RUN FOR YOUR LIVES - RESULTS!
A huge, heartfelt thanks to all who participated by submitting their guesses and taking part in the setlist speculation in general!
Congratulations to the winner(s) - yours is the glory!
But remember, death or glory - it's all the same!
Some notes:
- significant amount of entries
almost hit a jackpot with the following songs: The Clairvoyant, Powerslave, 2 Minutes to Midnight & Rime of the Ancient Mariner; all of the mentioned were often included in the setlist guess and placed somewhat correctly to the middle of the set, but usually their order was guessed slightly wrong, hence only 1p per song, excluding Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was correctly submitted as 9th song of the set rather often
- Wratchild-Killers sequence was quite a popular guess! However, Wratchild as a second song of the set wasn't quite as popular as you'd probably think
- Phantom of the Opera was relatively often guessed correctly as the fourth song!
- Overall, people were able to figure out the thematic flow of the set rather well: a lot of fast-paced, old numbers first, three Powerslave tracks played as a bunch, some huge epic(s) before Iron Maiden...
- A lot of people lost an easy 2p by placing "Iron Maiden" somewhere else than at the end of the main set; bold move and could've had a huge pay-off, but... Maiden is Maiden!
- Alexander the Great was a very popular guess for the Legacy of the Beast set and this time the role for the (eventually) unfulfilled dream was placed on Infinite Dreams, Only the Good Die Young & To Tame a Land which popped up fairly often given that it hasn't been played since 1983 and is quite a
mouthful for Bruce
- Be Quick or be Dead was surprisingly upfront as a guess for the opening track, where as Murders in the Rue Morgue apparently wasn't very popular candidate for the opening spot!
- *nobody* suggested Flight of Icarus! I consider that a surprise since it's a very popular song that has been "dusted off" quite recently
Most commonly chosen songs that didn't end up in the setlist:
*52 setlist entries in total*
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
37/52
Infinite Dreams -
30/52
Running Free 28/52
Be Quick or be Dead 27/52
The Evil That Men Do 23/52
Die With Your Boots On - 22/52
Only the Good Die Young 16/52
Sanctuary 12/52
Prowler - 12/52
Moonchild 10/52
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To Tame a Land 9/52
Stranger in a Strange Land 9/52
Where as Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, that ended up in the set, was only included in six (6) entries! Murders in the Rue Morgue got submitted in seven (7) entries... so Be Quick or be Dead got +20, wow.
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- I should've taken part in this myself, as my Instagram setlist guess would've got 19 points...
Admittedly I made that guess just before the first date of the tour, so if I participated here earlier on, I would've probably made a different, a lot more incorrect one. Anyway, here's my guess just for fun:
1. Murders in the Rue Morgue
2. Wrathchild
3. Die With Your Boots On
4. Killers
5. Phantom of the Opera
6. The Trooper
7. 2 Minutes to Midnight
8. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
9. Powerslave
10. Infinite Dreams
11. The Clairvoyant
12. Fear of the Dark
13. Hallowed be Thy Name
14. Iron Maiden
15. The Number of the Beast
16. Running Free
17. Run to the Hills
