Iron Maiden Announce North American Tour from Seventh Son Days
Anyone who is a fan of Iron Maiden has reason to rejoice this year, as the boys from Maiden announced to the world that they will be starting another North American Tour. The tour will be reminicent of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son tours back from the late 80's. This makes it another run at the early, and most popular Iron Maiden days for many and a great way to get a new generation excited about Iron Maiden. No doubt, Maiden fans will be bringing their children who would be hitting the same age as thse who first started listening to Maiden back in the 80's 30 years ago.
Back in 2008 - 2009, Iron Maiden and fans alike, enjoyed the Somewhere Back In Time Tour. It was a massive success as Maiden played 90% material from their Number of the Beast - Somewhere In Time Albums, reviving the setlists from the 1984 World Slavery Tours. If you were at any of those dates in 2008 - 2009, you now have an idea of what you're in for with this latest tour announcement.
Bruce Dickenson, Maiden's Lead Singer, expressed his excitement over the tour announcement when he stated the following;
We have great fun playing the History of Maiden Tours because it gives us an opportunity between new albums to go out and play songs from our earlier catalog. It’s always fantastic seeing the crowd reaction from a new generation of fans who have never experienced some of these tracks performed live before, and of course we know our longstanding fans will enjoy seeing the original Seventh Son Tour re-visited – with many other surprises!
Our intention is to play about two thirds of the original track list of Maiden England (shown below), including some songs we have not played live in a very,very long time, plus other favorites we just know the fans are going to want to hear! We always try to give our fans a great show musically, but we have always tried to make it as entertaining and memorable an experience as we can visually. And we all feel this show is going to do that splendidly! We can’t wait to get started in Charlotte.It is clear that Iron Maiden loves doing these tours almost as much as the fans who get to re-live the days of old. Teaming up with Iron Maiden this time around, will be legendary Alice Cooper from the start of the tour until July 21st, then Coheed and Cambria will take over after that for the rest of the tour. Both great bands! Continued on the next page
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