Set list stats (reunion era - 1999 to 2022)
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Black Bart
Ancient Mariner
So, you don't consider "Ghost of the Navigator" as an epic then? Because it was actually played more often (around 130-140).
Flaming Blimp Crash
Ancient Mariner
Blood Brothers is more of an epic than Ghost of the Navigator.
Ben Beast
Educated Fool
Yeah, to each their own. I don't consider Ghost of the Navigator as an epic, more like extended rocker. It's not a rocker nor epic, somewhere in between. Out of those songs mentioned here lately (Ghost, Blood Brothers, Red and Black and Book of Souls), I would say Book of Souls fits the most as an big epic. I think this kind of discussion which songs are epic, which are not, have been discussed many times earlier in this forum, but never finally agreed upon.
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
True it does, but I haven’t seen any bootlegs or set lists to back this up.
The Commentary bootleg listing says that it's on the Montreal 1992 bootleg, but even the sleeve picture, small as it is, seems to say "Tailgunner". So I have serious doubts this ever happened.
efekåseo_suomi
Ancient Mariner
No, I was suspecting this wasnt true.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
There's a good handful of tracks by Maiden that I'd consider "mini-epics" and Ghost of the Navigator is one of them. Along with songs like No More Lies, Fear of the Dark, These Colours Don't Run, Infinite Dreams, Afraid to Shoot Strangers, etc. Songs that have a quiet buildup and are generally in the 7 or less minute range.
Blood On The World´s Hand
Educated Fool
Borrowing your thread a bit if you don´t mind, so I thought it would be fun to list when each song has been played last time, if you follow me. May need to lean towards setlist fm or Iron Maiden.com and Commentary or other sources occassionally, some from the top of my head. Note: only taking to account the songs of the remastered studio album releases.
I try to put the exact date or month at least. Thereabouts. You can count on, however, that the year is always correct. Feel free to correct me should you notice a mistake (and thank you for that!), which there probably are bound to be in plural. Sometimes there is just the best known date, but there should be the latest confirmed date. And hope you understand, but I list the songs first which have been released first, and maintaining the same order compared to the original album. So here goes nothing:
2023
October 6th
Iron Maiden
The Prisoner
The Trooper
Caught Somewhere In Time
Wasted Years
Heaven Can Wait
Stranger In A Strange Land
Alexander The Great
Can I Play With Madness?
Fear of the Dark
Writing On The Wall
Days of Future Past
The Time Machine
Death of the Celts
H*ll On Earth
2022
October 27th
The Number of the Beast
Run To The Hills
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Aces High
Sign of the Cross
The Clansman
Blood Brothers
Senjutsu
Stratego
2019
October 15th
Where Eagles Dare
2 Minutes To Midnight
The Evil That Men Do
The Wicker Man
For The Greater Good of God
2017
July 22nd
Wrathchild
Children of the Damned
Powerslave
If Eternity Should Fail
Speed of Light
The Great Unknown
The Red & The Black
Death or Glory
2016
August 4th
Tears of a Clown
2014
July 5th
Sanctuary
Phantom of the Opera
Moonchild
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2013
October 2nd
Running Free
The Clairvoyant
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
2011
August 6th
Dance of Death
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
El Dorado
Coming Home
The Talisman
When the Wild Wind Blows
2010
August 21st
Ghost of the Navigator
Brave New World
Wildest Dreams
No More Lies
These Colours Don´t Run
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeq
June 12th
Paschendale
June 9th
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
April 2nd, 2009
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
June 24th, 2007
Different World
2006
December 23rd
Pilqrim
Longest Day
Out of the Shadows
Lord of Light
The Legacy
2005
September 2nd
Prowler
Remember Tomorrow
Murders In The Rue Morgue
Another Life
Drifter
Die With Your Boots On
May 29th
Charlotte the Harlot
February 8th, 2004
Lord of the Flies
Rainmaker
Journeyman
August 30th, 2003
22 Acacia Avenue
Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
March 21st, 2002
The Mercenary
Dream of Mirrors
January 13th, 2001
Fallen Angel
Out of the Silent Planet
October 1st, 1999
Killers
Man On The Edge
Futureal
1998
December 12th
The Angel & The Gambler
Lightning Strikes Twice
When To Worlds Collide
December 2nd
The Educated Fool
April 29th
Don´t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
April 26th
Fortunes of War
1996
September 7th
The Aftermath
Blood On The World´s Hands
June 30th
The Edge of Darkness
1993
August 28th
Transylvania
Be Quick Or Be Dead
