GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Could be, but they have done interviews in The Guardian before without a full page ad of a gig in the paper.
News Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026 Rumours and Speculation
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Could be, but they have done interviews in The Guardian before without a full page ad of a gig in the paper.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
The car park price and the cost of camping are outrageous too.
Spaldy
Ancient Mariner
To play devil's advocate, that's on the lower end of what big scale concerts cost these days. Have you seen the Metallica prices?
Disclaimer, I'm going to both Metallica and Maiden this summer. Plus Download.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
Yeah I'm doing both too, my Metallica ticket the fees are €10.50, and that's two gigs as well.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
I am doing both Metallica gigs in London. I paid a total of £173.05 and of that £150.00 is for both tickets (i.e., £75.00 per ticket), while the rest are fees (service charge of £16.50, facility charge of £3.80, and handling fee of £2.75).
For Maiden's show at the London Stadium un 2025, the ticket price in a similar section was £87.50, with a £10.90 service charge fee per ticket, and a one-off handling fee of £2.75.
How I miss the days when you would go to a record shop to buy your physical ticket there!
srfc
Ancient Mariner
My mate got GNR tickets from an old fashioned record store, no fees and face value. The online pre-sale had no standing and only dynamic pricing, €400 plus for bog standard seats. She just tried the shop as an off chance
EDIT: those UK charges seem to be way dearer than equivalent countries, the combined service charge for two Maiden tickets for Paris is €1.85
Double edit: It's actually €1.65
EDIT: those UK charges seem to be way dearer than equivalent countries, the combined service charge for two Maiden tickets for Paris is €1.85
Double edit: It's actually €1.65
Smither
Ancient Mariner
Maiden's tickets here in Brazil were R$1,200.00 for the "golden circle" pit, with R$ 261.00 fees. That's €246.56, and to people who earn in R$ (minimum wage being R$ 1,621.00). It's crazy expensive to go to concerts here. We do have something called 'meia-entrada,' where students, seniors, teachers, and honestly, pretty much everyone else who finds a way, can get 50% off. The catch is that they cap these half-price tickets at 40% the capacity for any given section.
Aggelos
Ancient Mariner
Yep, we are old enough to have actually lived the lyrics of "Denim and Leather", aint we?
Surely much of that video for Aces High could be repurposed for Tailgunner.
For me, the exclusion of a single NPFTD track during the 2025 leg is an error that they should fix in the 2026 leg.
Ironalice
Ancient Mariner
Not suggesting they are using the excuse of not changing the set because of the dedicated video for each song, but it would be laughable if this was the reason.
Creating new videos and imagery for different songs with the technology available would take no time at all.
Poto
Ancient Mariner
Animation can be a bit expensive though. Unless you want bad quality or use AI.
Spaldy
Ancient Mariner
They're already using AI (on Powerslave and probably a few more).
Aggelos
Ancient Mariner
and most definitely Rime. Remember the missing crossbow?
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
I preffer the old stage and backdrops. Good to see something new but thats many bands do. And i preffer the big eddie than an eddie on the screen.
Ledges Bitten In Dust
Educated Fool
Agee, but Maiden does it right, it's not just flashing lights, it's a new design for each song which they really can't do. They did 3 and 4 stages for LOTB and it took time for intermission, now it's instant. I'm sure it will look great on DVD and definitely irl.
ShadowOfTheGods
Ancient Mariner
No they're not.
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
LOTB was the best stage and one of their best big Eddies and a very good setlist. That eddie was brutal
