The Future Past Tour 2024
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matic22
Ancient Mariner
Trooper's tempo is painfully inconsistent.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I like how Adrian can improvise with Time Machine solo as much as he wants. He used licks from his solos here. Good camerawork.
Could a spot earlier in the set fix this? I guess so. Trooper's studio version is not that fast (like all POM songs), but I don't think it would sound better if played slower. Only for Bruce. Playing fast at 70 age is awesome.
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matic22
Ancient Mariner
It would probably be better. Also a tad slower tempo overall would be the better solution. It's simply too fast for current Maiden. Even Bruce is struggling to keep up.
onurb
Ancient Mariner
Was better in st paul gig.
Flaming Blimp Crash
Ancient Mariner
Me: "Oh, damn, he's still going."
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Much better.
Spaldy
Ancient Mariner
At 12:30 there seems to be speculation that Nicko is using new in-ear monitors (not sure if he's ever used them before).
This could explain why there were some issues.
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Same! I was in the pit about 15 rows back and it was simply astounding. Second best show I've seen after LOTB 2019. Bruce was on fire, Adrian was incredible, Nicko kept the tempos great (even if he had some minor flubs and some simplifications)...just a great performance.
I did notice this. Seems like Nicko mis-counted, but luckily Adrian carried on and it wasn't super noticeable.
That was amazing. Bruce was in great spirits last night.
Yeah, it was. But they made up for it with gusto.
Flaming Blimp Crash
Ancient Mariner
Speaking of the guitarists, good lord, Dave was on fire last night.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
So much so that Bruce barely sang it.
THESEVENTHMARINER
Ancient Mariner
Bruce is sounding phenomenal on this leg.
Usually he's knackered by the time the US leg comes round.
Usually he's knackered by the time the US leg comes round.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
He really hit the stride in last 2 weeks. Probably his best singing of this year.
Poto
Ancient Mariner
Last year too. He was good in 2022 too, but had some very uninspired years before that.
His sound and playing on this tour has been a joy to behold.
I was really impressed with Bruce at the two shows I saw, and I have been impressed from the bootlegs I've seen since. I also think he has been a more engaging and entertaining frontman this year than he has been recently. Lots of autopilot and leaning on the production for LOTB (and even TBOS to some extent), this has felt more like classic Bruce. I wonder if the solo gigs this year have helped him remember what it's like to command an audience.
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
I think the vocal training he had all those years ago is on show again with that post. Amazing breath control.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
AFAIK Bruce never had any vocal training. The closest thing to that was him reading books about singing and breath control from a girlfriend in college, who was a trained singer.
IIRC he said after cancer that he would take a vocal lesson if needed after chemo and radiotherapy if needed (he said that it would be something new for him), but AFAIK in the end he didn't.
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
I would take whatever he's said on the subject with a grain of salt, since mysteriously he seemed to have learned to actually sing rather than just shouting in key sometime during the 90s, judging by how different his approach was in the early 90s and on, and how he suddenly permanently regained a lot of his range in that era after spending the latter half of the 80s mostly croaking his way through his higher register.
I have wondered about this too. He abused his voice throughout the 80s and early 90s. That kind of turnaround that we saw in the late 90s doesn't just happen on a dime.