From Here To Eternity
June 5th
Wasting Love
1992
October 22nd
Tailgunner
1991
September 21st
Public Enema Number One
No Prayer For The Dying
April 5th
Holy Smoke
The Assassin
Hooks In You
December 12th, 1988
Still Life
Infinite Dreams
1986
December (18-21)
Sea of Madness
September 10th
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
December 15th, 1984
Losfer Words
December 10th, 1983
To Tame A Land
April 28th, 1982
Total Eclipse
1981
December 23rd
Genghis Khan
November 15th
Innocent Exile
Twilight Zone
October 30th
Purgatory
May 24th
Strange World
I try to put the exact date or month at least. Thereabouts. You can count on, however, that the year is always correct. Feel free to correct me should you notice a mistake (and thank you for that!), which there probably are bound to be in plural. Sometimes there is just the best known date, but there should be the latest confirmed date. And hope you understand, but I list the songs first which have been released first, and maintaining the same order compared to the original album. So here goes nothing:
2023
October 6th
Iron Maiden
The Prisoner
The Trooper
Caught Somewhere In Time
Wasted Years
Heaven Can Wait
Stranger In A Strange Land
Alexander The Great
Can I Play With Madness?
Fear of the Dark
Writing On The Wall
Days of Future Past
The Time Machine
Death of the Celts
H*ll On Earth
2022
October 27th
The Number of the Beast
Run To The Hills
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Aces High
Sign of the Cross
The Clansman
Blood Brothers
Senjutsu
Stratego
2019
October 15th
Where Eagles Dare
2 Minutes To Midnight
The Evil That Men Do
The Wicker Man
For The Greater Good of God
2017
July 22nd
Wrathchild
Children of the Damned
Powerslave
If Eternity Should Fail
Speed of Light
The Great Unknown
The Red & The Black
Death or Glory
2016
August 4th
Tears of a Clown
2014
July 5th
Sanctuary
Phantom of the Opera
Moonchild
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2013
October 2nd
Running Free
The Clairvoyant
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
2011
August 6th
Dance of Death
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
El Dorado
Coming Home
The Talisman
When the Wild Wind Blows
2010
August 21st
Ghost of the Navigator
Brave New World
Wildest Dreams
No More Lies
These Colours Don´t Run
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeq
June 12th
Paschendale
June 9th
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
April 2nd, 2009
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
June 24th, 2007
Different World
2006
December 23rd
Pilqrim
Longest Day
Out of the Shadows
Lord of Light
The Legacy
2005
September 2nd
Prowler
Remember Tomorrow
Murders In The Rue Morgue
Another Life
Drifter
Die With Your Boots On
May 29th
Charlotte the Harlot
February 8th, 2004
Lord of the Flies
Rainmaker
Journeyman
August 30th, 2003
22 Acacia Avenue
Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
March 21st, 2002
The Mercenary
Dream of Mirrors
January 13th, 2001
Fallen Angel
Out of the Silent Planet
October 1st, 1999
Killers
Man On The Edge
Futureal
1998
December 12th
The Angel & The Gambler
Lightning Strikes Twice
When To Worlds Collide
December 2nd
The Educated Fool
April 29th
Don´t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
April 26th
Fortunes of War
1996
September 7th
The Aftermath
Blood On The World´s Hands
June 30th
The Edge of Darkness
1993
August 28th
Transylvania
Be Quick Or Be Dead
From Here To Eternity
June 5th
Wasting Love
1992
October 22nd
Tailgunner
1991
September 21st
Public Enema Number One
No Prayer For The Dying
April 5th
Holy Smoke
The Assassin
Hooks In You
December 12th, 1988
Still Life
Infinite Dreams
1986
December (18-21)
Sea of Madness
September 10th
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
December 15th, 1984
Losfer Words
December 10th, 1983
To Tame A Land
April 28th, 1982
Total Eclipse
1981
December 23rd
Genghis Khan
November 15th
Innocent Exile
Twilight Zone
October 30th
Purgatory
May 24th
Strange World
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Sth2112
Ancient Mariner
This is true. The band didn’t have much money to risk doing long tour legs in lower selling markets after the Blaze era. Especially in America. They toured there in 1999 and 2000, even if they pulled a bigger audience than the Blaze era, the shows were not sold out. Not sure how the 2003 dates turned out regarding audience numbers, but they took a The Wall approach doing multiple dates in a few cities during Dance of death tour. The 2005 dates was successful and I also think it was a good move by the band to split the bill by doing Ozzfest then. Also a short 2006 leg in America, but when Somewhere back in time tour was up and going with their own plane, they finally could afford to tour Australia for the first time in 15 years, do bigger shows and longer American legs. All in all a brilliant business move by Rod!
