RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR (2025/2026)

DorotheaMe said:
I am grateful for this. i don't want to be "touched by strangers" as you wrote who think they can get away with it because "mayhem at a concert".

And I also don't want to have to stay in the back because of that.
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Are you the one that stands down the front with arms crossed and gets annoyed when people bang into you, as if you own a spot on the floor just cos youve been there for 3 hours? It's you that ruins my night and me that ruins yours. We hate each other. I love you :shred:
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
I like to go a bit mad and like others to do the same, it's the communal expression of joy that I love, touching strangers, the eye contact, the garbled words in eachothers ears
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A genuine r/Berghain_Community moment... though I certainly like my concerts a bit less... intimate, especially since it's mostly old geezers who smell of beer. :ninja:
 
Brigantium said:
I'm definitely sliding further into the small band, small venue habit.
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I'd say Maiden are the only big band I'll go see from now on. The boring crowds over the last few years have really taken its toll on me. Its no longer worth it unless I have a crowd with me. I used to fly solo all the time and find a crew for mayhem but now not so much. 6 of us went to see the Bizkit in the summer, it was fantastic, a real buzz among the crowd but that was a rare blip.
 
Exactly, my last Opeth concert, I could go get a beer and to take a piss and I still could return right next to stage. An average size underground club, cool, laid back atmosphere, that's kinda the ideal, honestly.
 
JudasMyGuide said:
A genuine r/Berghain_Community moment... though I certainly like my concerts a bit less... intimate, especially since it's mostly old geezers who smell of beer. :ninja:
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Berghain. You're a pervert. I'm disgusted. But why do you think I chose Berlin over all the other cities to see Maiden? Well, partly cos Bucharest was sold out but still, I see you B)
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
Each to their own. Maybe I'm in the wrong town. But I know for a fact that the bands mourn the loss of crowd mayhem. The front is for the wild but the wild aren't there. It's not me gettin old, it's crowds getting more sedate. Thats how it is in Belfast anyway. 3 gigs last year in the space of 2 months when the front man mentioned how low energy the crowd was, Electric 6, The Darknes and Rodrigo y Gabirela. I felt disgusted. I'm not makin this up.

Annnnyway, fuck Star Wars, up the Irons.
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I think it's mainly due to the aging factor. It's true for both. The Crowd and THE BAND. Interchanging energies... Even if they still active on the stage, it's not the same as in their heyday. Eyes Don't lie.
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
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I'd say Maiden are the only big band I'll go see from now on. The boring crowds over the last few years have really taken its toll on me. Its no longer worth it unless I have a crowd with me. I used to fly solo all the time and find a crew for mayhem but now not so much. 6 of us went to see the Bizkit in the summer, it was fantastic, a real buzz among the crowd but that was a rare blip.
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Me too. Plus I can’t afford going to big gigs anymore. £100 odd quid for Maiden was a push for me.
 
riff said:
I used to think it was an old man opinion but phones have definitely hindered people's ability to engage with live music in any meaningful way. If Maiden introduced those mandatory locked pouches that bands like Tool use at their gigs I'd welcome it.
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Certainly I went to Sabaton gig once where there was not a phone in sight. They would have been broken to pieces within seconds, the entire crowd was jumping!

I have to say though....can you actually mosh to Maiden's music at their current pace? There was a major rugby style ruck driven from one side at the O2 last year. I wouldn't call that moshing, and all it achieved was crushing people at the front before two Polish blokes told them to stop being fuckwits and pushed them back. There was a little bit of jumping, but nothing along the lines of limbs flying thorough the air like the last Gojira show I was at.

Struggling to think of headbanging opportunities during Alexander the Great.
 
What do you guys think, if covid hadn't altered Maiden's plans, would we have still got RFYL in this format?

2020 would have been LOTB third leg with one new song from Senjutsu.
2021-2022 would have been Senjutsu album tour.
2023-2024 would have been Somewhere in Time dedicated tour with other songs from 80's.
So would they have done another tour dedicated to 80's stuff (RFYL tour)?
It seems like so, but still would have been weird to get basically 2 history tours in a row. Maybe they would have branded Somewhere in Time tour differently and also RFYL (more career spanning setlist)?
 
Sorry but I don't know what's the RFYL meaning. I have a problem with this kind of things. Maybe the forum should have a button including all this songs, albums, tours titles meanings
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
Each to their own. Maybe I'm in the wrong town. But I know for a fact that the bands mourn the loss of crowd mayhem. The front is for the wild but the wild aren't there. It's not me gettin old, it's crowds getting more sedate. Thats how it is in Belfast anyway. 3 gigs last year in the space of 2 months when the front man mentioned how low energy the crowd was, Electric 6, The Darknes and Rodrigo y Gabirela. I felt disgusted. I'm not makin this up.
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Also fans mourn the loss of their bank accounts given the price of tickets these days. :lol:
 
Azas said:
I think it's mainly due to the aging factor. It's true for both. The Crowd and THE BAND. Interchanging energies... Even if they still active on the stage, it's not the same as in their heyday. Eyes Don't lie.
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Yeah, I agree that aging is a factor and
I'm definitely older than I used to be and stand back more these days but I'm saying that I don't see many of the younglings taking my place down the front. Personally, I don't need Bruce to sprint across the stage for The Trooper to make me want to mosh like a loon, he could be in a wheelchair and the song would still be a banger.

Ascendingthethrone said:
Me too. Plus I can’t afford going to big gigs anymore. £100 odd quid for Maiden was a push for me.
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Facts. I've tickets for 6 bands over October and November and the combined price is only a little more than the price of one Maiden gig. But none of the others will have inflatable zombies, I suppose.

Spaldy said:
There's also the post-Covid thing where people are hesitant to get in each other's faces.
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I'm sceptical about that, I've been bitching about boring Belfast crowds since before covid. But yeah, I'm sure it affects some people who went through covid during their formative years.

Brigantium said:
Certainly I went to Sabaton gig once where there was not a phone in sight. They would have been broken to pieces within seconds, the entire crowd was jumping!

I have to say though....can you actually mosh to Maiden's music at their current pace? There was a major rugby style ruck driven from one side at the O2 last year. I wouldn't call that moshing, and all it achieved was crushing people at the front before two Polish blokes told them to stop being fuckwits and pushed them back. There was a little bit of jumping, but nothing along the lines of limbs flying thorough the air like the last Gojira show I was at.

Struggling to think of headbanging opportunities during Alexander the Great.
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Note to self; go see Sabaton and Gojira. Again.
Also, I now want to join Tik Tok and post a video of me dancing to Alexander the Great. Side note, there's a local fireplace joint that is called Alexander the Grate. Wonder if they are Maiden fans...
 
Azas said:
I think it's mainly due to the aging factor...
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I don't agree with that. Most of the young fans I see at concerts are either standing around as if they don't know what appropriate behavior could be or they are chatting with friends/making selfies/making videos.
 
Should Maiden follow Judas Priest and go with an all seating setup? Given how there's barely any activity to speak of down the front these days.
 
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