17 different Eddie covers for ClassicRock Magazine October 2015 issue, My Fantasy Setlist for Maiden 2016 World Tour and my horrific thinking of why Iron Maiden will not play in Singapore in coming tour and I HOPE I AM WRONG.

From the previous Savatage's Edge Of Thorns Comparisons of the Japanese Pressing (+2 extra songs) and the Ultimate Version found on their 1500 limited Boxset, back to Iron Maiden LOL!!

Three parts, 

Firstly, I just got the Classic Rock Magazine October 2015 edition which is the Iron Maiden Collectors Edition.
In total this issue has 17, yes 17 different covers of Eddie.
It features all 16 Studio Eddie covers plus the Live After Death Eddie.
I decided on the Piece Of Mind cover Eddie.

I think for me to collect all 17 is out of question. LOL!!
But I am sure it would be nice to own them all...
Somewhere In Time Eddie was also nice... LOL, so was Killers, so was the X Factor Eddie.
I have not physically touch the rest but the ones I saw are all so pretty...

I have not even unwrapped it yet.
Will show it to those interested on the content and layout soon.

Warning ... Below are all fan-fantasy. LOL!! So maybe better stop here.





Secondly

I was thinking about Iron Maiden. HAHAHA, and that is an understatement of the year.
These are the two things...

Lets get the SAD part out of the way, and then we go to the HAPPY FEELINGS AND DELICIOUSLY HAPPY THOUGHTS!!!!

Firstly, something I have been giving a thought... a horrific thought really LOL!!!


WHY MY HEART IS SAYING IRON MAIDEN WILL NOT PLAY IN SINGAPORE IN 2016 & WORSE NOT COMING AT ALL FOR THE BOOK OF SOUL WORLD TOUR IF THE TOUR IS EXTENDED TO 2017.

This is the reasons my heart is telling myself.

- Iron Maiden says they will play 10 shows in USA & Canada in first two weeks of April 2016.
After that Japan and SHOWS in China.

Lets say they have a few days rest & Travelling time from North America to Asia region even they using their own Jumbo 747 and they play two shows in Japan & two shows in China.

So the last date for USA or Canada will be 14th or 15th of April 2016.
Lets say the first date of Japan will be 18th or 19th April 2016.
and lets say consecutively a second show in Japan will be 20th April. (and I am being conservative, no rest for Iron Maiden in between travelling inside Japan & setting up their as usual spectacular stage and effects).

and then maybe a two days gap before two shows in China lets say 23rd April and 24th April (and I am being conservative here like above),

Maybe its a possibility of a 26th April date for SOUTH EAST ASIA?? before Ed Force One flies to Oceania? But definitely they need to rest, and their support crew need their OFF and REST days even with their own JUMBO 747 plane.
The biggest and definitely FIRST IN HISTORY OF MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT , the MOST DRAMATIC AND AWESOME adventure taken by any entertainment act, be it a band, an artist or whatever, doing a World Tour with their own (leased) JUMBO BOEING 747.

Coming from a band which is basically, hardly without any main-stream radio or mass-media coverage. 
-a band that even the MTV PERSONALITY SHARON OSBOURNE SABOTAGE at the most where it matters, when Maiden is at its best, PLAYING LIVE ON STAGE!!!!!. 

-A band which survive solely by the support of fans worldwide. I mean, they are selling numerous physical cds and vinyls worldwide in this age by words of mouth and internet-information alone and RULING the POP CHARTS!!!!.

When fans of other bands, music acts or singers are either downloading legally a single, or illegally downloading a whole album,
Iron Maiden fans worldwide are BUYING PHYSICAL CDS AND VINYLS just like in the past and paying Itunes for whole album.
Loyalty and respect for the band at such a high level.



Now on the 29th April Maiden are confirmed in Christchurch New Zealand.
Their last date for Oceania is 14th May in Perth Australia.

On the 18th, Maiden are confirmed in Cape Town South Africa & its announced after South Africa that will be Europe.

SO THERE IS NO WAY  TO FIT IN BETWEEN 14th & 18th May either.

So I think Singapore or Indonesia or India or Middle East or Korea, places where Iron Maiden had played before & also a new place like Malaysia, will not get a slot this current tour.

(Maybe Singapore will get Sharon Osbourne's Black Sabbath FINAL WORLD TOUR instead on the same period??)

2017 looks slim, as they already travel Australia and New Zealand for coming 2016 , and I doubt they want to headline Soundwave in 2017 having done a full Oceania tour in 2016.
If that happens then maybe South East Asia and the rest of Asia will get a chance.

This is just a thinking..

I HOPE I AM WRONG... And lets have a wishful thinking Iron Maiden for their coming World Tour to support maybe their best ever album visits Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and even Laos. LOL!!




thirdly

Anyway, lets forget the negative thoughts, and lets think happy things.

Setlist for The Book Of Soul World Tour..

The Dream Setlist Will Of Course be -

If Eternity Should Fail,
Speed Of Light
Great Unknown
Red And The Black
When River Runs Deep
Book Of Soul
Death Or Glory
Shadow Of Valley
Tears Of A Clown
Man Of Sorrows
IRON MAIDEN

encore
Empire Of The Clouds

2nd encore
Hallowed Be Thy Name

But the above setlist is not going to happen... It seems Empire Of The Clouds will not be played. 18 mins long and it needs a lot of effort and possibly backing tapes to replicate the song live.
Bruce says it will be 4 to 5 songs from the album...
I hope it will be SIX songs...
The Book Of Souls is a very good album and I would like Six Songs to be played and I have the six songs which I think is reasonable to play live.

