I just highlighted that bit because it suggests the setlist will be just greatest hits and the main novelty of the tour is going to be the production.
Good call, but after the last few tours it would be atypical to just do the standard classics. There's room in the set for a few surprises, for sure. They're in an adventurous mood and with a new drummer. Half of the set (8 songs) being classics would be enough, I guess.
I wouldn't read too much into that. It's the typical "we are awesome and have so many hits that even a two hour show won't be enough to play them all" kind of PR. It makes perfect sense to take such a marketing approach for an anniversary tour. Don't forget: It's his job to get people excited, to get them to buy tickets and spread the word. I'd argue the show is mostly aimed at casual fans who know the classics and singles. Something like ROTAM is legendary enough (thanks to LAD/SBIT) to make the setlist, but I wouldn't expect many deep cuts.
Would be great to get something like Killers again, after not having been played for ages. I think that's the type of deep cut we might get; songs that were played regularly in the first 10 years of the band but slowly fell by the wayside.
Don't disagree, especially about the type of deep cuts (which is something and good and welcome), but the theme of the 50th anniv tour (called it by Bruce) is still
odd. It's not like they would have played more than 1 Reunion era song if it from all albums. Or a Blaze era song again.
I suppose after they played Alexander the Great anything was truly on the table, but I do wonder if they'll be bold for them.
This. If they play OTGDY, we'll be sure.
Potentially a bit boring for us die-hards, but I'm sure the crowd reaction will be insane.
The stage will be amazing but I fear of the set being boring. And I don't feel they will do it. Even Nicko wanted to play more rare songs (said last year). Mix things up, the albums are fixed for a 2nd tour in a row. What better chance, although we all expect the classics for such a theme. They won't do a 90's era tour or deep cuts tour, the only chance is Reunion era tour - but I doubt they would play some rarely played songs then.
I hope they decide on a setlist that mostly varies from what made LotB and TFPT. Hell, drop every song from those tours and do something else. Keep Hallowed and Trooper and FotD if you wanna, but play some other stuff!
Yes, especially after 3 years of LOTB. It will sound good and fast as a first song, but there's no need for Aces High for example. Even with screens, they can't beat the prop. Or Moonchild again. Do something different, the mandatory classics are 5 (including Iron Maiden). That's it. Songs like 2 Minutes and Evil are more likely than Aces, because they were omitted from the previous tour. Do them instead of again Powerslave, Children, etc.
One thing is luckily mostly thing of the past, the habbit of them changing the setlist during the first few dates (like playing Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner only once in 1986, Charlotte The Harlot played 2 times in 2005 then dropped, Paschendale played 5 times in 2010 then dropped etc etc).
We can't be sure with the new drummer. Even the number of songs. The length of the show, yes.
Legacy 2018 was also a greatest hits tour and they played a lot of deep cuts. WED, The Clansman, FTGGOG, Sign of the Cross and Flight of Icarus. I remember there was a guy here before the first show, who said he heard the band rehearsing Sign and nobody believed him.
I bet we will get at least 4 deep cuts again.
True, but Legacy was from
all albums. At least 3 deep cuts (Rime, No Prayer, OTGDY or something) plus the likes of Killers, Clairvoyant is likely imo.
So they played ONE deeper cut that has been demanded from fans for like 30 years (!!!) and that has been always as popular among fans as ROTAM. That's hardly a turning point where now "anything is on the table".
You forgot the SIT songs. And it's about the act, not so much the actual song or number.
I have this feeling that Killers might get played. Bruce has been talking a bit too much about how much he loves the album, and the main inspiration for the new Eddie is the Killers Eddie.
Exactly.
TBH if they wheel out Killers and Rime, that's quite good in terms of rarities.
However, I think they won't stop there and something else like No Prayer For The Dying or Only The Good Die Young will pop up. I think the tour will be 10 hits and 6-7 songs for the diehards.
That's what I'm talking about. Not only good, but Rime is a
special song. It's all possible:
10 hits - Iron Maiden, Hallowed, Number, Hills, Trooper, Fear, 2 Minutes, Evil, Wrathchild, Phantom.
5-7 deeper cuts - Clairvoyant, Killers, Rime, Seventh Son, Alexander, Remember Tomorrow, Boots, anything from the two 90's albums, Infinite Dreams, To Tame A Land...
