Paul Di'Anno to perform ENTIRE debut Maiden album on upcoming Australian tour!

I think there's a difference between one-off performances (Springsteen playing his album at Giants Stadium) or a few special occasions (Metallica and MOP) as opposed to taking the album on tour like (for example) Megadeth has done. One is a nice treat for fans. The other is resting on your laurels.

Also, I don't recall if Maiden was mentioned here, but they're obviously a different case. They played a new album, not an old one. But it's also worth noting they were ahead of the curve. Most of these full-album deals have come since the AMOLAD tour.
 
Metallica played Master of Puppets during a handful of select gigs on their European 2006 run.

Queensryche did Operation Mindcrime in its entirety, both on the Empire tour in 1991, and on several runs in the last, both as a special treat, and also to accompany Mindcrime II, also performed in its entirety.

Judas Priest recently did British Steel in its entirety. 

Both Megadeth and Testament have been doing classic albums--Megadeth with Rust in Piece, and Testament with Legacy

Motley Crue did Dr. Feelgood in its entirety on the recent CrueFest 2 tour, and included a classic hospital stage setup.

Although not recent, the Who did Tommy on select dates for their 1989 tour, and did an entire tour focusing on Quadrophenia in 1996-1997.

Dream Theater has been no stranger to playing albums in their entirety, most notably Scenes from a Memory, and even Octavarium (as well as covers of MoP and NOTB).  During several 2007 summer shows, they also did Images & Words in their entirety.

NIN:  On what was supposedly the band's last US dates ever, they brought out Downward Spiral in its entirety.  Personally, I'd rather have heard them do Pretty Hate Machine, especially for Sanctified. 

Rush has never doen an album in its entirety, not even on the album's tour (aside from perhaps their early tour).  However, they did bring back the song 2112 for the Test For Echoes tour, and played all of it, something I believe they never did, even on the 2112 tour.  They're one band that I'd love to see do a classic album, either Permanent waves or moving Pictures (of course, they'd have to agree to bring back Camera Eye, something that they've steadfastly refused to do, despite audience demand, mostly because they had not been able to get into playing it). 
 
Another band: Fates Warning

The reunited "Parallels" lineup of Fates Warning — Ray Alder (vocals), Jim Matheos (guitar), Frank Aresti (guitar), Joe DiBiase (bass), and Mark Zonder (drums) — played its first show last night (Friday, March 19) at the Avalon in Los Angeles, California. The concert marked the first time the band performed its classic 1991 album, "Parallels", in its entirety from beginning to end. (more info)
 
How bands can play a full album of other bands without consent always seem to me a little strange. One thing is covering a song or two, but a full album ?

Or they see this only as good publicity ?
 
You don't need consent to cover any song. If you did, every bar band in the US would be out of business. If you release a recording, you have to pay royalties to the original songwriter.

This exactly why so many advertisers use custom-recorded cover songs in their ads. It's much cheaper than licensing the original.
 
Rotam said:
How bands can play a full album of other bands without consent always seem to me a little strange. One thing is covering a song or two, but a full album ?

Or they see this only as good publicity ?
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Lets just say that, if bands could stop people performing live music, no one would be able to sing or whistle in public :lol:. Have you not heard of tribute bands?
 
Ardius said:
Lets just say that, if bands could stop people performing live music, no one would be able to sing or whistle in public :lol:. Have you not heard of tribute bands?
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What if i heard of tribute bands and at the same time i know nothing about the bands' promotion and management ?

I just copy this from the web:

Remember what copyrights exist in a song: performance, sound recording and composition. When an artist covers a song, they are engaging composition rights as they are dealing with the lyrics and the music in the song. When playing a cover song live, if the song is not recorded, then you will not need a mechanical licence. If the song is to be recorded, including on video, a reproduction of the song is made and therefore a mechanical licence would be necessary.

You need to pay royalties and get a mechanical license, to record a cover song, like SMX said.


Always learning...
 
Indeed, tribute bands can play live without having to pay though  ;). We aren't talking about Paul re-recording the album are we?

Its all about profit, if you are making money off of someone else's property, then its naturally unfair, and hence illegal. However, even though artists make money from gigs, it is difficult to create and enforce a law which prevents 'live performances' without being so general that the poor man on the street gets taken to court for whistling Smoke on the Water :lol:.
I used tribute bands as an example because they are obviously covering material (and are more likely to be playing whole albums live). So they would be an easy target if artists were able to enforce royalties in such circumstances.

