RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR (2025/2026)

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CA Bryers said:
I'll believe it when I see it. Infinite Dreams is a song they've willfully ignored for 37 years, and it's a photography book we're talking about. A cool item no doubt, but not a terribly big deal in the grand scheme of Maiden releases. I see it as another part of the 50th celebration, not necessarily tour-related.

But, I said damn near the same thing about the chances of Caught Somewhere in Time showing up on the Future Past tour, so maybe my skepticism is a good sign that they'll surprise us again. I'm just doubtful at this point because of how long it's been shelved, especially on a certain 2014 tour that was supposedly dedicated to the one tour they played it live.
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Lately it seems to make more sense to take these things at face value. Didn't people figure out that Blaze songs would be returning for Legacy of the Beast based on the mobile game?
 
Mosh said:
Lately it seems to make more sense to take these things at face value. Didn't people figure out that Blaze songs would be returning for Legacy of the Beast based on the mobile game?
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There was a Scottish flag at the top of one of the windows on the tour teaser which was full of setlist hints. That was a dead giveaway for The Clansman.

Nobody expected SOTC until it was played in Tallinn.
 
Mosh said:
Lately it seems to make more sense to take these things at face value. Didn't people figure out that Blaze songs would be returning for Legacy of the Beast based on the mobile game?
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I do like that Maiden has gotten more DaVinci Code-y in giving you a puzzle to solve in predicting things these past years, so it could very well be a significant hint that Infinite Dreams is coming back. I think it's just my natural skepticism winning out when looking at how long the song's been ignored by the band.

That said, Dave did say they were dusting off songs they hadn't played for a looong time, and figured that went along with his "pub days" remark. Even if he was just talking about songs from the first album, that doesn't rule out also dusting off a somewhat later song like Infinite Dreams.
 
Mosh said:
I don’t think that’s true, there are several Setlist predictions on here that had SOTC. I’m pretty sure there was a hint dropped in a game or a Facebook post somewhere prior to the show.
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There was a cross on the LOTB tour poster. Some people probably believed, and were right, that it was a hint towards Sign of the Cross.

I thought the cross was a hint towards For the Greater Good of God, because the cross, a wolf in sheeps clothing and a shed with drops of blood around it were together on the poster.

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Mosh said:
I don’t think that’s true, there are several Setlist predictions on here that had SOTC. I’m pretty sure there was a hint dropped in a game or a Facebook post somewhere prior to the show.
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Maybe, as I never payed a lot of attention to that game.

But as far as I know even FC members were surprised when someone heard it at the soundcheck in Tallinn that year. And most of us that were there didn't believe it the day before the gig.

Clansman came from here:
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At that point, there was no other songs in the Maiden discography that would explain a Scottish flag.
 
Poto said:
There was a cross on the LOTB tour poster. Some people probably believed, and were right, that it was a hint towards Sign of the Cross.

I thought the cross was a hint towards For the Greater Good of God, because the cross, a wolf in sheeps clothing and a shed with drops of blood around it were together on the poster.

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This. At the time the general thpughts were that this part of the art represents FTGGOG, which was also used in the teaser. Similarily another part represents Revelations (eyes of the Nile).
 
Mosh said:
I don’t think that’s true, there are several Setlist predictions on here that had SOTC. I’m pretty sure there was a hint dropped in a game or a Facebook post somewhere prior to the show.
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That's curious because SOTC wasn't of the game soundtrack...

I still have on my notes app the setlist prediction, months before the first gig:

Aces High
2 Minutes To Midnight
Speed of Light
These Colours Don't Run
The Trooper
Revelations
For the Greater Good of God
Where Eagles Dare
The Wicker Man
The Claivoyant
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden

The Number of the Beast
The Evil That Men Do
Run to the Hills

It was on February 21st 2018, and I thought they would keep Speed of Light because of the theme of it's music video
 
matic22 said:
Maybe, as I never payed a lot of attention to that game.

But as far as I know even FC members were surprised when someone heard it at the soundcheck in Tallinn that year. And most of us that were there didn't believe it the day before the gig.

Clansman came from here:
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At that point, there was no other songs in the Maiden discography that would explain a Scottish flag.
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The poster was filled with references to Maiden songs (they were detailed on Fan Club magazine #108 after the start of the tour). Some songs referenced were not played though (i.e., Heaven Can Wait, Powerslave and The Clairvoyant).
 
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GhostofCain said:
The poster was filled with references to Maiden songs (they were detailed on Fan Club magazine #108 after the start of the tour). Some songs referenced were not played though (i.e., Heaven Can Wait, Powerslave and The Clairvoyant).
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That's true, but those featured quite a bit since 2005 (probably they were options). HCW was likely vetoed again by the crew at that point.

That Scottish flag was a dead giveaway.
 
Powerslave was definitely there just for the hell of it though. There's no reason why they would've played it for another tour after its inclusion on TBOS.
 
Sign of the Cross has a firm place in the greatest tour they have done and one of the greatest sequences of songs from a Maiden set list.

Revelations-FTGGOG-The Wicker Man- SOTC- Flight of Icarus.

The 2022 set list run of Revelations-Blood Brothers-SOTC-Flight of Icarus was great too.
 
CA Bryers said:
I do like that Maiden has gotten more DaVinci Code-y in giving you a puzzle to solve in predicting things these past years, so it could very well be a significant hint that Infinite Dreams is coming back.
That said, Dave did say they were dusting off songs they hadn't played for a looong time, and figured that went along with his "pub days" remark. Even if he was just talking about songs from the first album, that doesn't rule out also dusting off a somewhat later song like Infinite Dreams.
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Well said about Dave's comment and the hints these days. After all, they wanted to play it in 2012, so why not give it a real try. Like Alexander in 1986.
And with Clairvoyant - part of the hints for the 2018 tour, but it hasn't been played, so it has a chance now (HCW was played last year, Powerslave in 2016). Simon will allow them to choose from all songs.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
Sign of the Cross has a firm place in the greatest tour they have done and one of the greatest sequences of songs from a Maiden set list.

Revelations-FTGGOG-The Wicker Man- SOTC- Flight of Icarus.
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Agreed. Sign Of The Cross was a surprise (although there was a hint in the poster, but we thought it was for Greater Good because of the teaser) because we didn't think they would play 2 Blaze songs in one set again.

This tour could have 3 80's epics! And more mini-epics. Which would be unique.
 
Kalata said:
Agreed. Sign Of The Cross was a surprise (although there was a hint in the poster, but we thought it was for Greater Good because of the teaser) because we didn't think they would play 2 Blaze songs in one set again.

This tour could have 3 80's epics! And more mini-epics. Which would be unique.
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4 epics
To tame a land
Phantom of the opera
Rime of the ancient mariner
Seventh son of a sevent son
Its like 46 min? And they have 1h of short classics
 
If Phantom and Tame count as epics, songs like FOTD. Hallowed and Powerslave count too. I'm talking about the duration aspect. Rime and SSOASS are the only 2 lengthier tracks that have a chance. Actually they are the only 2 lengthier tracks available for this tour. So, even if they play all of the above, there is still room for 9-10 shorter songs.
Running Free
Phantom
IM
Wrathchild
Killers
Hallowed
Number
RTTH
Tame
Trooper
Rime
Powerslave
Wasted Years
Infinite Dreams
SSOASS
Clairvoyant
FOTD
This has a total runtime of 1h 43mins and it's 17 songs. If they do 16, that's possible. I just picked all the epics and then some hits and songs we talk about here. It's not a prediction.
 
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