With just 16 songs in the set, there’s certain to be some debate among fans over what the group missed. It felt like Maiden’s famous illustrated album covers coming to life before your very eyes. Yes, it was campy and ridiculous, but that’s the point. The rest of the guys still have it as well, but seemed happy to let Dickinson and the special effects take the lead.Īnd, wow, those special effects delivered, whether it was Dickinson sword fighting with a 9-foot-tall Eddie (who appeared throughout the evening in various guises), waving a flame-throwing American flag or battling a “Flight of Icarus” replica. The 61-year-old Dickinson’s voice remains impressive and still flexible enough to belt out Iron Maiden’s dramatic, operatic anthems. And from there, they kicked into overdrive and rarely slowed down. “Tonight is about our legacy,” Dickinson said, adding there would be no new music, just classics, to huge cheers from the crowd of about 14,000 (at least 10,000 of whom were wearing Iron Maiden T-shirts). After throwing some weather-related shade at Scotland - “It’s nice for about two weeks a year, like Minnesota” - Dickinson got a bit more serious. “You know you’re getting old when Rolling Stone gives you a good review,” he added. With tracks we know fans want to hear like ‘The Trooper,’ ‘2 Minutes To Midnight,’ ‘The Number Of The Beast,’ Fear Of The Dark, Run To The Hills. The tour will be inspired by the mobile game Iron Maidens Legacy of the Beast. (Their last show at the X was heavy on songs from 2015’s “The Book of Souls.”) They opened on a World War II-inspired military bunker stage, complete with a replica Spitfire plane flying overhead.Īfter the first three songs “Aces High,” “Where Eagles Dare,” “2 Minutes to Midnight” - lead singer Bruce Dickinson riffed on the march of time and said the combined age of Iron Maiden is now greater than the lifespan of the American republic. The band called the tour 'the greatest production of all and new tour dates were announced. Iron Maiden also drew nearly every song in the set list from the ’80s, the era many fans would call the group’s finest. Using the concept of the game - it features band mascot Eddie battling foes in various Maiden-esque worlds - as a guide, the band’s stage transformed several times throughout the show, at one point moving from a crumbling cathedral to hell itself. They even showed a commercial for it on the big screens before their two-hour performance. With no new album out, the legendary British metal band is promoting their mobile game that shares its name with the tour. In terms of over-the-top spectacle, it probably won’t be topped by a band from any genre until the next time Taylor Swift comes to town. On Monday, they returned to the hockey arena on the Legacy of the Beast World Tour.īut any fans who decided to sit this one out missed what’s likely to be the biggest, loudest and most outrageous metal show in town this year. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center in their first Twin Cities concert in 17 years.
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