There was no need for the "always learning" comment though, I don't like what that implies at all.
 
Ardius said:
Indeed, tribute bands can play live without having to pay though  ;). We aren't talking about Paul re-recording the album are we?

Its all about profit, if you are making money off of someone else's property, then its naturally unfair, and hence illegal. However, even though artists make money from gigs, it is difficult to create and enforce a law which prevents 'live performances' without being so general that the poor man on the street gets taken to court for whistling Smoke on the Water :lol:.
I used tribute bands as an example because they are obviously covering material (and are more likely to be playing whole albums live). So they would be an easy target if artists were able to enforce royalties in such circumstances.

There was no need for the "always learning" comment though, I don't like what that implies at all.
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I think you judge me wrong, i was talking about myself.  :huh:
 
Onhell said:
What? Got something against education now? :p
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Yes, I'm about to finish my degree and I don't want to hear the word "learning" again  :P

Rotam said:
I think you judge me wrong, i was talking about myself.  :huh:
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Oh, fair enough then.
Stupid communication barriers...DAMN YOU INTERNET!
 
I went to Paul Di'Anno's Sydney gig on Saturday night. He was great, a laugh, a real pommie geezer. And he is huge, quite shrek-like.   

They opened with Ides of March, Wrathchild, Prowler and Murders in the Rue Morgue and played every song off Iron Maiden except Running Free.
The highlight for me was the Killers/Phantom of the Opera finale. Fantastic! Heavy! It was good to hear these songs live with Pauls vocals. And the band were tight, the solos were spot on.  Unfortunately Paul had mic problems and at one point left the stage in search of the sound guy...whom I think he was gonna kill.

The small pub setting and back drop with old Eddie curtain gave the night a real feel of what a Maiden gig may have felt like back in the early 80s.

Remember Tomorrow, Transylvania...it all rocked. And the Dianno songs were great too.

All in all a great night. Thanks Paul you complete nutter.
 
I don't see why people think it's a bad a idea to play a classic album in it's entirety. It's way better than just playing a greatest hits mix like most bands do. Besides, it's only one tour, after that, they'll go back to whatever they did before.
 
The Mid-Distance Runner said:
I went to Paul Di'Anno's Sydney gig on Saturday night. He was great, a laugh, a real pommie geezer. And he is huge, quite shrek-like.   

They opened with Ides of March, Wrathchild, Prowler and Murders in the Rue Morgue and played every song off Iron Maiden except Running Free.
The highlight for me was the Killers/Phantom of the Opera finale. Fantastic! Heavy! It was good to hear these songs live with Pauls vocals. And the band were tight, the solos were spot on.  Unfortunately Paul had mic problems and at one point left the stage in search of the sound guy...whom I think he was gonna kill.

The small pub setting and back drop with old Eddie curtain gave the night a real feel of what a Maiden gig may have felt like back in the early 80s.

Remember Tomorrow, Transylvania...it all rocked. And the Dianno songs were great too.

All in all a great night. Thanks Paul you complete nutter.
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What was 'Strange World' like?
 
Suicidehummer said:
I don't see why people think it's a bad a idea to play a classic album in it's entirety. It's way better than just playing a greatest hits mix like most bands do. Besides, it's only one tour, after that, they'll go back to whatever they did before.
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Same here. I'm absolutely astounded on how many of you disapprove of playing whole classic albums in their entirety. I absolutely LOVE it when bands do this, especially with Megadeth's Rust In Peace, and Metallica's Master of Puppets. Those are their two most popular albums, and are considered landmarks in metal music, why would you NOT want it? Oh, and a P.S, I'm pretty sure Slayer is about to do (or has already done) all of Seasons In The Abyss, which should be FANTASTIC!  :yey:
 
Cosmiceddie said:
What was 'Strange World' like?
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Strange World was as eerie sounding as it is on the album.  Paul's voice was fine, albeit worldweary and worn. The main difference was the guitar solos - they seemed note perfect but they were quite metal-like - which was great.  They contrasted with the mellowness of the song, but this was brilliant and gave the song even more atmosphere.
 
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