RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2026

Well I ended up with a ticket and really enjoyed myself. I also couldn’t believe how busy it was.

Getting there was crazy. We had a Car Parking pass but ended up getting the train due to the traffic around the venue. If we had gone by car, we would’ve probably missed The Darkness and nearly some of Maiden’s set.

I thought the band were on fine form. If anything, it was a better performance than London Stadium in many places. Bruce was clearly struggling from Rime onwards. I didn’t notice it until he actually said it during Run to the Hills. I actually preferred some of his melody lines to suit his lower range. Rime sounded much better in a lower register.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
Well I ended up with a ticket and really enjoyed myself. I also couldn’t believe how busy it was.

Getting there was crazy. We had a Car Parking pass but ended up getting the train due to the traffic around the venue. If we had gone by car, we would’ve probably missed The Darkness and nearly some of Maiden’s set.

I thought the band were on fine form. If anything, it was a better performance than London Stadium in many places. Bruce was clearly struggling from Rime onwards. I didn’t notice it until he actually said it during Run to the Hills. I actually preferred some of his melody lines to suit his lower range. Rime sounded much better in a lower register.
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I thought it may have been a bit psychological as well, like you said, he was fine until Rime, which was the first song after the powercut in Paris, i.e the ones potentially going on the dvd. I thought he was saving his voice for the encores. Aces High was the worst of the night and he made comments that could indicate it was playing on his mind, i.e at the end "Aces High my friends.... ....I say Shoot that Focker". Then he was back to pre Rime levels of performance for Fear and Wasted Years
 
runsilentrundeep said:
The place was absolutely packed, I think the singer of Airbourne said 50k people?

The band sounded great, the highlights were Infinite Dreams, Rime, 7th Son and Phantom for me.

The sound was a little patchy but that is a big field gig for you

I thought Rime sounded great in the lower register, no vocal straining. Bruce did that in a couple of other songs as well, glad to see he wasn’t being stubborn if he was feeling ill

Trying to get to the venue was a ballache. Lots of traffic and no apparent sign posts for parking. We only found the parking because we were back the way came, the sign post for it was only on one side of the road…

made a super swift exit post wasted years and managed to get back home by the second hydration break
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In paris from the videos i saw bruce did the same he didnt go as high as he can and sounded great. In donington 92 he sings like that and for me sounds great on that show. Maybe he should aproach some song like this
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
Well I ended up with a ticket and really enjoyed myself. I also couldn’t believe how busy it was.

Getting there was crazy. We had a Car Parking pass but ended up getting the train due to the traffic around the venue. If we had gone by car, we would’ve probably missed The Darkness and nearly some of Maiden’s set.

I thought the band were on fine form. If anything, it was a better performance than London Stadium in many places. Bruce was clearly struggling from Rime onwards. I didn’t notice it until he actually said it during Run to the Hills. I actually preferred some of his melody lines to suit his lower range. Rime sounded much better in a lower register.
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It was exactly halfway through Rime when his voice went. He struggled from then on but fair play to him powering through when clearly sick. The crowd helped him along.
 
Spaldy said:
It was exactly halfway through Rime when his voice went. He struggled from then on but fair play to him powering through when clearly sick. The crowd helped him along.
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Despite my usual criticisms of Bruce and song selections, I was completely rooting for him. I uttered the phrase ‘Come on, Bruce’ multiple times in my own little way of showing my support. He handled it like a complete pro. It’s tough to see one of your idols struggling with illness and the impact of Father Time.

How was the journey home @Spaldy?
 
Spaldy said:
It was probably 50k when Airborne were on but it was rammed when Maiden hit the stage. I'd guess closer to 70-80k.
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How could the Airbourne singer know how much people were there at the time? He knew the amount of tickets sold in total.
50k sounds right: only 3 delay towers, lot of space in the back and a lot of stands taking space.
 
ShadowOfTheGods said:
How could the Airbourne singer know how much people were there at the time? He knew the amount of tickets sold in total.
50k sounds right: only 3 delay towers, lot of space in the back and a lot of stands taking space.
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Dude, the guy made a throwaway comment, he didn't craft a PR statement. No need to be so extremely pedantic about something that definitely doesn't warrant it lol
 
ShadowOfTheGods said:
How could the Airbourne singer know how much people were there at the time? He knew the amount of tickets sold in total.
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How would the frontman for a support band know what the final tally was?
ShadowOfTheGods said:
50k sounds right: only 3 delay towers,
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There were 4 delay towers.
ShadowOfTheGods said:
lot of space in the back and a lot of stands taking space.
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Were you even there? By the time Maiden were on there was no space anywhere in the main arena except perhaps over in Maidenville (which was its own separate area and has no view of the main stage).

But if you want to argue the minutiae of final numbers I'm sure we'll get official confirmation at some point.
 
If they had 50k then that's quite good I would say.

Sonisphere 2014 with Maiden and Metallica headlining apparently had 30k, although that number isn't official
 
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