>>These are the six new songs I would choose for Maiden to play live (this is my fantasy, remember, a reasonable request but still fantasy)
1.- Opening Track which will be opening song so If Eternity Should Fail will be played.
2.- & "first single" Speed Of Light too is confirmed played as its the "single".
3.- Death Or Glory I think WILL BE PLAYED, due to that short video teaser and this is definitely a nice fast song to play live.
4.- Book Of Soul as the title track should be played, and its DRAMATIC to play live, and Bruce will be definitely be DRAMATIC. Never mind its 10 mins long.

5.- Of course, the best song besides Empire will be played live and its The Red And The Black. 13 mins of Steve Harris Epicness. I cannot get the 9min mark Instrumental section out of my head. One of the best Iron Maiden instrumental solos section since Dance Of Death. 
So definitely this song will be played live, and it will be the killer moment of the whole show I think.
6.- I will go for a SIXTH SONG, and I will go for TEARS OF A CLOWN. This song I think have touched a lot of people. Definitely this song is the closest to my heart. This song will have a lot of impact if its played live.

So now to the rest of my predicted setlist. 
Lets talk the Pop Hits first.
- Run To The Hills I think will not be played though its been a long time, its difficult for Bruce I think especially the new songs from the new album will not be easy for Bruce to sing live what with all his running and prancing all over the stage, the ramps and the scaffoldings LOL!!..
- I will drop lots of overplayed songs. Especially the Pop Hits.
- To compensate all the dropped Pop Hits, I will go for the song Powerslave with the full fanfare.
- I will retain Fear Of The Dark, as its basically the hugest Pop Hit that fans demand though its overplayed.
- Hallowed Be Thy Name should return, and Iron Maiden will not be dropped. I think The Number Of The Beast have to be maintained. So I have 4 songs confirmed.
- I will take a risk and dropped live favourite The Trooper as its overplayed, and replace it with Flight Of Icarus or Where Eagles Dare.
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE BRUCE WAVING THE UNION JACK IN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA????
Though I am sure the China Government would be very pleased to have Run To The Hills!! ""White Man Came Across the Sea, HE BROUGHT US PAIN AND MISERY!!!""
- I will take Killers. I would have prefer Infinite Dreams but I can only dream.
- I will take at least two songs from the previous 4 albums with the current definitive 6-men line up.
- So again, taking into consideration no song never played before if that song was not played when its first released - Though if that happens I am sure I will chose Judas Be My Guide, Montsegur or even Alexander The Great or even RUNNING SILENT RUNNING DEEP..
- Time Factor..& Bruce Level of Quality for each show.

This is what I think (MORE OF I FANTASIZE BUT A QUITE REALISTIC FANTASY MAY I ADD) and reasonably realistic setlist will be..
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- Doctor Doctor (UFO's Stranger In The Night version)
- Intro Tape of some Mel Gibson's Apocalypto movie or some Mayan/Aztec movies or soundtrack..

1. If Eternity Should Fail (using the original spoken-studio version at the start of the song and the band only starts to play live once the whole band kicks in proper and the band ends and the outro spoken words are again using the original studio version backing tape with the stage dimmed. How near the end of the song on the last chorus and Adrian Smith will have his short solos accompanying Bruce ending chorus...that will be a marvel).

2. The Speed Of Light.
3. Killers (and I hope to see them play live, and I am standing at the Dave Murray side and I am happily snapping away photos like a Groupie and nobody is pushing and acting crazy and I can happy snap nice pretty photos of Maiden in action and Janick comes over to Dave Murray side too... LOL!! yes, a fantasy)
4. Children Of The Damned (Mr Adrian Smith with the double neck please)

Bruce gives a short speech and introduce another new song.
5. The Book Of Soul
6. Where Eagles Dare
7. Tears Of A Clown
8. Different World

9. Holy Smoke or Be Quick Or Be Dead or Rainmaker
10. The Black And The Red
(at the end of this track, the band and the audience will be exhausted by the exhilarating instrumental section of the song, and it will be followed by a long ((Maiden!!))((Maiden!!!))((Maiden!!!!)) chant.) 
Personally I would have GONE MENTAL ON THE NINEth MINUTE MARK OF THIS SONG. THAT INSTRUMENTAL SECTION IS EATING INTO MY BRAIN. LOL!!!!
I envisage a lots of PYROs and EXPOLOSIONS during the instrumental section of this song and the whole place goes crazy and Steve and Dave and Adrian and Janick line up across stage like during The Trooper and receives the adulation from the crowd)
11. Death Or Glory
12. Fear Of The Dark
13. Iron Maiden (Huge behind stage Mayan Eddie appears with heart on his hand on this song)

encore
14. Powerslave 
15. The Number Of The Beast
Bruce introduce the band members and SAYING THEY ARE ALREADY WRITTING SONGS FOR THE NEXT ALBUM AND IT WILL BE A TRIPLE-CD ALBUM!!! LOL!! I can dream can I???
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name

Now where song should the Mayan Walk-On Eddie appears on stage?? LOL!!!!
TOO LONG RIGHT? Then I think I have to admit only Five songs from the new album then??

But knowing Maiden the setlist will be like this
IESF
TSOL
The Trooper
Coming Home or Blood Brother
Wrathchild
Book Of Soul
2MTM
TRATB
Death Or Glory
Wickerman
FOTD
IM

TNOTB
TETMD
HBTN or Sanctuary

But I dont care, Maiden can only play one song and I would be so damn happy to see them play that one song live. (if I can find a way to make it of course LOL!!)

OK Enough of Fan-Fiction, my self Fan-Perverted-Fantasy... LOL!!


Back to the real world.


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