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• Sabu LeChat said:

  Iron Maiden delivered a monstrous metal blow to a rain drenched, beer soaked, weed stenched crowd of however many thousands at the recently re-Christened Comcast center. Maiden has arrived yet again, and their legions of fans continue to span generations, proving that this juggernaut that has had zero mainstream radio play transcends the power play pimp pusher of pop rock that had condemned Maiden to the scrap heap of Raven, Armored Saints and the like. Long after the mass produced shit is forgotten 15 year olds with acne are STILL buying "Number of the Beast". Up the Irons and kill your TV's, truth comes via Eddie LP cover art and the lyrics of thought. Sadly, I won't be able to add last nights ticket stub to my collection-----the "ticket" for the show was a FUCKING .PDF How un-metal is that?

  Last night's scene was perfect. As Maiden took the stage, thunder clouds and lighting in the distances accompanied the quintessential Maiden opening salvo of Churchill's famous 'defend our Island' cry. Blast. The members of Maiden rattled off a set that brought the audience to a fist pumping fury of unbridled masculine rage fueled by cheap beer, superb marijuana all to a soundtrack of timeless galloping Maiden tunes.

  This aural assault unearthed the memories of "Scream for me Long Beach! Scream for me Long Beach!" With the notable exception of "Wasted Years" being played live, Maiden stuck to their mid 80's early 90's classics, treating the sopping fans to rousing renditions of Powerslave, Revelations, Aces High and closing out the night with the beautiful Hallowed by Thy Name. (No Flight of Icarus curiously)

  Maiden's fan base has under gone an interesting few metamorphisms. Certainly, the trench coat mafia degenerates of working class pick up truck hick towns were, and will always, be represented by legions of the greasy haired-they were here. Vicious jock types have joined the fray and oddly created a mosh pit in the steeply angled lawn section. This made for some interesting humor as some stoned youngster made a 40' slide down the slope as some large bicep-ed lacrosse type planted a cloven hoof into the mud covered maiden twirp. Not a fan of Slayer-these scenes offer another reason why.

  The most exceptional and note worthy evolution of the fan base was the number of clearly either active duty or recently out of military types. My sense, these white walled fans were the very parted mullet headbangers in 1986 that this society wanted to cast off the grid. Now these very cast offs are the heroes of a nation at war. The circle of life played out as a typical Maiden fan evolves from dime bag slinging punk to 50 cal blasting uniformed assassin. Hoorah and the next beers are on me.

  Lest I forget, at the upper corner of the lawn section, during "2 Minutes to Midnight" I witnessed a chubby couple having sex. Security having retreated to the drier areas of the venue allowed for an anarchy-like dark festival atmosphere. Weed smoking was wonderfully rampant, in fact some chick named Jen who works at a casino in Connecticut got my friend and I heavily hazed on a joint that managed to stay lit during heavy rain. Jen, your karma was kind-may you hit the slots for $2 million. People like you deserve as much.

  Iron Maiden-to those who know, represents more than music, Maiden represents timeless excellence and value.

  June 22, 2008 7:49 AM

• Carly Carioli said:

  Sabu wins: no further reviews necessary. Would like to hear from the chubby couple, though. Where my Maiden-fuckers at?

  June 22, 2008 9:35 PM

• ... said:

  to the fat ass sitting in my seat fuck you

  June 22, 2008 10:00 PM

• Mitch said:

  Sabu failed to mention that during the encore, a 12-foot tall robotic spaceman Eddie walked out onstage and pretended to shoot the band members. I wish there were a picture of it here.

  June 23, 2008 12:54 PM

• SFC ROSS - one of those Soldiers said:

  I drove from Albany NY for this show and it was worth it.  It was my 5th Maiden show starting from 1985.  

  Highlights (since I've seen them a few times):

  1. Bruce's voice and the sound of the band:  DEAD ON.  It was as if it were still the 80's and they just got started.  

  2. The length of the set - 15 tracks + ontro

  3. Set list.

  Lowlights

  1. Lauren Harris - worlds shortest opening act and worlds worst sound guy.  It took until song 3 to get the sound right.

  2. It was nice to see the sarcophagus open with the mummified eddie but the "midget" version from this tour was a little upsetting.

  3. 2nd Encore!! The lights were off after the encore, then came the blue stage lights and the hope of another song.  Then, after a couple minute tease, on came the lights and little Monty Python.  Maybe I'm just greedy.

  All in all, it would be hard for Maiden to flop - short of bringing back Blaze Bayley.

  UP THE IRONS!

  June 23, 2008 3:46 PM

• T said:

  This was my 16th Maiden show (1st was in 1988) and without a doubt the best.  The band was electric, the crowd insane, the song selection *perfect*.  

  As a soon-to-be forty year old, it was awesome to see so many younger people (many teenagers and twenty-somethings) now getting into Maiden, and such a HUGE crowd (it appeared to be sold-out although I'm told it wasn't.)

  I was also at the NYC show last week, which paled in comparison.  This was a sick show!

  June 24, 2008 11:23 AM

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