Just watched the "Alexander the Great" for the first time since I've edited and uploaded the video. What is this damn salty water running from my eyes??
Can't believe that Steve actually put it in the set after almost forty years. And they still have a lot of life in them; they aren't performing like this is a farewell tour.
@@sturm893 It wasn't. The loneliness of the long distance runner was played at the very first gig from the Somewhere on tour, also in eastern Europe, then dropped. It floats around here on YT.
I was there that night, but I'm also here after Nicko's press note. It's hard to believe this was his first public performance after suffering a stroke. Having him perform this well only four months or so after falling ill is unbelievable. Not a perfect performance by any means, but considering the circumstances, it's inspiring. Well done, Nicko.
it's probably easier to "judge" watching a youtube video, but i was there, i was there when they finally played the SIT material, when they played bangers from senjustu, when they played THE PRISONER and let me tell you, people went absolutely batshit crazy. nicko's drum sound was HEAVY as shit, it was one of the things that hit me the first and in the heat of the moment i literally missed everything he did "subpar". the way they played that first show was OUT OF THIS FUCKING WORLD. not inspiring. it was MAJESTIC. hearing stranger first time in my life and first time since 2000 something when they played it the last time was out of this world, CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME WAS... idk, i cried through the whole song. nobody really cared about nicko's drumming or adrians solo fuckups or bruce forgettting a line or two. it was fucking MAJESTIC. all of those mistakes were honest mistakes a hard working band do. still miles better than any other 80''s band doing tours at the moment (okay, excluding metallica. metallica and maiden are the only ones doing it properly).
Time stamps for this awesome show: 0:00 - Doctor Doctor 4:20 - BladeRunner (Intro) 6:37 - Caught Somewhere in Time 14:10 - Stranger in a Strange Land 21:30 - The Writing on the Wall 27:22 - Days of Future Past 32:00 - The Time Machine 38:50 - The Prisoner 46:45 - Death of the Celts 57:53 - Can I Play With Madness 1:01:32 - Heaven Can Wait 1:09:11 - Alexander the Great 1:17:48 - Fear of the Dark 1:25:30 - Iron Maiden Encore: 1:33:49 - Hell on Earth 1:44:16 - The Trooper 1:48:44 - Wasted Years
@@RafaelOliveira-go1iw What he is saying is "a moment of silence", a way of paying respects, for all the fans who COULDN'T listen to the song in the past, many of whom are no longer with us. You're missing a little "ññ language".
Rey de Reyes únicos universales,puro sentimiento,es brutal son la banda más extraordinaria de la fase de la tierra,su ritmo y compás jamaz se podrá igualar. Un honor escucharlos se me eriza la piel y el corazón me late a mil cuando los escucho. Hasta la Muerte Maiden.
I had completely given up on getting to see this tour, since they're gonna only play in Sao Paulo, here in Brazil, and wheni had the money to buy the tickets, both shows were sold out. But, suddenly, this morning some tickets became available ate the website. I bought my ticket and now I'm ECSTATIC!!! UP THE IRONS!
Happy one year anniversary to all who shared this experience and to all of those who wished they were here. 🤘🏻 I feel so damn privileged to be a part of this🥲
@vesnazorz9706 Thanks for reminding us all. I thought my bipolar disorder hypomania stage was making me think this was something special. I'm on full medication now (400 mg lithium per day, wish Curt Cobain stayed true to this and not killed himself like I wanted to the last winter), and I know in my heart: THIS WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL! Once in a lifetime event! Thank you all for kind words, likes, subscriptions and LOVE you've sent me. This is keeping me alive, not the bloody medication. UP THE IRONS!
1:14:12 Fans around the world, let's learn this melody by heart to sing along with our "ooo"s during all concerts of this tour... We've waited this song to be played live for ages and now we have it. Let's help these performances become even more legendary with our little contribution.
At last a setlist for the fans!! 🤘😆 OK, I'd wish them to replace the overplayed "Trooper", "Fear of the dark" and even "Iron Maiden" by the great but hardly ever played "Back in the village", "The duellists", "To tame a land", "Purgatory" or "Long distance runner" but still better not complain. Up the Irons!! 🤘😁
How fucking insane is this..how is it possible. They're almost 70yrs old and sound fucking amazing...absolutely fucking amazing ridiculous no words incredible omg....something else..Maiden forever...can you believe it...❤❤❤
Man its nuts that he can still sing Wasted Years chorus in full head voice. But even more nuts is that Nicko can still keep up at 70 for a two hour show. Most metal drummers bodies are wrecked by early 60s and this dude just keeps going. Killer stuff.
The bass/guitar melodies that Steve wrote for Hell On Earth are so friggin' beautiful, they're like another voice in the song, adding layers of melancholy and longing to the lyrics. Maiden forever. UP THE IRONS!!
Thank you for uploading, I'm 43 and I have been listening to Iron Maiden for 34 years, watching them play Alexander the Great for the first time brought tears to my eyes.
