SUMMARY OF REVIEWS FROM FIRST LEG OF MAIDEN’S “SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR 08
In 45 days during Feb/Mar Maiden flew almost 50,000 miles in their customized Boeing 757 piloted by vocalist and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson, playing 23 shows in 10 countries around the planet. That is an average of a show every alternate day for almost seven weeks with an average distance of over 2000 miles between each show. Was it worth this almighty effort? This is what the media thought.
CANADA TORONTO SUN newspaper Tue Mar 18 Headline “Maiden turns back time” “The calendar says 2008 but at sold-out Air Canada Centre Sunday night, Iron Maiden made sure it was 1984 all over again….Dickinson kept the energy high while the trio of guitarists stood side by side at the front, weaving their own metal magic during The Trooper as Dickinson waved a large Union Jack”
CHARTATTACK magazine Mon 17 mar “Simply it is an epic event. Iron Maiden blows through most of their ‘80s hits…whipping the crowd into a frenzy. When Bruce Dickinson announces a number of additional summer dates the place goes off. Your reporter’s now very boozy subjects [detailed at the start of this article] and the three 13 year-old boys behind them lock horns. The metal torch has been passed. Long live Iron Maiden”
