Online petition to get Iron Maiden to play Wembley Stadium in 2013

firstly these petitions get old and should end here (as above maiden will do what maiden will do and have probably already near enough fixed all the 2013 shows in their minds)
secondly id rather have a few smaller arena shows across the country than one huge one down south that i cant get to
 
Firstly, why not? if you want to see them in Edinburgh then you can start your own petition if you want.

This is probably going to be their last big tour in the UK. They have done all the arenas and they have done all the major festivals. They have done Donington 4 times, played at Twickenham, played at Earls Court and the O2 Arena so why not Wembley.

If there are enough names then yes I will send to Rod Smallwood and take it from there. They may already have next year sorted but there again they might not.

They wouldnt be listening to me, it would be the number of fans that sign up. If I don't get the numbers it wont be presented to them it wouldn't be worthwhile.
 
Tron said:
secondly id rather have a few smaller arena shows across the country than one huge one down south that i cant get to
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Sum's up my stance on it perfectly.

For the SBiT tour they only played Twickenham iirc, and I couldn't get to that because of where it was so Wembley would just be the same but more expensive >.>
 
i think the point of the petitions is to put the bug in someone's ear. more people who are in the positions of power are listening, and watching, on a whole than you think. (and no I'm not defending the petitions because i am guilty of posting the first one on the boards. LOL i just put it there as a point of information.) Just my opinion. not saying I'm right.
 
CriedWhenBrucieLeft said:
What is the point in all these stupid petition threads? They haven't played Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh either; do you want to start a petition for that too? Once loads of people have signed it, what are you going to do with it? (--present it to Maiden?) Do you think, just maybe, Maiden aren't going to bother listening to you?
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Congratulations. This post has moved you from forum n00b to forum regular in the mind of this particular Honoured Elder.
 
The new Wembley is going to need a crowd of 70,000+ to justify staging it there. Muse played to 90,000 or something. Maiden reportedly had about 50,000 tickets on sale for Twickenham, but only sold about 45,000; it wasn't a sell out. Their record crowd was in Chile, right? That was about 50-55,000. So, in terms of venue size, Maiden have no real record of selling this many tickets; especially not in one place, in the UK. I'd guess this is why they've never "booked" it.

You've named various other venues as if it's a tick list. As if, if Maiden have played the O2 once (or however many nights it was), that's it --they won't go back. If they play London, they'll probably play the O2, if they liked it. Why would they not just go back, instead of trying to fill a massive stadium, which they have no justification to believe they can fill? Ditto, Murrayfield.

This is the reason your petition is a piece of ill-thought-out nonsense.
 
I never thought of this. Maybe they'll play in Ivalo ice hall if I start a petition! You are a genius. Also they should reunite with Dennis Stratton, and H should be a knight. Better start petitions for those too.
 
There is nothing like being positive about things is there guys? It was only a suggestion.

Getting to Twickenham is a logistical nightmare, Wembley isn't. Wembley is an iconic music venue, Twickenham isn't.

Why shouldn't they be ambitious and try and fill Wembley? They have enough fans that's for sure.

If you don't want to sign the petition then don't but don't be little what I'm trying to achieve, chances are this could be the last big tour!
 
As far as i can understand, their career is based on playing either small or huge venues. Don't you find odd that after 30 plus years of career, Maiden needs petitions to play a venue? If they wanted to play there and have the opportunity, they had done it already.
 
The simple fact is 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 folks signing a petition --is going to convince Maiden of what? They put 50,000 tickets on sale --& all these fans didn't buy them all! I think, to those organising events, this speaks louder than an online petition. (Just my opinion, but clearly you think otherwise.) Are you suggesting another 25,000 people would have bought tickets, but decided not to bother because it was difficult to get to Twickenham? Come on. If Maiden are every going to play Wembley it might be for their last ever concert. But, right now, there is little evidence they'd sell it out. Who knows, maybe 50,000 at Wembley would still make financial sense & not seem too empty. Still, there is a reason Maiden travelled around the British Isles & didn't just play the O2 for a week (or Wembley) --they wanted to take their music to the fans. (You talk about getting to Twickenham --but you, I assume, speak as someone who lives in, or near, London. What about everyone else in the UK?) Also, if you were just "suggesting" it, that would be fine. But you're not. You're petitioning Maiden to play Wembley.
 
The whole petition thing got pretty old as soon as it started. Who ever heard of a metal band responding to a petition? In my mind, petitions are more for governments, politicians, and businesses. I think the ability to make petitions online has somewhat ruined their concept, since before you would actually have to put in an effort to collect signatures, but now anyone who "hey, I want this to happen" just goes and starts a petition.

But: Can we start a petition to get Maiden to release Majesty of Gaia this year?
 
I live 100 miles from Wembley, Donington Park is 15 miles away from where I live but I've seen them there. I didn't get back from Twickenham until 4am, partly due to my Brother in Law trying to find a petrol station. It was difficult to get to as well.

If marketed correctly they could fill anywhere they wanted to. Take That for example played to a million people, well women mostly, last year in the UK, I'm sure Maiden could muster 80,000. Maybe I just over estimate their popularity!
 
You're sure? Look, I'm just making a simple point. They played Twickenham. They didn't sell all their tickets. What's changed (genuinely, I'm asking) between then & now to make you sure they could sell double this for one concert?

The Take That comparison is interesting (Pop vs. Rock/Metal), but doesn't really explain where ticket sales will come from. Bon Jovi and Elton John have played stadiums in Scotland --but Maiden don't. They seem to prefer playing exhibition centres. The obvious reason for this is that Maiden don't think they can sell enough tickets, or they don't like playing stadiums. I think you over estimate their popularity. Whether you like it or not Take That are going to win hands down in a ticket selling competion with Maiden in the UK. That's popular music for you.
 
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