" Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)."Where Eagles Dare" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)."Remember Tomorrow" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)." The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)."Murders in the Rue Morgue" (from Killers, 1981).The Ides of March (from Killers, 1981) served as intro for this tour.The walk-on Eddie would also appear during "Drifter", either in a straitjacket (as on the Piece of Mind album cover) or as a replica of the original used on " The Beast on the Road" tour. 'Til I'm Dead Tour was used in its place. However, for the majority of the tour, the giant Eddie from the Give Me Ed. Throughout the tour, the stage was decorated with artwork lifted from The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days DVD release, with the runways appearing as alleyway walls and featuring ripped-up posters from that period, such as Live at the Rainbow, and a street sign reading "Acacia Avenue".Īt a small number of shows, an inflatable Eddie (identical to that of the first album cover) would appear during "Iron Maiden". Shortly after Iron Maiden's set, Sharon entered the stage to the unanimous boos from the crowd and stated that, while she loves Iron Maiden, Dickinson is a "prick." įollowing the show, Iron Maiden's manager Rod Smallwood issued a statement condemning the incident. The effort to ruin the band's show seemed to have been in vain, however, as the band reportedly played even better as their performance was disrupted. In addition, the PA system was shut off multiple times, cutting off power to Dickinson's microphone and the band's instruments mid-song and members of other bands were recruited to cause further disturbance, such as throwing eggs at Iron Maiden during their performance and by running on-stage with an American flag during " The Trooper". Throughout the tour, vocalist Bruce Dickinson reportedly made several comments about reality television, the widespread use of autocue by current bands and the fact that Iron Maiden had headlined several dates of the tour (due to Ozzy Osbourne's illness), to which Osbourne's wife, Sharon, took offence. The final date of the US segment of the tour ( Hyundai Pavilion in San Bernardino, California on 20 August 2005) ended on a sour note.
IRON MAIDEN EDDIE LIVE FULL
The tour saw the band headlining several stadiums and festivals throughout Europe, with the concert at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden on 9 July being broadcast live in full on both Swedish national television and radio, and co-headlining with Black Sabbath for the majority of the North American Ozzfest tour. Iron Maiden performing in Paris on 25 JuneĮddie Rips Up the World Tour was a concert tour by Iron Maiden in 2005 based on bringing back rarities from the first four Iron Maiden albums for the younger audience ( Iron Maiden, Killers, The Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind), brought about by the band's 2004 DVD The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days.
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