New Iron Maiden album due Sept 4th 2015 - The Book Of Souls

[raydrz]

[Heavy Metal Spike]

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[Heavy Metal Spike]

Just SOOO f'ing cool! (courtesy BW&BK again) . . . http://bravewords.com/news/iron-maiden- ... ards-again

Following the major accident in Chile on the morning of Saturday March 12th, a fully repaired Ed Force One will take off tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday March 22nd, from Santiago Airport to rejoin the Iron Maiden tour at Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport. Following the show at Nilsen Nelson Arena, the plane will be loaded up once again on Wednesday March 23rd with over 20 tons of equipment and tour personnel to fly to Fortaleza for the concert on Thursday March 24th and on from there to Sao Paulo then New York and onwards round the World on The Book Of Souls World Tour which visits 36 countries in the five month period.

The accident required the replacing of both of the Boeing 747’s port side jet engines, a tough proposition at the best of times but not made any easier by the fact of the distances involved in getting such huge components, parts, tools and technical crew to Chile as quickly as possible to get Ed Force One back in the air. The engines alone weigh 5000kg each, and cost around four million dollars each.

Ed Force One is leased from Air Atlanta who went into immediate action following the incident, with technical assistance from Boeing. An emergency meeting on the Sunday was called to create a comprehensive detailed plan for this complex operation – locating suitable engines, thrust reversers, cowlings and parts, working out necessary tooling and technical team, logistics of ground and freight transport and tech team travel and a myriad of other detail. All from scratch. The next couple of days were spent putting these plans meticulously into place.

The result was that on Thursday March 17th, a Cargolux chartered 747 freighter left Luxembourg carrying two huge replacement jet engines, trucked there from Hannover, Germany. The Charter stopped over at Stansted Airport, Essex, UK to collect two more consignments. Cowlings and thrust reversers were trucked there in huge boxes from Kemble, UK, along with tooling and consumables flown in specially from Jeddah to Heathrow and hauled to Stansted.

The chartered 747 then completed the 12,000km (7410 miles) flight to Santiago, arriving at 9am Friday morning. The technicians were flown there from Iceland and from Atlanta Air’s base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, six in total, to join with EF1’s own two onboard techs, Bjorn Bjarnason and Sigurbjarni ( Barney) Thormundsson, and Jeremy Smith of Rock-It Cargo Ltd, who is on tour with us supervising the freight and customs aspects.

The engines were cleared by Chilean Customs Friday lunchtime and they were transferred to the LAN Chile maintenance area of the airport arriving just before 2pm. Working in shifts 24 hours a day the techs were then able to start removing Engine number 1 and then on Saturday Engine number 2. Using hoists and cranes the damaged engines had to be detached then lowered into a cradle in order to swap with the new replacement engines. The replacement engines were then lifted up and into a place. Once the support pylons had been inspected and x-rayed and damage assessed, both of which passed with flying colors, then the new engines were attached with, as one of the techs said, a “million” wires. Both were finally in place and attached by Sunday lunchtime and then the thrust reversers fitted overnight, almost as complex an operation as fitting the actual engines due to being right under the wing. Final piece of the jigsaw was for the Eddie decals to be fitted and then both engines tested by running to full power.

Comments Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden vocalist and pilot of Ed Force One: "The speed and thoroughness of this incredibly complex operation was stunning and we are so very pleased to get our plane back! We would like to thank Air Atlanta and their terrific rescue team for a fantastic effort in achieving this in the time they did, and to Boeing, LAN Chile. ACS and Rock-It Cargo for all their invaluable support. We are sorry though for our fans in Cordoba, Buenos Aires, Rio and Belo Horizonte who missed out seeing the plane, but we hope they enjoyed the concerts as much as we did.

We should also thank our Killer Krew who found themselves at lunchtime on the Saturday of the accident with over 20 tons of equipment at the airport in Santiago and over 60 people all to get to Cordoba for early the next day to set up the huge show we are carrying. The distance is “only” 1000km, but with a small matter of the Andes in between! They did it, by the skin of the teeth, and all went very well for the show in Cordoba and the other cities EF1 just missed. It’s quite a feat of logistics to find and put into action at such short notice all the transport, replacement air-charters, schedule flights, etcetera, to enable us to play those next four shows on time without EF1, our transport for everything. Great effort, team, many thanks from all of us. And to our promoter MOVE and ACS for all their assistance and time with this too."

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[Heavy Metal Spike]

Maiden, April 10th 2016, Vancouver, BC, Canada . . . Rogers "crappy sound depending on where you are" arena.

The Red & The Black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVn9kf78An0

9 mins 10 seconds in - "soundgasm to the end".

The fella who posted this was about 15 people to OUR right - but HIS camera is a lot steadier than my Son's was in MY hands (too much jumping on my part).

Iron Maiden - LONG may they reign.

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[tay666]

Nice vid. Looks like he did a good portion of the show.
Always nice to have those vids to bring back good memories.

