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Was going to say I think it's pretty early now if you want to be actually on the rail. I know the Capn' Harris bunch get there early in the morning when they have FTTB
The Future Past tour 2023
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Slava Ukraini!
BloodOnTheBassistsHands
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Have there been any rumours about when 2024 dates would be announced?
reimdaase
Educated Fool
No, but most people assume sometime between euro dates and the Canadian ones, or right after power trip.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
Got back from the Dortmund gig. Made it to the first row on Janick's side, got one of his picks, my brother caught one of Nicko's sticks (and we caught one of each Raven Age guitarist's picks as well lol)
It was a great show with a couple of issues, but I'll write a more detailed review tomorrow. Gonna get some well deserved sleep now!
It was a great show with a couple of issues, but I'll write a more detailed review tomorrow. Gonna get some well deserved sleep now!
Samantas5855
Ancient Mariner
Samantas5855
Ancient Mariner
Trevoire
Ancient Mariner
Nicko actually pulled of the intro fill, first time this tour.
FTB
Stranger in a Strange Board
That was probably the best I've seen them perform ever.
Hard to believe Bruce sounds that good at 60+. Although he missed his part in verse two of the trooper
I managed to get to 4th row on the Dave and Adrian's side.
Really a great show.
Minus Points : 4 Guys taking Amphetamine and then shove their 300+ pound bodies into the pit starting during the Prisoner and throwing people around, sometimes ending on the ground having guys in a headlock. Fuck You !
We started to shift towards the middle of the pit and getting to row 2 and the sound was just crazy loud with it's peaks, I barely could make out when a solo started sometimes.
Other than that, brilliant gig
Hard to believe Bruce sounds that good at 60+. Although he missed his part in verse two of the trooper
I managed to get to 4th row on the Dave and Adrian's side.
Really a great show.
Minus Points : 4 Guys taking Amphetamine and then shove their 300+ pound bodies into the pit starting during the Prisoner and throwing people around, sometimes ending on the ground having guys in a headlock. Fuck You !
We started to shift towards the middle of the pit and getting to row 2 and the sound was just crazy loud with it's peaks, I barely could make out when a solo started sometimes.
Other than that, brilliant gig
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Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
As promised, a review of yesterday's show:
Due to traffic we reached the venue rather late, at around 3 o'clock. Apparently there's been a rather new (since last year?) fan club-organized queuing system for FTTB, where everyone gets their number and we enter according to that. My brother and I got 19, so quite good. Saw a few familiar faces from last year's Cologne gig and talked a bit with the folks there. All in all quite fun and very relaxed.
The idea was to go towards the left side, between Dave/Adrian and the middle, but that was probably what everyone else wanted to do as well lol. That part filled up quickly, so we went to the right side in front of Janick, since reaching the barrier was more important this time around, than having the preferred spot but in the second or third row.
I don't know about you guys, but The Raven Age was much better than expected. Far superior to Lord Of The Lost and Airbourne (I absolutely hated Airbourne's show last year. Never had such a miserable live experience so far). They could've tried a bit more in terms of audience participation. There was a lot of "make some noise" and the gimmick with the lights on the phones during a half-ballad, but there were plenty of spots where they could've asked for some "hey"s or more clapping. They are young and have time to evolve and to learn though. Funnily enough George threw his pick and it landed on the shoulder of my brother, so I simply picked it off, while the second guitarist threw his pick which landed on my shoulder lol. There was a dude a couple of spots to the left of us who was watching some kind of Netflix show or movie on his phone during TRA, which I found to be quite rude and disrespectful. Of course we're all there to see Maiden, but if you're in the first line, I'd expect a modicum of respect for the opening act(s).
Onwards to the main show:
The performance was mostly fantastic. Nicko had a couple of mistakes, Adrian missed a lick or two, Janick did Janick things, and Bruce had a few timing issues. Most notably the second verse of The Trooper, where Bruce sang everything one line late, but caught the "oooh" in time.
Glad the show was in-doors, because it created a much better atmosphere compared to Cologne's open air show. Sound was much better too, but that was in part due to me wearing some hearing protection this time around, and honestly: I'll never watch a show without that again. They have a bit of a filtering option, which helps a lot in making the music clearer + I had no issues whatsoever afterwards. Add to that, that hearing damage is cumulative, and I'll wear them religiously from now on. I wanted to do that for a while now, but I always forgot.
I was quite annoyed with two of the security people at one point. There was a girl behind me who tried to get their attention because she was being crushed. Me and like 4 other people tried to get their attention, waving in their faces and basically screaming at them and they completely fucking ignored us. That was a bit annoying, but doesn't really have anything to do with Maiden.
