IRON MAIDEN EDDIE LIVE FREE

“Anyone out there got ideas for stage designs?” A very naked set on the World Piece Tour in 1983, which is disappointing in the context of Maiden’s great 1980s productions. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not terrible! But following on from the previous tour, and being followed by the monumental 1984-88 stage productions, it seems … a little cheap: Unfortunately, for yours truly, the World Piece Tour stage production is the WORST of the 1980s.

IRON MAIDEN EDDIE LIVE FREE

The Beast On The Road setlist: The Ides Of March / Murders In The Rue Morgue / Wrathchild / Run To The Hills / Children Of The Damned / The Number Of The Beast / Another Life / Killers / 22 Acacia Avenue / Total Eclipse / Drum Solo / Transylvania / Guitar Solo / The Prisoner / Hallowed Be Thy Name / Phantom Of The Opera / Iron Maiden // Sanctuary / Drifter / Running Free / Prowler.ĬHRISTER’S WORST: The following year, 1983, Maiden released Piece Of Mind, one of their best albums and the one that made them a headline act in America. The basic shape that would become the standard Maiden lay-out was beginning to take form: Back-line hidden behind tall risers on both sides of the drums, stairs leading up unto the risers and unto more risers at stage left and right, all of it decorated with the sinister triangle shapes inspired by the album’s title and artwork. “It’s a monster!” In 1982, Maiden took their Beast On The Road, with Eddie as a 12-foot creature that stalked the stage in their most theatrical production thus far. With their 1982 international breakthrough came the first of their more elaborate and theatrical stage productions: Prior to that, the Maiden show was relatively simple, a drum-riser and Marshall stacks making up the visual landscape. The first time Iron Maiden really went to town with a stage concept was on their 1982 tour for The Number Of The Beast. Every year brought a new album, or more than one in KISS’ case, and a new tour with a new visual concept. First you’ll find Christer’s choices, and further down you’ll get Torgrim’s verdict.ĬHRISTER’S BEST & WORST OF MAIDEN’S 1980s STAGE PRODUCTIONSįor Iron Maiden fans, the 1980s were a bit like the 1970s were for KISS fans. It seems that the 2012-14 Maiden England World Tour was the last of Maiden’s groundbreaking History tours, meaning period recreations, so we take a look back at the decade that laid the foundations for it all, and give you our Best & Worst of Maiden’s 1980s stage productions. When it comes to going back in time, nothing beats the 1980s it seems. In 2012, the turn came to the equally ambitious 1988 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son production. In 2008 Maiden pretty much recreated their monumental 1984-85 Powerslave stage production for a new age. In this Best & Worst feature we give you our verdict on the stage productions we like the most and the least from that glorious decade when Iron Maiden conquered all: the 1980s.

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