Iron Maiden Begin Maiden England Tour In Spain

Iron Maiden opened their European portion of their Maiden England tour on Monday night at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre in Barakaldo, Spain.

Iron Maiden. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

The show concentrates on the group’s early career with songs from their 1980 self-titled debut through 1992’s Fear of the Dark with the most coming from 1988’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Of the 17 songs played, eleven were played during the 1988 Maiden England tour (marked with an asterisk below). Omitted from the 1988 set list are Still Life, Die With Your Boots On, Killers, Heaven Can Wait, Hallowed Be Thy Name and Sanctuary.

The set list:

Main Set

• Moonchild (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988) *
• Can I Play With Madness (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988) *
• The Prisoner (from The Number of the Beast, 1982) *
• 2 Minutes to Midnight (from Powerslave, 1984)
• Afraid to Shoot Strangers (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
• The Trooper (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
• The Number of the Beast (from The Number of the Beast, 1982) *
• Phantom of the Opera (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
• Run to the Hills (from The Number of the Beast, 1982) *
• Wasted Years (from Somewhere in Time, 1986) *
• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988) *
• The Clairvoyant (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988) *
• Fear of the Dark (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
• Iron Maiden (from Iron Maiden, 1980) *

Encore

• Aces High (from Powerslave, 1984)
• The Evil That Men Do (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988) *
• Running Free (from Iron Maiden, 1980) *

Tagged as: 1980s, 2010s, heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Maiden England, U.K.