Iron Maiden/Heaven and Hell/ O2 Dublin July 30th

Knifey Spoony

pert wrote: »

There were some eejits alright. Like this kid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWoNIgJOOdw

Did you see the boy in the chequered shirt and shaved head. He was a madman.

Was he the guy who was madly swinging his arms in the pit during Hallowed Be Thy Name? If so, he scared me. Was gonna go into it till I saw that mad fecker.

pert

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

Was he the guy who was madly swinging his arms in the pit during Hallowed Be Thy Name? If so, he scared me. Was gonna go into it till I saw that mad fecker.

Aye that was him, I was going mad in it wearing my Timberland t-shirt, classy

Got soaked haha

Knifey Spoony

pert wrote: »

Aye that was him, I was going mad in it wearing my Timberland t-shirt, classy

Got soaked haha

Got soaked as well. Was going in for most of the pits, but decided to stay out when I saw the spasing/breakdancing and flailing arms guys.

silvervixen84

Enjoyed the gig, was up near the front only lasted about 40 mins in the moshpit during Maiden as it was too hard to stay on my feet and get mushed by everyone, scary stuff - I'm only little

Watched the rest of the gig near the back, and thought they put on a great show!

jaykhunter

anyone got any photos from the gig? Mine came out horrible!

Wolfe Tone

jaykhunter wrote: »

anyone got any photos from the gig? Mine came out horrible!

There is a few earlier in the thread. Mine were crap too, seemed to be a mist of sweat in the way haha

JohnnyCrash

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

Really enjoyed this gig. Was near enough to the front and stuck out the crush to get a great spot for the rest of it. Sweet savage were pretty good, but thought the fact they didn't pay tribute to Dio a bit disappointing. Thought Iron Maiden were on fire, Bruce is one hell of a front man!

Anyone see the guy in the pit near the front of the stage, in front of the kit try to start breakdancing and start spasing out a bit?

Also, Steve's t-shirt said "Whales, Oil, Beef, Hookers", what the hell did that mean?

Steves shirt said WHALE-OIL-BEEF-HOOKED. Its a play with words as far as I know.If said quickly, it sounds like WELL I'LL BE F****D! Get it? ha ha ha.
Also, what a gig.Got up near the front,abt 10 rows back. When Maiden came on and the crowd went mental,the gf got an elbow in the face,so she was pretty much out on her feet,so had to get her outta there.We went over to the left,and after a little while,who did I see only Ray Haller from Sweet Savage,standing behind us watching the gig,totally oblivious to everyone.:cool:Went over,had a little chat,took a pic of him with my gf. Everything happens for a reason eh?

silvervixen84

jaykhunter wrote: »

anyone got any photos from the gig? Mine came out horrible!

Mine too, mostly a sea of arms and blurriness!

wandatowell

What a gig, loved every second of it. Really impressed with how the new tune sounded live.

Also love the version of Doctor Doctor that came on just before maiden hit the stage. Had a cheeky smile on my face as its one of my guilty pleasures.

fallen01angel

I've just about recovered from the concert,have to say was very disappointed with the sound quality,saw Pearl Jam in the 02 a couple of weeks back and the sound was really good,so had high expections of Maiden,but besides that it was an AMAZING gig....they played Fear of the Dark which is one song I've always wanted to experience live and big thanks to all the people in earlier posts who recommended Fibber's off O'Connell st for drinks after the concert,we had a ball there!!

NIBBS

jaykhunter wrote: »

anyone got any photos from the gig? Mine came out horrible!

here ya go.........couple of decent ones in there.....odd, they seemed to upload in a different order......

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12980456@N04/sets/72157624635569684/

must check how to add images, the links didn't work to link to the Flickr set above......

JohnnyCrash

NIBBS wrote: »

here ya go.........couple of decent ones in there.....odd, they seemed to upload in a different order......

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12980456@N04/sets/72157624635569684/

must check how to add images, the links didn't work to link to the Flickr set above......

Excellent photos my my man.What u take em with,where were u????

