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In reply to the discussion: Best concert you ever saw? [View all]jmowreader
(50,557 posts)It was the last night on the tour, and Bruce seemed almost heartbroken that it was over. They played all the songs one would expect Maiden to play on a Book of Souls tour (you know if they're supporting their new album they're probably not going to play Ancient Mariner) but since it was the last night of the tour, it might also have been good to slip Heaven Can Wait (the song where the entire backstage crew runs out and dances around behind Steve Harris) into the set. Still, a very nice set.
And then there was Ghost...after the band played seven songs, Papa asked the crowd, "would you like to hear a song?" Of course, the crowd did want to hear a song; after all, that's what we were there for. "We're going to play a mean m-f-ing song..." and then they proceeded to do exactly that:
I was also REAL impressed with Barclays Center's screening procedure. I've been to quite a few shows and screening usually takes half of forever to get through. This arena? Just a couple of minutes. They had a LOT of metal detectors for the crowd to go through, and well-trained staff.