The Official Book of Souls Tour 2016 Thread (Warning: Spoilers within!)

[StormTheTrooper]

Wonder if Bruce is driving the bus too?

Nicko. He's used to drive in the US, the road patterns are the same in Latin America.

"Come on y'all bloody bastards, this is Nicko Force One"

 

[StormTheTrooper]

I would be surprised if, in China of all places, they played a song inspired by Aldous Huxley's book depicting social classes in a totalitarian society. Even its lyrics are a bit watered down, they are much more subversive than those of "Powerslave".

Maybe the censors thought the lyrics were critical only to capitalists societies (if you force a little bit, you actually can read that, as a critic to consume and capitalism as a whole. No, I don't read like that haha), maybe they slipped...but Powerslave's lyrics are a lot more explicit on prohibited topics ("the eye of Horus" "I'm a god" "I'm a slave to the power of death")

 

[Brigantium]

Flatbed Force One from now on.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

That's such a bummer about Ed Force One. Just thank God this happened when the plane was empty and no one was seriously hurt or killed.

 

[Ironalice]

 

[bearfan]

Exclusive pic

 

[ArcherRanger]

Got that bus painted quick eh?

 

[tuto]

What an stellar fucking performance of The Red And The Black

 

[Black Bart]

Maybe the censors thought the lyrics were critical only to capitalists societies (if you force a little bit, you actually can read that, as a critic to consume and capitalism as a whole. No, I don't read like that haha), maybe they slipped...but Powerslave's lyrics are a lot more explicit on prohibited topics ("the eye of Horus" "I'm a god" "I'm a slave to the power of death")

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite" (John Kenneth Galbraith)

 

[Smither]

I bet that Bruce will have a speech on the next shows talking about how Maiden still fucking came even without their fucking airplane because they fucking care about their fucking fans

 

[StormTheTrooper]

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite" (John Kenneth Galbraith)

You see, THAT you can't say/sing in China hahahah

 

[blindg3]

I have an extra ticket for NYC. Let me know whoever needs one.

 

[matic22]

For those (@matic22) who have been keeping tabs (as I haven't) on these sorts of things: has the setlist changed at all? Are they playing the same songs in the same order? And, remind me again, how different is this from the China setlist in terms of order & actual songs?

The set hasn't changed at all, the songs are in the same order. In China I'm expecting Wicker Man in the place of Powerslave, anything else will probably stay the same.

 

[harrisdevot]

I hope this won't change until the european festivals in june. This is an incredible setlist, and I think this is the most impressive (with 1986's) of those I've been able to witness myself.

 

[matic22]

Also the song that was dropped during rehearsals was probably BNW, because I was expecting 2 older songs between SOL and TRATB and it was in that place in Chinese document.

 

[matic22]

1:40 Eddie falls.

 

[Brigantium]

Damn. First they break the plane, then Eddie has to be helped off stage.

 

[Srogyy]

OMG, I laughed hard at this... He looked so vulnerable for a moment.

 

[btx109]

Well, he DID just have his heart pulled from his chest...

 

[Brigantium]

And Dave pointed at him viciously. A pointing from Dave is nothing to be sniffed at.