Here are my thoughts about Maidens setlist for the European leg of the tour.
Lets take all songs from the first four albums Maiden already played live as a six-piece since 1999.
Those are:
01. Running Free
02. Phantom Of The Opera
03. Sanctuary (although not on the original album it's from that era)
04. Iron Maiden
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05. Wrathchild
06. Killers
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07. Children Of The Damned
08. 22 Acacia Avenue
09. The Number Of The Beast
10. Run To The Hills
11. Hallowed Be Thy Name
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12. Revalations
13. Die With Your Boots On
14. The Trooper
So, that are 14 songs from the "Early Days" they WILL play (IMO) and that will take the guys about 1h 25min to go through.
I'm quite shure they will open their shows with the most recent opener:
15. Wildest Dreams
that is. It's not from Early Days, but I'm shure they will use this to make the connection between now and then. (Great opener IMO!)
And I'm quite shure that they will play
16. Fear Of The Dark
as this one has been and definitly will be in the set of any Iron Maiden show since 1992.
So that makes 16 songs that will take about 1h 40 min to be played.
Personally I don't think the show will be any longer than about 1h 45min as they did that during the Dance Of Death tour already.
So maybe these 16 songs are it. Take Run To The Hills, Sanctuary and Running Free for encores and sort the others the way you like and you have the set for 2005!
Not that it wouldn't be awesome shows with an awesome setlist! My personal point is, that I already heard all those songs live over the years and I'm looking forward to some songs I didn't have the pleasure to hear live yet.
So Steve, Dave, Adrian, Janick, Nicko & Bruce: Ad some Drifter, Purgatory and The Prisoner to the above mentioned and I'm even more happy with the set.
But, what the heck...! Nevertheless I'll definitly enjoy their setlists and shows, whatever they'll play.
Even if they'd play the Muppets Show Theme 20 times in a row, i'd enjoy them doing it. :banana:
UP THE IRONS!