The Official Book of Souls Tour 2017 Thread (Warning: Spoilers Within)

[bearfan]

I know they do not do them ... but at some point a medley ala Metallica might be cool.

 

[Hermod]

Maiden England legs 1 and 2 had the same setlist.

I don't think they did as I saw them in Barcelona on the 2nd Leg and they dropped ATSS for Revelations and The Clairvoyant for Sanctuary I seem to recall?

 

[Lego]

I don't think they did as I saw them in Barcelona on the 2nd Leg and they dropped ATSS for Revelations and The Clairvoyant for Sanctuary I seem to recall?

That was the 3rd leg- 2012/2013 had the same set, 2014 got a couple changes.

 

[Ruflux]

I don't think they did as I saw them in Barcelona on the 2nd Leg and they dropped ATSS for Revelations and The Clairvoyant for Sanctuary I seem to recall?

As Lego said, that was the '14 leg. They replaced ATSS with Revelations, The Clairvoyant with Wrathchild (which was then dropped midway through) and Running Free with Sanctuary.

 

[matic22]

Apparently Maiden are currently rehearsing in Paris, which makes perfect sense. 14 days of rehearsals and then a few days of production rehearsals in Antwerp before the first gig.

 

[Brigantium]

They seem fond of Paris.

 

[matic22]

They seem fond of Paris.

Yup, it's either Paris or Miami (depending on where the tour starts). It's probably practical for the bend members to go home for the weekend (if they are in Miami for Nicko and Steve and if they are in Paris for Bruce, H and Jan, Dave can't win, since he lives in the middle of the ocean).

 

[LooseCannon]

Dave can't win, since he lives in the middle of the ocean

I'd say he wins every time he goes home.

 

[matic22]

I'd say he wins every time he goes home.

True that.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

 

[Gk1]

Maybe Bruce wanted to use the infamous piano in the studio............you know so they can rehearse Empire of the clouds

 

[Ruflux]

Now I'm imagining amazing scenarios like the band doing EotC as the single encore, completely messing it up at the first show and then promptly dropping it and never referencing the incident again.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Lucky Antwerp.

 

[matic22]

They are probably not rehearsing in the studio. They are probably at the same place where they were in Behind The Beast documentary.

 

[Lego]

They are probably not rehearsing in the studio. They are probably at the same place where they were in Behind The Beast documentary.

This place - http://www.planetlive.fr/
https://www.yelp.com/biz/planet-live-bondy

 

[TAY666]

What you said is a thing of pacing the setlist. With last year's set Maiden did that perfectly. 2 new songs, 1 classic, 2 new songs, 2 classics, 2 new songs, classics to the end. That's good set pacing. What do you do after a long new TRATB? Drop a Trooper. I do not know what Bon Jovi show you saw (they change the setlist), but from what I've seen (looked up on setlist.fm) they paced their set terribly on this tour (15 songs with only 2 classics hits between, is a snoozefest for non diehard).

This is the one I saw
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bon-jovi/2017/quicken-loans-arena-cleveland-oh-4bf91332.html
Combining that setlist with a bad seat, no video screens to actually see what was happening on stage, and a venue I despise, it was a challenging night. But my wife was happy and that was all that mattered.

 

[SirRobbins]

Caught somewhere in time has been confirmed to replace Children of the Damned.....

 

[soundwave]

Isn't the band still hovering around 90 mins for their setlists? EOTC would take up a lot of real estate.

 

[soundwave]

Caught somewhere in time has been confirmed to replace Children of the Damned.....

I wish!

 

[Travis The Dragon]

Isn't the band still hovering around 90 mins for their setlists? EOTC would take up a lot of real estate.

Their sets have been closer to 2 hours for quite a few tours now. I just checked last year's Wacken show and that comes in at exactly 1 hour and 59 minutes.