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Nomadd said:
Here is the other factor - the poor income from CD and generally physical releases sales. You know, composing process, hiring the studio and producer, costs of production, distribution and commercials. And all those thing just to sell some 300 - 500k albums worldwide. Sounds sad and lame, but this is reality of music biz of today. Who knows, my fingers are crossed for (at least) just another studio album.
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Maiden are still comfortably selling over 500,000 units per album, and much of that is on the more lucrative vinyl format.
They also have reoccurring streams for any new album.

Senjutsu probably made more than Virtual X11 in terms of revenue.

And as others have said, there are also plenty of money to be made from related merchandise sales of the new album.

A new Maiden album may not make the band the millions that their classic albums did, but for sure it will still be a money maker.
 
Melony said:
When you compare it to other prices for concerts and festivals next year, I think it's quite reasonable.
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Thanks. I will buy a Rock im Park ticket. I am not convinced Hellfest will be announced. That would be 3 shows in France and they played Hellfest in 2023, I don't know.
 
DorotheaMe said:
Thanks. I will buy a Rock im Park ticket. I am not convinced Hellfest will be announced. That would be 3 shows in France and they played Hellfest in 2023, I don't know.
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Hellfest is the biggest metal event in the region and basically sold out a long time ago, no risk for them,
 
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BRUCE DICKINSON Says Everybody In IRON MAIDEN Is 'Perfectly Happy' With SIMON DAWSON: 'You Can't Replace NICKO MCBRAIN With A Clone'

In a new interview with the "Talk Is Jericho" podcast, hosted by FOZZY frontman and wrestling superstar Chris Jericho, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson spoke about the spring/summer 2025 European leg of the band's "Run For Your Lives" world tour. The trek, which launched on May 27 in Budapest...
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Bruce with another response about Simon and Nicko:

Obviously, it was different, because Simon is not Nick. He's not a copy of Nick. His emphasis in terms of the way he drums, the sound of his drums is different. He's a different type of drummer. But he does everything that a drummer should do, which is he keeps the time. And that's it.
Nick was like a human fireworks display every night in terms of his drumming, personality and everything else. And Simon's not; he's low key. He is not exactly the polar opposite to Nick, but he's different. He's more thoughtful. He's very analytical. He warms up for, like, two hours, and he's just putting things together and refining and tweaking things and stuff like that. So he's a different drummer, but the songs are the same. And he's happy. Everybody in the band is perfectly happy. But they're not the same. You can't replace Nick with a clone. And I was shocked at how I was, like. 'Oh my God. I'm having a flashback here,' looking over my shoulder, going, 'Wow.' 'Cause his natural feel is to be kind of like around the beat, almost like a swingtime thing, like an Ian Paice-type feel. And it's just nuance. But Clive was great. I loved playing with Clive.
 
mepatrik1 said:
Not sure if this was posted before, but Bruce mentions he didn't want to do Aces High at the end of the set.
I thought he would have bigger say in these things.
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He has, so it's odd (btw, he played 2 of his most difficult solo songs towards the end of the set last year). The thing is, Aces as a song is always a great start, not really a middle-type of song, and maybe the band thinks the visuals are perfect for the encore. The tempo too. The first songs of the set have their own theme.
 
Poto said:
London was sold out. You can't fit 80,000 people with Maiden's stage configuration.
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No, it was jot sold out.

69500 is significantly below capacity, and tickets were available on the day.
I got my ticket literally a couple of hours before show time.
 
BQOBD said:
No, it was jot sold out.

69500 is significantly below capacity, and tickets were available on the day.
I got my ticket literally a couple of hours before show time.
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Have you seen footage and pictures from the show? You mentioned 80k, but where would you fit those remaining 7-8000 people? Behind the stage?

They sold out the show quite early, but released some extra tickets at a later stage plus production holds. It's possible some tickets were left, but it counts as a sold out show on the official box office score.
 
Poto said:
Have you seen footage and pictures from the show? You mentioned 80k, but where would you fit those remaining 7-8000 people? Behind the stage?

They sold out the show quite early, but released some extra tickets at a later stage plus production holds. It's possible some tickets were left, but it counts as a sold out show on the official box office score.
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All companies, Billboard Boxscore, Pollstar confirmed a sold-out show.

A total of 69,500 tickets were sold, and there were also thousands of guests.

Each show has a specific ticket allocation.

In official numbers, it was the largest solo Iron Maiden concert in history.
 
Depeche Mode sold out London Stadium with 65000, Beyonce Jay Z averaged 63000 in 2 sell outs. Sell outs at O2 in London can range from 21000 down to 13000, depends on configuration (seats or standing on floor, stage in middle or end) and tickets released as noted above.

Saw Maiden in Shanghai, top tier not opened for concert which drastically reduced capacity to about 7500.
 
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