Banjo

Thanks to those who uploaded photos. My first Maiden gig (missed one back in the late '90s due to exams, never forgave myself...) and I was proper impressed. Could possibly have done with a few less leg stretches from Janick but by and large, great stuff. Enjoyed Bruce's musings on Heavy Metal fans ("If the world was run by Heavy Metal fans, there'd be a ****load of songs about death but no one would actually die..."). Also really impressed with how well the "new" stuff holds up against the classics. With the exception maybe of the sub-Prisoner "Wildest Dreams" there wasn't a dud in the bunch and there were plenty of tracks that didn't get an airing - longest day, face in the sand, Montsegur, Paschendale, For The Greater Good of God etc.

Sound quality-wise I can only imagine what an all-over-the-shop tune like Ghost Of The Navigator sounded like to someone who didn't know it already, got a bit muddy at times.

The one disappointment was the lack of a personalised Dublin t-shirt, given that the US gigs got 'em and Knebworth the following night got one. There were some great ones floating around the gig from a number of UK gigs (I did X with Eddie at Y). Hell, even HMV had a generic Final Frontier shirt with crossed Irish and Maiden flags on the back... and a damn sight cheaper than you'd get one in a gig for.

Mental Mickey

Apologies if I'm hijacking the thread guys n'gals:

Can anyone suggest a good starting point for a Maiden virgin(lol)??

I have the "Edward the Great" cd and I also have the Rock In Rio dvd and the Live After Death video.

Cheers.

I have seen the band in concert twice, but never bothered my a**e to get any cds!! :rolleyes::D

Twilightning

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Apologies if I'm hijacking the thread guys n'gals:

Can anyone suggest a good starting point for a Maiden virgin(lol)??

I have the "Edward the Great" cd and I also have the Rock In Rio dvd and the Live After Death video.

Cheers.

I have seen the band in concert twice, but never bothered my a**e to get any cds!! :rolleyes::D

The Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son or Dance of Death I'd say.

Mental Mickey

Twilightning wrote: »

The Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son or Dance of Death I'd say.

Thanks

jack presley

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Thanks

You're spoiled for choice starting out. Just don't start with anything from the 90's. They're not as good as the stuff either before or after.

Mental Mickey

jack presley wrote: »

You're spoiled for choice starting out. Just don't start with anything from the 90's. They're not as good as the stuff either before or after.

My mate says that their as good as finished. I suppose he's right with them all being in their 50s??

Twilightning

Mental Mickey wrote: »

My mate says that their as good as finished. I suppose he's right with them all being in their 50s??

I doubt they're done just yet, The Final Frontier isn't even out yet!

Wolfe Tone

Anyone else think that the X factor is a great album?

grimm2005

Twilightning wrote: »

I doubt they're done just yet, The Final Frontier isn't even out yet!

Steve Harris apparently said a few years ago that ideally he would like to finish on 15 albums (this being the 15th) but i'm not sure where I heard or read it but he's supposedly taken this back and said that they have no plans to finish up in the near future.

They really don't look like a band that's coming to the end of their career. They're all still very active on stage, particularly Bruce, who's still running and jumping around like a maniac and definitly the most active front man i've seen on stage. I'm sure they all keep in very good shape plus unlike a lot of other bands from that era they were never involved with drugs and wouldn't drink to the point of alcoholism.

NIBBS

JohnnyCrash wrote: »

Excellent photos my my man.What u take em with,where were u????

Cheers dude, upgraded my gig camera........wanted to have something with better optical zoom incase I was in the seats somewhere like the Point....got a Fuji JZ300......still getting to grips with it, but like it so far......

was in a couple of places, had problems finding my mates when I went to the jacks........ended up just in front of Gers, at the left side of the mosh pit.....some of the better ones were actually taken from further back

Mr. CooL ICE

MUSSOLINI wrote:

Anyone else think that the X factor is a great album?

I value my CD collection and take great care of it. Not a single CD (or even cover) has a scratch on it, and each band is arranged alphabetically, while each band's discography is arranged chronologically. If anyone borrows a CD of mine, I will know it straight away.

