North American tour thread

Why would they announce the first leg as "66 days around the world", have it last 66 days, and then add another couple dates around North America.  It doesn't make sense, and it's not going to happen.

The most likely shot at a NA tour is a land-based tour of a couple of cities shortly before the beginning of the European tour.
 
Forostar said:
Cities Perun, or do you also count other locations (festival sites)?

I saw Maiden at 10 different locations, and next year there'll be 3 new ones!

1992-2010:
Den Bosch
Zwolle
Rotterdam
Dynamo Festival (Nijmegen)
Waldrock (Bergum)
Bospop (Weert)
Fields of Rock (Biddinghuizen)
Wacken Open Air (Wacken)
TT Circuit (Assen)
Pukkelpop (Hasselt)

2011:
Berlin
Arnhem
London
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I can't brag as I've only been in one city and two different venues.
 
Not when I'm already a MEGA MULTI-millionaire who has MORE money than I'll EVER know what to do with.

I am VERY convinced that Maiden would do VERY GREAT on a full N.A. tour.
 
Travis_AKA_fonzbear2000 said:
I wouldn't tour EVERY day, but I would extend the tour to include at LEAST 30-40 N.A. locations.
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The thing is, you're not a 54 year old guy with a family.  You might think it's "easy" for them to continue to tour like the '80s, but it's not feasible.  They'd break up before that happened.

I'd rather take less tour dates (yes, even me personally) for better performances and better longevity any day of the week.
 
Look at how often other bands who have been around that long or longer like Metallica, Rush, and AC/DC tour when they do tour. They have families as well and are up there in age. Instead of touring every year, Maiden should tour less often, but on larger scales like the bands I just mentioned.
 
Travis_AKA_fonzbear2000 said:
Look at how often other bands who have been around that long or longer like Metallica, Rush, and AC/DC tour when they do tour. They have families as well and are up there in age. Instead of touring every year, Maiden should tour less often, but on larger scales like the bands I just mentioned.
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But that results in less tour dates.  For example, in the time period from 2002 (when Rush ended their hiatus) to 2010, Rush has played 280 shows.  During that same period, Maiden played 341.  How can you say you prefer the former to the latter?


Or, from 2000-2010 AC/DC played 306 shows to Maiden's 433.  If you want more shows, Maiden's system for bands their age clearly results in more shows.
 
So that's it.  You'd rather have Maiden tour less, but at the same time tour North America more.  How is that fair to the rest of the world, especially since the fans in the States are among Maiden's worst in the world?



EDIT: And I looked it up.  Maiden played 150 North American dates from 2000-2010 to AC/DC's 148.
 
Travis_AKA_fonzbear2000 said:
I would rather have Maiden tour less, but do larger scale tours around the whole world. Do a full world tour every 3 years or so.
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I'm still not processing this.  You want Maiden to tour less, but somehow think this will translate in more shows?  Doing 50 dates each year is the same as doing a 150 show tour every three.  You don't seem to understand this basic concept.
 
GuineaPig said:
I'm still not processing this.  You want Maiden to tour less, but somehow think this will translate in more shows?  Doing 50 dates each year is the same as doing a 150 show tour every three.  You don't seem to understand this basic concept.
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Tour every 3 years, but do a much larger tour than they would if they toured every 1 or 2 years. Do a tour on scale with the the World Slavery tour, wait 3 years, and do the same.
 
It's too much strain on the band and their families. 

Look at what the World Slavery Tour did.  It nearly ended Maiden; and that was when they were in their mid-20s.  And the performances during that time suffered.

No thanks, I'll take ~50 dates each year instead.
 
Those are very good points. Still, they could up the tours by a bit more. Extending the tour by another month or 2 at the very most and adding say, 5-10 more N.A. dates wouldn't be that big of a deal.
 
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