BloodOnTheBassistsHands
Educated Fool
Updating this post, here's a list of the last year (not date) each song has been played. Let me know if you see any errors or omissions.
2026
- 2 Minutes to Midnight
- Aces High
- Fear of the Dark
- Hallowed Be Thy Name
- Infinite Dreams
- Iron Maiden
- Killers
- Murders in the Rue Morgue
- Phantom of the Opera
- Powerslave
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Run to the Hills
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
- The Number of the Beast
- The Trooper
- Wasted Years
- Wrathchild
- The Clairvoyant
- Alexander The Great
- Can I Play With Madness?
- Caught Somewhere In Time
- Days of Future Past
- Death of the Celts
- Heaven Can Wait
- Hell On Earth
- Stranger In A Strange Land
- The Prisoner
- The Time Machine
- Writing On The Wall
- Blood Brothers
- Flight of Icarus
- Revelations
- Senjutsu
- Sign of the Cross
- Stratego
- The Clansman
- For The Greater Good of God
- The Evil That Men Do
- The Wicker Man
- Where Eagles Dare
- Children of the Damned
- Death or Glory
- If Eternity Should Fail
- Speed of Light
- The Great Unknown
- The Red and The Black
- Tears of a Clown
- Moonchild
- Sanctuary
- Afraid To Shoot Strangers
- Running Free
- Coming Home
- Dance of Death
- El Dorado
- Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
- The Talisman
- When the Wild Wind Blows
- Brave New World
- Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
- Ghost of the Navigator
- No More Lies
- Paschendale
- The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
- These Colours Don´t Run
- Wildest Dreams
- Different World
- Lord of Light
- Out of the Shadows
- The Legacy
- The Longest Day
- The Pilgrim
- Another Life
- Charlotte the Harlot
- Die With Your Boots On
- Drifter
- Prowler
- Remember Tomorrow
- Journeyman
- Lord of the Flies
- Rainmaker
- 22 Acacia Avenue
- Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
- Dream of Mirrors
- The Mercenary
- Fallen Angel
- Out of the Silent Planet
- Futureal
- Man On The Edge
- Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
- Fortunes of War
- Lightning Strikes Twice
- The Angel and The Gambler
- The Educated Fool
- When Two Worlds Collide
- Blood On The World's Hands
- The Aftermath
- The Edge of Darkness
- Be Quick Or Be Dead
- From Here To Eternity
- Transylvania
- Wasting Love
- Tailgunner
- Holy Smoke
- Hooks In You
- No Prayer For The Dying
- Public Enema Number One
- The Assassin
- Still Life
- Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
- Sea of Madness
- Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
- To Tame A Land
- Total Eclipse
- Genghis Khan
- Innocent Exile
- Purgatory
- Strange World
- Twilight Zone
This is really very interesting thanks for posting.
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
Thanks for this. Still Life is a criminal omission. How hasn’t it been performed since 1988!?
I was thinking the same; the ones that I can’t believe haven’t been played this century are Sea of Madness, Still Life and Futureal.
And for the following decade Rainmaker (2004) and Die With You Boots On (2005) seem like very questionable omissions.
BloodOnTheBassistsHands
Educated Fool
Thanks but @Blood On The World´s Hand deserves most of the credit. He put the data together, I just updated it for the past few years.
I was dissapointed they didn't play it last year. (Plus, it's fairly easy, both for Dickinson, and the rest of the band). If they continue touring in 2028, maybe they'll resurrect this song.