One time I lost my copy of the X Factor album while moving house. To this day, I really don't care. Not many albums have had such a "meh" effect on me as that

Wolfe Tone

LordChessington wrote: »

I value my CD collection and take great care of it. Not a single CD (or even cover) has a scratch on it, and each band is arranged alphabetically, while each band's discography is arranged chronologically. If anyone borrows a CD of mine, I will know it straight away.

One time I lost my copy of the X Factor album while moving house. To this day, I really don't care. Not many albums have had such a "meh" effect on me as that

I just discovered it yesterday, had not heard of it and am thoroughly enjoying it

jack presley

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

I just discovered it yesterday, had not heard of it and am thoroughly enjoying it

X-Factor is the better of the two Blaze albums. It's not bad a such and I would rate it above NPFTD or FOTD (excluding the title track of course) but it's not as good as any of Bruce's other stuff or the Paul Di'anno albums. I must give it a listen again. I haven't had it on in a few years.

scudzilla

scudzilla wrote: »

cheers for the heads up Scud......they were bound to run out of them quickly enough - I don't mind, as long as I get to donate and be sure that the money goes to the cause....

got to sign a book of condolences at the weekend, some terrific photos there too in a Mick Hutson exhibition......

I'm back in work on Monday so will scan the booklet and post[/QUOTE]

Just finishing scanning the booklet, will post it here http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055913140 in a few moments

Mental Mickey

Went to my local HMV store today to look for some of Maiden's stuff. All they had in stock was 2 copies of Somewhere In Time!! :rolleyes:

Twilightning

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Went to my local HMV store today to look for some of Maiden's stuff. All they had in stock was 2 copies of Somewhere In Time!! :rolleyes:

If you're in Dublin try places like Sentinel and Sound Cellar especially. Excellent stuff there. Even Tower Records have good stuff from time to time.

Jelle1880

So far for 'Blablabla the new stuff sucks' eh

What a show that was, amazing.
And I even managed to take some great pics with my ****ty phone camera, because I got that close to the stage.

RayCon

Twilightning wrote: »

If you're in Dublin try places like Sentinel and Sound Cellar especially. Excellent stuff there. Even Tower Records have good stuff from time to time.

Sentinel is gone Im afraid ...

Vanhalla

great friggin gig.
the 02 could do wit some air conditioning tho! at least in section M

Vanhalla

anyone want to sell me one of nickos drunsticks by the way? or just give it to me.
nicko is a ****in legend

scudzilla

jack presley wrote: »

I don't know what was funnier. The fact that they had the Maiden football jerseys on sale for €100 or that I saw someone actually buy one! More money than sense I suppose.

Great performance from Maiden. Wasn't too impressed with the sound though. Bruce's vocals weren't too clear from where I was standing. Good night though

Exact same thing here in Maiden's webstore for 47sterling

http://www.ironmaiden.com/shop/web/index.php#

smelltheglove

Vanhalla wrote: »

anyone want to sell me one of nickos drunsticks by the way? or just give it to me.
nicko is a ****in legend

Was lucky enough to meet some of the guys on saturday me and me mate are great friends with sean adrians guitar tech anytime maiden come over we get looked after spent the early hours on the tour bus with the crew after the gig until it departed for the ferry they heading straight for knebworth also got talkin to charlie nickos drumtech and he hooked me up with a set of used and unused sticks hehe pics below
Have to say i loved the setlist ive seen them so many times now was great to hear them open with the wickerman and dance of death was a highlight for me along with blood brothers,On the other side of the coin i can see why anyone who went to see the band for the first time may be annoyed at the setlist and the lack of "classics" but as the famous FR Fintan stack famously said "I had my fun and thats all that matters"

Wolfe Tone

I am jealous.

