Guys, the post will be a bit long...
I had one of the greatest nights of my life, if not the greatest! I was at the f*cking barrier! I couldn't believe my eyes when the guys came on stage! I couldn't believe that the guys that I only saw in youtube and dvds, were right in front of me! I took very few photos, because I wanted to fully enjoy the show and not waste my time using my phone. And most of the photos and videos I took weren't good, because I took them without looking to my phone screen. I didn't want to take my eyes away from the stage haha! These four are the better ones..
The crowd was mad!! I was being squeezed against the barrier, my body is still aching, got some bruises on my legs, but it was so f*cking worth it! I would do all over again!
I screamed so much and sang all the songs from the top of my lungs! Got a sore throat. I pointed at Steve and sang the lyrics at him, he looked at me and pointed the bass! STEVE HARRIS POINTED THE BASS AT ME! I always dreamed about this. The guys were warriors last night on stage, because it was really hot! Fortaleza is a very hot city, and the venue where the show happened is even hotter. Many people were passing out because of the heat. Steve looked like he jumped into a pool, he was completely soaked. At some point Bruce took off his shirt, squeezed it and one liter of sweat seemed to came out off it.
But despite the heat, the guys were amazing. Steve fell out during "If Eternity Should Fail", but quickly stood up and kept playing with all energy. The sound of his bass is insane live! Dave was smiling as always (he looked and smiled at me!!). And I still can't believe I saw him playing the Powerslave solo right in front of me! My favourite Dave solo ever! Adrian's playing is out of this world! My jaw dropped during his solo in The Book Of Souls. He forgot to do the backing vocals during the last chorus of Wasted Years and Bruce called him to the mic haha! Janick was his usual mad self and I almost cried during his solo in Blood Brothers. I thought after seeing them live I would be able to tell which guitarrist is my favourite, but I just can't! Nicko wasn't showing any signs of slowing down, which is great. And Bruce is awesome! It's unbelievable what he still do at his age. At the middle of the show I was already running out of breath and he was still there running and singing perfectly. The power in his voice gave me shivers!
I tried hard to catch a guitar pick, wristband or drum sticks, but wasn't able. Most of them fell on the floor or were caught by the security guys at the front. I asked one of them to give me Dave's guitar pick, I even offered money, but I wasn't succesful. But what made me a bit angry was that at the end of the show, Steve was taking off his wristband and I looked at him and started to madly scream "Steve, please!!", he looked at me and threw it in my direction, but it fell right in front of me, less than a meter away on the sound boxes that stay in the middle of the stage, between the barrier and the stage. I begged the security guy to give it to me, but he just caught it and put in his pocket. And at the end of the show, when most of the people got out, I was hopeless searching for a guitar pick on the floor lol.
The only complain I have is about the guitars... I think it was low and it was a bit hard to listen to the solos, but at the third song I didn't care about it anymore. If I only had the money I would watch another show. This is the type of show that you need to watch more than one time to process everything. At some points I didn't even know which side of the stage to look at! The images are still on my mind. God I want to go again!!! And the guy on my side asking me to not go crazy when Maiden started. How can I not go crazy with IRON MAIDEN playing in a few meters away from me???? I think nothing will come close to this. I may go to many shows by other bands in the future, but nothing will surpass last night, unless it's another Maiden show!
Maiden, please come back soon... I want to go again!!
I spent like 2 hours just outside the hotel and then a guy came from the hotel "Guys, they are at the restaurant here, I can make some of you to enter, but please don't go to their table and talk to them while they're there". Those 3 were Janick, Nicko and Adrian. I sit at one of the tables there, asked for some water and was just staring at them. Nicko left first, didn't take pics but said "SEE YOU LATER GUYS", waved and smiled. Then Janick and Adrian left without talking to anyone too, just smiles. When I was next to the elevator, sad because I couldn't talk or take pics with anyone, Adrian came alone "Oh, I forgot my glasses". He was veryyy cool with everyone there! Here's a pic of him and Janick leaving the restaurant, Nicko caught me off guard
Then a friend of me put Wasted Years to play on his phone and he was like "Oh, I know that one". It was magical!
