Anything Maiden

jack presley wrote: »

Unfortunately Maiden would only sell a max of 30,000 tickets in Ireland (and that might even be a stretch) so there's not a chance they'd even be considered for Slane, even with a strong support.

Sadly this is true...however the way i'd do it would be like the old "Monsters of Rock" day events of the 80's. Make a mini metal festival of it with Maiden topping the bill.

jack presley wrote: »

I reckon it'll be a mix. Definitely stadiums in South America and more than likely indoor shows in the States. They'll probably mix and match in Europe too.

If there are any festivals, with it mentioning early August I would say Wacken will have them.

As for an Irish date, I can only hope. The time has come to see them again!

jack presley wrote: »

If it did sell out it was only late in the day as there were definitely tickets left in the weeks running up to the gig. And the point only holds 15,000 I think so that's about their limit for selling tickets here. Their only outdoor gig here on the Early Days tour was probably the gig with the most tickets sold but even then, the RDS was no where near sold out.

I'd be happy with another gig in the point (presuming we get one of course)

Still they were back the following year treating people to pretty much AMOLAD in full or annoyed people by same whatever way you wanna look at it.

savemejebus wrote: »

Sadly this is true...however the way i'd do it would be like the old "Monsters of Rock" day events of the 80's. Make a mini metal festival of it with Maiden topping the bill.

They have tried similar e.g Ozzfest 02, Download 06...the way things are here if they put on a show eg Maiden outdoors and put decent size rock and metal bands in a day style event like you say they charge €60-€80 a ticket just say get close to 30,000 fans...now reality is have the same outdoor show for Maiden charge same only have 2 supports, 1 not so big gig still prob sells similarly. The second option is the one a promoter in this country will most likely choose.

2002 Ozzy(cancelled)/Tool/SOAD/Slayer/Therapy?/BLS/Drowning Pool/Otep/Mushroom Head/Ill Nino etc etc (Approx €55)

2006 Metallica/Korn(canceled)/A7X/Alice In Chains/Stone Sour(approx €60)
2008 Metallica/Tenacious D/Sweet Savage (Approx €75) (less support bigger cost!! no wonder Metallica were here every other summer in the 00's)

I included the cancelled bands there as they cancelled on the day so wouldn't have much impact on ticket trends.

Mushy wrote: »

If there are any festivals, with it mentioning early August I would say Wacken will have them.

As for an Irish date, I can only hope. The time has come to see them again!

Well the last time they played Wacken they were here the week before , I hope its an indoor show if they do.

Maiden played Dublin 10 years ago today, with special guest Marilyn Manson.
Great gig.

I entered by pre-ordering thru HMV but no joy

Seems like a great time was had the lucky baxtards :mad:

Ordered the album through Nuclear Blast and it was dispatched yesterday via Fedex (along with the new Motorhead). Looking forward to having them for Christmas!

jack presley wrote: »

Anyone know how soon an album becomes available to stream on its release date? Is it after midnight or do we have to wait until 8-9 in the morning?

Might as well get some use out of my 3 month Apple Music free trial before I buy it at lunch time

One I was watching recently on iTunes was available from midnight on release day, not sure if it's the same for Apple Music/Spotify

Up on Spotify now....

Upon first full listen ... nothing really stood out for me and felt like I had to force myself to continue with it. Not writing it off , maybe it's a grower that will reveal itself over tim , but at the moment I'm questioning the almost hysterically good reviews.

There's quite a bit of filler on it...its a shame because there's the makings of a great 40 minute record in it.

I'm enjoying it nevertheless.

jack presley wrote: »

Serious question, is there a benefit to magazines giving overly generous reviews so they can get better access to the band for interviews etc? You scratch my back I'll scratch yours.

I think it's a problem with all commercial music journalism. I gave up my subscription to Classic Rock mag about 3yrs ago because :

a). Out of 14 issues per year - Led Zeppelin featured as the cover story on at least 7 occasions. NEWSFLASH : THERE ARE NO MORE ZEPPELIN STORIES LEFT TO TELL !!!!

b) Of the hundreds of album reviews that feature over the course of a year, I think I've read approx 5 that scored lower that 7/10 stars. Im sorry - but that's bollox.

Half the problem with new material from long-runners is that with such an extensive back catalogue, a lot of it's getting hit pretty hard by 30 years of nostalgia filter.

As it is, Book of Souls definitely stands up for itself. It hits more often than it misses. Ultimately, it's better for the fact that, rather than just rehashing the same stuff over and over again, they're at least trying newer things.

Also, the 3xLP format seems to suit it better. There's just a momentary break every two songs to keep things from plodding on too much. It also sounds ****ing monster as an LP.

It does seem to get better with more listens. Tears of a Clown could've done with a tone similar to Empire of the Clouds, but otherwise it's a perfectly cromulent album


EDIT: Also, being late out of work, walking into a record shop, asking if they had a copy, and picking up the last copy in the shop of a brand new LP that'd sold like hotcakes on its first day on release. What a quaint and old-fashioned experience.