramid"), and also had a brief conversation with Dave which I did not understand due to the combination of the PA system and the fact that I am not used to British accents.
All in all, it was a great show and a great experience for my first Maiden show. I do wish they had played Hallowed, but there will be other tours, and it will surely be on those. Still, if any live staple should have been cut, I think it should have been Fear of the Dark. Still, I'm not complaining.
It was less windy but still raining off and on as they set up Maiden's set. Finally, Doctor Doctor played over the PA and Maiden's set began. Bruce, I thought, was on fire, his performance was perfect. In fact, the whole band was on fire, but especially Bruce and Davey.
Some little tidbits:
Bruce ad-libbed on Afraid to Shoot Strangers ("God - which god? - let us go now...")
During Phantom of the Opera, Bruce referred to the weather conditions by saying "We've had the wind, we've had the rain, now for the fire" before the fire effects began.
Bruce poked some light fun at Adrian on the last Wasted Years chorus by miming a muscular man, I assume referring to H's deeper voice. I also assume that the Almighty H took mercy on him for this transgression.
It seemed to me like the band dragged out the suspense on Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by extending the middle section.
When introducing the band, Bruce made several age jokes about Nicko ("they discovered his birth certificate in a pyramid"), and also had a brief conversation with Dave which I did not understand due to the combination of the PA system and the fact that I am not used to British accents.
All in all, it was a great show and a great experience for my first Maiden show. I do wish they had played Hallowed, but there will be other tours, and it will surely be on those. Still, if any live staple should have been cut, I think it should have been Fear of the Dark. Still, I'm not complaining.