Vanhalla

smelltheglove wrote: »

Was lucky enough to meet some of the guys on saturday me and me mate are great friends with sean adrians guitar tech anytime maiden come over we get looked after spent the early hours on the tour bus with the crew after the gig until it departed for the ferry they heading straight for knebworth also got talkin to charlie nickos drumtech and he hooked me up with a set of used and unused sticks hehe pics below
Have to say i loved the setlist ive seen them so many times now was great to hear them open with the wickerman and dance of death was a highlight for me along with blood brothers,On the other side of the coin i can see why anyone who went to see the band for the first time may be annoyed at the setlist and the lack of "classics" but as the famous FR Fintan stack famously said "I had my fun and thats all that matters"

You lucky ****in bolox you.

if u can manage to get another set of drumsticks think of me, VANHALLA
thanking u

Vanhalla

i just checked how much credit i have on my phone and its 6.66.
freaky

scudzilla

smelltheglove wrote: »

Was lucky enough to meet some of the guys on saturday me and me mate are great friends with sean adrians guitar tech anytime maiden come over we get looked after spent the early hours on the tour bus with the crew after the gig until it departed for the ferry they heading straight for knebworth also got talkin to charlie nickos drumtech and he hooked me up with a set of used and unused sticks hehe pics below
Have to say i loved the setlist ive seen them so many times now was great to hear them open with the wickerman and dance of death was a highlight for me along with blood brothers,On the other side of the coin i can see why anyone who went to see the band for the first time may be annoyed at the setlist and the lack of "classics" but as the famous FR Fintan stack famously said "I had my fun and thats all that matters"

Nice 1, did they ever find Adrians Guitar? The one that was robbed in Athens?

scudzilla

Anybody see any camera's around, they MAY have been filming as the guys wore EXACTLY the same clothes at Sonisphere on Sunday night.

Only time that normally happens is when they're filming and need continuity

jack presley

scudzilla wrote: »

Anybody see any camera's around, they MAY have been filming as the guys wore EXACTLY the same clothes at Sonisphere on Sunday night.

Only time that normally happens is when they're filming and need continuity

They've worn the same clothes every night on this tour so far. It was the same the last couple of times as well.

metzengerstein

that was the poorest maiden gig ive been too ,
poor set and not the usual energy between the crowd and band until the last 6 songs , or is it just the same aul thing is getting boring at this stage?

Twilightning

metzengerstein wrote: »

that was the poorest maiden gig ive been too ,
poor set and not the usual energy between the crowd and band until the last 6 songs , or is it just the same aul thing is getting boring at this stage?

I dunno about you but I almost got crushed as soon as The Wicker Man started playing. There was energy right from the very beginning if you ask me.

The Don

Black Magician wrote: »

hmmm thats sound like a mental concert alright, wow a football jersey!!!

jack presley wrote: »

I don't think it's the fact that he saw a football jersey that he's calling mental. it's the fact that he saw someone in a Maiden Final Frontier jersey that were on sale for €100 that he thought was mental! Crazy money

What he said ^^

Some great pictures btw guys.

Black Magician

The Don wrote: »

What he said ^^

Some great pictures btw guys.

oh right yeah more like idiotic if you actually bought one!

Wolfe Tone

metzengerstein wrote: »

that was the poorest maiden gig ive been too ,
poor set and not the usual energy between the crowd and band until the last 6 songs , or is it just the same aul thing is getting boring at this stage?

I thought it was absolutely brilliant on every level.

Black Magician

did they fly the flag???? :pac:

metzengerstein

Black Magician wrote: »

did they fly the flag???? :pac:

didnt even play the song!!!

glad ye all enjoyed it ,i enjoyed the wicker man and wrathchild went for a nap then came back for fear of the dark and the next few tunes ha ha

the new stuff for me is too long and boring to play live,are they making a ganster movie or music

1united

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Went to my local HMV store today to look for some of Maiden's stuff. All they had in stock was 2 copies of Somewhere In Time!! :rolleyes:

Always liked SIT, it was the first Maiden album i got and always thought it was unfairly slated, much better than seventh Son IMO, still wish they would play Stranger In A Strange Land live, but not likely.

Mental Mickey

Is there something wrong with the Maiden website?? I tried to listen to some songs from the older albums, but when I opened the link, it wouldn't play for me???