Sixth Powerslave Song Played Live?

Now I have not read the Rock Candy interview so I am not sure what to think of it but Howard Johnson "recently" looked back at the tour and didn't say a word about Back in the Village. You'd thought that a song that was only played at the beginning of a famous tour would surely be remembered by both fan and journalist. I'm beginning to believe less and less about it. That would be something to tell in those and still in these times. Not a very good source, but the first two Polish gigs are on setlist.fm: no Back in the Village.

Check "I Went Behind The Iron Curtain With Iron Maiden"
https://www.loudersound.com/feature...d-slavery-tour-poland-behind-the-iron-curtain

SixesAlltheway said:
I have Kerrang issue #76 from 1984, which I just dug out. It looks like this:

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And there's a full tour report there as well by Howard Johnson. Now, I believe that Rock Candy perhaps bought the story to print in their magazine or that it's a later reprint. I don't know. But I believe Howard Johnson worked for Kerrang at the time and that the article originated here in the Kerrang magazine.

It doesn't answer any questions but what he says about the set is:

"Admittedly, the first gig in Warszaw was substandard for this band, eight months off the road and the introduction of no fewer than six new songs proving a little too much for a first night in such a "novel" environment. But the 6000 fans in the SRO Torwar Sports Hall emerged as real stars nontheless"

So, I guess we're looking from footage from that particular night if any.

But also, and actually my point....I'm sure Howard Johnson is still alive and well and anybody could do a little detective work and shoot him an email about the setlist and the sixth song played :)
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He seems to remember...
Smith doesn't think they...

How about some certainty boys?
 
Surely to god there is some guy from the 80's who went to this gig who is basically Foro? i.e. noted the setlist at the time. And filed that somwhere...

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I sent the guy who created that entry a message. Seems super fishy but huge if it’s legit so might as well ask about it.
 
12 seconds only, would have to be something conclusive in that 12 seconds to prove it was played at the gig and is not 12 seconds from a rehearsal.

Running times for some of the other songs look a but suspicious but not unbelievable, i.e. could be talking at the begining or end of the tracks.
 
Ok, here it goes...

Many fans have argued that the song was performed on the first date of the World Slavery Tour and then dropped from the set list. This myth comes from the article Howard Johnson (who attended the rehearsals of the band in Hannover and the first dates of the tour) wrote for Kerrang! Magazine No. 76, published on September 6, 1984, where he mentions that the band "played no fewer than six new songs".

Now, as I'm writing my second book (is actually going to be my third... More news to follow soon) covering the 84-93 era of the band I just had to go behind this myth. I have talked with Johnson, a reporter from Poland who covered the gig for a local newspaper, two fans who went to the show and finally interviewed Jim Yukich who attended the rehearsals of the band in Hannover (he also happens to have some tapes of this rehearsals as they filmed the videos for '2 minutes To midnight' and 'Aces High')

Johnson explained that what happened was that he wrote a good portion of what became the article in rehearsals. Here is where he got to know the setlist and yes, at the first couple of rehearsals 'Back To The Village' was played. The latter was confirmed by Yukich.

As for the reporter, he confirmed that 'Back In The Village' was not played in the first night (Warsaw). As a matter of fact, the article he wrote has the complete setlist and there's no sign of 'Back In The VIllage' simply because it wasn't played...
 
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Luisma said:
Ok, here it goes...

Many fans have argued that the song was performed on the first date of the World Slavery Tour and then dropped from the set list. This myth comes from the article Howard Johnson (who attended the rehearsals of the band in Hannover and the first dates of the tour) wrote for Kerrang! Magazine No. 76, published on September 6, 1984, where he mentions that the band "played no fewer than six new songs".

Now, as I'm writing my second book (is actually going to be my third... More news to follow soon) covering the 84-93 era of the band I just had to go behind this myth. I have talked with Johnson, a reporter from Poland who covered the gig for a local newspaper, two fans who went to the show and finally interviewed Jim Yukich who attended the rehearsals of the band in Hannover (he also happens to have some tapes of this rehearsals as they filmed the videos for '2 minutes To midnight' and 'Aces High')

Johnson explained that what happened was that he wrote a good portion of what became the article in rehearsals. Here is where he got to know the setlist and yes, at the first couple of rehearsals 'Back To The Village' was played. The latter was confirmed by Yukich.

As for the reporter, he confirmed that 'Back In The Village' was not played in the first night (Warsaw). As a matter of fact, the article he wrote has the complete setlist and there's no sign of 'Back In The VIllage' simply because it wasn't played...
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Thanks a lot for the information!
 
It’s such a shame that is has never been played live. Even though Powerslave is my least favourite ‘classic era’ album, BITV is my favourite song off the record.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
It’s such a shame that is has never been played live. Even though Powerslave is my least favourite ‘classic era’ album, BITV is my favourite song off the record.
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I agree. The Untochables (a band formed by Adrian Smith in late 1991) did play the song on more than occassion.
 
efekåseo_suomi said:
Another TLOTLDR situation in the 80's! How cool is that???

Here's the setlist from that show:
www.setlist.fm

Iron Maiden Setlist at Hala Torwar, Warsaw

Get the Iron Maiden Setlist of the concert at Hala Torwar, Warsaw, Poland on August 9, 1984 from the World Slavery Tour and other Iron Maiden Setlists for free on setlist.fm!
www.setlist.fm www.setlist.fm
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This set list could have been posted there by anyone. It is absolutely not an authoritative source.
 
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