Well that was absolutely spiffing.
- • Great parking.
• Great company.
• Great security & staff.
• Well laid out venue with lots of open spaces (Genting Arena / NEC Birmingham).
• Great selection of Tees and hoodies (my Son NOW can't wait for me to get home as he was treated to some stuffs).
• No pot-smokers (no smokers of ANY kind in fact).
• No drunks (except for the windmill-arm-waving 300lb mid-40's woman just in front of us).
• An involved & motivated crowd.
• Great stage set-up & stageshow.
• Better sound than 2 of the 3 Maiden gigs I went to in Vancouver.
• Bruce in top form (although some of the guitar work / solos were a bit dodgy throughout the entire set).
- . . . and it was Bruce's 60th Birthday (we sang him Happy Birthday)
Highlights for me were some of the rarer songs . . .
- • The Clansman
• For the Greater Good of God
• The Wicker Man
• Sign of the Cross
- . . . plus (of course) Fear of the Dark.
I miss the UK concert scene SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much - another item to add to the "Canada vs. UK vs. somewhere else on the planet" competition.
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