The setlist is a real zinger. You almost want to skip past the standards like Aces High and The Trooper and get stuck into lesser-heard stuff like Flight Of Icarus (not played since the early ‘90s), while the (relatively) new (but not that new) tracks like For The Greater Good Of God and The Wicker Man are towering here. And special mention must go to the inclusion of Blaze Bayley-era cuts Sign Of The Cross and The Clansman, two oft overlooked tracks (the latter of which is actually one of the band’s best songs) that are absolutely unimpeachable, exploding with theatrics and electricity.
And therein lies the magic of the Maiden live experience: focusing on the old or the new, they often deliver you something you didn’t know you wanted so much. Captured here with so much thrust, for those that were there this is a memento of a truly incredible tour, in which the band managed to turn nostalgia into something that could still be daring and thrown with a curve. This is how Maiden have maintained for as long as they have, and what makes this, like its predecessors, more than a bit of product in downtime, but a document of why they are, still, one of the finest bands on Earth.
Verdict: 4/5
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