Iron Maiden last night in Manchester

Annoyed at myself for not buying a ticket to see them this year, I love Iron Maiden and I keep saying I'm desperate to see them before they die/retire, and I baulked at the cost.
 
Was there too and it was absolutely superb. Whole set was just awesome 👍

Thought £72? was a "reasonable" price for a band of their size and stature. I happily coughed up as they are not getting any younger and would have been gutted if they had to suddenly stop touring and didn't get the chance to see them again.

Worth every penny imo
 
Maiden have always been my favourite live show, I first saw them on the Dance of Death tour in 2003 (my second ever gig) and have been to every tour since at least once. I actually went to see them in Prague on this tour, and may try and grab a last minute London ticket this week. It's still a very good show. Unfortunately I'd say it's no longer really excellent as it was, the age is definitely starting to show.

Bruce had a hip replacement, Nicko suffers from arthritis, and it shows in the energy and tempos of the show now. The difference really became apparent in seeing them pre-Covid (2019 leg of the Legacy of the Beast tour) and post- (2022 leg). They have been managing ageing across the years gradually but that was the biggest step change.

The setlist for this tour is excellent in bringing out some lesser-known tunes but I found the stage show is a little more stripped back overall (bar the few big spots - the Bruce vs Eddie gun show and the pyro to Hell On Earth).

It's a bit sad to recognise that they're in decline and I do start to wonder if I keep going to seem them as long as they do it or do I stop and preserve the memory of their peak. There's the creeping thought of every tour could be the last at this point, there may come a point they have to call it a day although I expect they might carry on until one of them drops.

I can't see them continuing past a member having to call it a day at this point, maybe only if Nicko really can't go again and they have a sub drummer for a farewell tour perhaps. So really, to anyone who's never seen them but wants to, you really have to take the chance while it's there.

My one major gig regret is baulking at the cost of Rush tickets the last chance I had to see them, thinking there would be another tour - then they quietly did their final US tour, retired and of course Neil Peart then later passed away. So I do try and tick off those kinds of "I'd always like to see..." opportunities these days.
 
Theyalwaysletyoudown said:
My one major gig regret is baulking at the cost of Rush tickets the last chance I had to see them, thinking there would be another tour - then they quietly did their final US tour, retired and of course Neil Peart then later passed away. So I do try and tick off those kinds of "I'd always like to see..." opportunities these days.
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Same 👍

Brother and nephew went to see them at Sheffield last UK tour they did, and I too baulked at the price of the ticket so didn't go.......😭😭
 
h_m_boro said:
Same 👍

Brother and nephew went to see them at Sheffield last UK tour they did, and I too baulked at the price of the ticket so didn't go.......😭😭
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I saw R40 at MSG. Brilliant as ever (I can't remember how many times I saw Rush and they never disappointed).
 
Glad you enjoyed the gig Scubbs. Will get to see them a Wacken again this year. It is the only place I have seen them apart from Withernsea.
 
h_m_boro said:
Was there too and it was absolutely superb. Whole set was just awesome 👍

Thought £72? was a "reasonable" price for a band of their size and stature. I happily coughed up as they are not getting any younger and would have been gutted if they had to suddenly stop touring and didn't get the chance to see them again.

Worth every penny imo
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Think it was something like £80 when I was looking at Leeds, which I'd still be fine paying for myself, and it's probably just me being a cheapskate, but it was more paying that twice to drag my partner along with me when she's not a fan.

Hopefully they do another tour and I'm not daft this time.
 
They are in my top 3 favourite bands of all time. I’ve seen them 4 times and wanted to go see them this tour. My son has just started getting into them I and wanted to take him but it was no under 14’s which is understandable but I couldn’t go without him or would never have heard the end of it.
 
Smogonsea said:
They are in my top 3 favourite bands of all time. I’ve seen them 4 times and wanted to go see them this tour. My son has just started getting into them I and wanted to take him but it was no under 14’s which is understandable but I couldn’t go without him or would never have heard the end of it.
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At Manchester it's no U14s standing - nephew is 10 and he went, seated, no problems 👍
 
I was at the Leeds gig - still top class, and i reckon they could keep going a while yet. Bruce still has a belting voice 👍🏻 i guess Nicko at 71 is the one who’s probably wondering if he can keep going much longer, especially as his role is more demanding physically
 
Seen them in 2014, I'm not the biggest fan in the world but they were incredible that night.

Bit of a flex, I went to college with the Guitarists nephew who is an absolutely lovely lad, one of the very best and he once brought him along to see my cover band at the time play The Sun Inn in Stockton. We played The Trooper which was a regular in our set in front of him and he complimented my playing. All round nice guy, great family and class band
 
This was the first time I saw them. Probably seen them 7 or 8 times, since, and always top class
 

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