Comme toi mec , j'ai le même âge et quand j'ai vu "Alexander the great" en live, je n'y croyais pas , depuis le temps que je l'attendais celle-la, je peux que j'ai savouré ce moment tout seul avec mon casque
We came from Spain, the best gig I've ever attended. Can't watch the whole thing without starry eyes, always dreamed of the Blade Runner intro + "Caught Somewhere..." and we finally got it. Up the Irons and HAIL to my fellow Spaniards with whom I shared this piece of history. ARRIBA ESPAÑA.
Man Adrian smith just has the most smoothest solos to this day….. I don’t understand how people don’t view Adrian or Dave as “solo guitar players or lead guitarist” when compared to the greats. I mean Dave’s scales are insane especially on fear of the dark etc. but Adrian has always been my favorite
Let's raise the glass to the sky, guys. We've survived the fucking Covid-19 pandemics, Bruce survived the fucking cancer and now we are here, able to see Alexander The Great being played by Maiden itself live. What a time to be alive, my music friends!
All those old classics ... being played live at this point in time for this band with the performance they still do... nothing but lucky ours for the magnificent gift we're been given by this band
what an awesome stage presence of the legendary Iron Maiden!!! still relevant after all these years!!! what a privilege you Slovenians for watch this premiere!! hope they come to South America to watch them!! regards from Colombia!!
Love the fact they played FIVE tracks from "Somewhere in Time". That album is my all time favorite Maiden album. A progressive masterpiece for its time. Love how they brought out Eddie during "Stranger in a Strange Land", which in and of itself is a killer song. Great upload, so glad you shot the whole show and put it up for all of us to enjoy.
Cada vez que veo un concierto de esta Maravillosa Banda de Heavy Metal, siento un nudo en la garganta que me enmudece y me toca las fibras; lo que mas me impacta es la euforia colectiva del publico seguidor; cada uno los integrantes de la banda transmite una energía tan especial que quedo cautivado y me transporta a otra dimensión, La sensación es Fascinante. Gracias Doncella por todo lo que nos has dado en tus 48 años de existencia.
Goosebumps and tears out of control... Epic intro, epic ATG, epic epic epic. Alexander The Great and Vaggelis Papathanasiou. What else??? I feel imortal.
This Vangelis opening, a great theme from Blade Runner and the sequel Caught Somewhere in time is, simply, sensational 👏 How wonderful to see this band still shining so bright, with new songs, and those from the past, renewed and why not say so? timeless😉👏 Counting the days to see them in Brazil, where the choir will be amazing!😉🤘🇧🇷
Es impresionante la frescura, sofisticación y belleza que alcanzan las canciones del Somewhere in Time a estas alturas, la ejecución es absolutamente perfecta. Iron Maiden, si es que parecía imposible, se han superado a sí mismos de nuevo.
I still can't believe they are playing my favorite obscure song, The Prisoner live. It was clearly a crowd favorite which fills me with joy. But it's rarely included in their live set. And Can I Play With Madness is just the icing on the cake.
I was here, and the show was fantastic, especially since it is the first one on the Future Past Tour. It was my 12th Maiden gig😎 Hope, not the last one! Up the Irons from Serbia 🤘
As a guitarrist, growing up on Maiden for the last 25 years…. I wanted a floyd rose guitar, and I finally pulled the trigger for Adrian’s green quilted strat. Up the Irons! Love you Maiden family! Per order only, not in stock. Will see how long to get it…
Wow, thank you for sharing this. Alexander the Great for the first time live. I just remembered when I saw Touch too much from AC/DC the first time live in Praha.
No se ustedes, pero cuando salió el intro de Somewhere In Time se me puso la piel de gallina. Y cuando tocó el turno del intro de Alexander The Great se me salieron un par de lágrimas... 🥲 Un setlist muy arriesgado, pero cuando proviene de la mejor banda de Heavy Metal, el cielo no tiene límites. I don't know about you, but when the intro of Somewhere In Time came out I got goosebumps. And when it was the turn of the intro of Alexander The Great a couple of tears came to my eyes... A very risky setlist, but when it comes from the best Heavy Metal band, the sky has no limits. #UpTheIrons
Saw this lot loads of times in the 80's. It's not unbelievable that they're still going, these guys have always performed with heart and desire, may it continue x
Wow! Thank you so much for posting. Thank you even more to Iron Maiden. I have been blessed to see them live here in the down under (even once with my teenage boy). No gimmick, just awesome musicians. Sadly they seem to be getting better with age which probably is illegal 🤔. Blessed be all those who listen.
Should have been playing SIT tracks live decades ago - That it took so long for them to do so is criminal really. Look how people are reacting to those songs. I'm happy though - Hopefully it won't be the last time we hear some of these. I'll be soaking these up in London and Birmingham soon..... Up the Irons.
You can tell vocally this setlist is all over the place because Bruce is nice and calm and not rushing anything like he tends to do on higher pitch stuff.
