Pfff. Why does USA get another tour whereas Europe is restricted to Germany, Belgium, Ireland and UK? Lame IMO 
The Official Book of Souls Tour 2017 Thread (Warning: Spoilers Within)
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Poto
Ancient Mariner
Because they are mostly covering places they couldn't go to last year.Pfff. Why does USA get another tour whereas Europe is restricted to Germany, Belgium, Ireland and UK? Lame IMO
Then they should've covered the places they didn't visit in Europe too.
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
Actually I could hit all of these within a 4 hour drive of my house (Dallas being a 30 minute light rail ride)
JUN 19 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK CHESAPEAKE ARENA (2 1/2 hour drive)
JUN 21 HOUSTON, TX TOYOTA CENTER (4 hour drive)
JUN 23 DALLAS, TX AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER ($4 light rail ticket after a 15 minute drive)
JUN 24 SAN ANTONIO, TX AT&T CENTER (3 1/2 hours)
JUN 19 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK CHESAPEAKE ARENA (2 1/2 hour drive)
JUN 21 HOUSTON, TX TOYOTA CENTER (4 hour drive)
JUN 23 DALLAS, TX AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER ($4 light rail ticket after a 15 minute drive)
JUN 24 SAN ANTONIO, TX AT&T CENTER (3 1/2 hours)
Demigod_Tyek
Powerslave
Hot damn. I heard on the radio when I was going to work this morning that Maiden would be in St. Louis on July 12th... I had wondered how they obtained this info when nothing official had been released, then I check their website and sure enough.
Coming back to my hometown, I couldn't be more thrilled. For shits and giggles, I'll probably also go to the Chicago date on June 15th and the Kansas City concert on July 11th... nice month's difference between the two.
Coming back to my hometown, I couldn't be more thrilled. For shits and giggles, I'll probably also go to the Chicago date on June 15th and the Kansas City concert on July 11th... nice month's difference between the two.
Poto
Ancient Mariner
Surely they covered all the major markets last year? They had to go back to North America this year.
They didn't play in Serbia or Bulgaria.
Poto
Ancient Mariner
Maybe they felt it was too soon. USA and Canada are bigger markets.
Demigod_Tyek
Powerslave
They haven't played in St. Louis but twice over the past 16 years. I'm more than thrilled they're giving us the spotlight for a change. This summer tour has been rumored for months now, good to see it finally was confirmed.
You got 10 friggin' shows, that's very far from nothing.
If they played either Belgrade or Sofia, they'd cover Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Montenegro. That's a market of roughly 17 million people and not all that little. Canada has only twice the population of that and gets two gigs.
Powerslave76
Invader
Chicago here I come! Is it to early to predict setlist changes from the first leg of tour? I bet they cut the BOS songs down from 6 to 4. I also see COTD, Powerslave, Blood Brothers, and Wasted Years getting dropped. Run to the Hills replacing WY and BNW replacing Blood Brothers. I have a feeling Tears of a Clown and Speed of Light will be the two BOS songs dropped. I'd imagine 1 or 2 songs off of SSOASS such as CIPWM or ETMD. Wrathchild is always a possibility along with Wickerman. Also, been a while since anything off of DOD or AMOLAD have been played. Wouldn't surprise me if they added one of those songs.
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
Steve said in the recent FC mag that the new tour wouldn't feature too many set list changes. But yes they might drop a BOS song or two.
So much for a short American tour, then!
I may try and hit Chicago and Minneapolis (which technically are Tinley Park and St. Paul...). Two Maiden shows in 48 hours? BRING IT.