[tay666]

Maiden, April 10th 2016, Vancouver, BC, Canada . . . Rogers "crappy sound depending on where you are" arena.

The Red & The Black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVn9kf78An0

I noticed something else in that video that would bother me, besides the crappy sound you mentioned.
I hate high stages like that.
Had to deal with that when I went to the Buffalo show.
Another reason I'd rather see them in Cleveland.
Stage is less than chest high. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-3KVb4GKo

[Heavy Metal Spike]

(Apparently) the first time Maiden have played China.

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d251cMBwpU#t=18.071562

WAY small crowd - but nice to see their audience is truly world-wide . . .

"Fear Of the Dark" in China (not really a "pun" - but INTENDED (by ME at least ))

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ0LArvwZgo

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[tay666]

Crowd doesn't look that small. Looks like the venue is packed.
It's not Brasil, or one of the European festivals after all.

Good to see the fans know the song, and the sing-along portion.

[Heavy Metal Spike]

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"Taking its name from both the colour of the beer, which glows red when held up to light, and the song “The Red And The Black” from Iron Maiden’s critically acclaimed
2015 album The Book Of Souls, Trooper Red ‘N’ Black uses a blend of chocolate and crystal malts which help give the beer a roasted malt and caramel backbone."

• • http://bravewords.com/news/iron-maiden- ... ting-video

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[tay666]

Gonna have to find some and give it a try.
Hopefully it's better than Trooper, which I didn't care for.

[Heavy Metal Spike]

Bought a case of 24 bottles of the original "Trooper". By the time I'd got to the end I decided it wasn't worth buying a new batch.

REALLY like the AC/DC lager though!

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[tay666]

I only had a couple bottles (that a friend sent me), and a 6 pack of cans that I picked up.
I didn't think I'd like it but wanted to try anyway. Not a fan of English Ales.
Don't like bitter beers. (also can't stand IPAs)
I do like malty beers though, so I have hope on this porter.

[Heavy Metal Spike]

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• IRON MAIDEN (well - 2 of them ) thank fans in the "Book Of Souls" world tour recap video
  
  [list] http://bravewords.com/news/iron-maiden- ... ecap-video
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo5hDzEBtpo

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• The setlist on the final night (Aug 4th 2016 @ Wacken open air) was as follows:
  
  • "If Eternity Should Fail"
    "Speed Of Light"
    "Children Of The Damned"
    "Tears Of A Clown"
    "The Red And The Black"
    "The Trooper"
    "Powerslave"
    "Death Or Glory"
    "The Book Of Souls"
    "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
    "Fear Of The Dark"
    "Iron Maiden"
    "The Number Of The Beast"
    "Blood Brothers"
    "Wasted Years"

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[Scooke123]

I didn't get a chance to see them on this tour.

[Heavy Metal Spike]

I didn't get a chance to see them on this tour.

There was a multi-angle pro-shot full-set video from Wacken on YouTube, but it's been taken down.

If it gets uploaded again (or I find it somewhere else), I'll post the link for you.

I love this band - they've ALWAYS been special.

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[AgentU7]

I love this band - they've ALWAYS been special.

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Me too. What's your favorite album? Mine is Killers. I still listen to it often.

[raydrz]

I love this band - they've ALWAYS been special.

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Me too. What's your favorite album? Mine is Killers. I still listen to it often.

3-way tie for me:
Killers
Powerslave
7th son of a 7th son

[Heavy Metal Spike]

I didn't get a chance to see them on this tour.

There was a multi-angle pro-shot full-set video from Wacken on YouTube, but it's been taken down.

If it gets uploaded again (or I find it somewhere else), I'll post the link for you.

I love this band - they've ALWAYS been special.

Here you go Steve (and others )

[list] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1zML_-G28 [/list]

OMG - SERIOUS memory-pulls, tears and chills - 1 hour 56 minutes of grade "A" f***ing AWESOME !!!!!

• Once again - the setlist on the night (Aug 4th 2016) was as follows:
  
  • "If Eternity Should Fail"
    "Speed Of Light"
    "Children Of The Damned"
    "Tears Of A Clown"
    "The Red And The Black"
    "The Trooper"
    "Powerslave"
    "Death Or Glory"
    "The Book Of Souls"
    "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
    "Fear Of The Dark"
    "Iron Maiden"
    "The Number Of The Beast"
    "Blood Brothers"
    "Wasted Years"

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[tay666]

Me too. What's your favorite album? Mine is Killers. I still listen to it often.

3-way tie for me:
Killers
Powerslave
7th son of a 7th son

Three way tie for me too, just totally different three than you.

Piece of Mind
Somewhere In Time
Brave New World

[tay666]

I didn't get a chance to see them on this tour.

You aren't alone.
The second tour I've missed since the turn of the century.
Still have hope they will bring the tour back around.
Last tour went on for 3 years.