Metal gods Iron Maiden hit Philly

For the first time in their 25+ year career Iron Maiden felt so strong about their new album "A Matter of Life and Death" that they are playing all 10 tracks as they appear on the album!

I was initially skeptical of this idea, having only a few weeks from the album release date to the concert date to become familiar with the tracks, but I came to find the setlist actually enhanced my enjoyment of the ENTIRE album, raising my appreciation of a track or two that would have normally been overlooked.

I had good seats (3 rows back from the pit), if not a little to far to the left of stage, but nice and close to see Bruce, Dave, Adrian and Steve up close when they did their walk around stage!

Posted by 42 [Metal] ( October 11, 2006 09:03 PM ) Permalink

Iron Maiden annouce their first tour packages

With Maiden's 2006 tours planned for the end of the year it was only a matter of time before the tour packages started coming through. There are no 'Bruce Air' packages yet so I'm anxious - don't know whether to wait it out and possibly miss one all together or just book one of the coach trips. Option A would be my pick (need to check flight prices to the UK at that time first :) ) Options available from http://www.ironmaiden.com/frameset.php?section=1&subsection=1&article_id=1298 4 DAY / 3 NIGHT / 2 CONCERT COACH TRIP : OPTION A — Designed for the BIG Maiden fan wanting to see 2 shows in 2 days! Day 1 Sun 26th Nov – Depart from the points shown on the enclosed booking form on the early hours of 26th Nov (nb: Some Northern points may be late evening on Sat 25th Nov, London, for example will be 7.30am on the 26th Nov.) We drive down to Dover for the ferry crossing to Calais and onwards to Antwerp in North Belgium for late afternoon. Here we will stay for 2 nights at our hotel. After check in the eve of the 26th Nov is free. Day 2 Mon 27th Nov – Free morning /afternoon in Antwerp. Mid afternoon transfer across to the Brabenhalle in Den Bosch & IRON MAIDEN live in concert. After show, return to hotel for 2nd nights stay. Day 3 Tues 28th Nov - Depart Antwerp after breakfast & drive onto Paris for early afternoon arrival — check into hotels—free afternoon before transferring across to Bercy Arena and IRON MAIDEN live in concert. Day 4 Weds 29th Nov - Depart Paris after breakfast and return to Calais for mid afternoon sailing and return to original points of departure from late afternoon onwards. Price from £264-274pp ************************************ 3 DAY / 1 NIGHT / 1 CONCERT TRIP : OPTION B Day 1 Mon 27th - Depart in the early hours of 27th Nov. We drive down to Dover for the ferry crossing to Calais and onwards to Paris for late afternoon. Here we will stay for 1 nights at our hotel. After check in the eve of the 27th Nov is free. Day 2 Tues 28th Nov – Free morning /afternoon in Paris before transfer across to the Bercy Arena and Iron Maiden live in concert. After concert we depart Paris and travel back to Calais Day 3 Weds 29th Nov—arriving back in Dover for very early morning and return to original points of departure from mid morning onwards. Price from £144-168pp

Posted by 42 [Metal] ( April 05, 2006 10:42 AM ) Permalink

Maiden v Sharon, sorry - my money's on Maiden

So someone is upset at Iron Maiden for being so popular during this years Ozzfest eh? What looks like an attempt to turn the crowd against Maiden during their final show in San Bernardino has resulted in an outcry against Sharon Ozzbourne and Ozzfest in general. Reports are that attempts to undermine the band while on the stage included having a pre-arranged group of people throw items at the band, cutting power to their sound equipment throughout their set, having someone come ON STAGE with a US flag during the 'trooper' (a song traditionally know for having Bruce Dickinson run around with the union jack) and finally someone shouting 'Ozzy, Ozzy' over the PA. This insult was met with 'Maiden Maiden' responses from what became a rather irritated crowd. The last insult was Sharon coming on stage after Maiden retired (they continued to play a full set + extra time!), not to apologize to the crowd and the band but to insult the lead singer... she was promptly booed off stage. It's a shame to see poor ozzy's hard work go down the drain like this. I, along with what looks like 1000's, if not 10s of 1000's of metal followers, have turned our backs on Ozzfest. UP THE IRONS!

Posted by 42 [Metal] ( August 24, 2005 08:16 PM ) Permalink | Comments[1]

Maiden Iceland

Just returned from Iceland trip with Iron Maiden and Bruce Dickinson flyin the plane.  Hell of a trip, sore all over from the front railing. Check out http://community.webshots.com/album/364549376WmWpHy for some pics of the flight and stuff or http://www.downloadmyarse.co.uk/thumbnails.php?album=44 Up the Irons!

Posted by 42 [Metal] ( June 13, 2005 06:43 PM ) Permalink | Comments[1]

Flight 666 - Iron Maiden!!!!

Just got confirmation, I'm off to Reykjavik, Iceland in June on flight 666 with Iron Maiden.  And "with" means just that, the charted flight will be piloted by none other than the band's lead singer Bruce Dickinson and hosted by the crazy drummer Nicko. Bruce is a licensed commercial airline pilot and will be flying a Boeing 757 with 192 fans onboard. Up the Irons!

Posted by 42 [Metal] ( May 24, 2005 03:39 PM ) Permalink | Comments[2]