CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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I know, but this has all been discussed on this forum before. With little time left, is it really a good use of their time doing another "retro" tour, lasting a couple of years? Touring, as they're always saying, is a lot of hard work --so why do it not supporting new material? I'm not saying Maiden England won't be amazing. And for those who weren't around in the late eighties (myself included) this will be a chance to see a historic setlist. But, for me, this just eats in to future new material time.
Imagine, in some alternate reality, Maiden had packed it in after DoD, or something. Think of all the fantastic music you'd have missed out on!, from AMoLaD & TFF, which, err, they didn't write --you know what I mean. And there's another point. Most of the appeal of the tour is the setlist & those old tracks that haven't really been played much. There is an easy solution to this, which harps back to the same point already made --just mix up the sets a bit more. We don't need Maiden England to hear Still Life --they could have played this on any tour, and cut the repetitive crap. If on the other hand the appeal is not the songs themselves, but just the whole feel of going back to the eighties (& it's setlist), well, what can I say. I thought Maiden said they weren't this kind of band (i.e. the "we're not a cabaret act" quote/paraphrase.) I for one would prefer another couple of albums. We can all look back on all of this when it's all over. We don't need to look back on two Maiden England tours; as much as it's appealing at some level. But if this is what the band want to do, fair enough.
Imagine, in some alternate reality, Maiden had packed it in after DoD, or something. Think of all the fantastic music you'd have missed out on!, from AMoLaD & TFF, which, err, they didn't write --you know what I mean. And there's another point. Most of the appeal of the tour is the setlist & those old tracks that haven't really been played much. There is an easy solution to this, which harps back to the same point already made --just mix up the sets a bit more. We don't need Maiden England to hear Still Life --they could have played this on any tour, and cut the repetitive crap. If on the other hand the appeal is not the songs themselves, but just the whole feel of going back to the eighties (& it's setlist), well, what can I say. I thought Maiden said they weren't this kind of band (i.e. the "we're not a cabaret act" quote/paraphrase.) I for one would prefer another couple of albums. We can all look back on all of this when it's all over. We don't need to look back on two Maiden England tours; as much as it's appealing at some level. But if this is what the band want to do, fair enough.