Bruce sounded fantastic and had tons of fun on stage. Was running and jumping around much more than on the videos of the first couple of shows. Some of his banter was a bit weird (the introduction to TWOTTW), while other were hilarious. It was genuinely funny when he was introducing DOTC by asking if there were any Irish people there (there were, and as Bruce pointed out, someone else had "Irish hair" lol), because "every single city in Germany has at least 6 Irish pubs" haha
All in all a fantastic time, though I'm still not a fan of Iron Maiden having the big Eddie + walking Samurai Eddie + the LCD panel Eddies. Would've liked the walking Samurai to appear at another time, because the big Eddie is one of my favorites and this way it was a bit distracting. Such a fantastic design, a bit of a shame really.
Lastly, something about Nicko: Not sure if that has happened before, but at the end Steve was throwing sticks as well. When Nicko was throwing his, you could see how truly grateful and happy he was to still be able to perform in front of crowds like that. His playing was great, he nailed a lot of tricky parts, and though some sections were simplified, it never detracted from the music. Some of the tempo changes in TTM and HOE were a bit weird, but that's not on Nicko. It's because of these sections being played a bit differently compared to the studio version.
Finally, some pictures:
Due to traffic we reached the venue rather late, at around 3 o'clock. Apparently there's been a rather new (since last year?) fan club-organized queuing system for FTTB, where everyone gets their number and we enter according to that. My brother and I got 19, so quite good. Saw a few familiar faces from last year's Cologne gig and talked a bit with the folks there. All in all quite fun and very relaxed.
The idea was to go towards the left side, between Dave/Adrian and the middle, but that was probably what everyone else wanted to do as well lol. That part filled up quickly, so we went to the right side in front of Janick, since reaching the barrier was more important this time around, than having the preferred spot but in the second or third row.
I don't know about you guys, but The Raven Age was much better than expected. Far superior to Lord Of The Lost and Airbourne (I absolutely hated Airbourne's show last year. Never had such a miserable live experience so far). They could've tried a bit more in terms of audience participation. There was a lot of "make some noise" and the gimmick with the lights on the phones during a half-ballad, but there were plenty of spots where they could've asked for some "hey"s or more clapping. They are young and have time to evolve and to learn though. Funnily enough George threw his pick and it landed on the shoulder of my brother, so I simply picked it off, while the second guitarist threw his pick which landed on my shoulder lol. There was a dude a couple of spots to the left of us who was watching some kind of Netflix show or movie on his phone during TRA, which I found to be quite rude and disrespectful. Of course we're all there to see Maiden, but if you're in the first line, I'd expect a modicum of respect for the opening act(s).
Onwards to the main show:
The performance was mostly fantastic. Nicko had a couple of mistakes, Adrian missed a lick or two, Janick did Janick things, and Bruce had a few timing issues. Most notably the second verse of The Trooper, where Bruce sang everything one line late, but caught the "oooh" in time.
Glad the show was in-doors, because it created a much better atmosphere compared to Cologne's open air show. Sound was much better too, but that was in part due to me wearing some hearing protection this time around, and honestly: I'll never watch a show without that again. They have a bit of a filtering option, which helps a lot in making the music clearer + I had no issues whatsoever afterwards. Add to that, that hearing damage is cumulative, and I'll wear them religiously from now on. I wanted to do that for a while now, but I always forgot.
I was quite annoyed with two of the security people at one point. There was a girl behind me who tried to get their attention because she was being crushed. Me and like 4 other people tried to get their attention, waving in their faces and basically screaming at them and they completely fucking ignored us. That was a bit annoying, but doesn't really have anything to do with Maiden.
Bruce sounded fantastic and had tons of fun on stage. Was running and jumping around much more than on the videos of the first couple of shows. Some of his banter was a bit weird (the introduction to TWOTTW), while other were hilarious. It was genuinely funny when he was introducing DOTC by asking if there were any Irish people there (there were, and as Bruce pointed out, someone else had "Irish hair" lol), because "every single city in Germany has at least 6 Irish pubs" haha
All in all a fantastic time, though I'm still not a fan of Iron Maiden having the big Eddie + walking Samurai Eddie + the LCD panel Eddies. Would've liked the walking Samurai to appear at another time, because the big Eddie is one of my favorites and this way it was a bit distracting. Such a fantastic design, a bit of a shame really.
Lastly, something about Nicko: Not sure if that has happened before, but at the end Steve was throwing sticks as well. When Nicko was throwing his, you could see how truly grateful and happy he was to still be able to perform in front of crowds like that. His playing was great, he nailed a lot of tricky parts, and though some sections were simplified, it never detracted from the music. Some of the tempo changes in TTM and HOE were a bit weird, but that's not on Nicko. It's because of these sections being played a bit differently compared to the studio version.
Finally, some pictures:
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Stranger in a Strange Board
Yeah the transition of The Time Machine got me all fucked up. It wasn't mayor but completely threw me off lol
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