Iron Maiden kicked off their Future Past tour on Sunday at Ljubljana, Slovenia’s Arena Stozice.
You can see the complete set record, pictures and movies from the efficiency beneath.
The British steel legends’ present trek focuses on their most up-to-date album, 2021’s Senjutsu, together with their 1986 LP Somewhere in Time. Five songs from every album have been performed at tonight’s present, together with the long-awaited debut of Somewhere in Time‘s epic “Alexander the Great’ and the first-ever performances of four different Senjutsu songs. All told, only four songs remained in the set list from closing night of the band’s previous Legacy of the Beast tour.
With singer Bruce Dickinson sporting black goggles and a futuristic full-length jacket, Iron Maiden hit the stage in front of a set resembling the Blade Runner-style Somewhere in Time album art. In a rather unique move, the band announced the set list via Twitter as the show was happening, commemorating each new song with its own specialized image.
The band opened the last leg of its Legacy of the Beast tour with the first three tracks off Senjutsu, but Somewhere in Time has not received much playtime on recent outings.
“As it would not make a variety of sense to repeat this for a Senjutsu album tour, we thought of different choices and we have determined to revisit Somewhere in Time as that tour did not characteristic within the numerous retrospective historical past excursions we have performed over time,” bassist Steve Harris said in a statement.
“They have been based mostly on our ’80s live performance movies and sadly we didn’t movie that tour,” he continued. “We have had a number of requests from followers over time for many tracks on it so we are actually going to play them, plus in fact just a few others we all know you’ll like! It may also be significantly satisfying to lastly get to play among the extra epic tracks on Senjutsu, it has been an extended wait!”
Watch Iron Maiden Perform ‘Somewhere in Time’
The European leg of the Future Past tour is scheduled to run through early August, before Iron Maiden heads to North America for a trio of Canadian shows in late September and early October. They’ll also appear at California’s Power Trip festival alongside Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses and Tool.
Watch Iron Maiden Perform ‘Alexander the Great’
Watch Iron Maiden Perform ‘Heaven Can Wait’
Iron Maiden, 5/28/23, Arena Stozice, Ljubljana (stats from setlist.fm)
1. “Caught Somewhere in Time” (first time played since 1987)
2. “Stranger in a Strange Land” (first time since 1999)
3. “The Writing on the Wall”
4. “Days of Future Past” (live debut)
5. “The Time Machine” (live debut)
6. “The Prisoner” (first time since 2014)
7. “Death of the Celts” (live debut)
8. “Can I Play With Madness” (first time since 2014)
9. “Heaven Can Wait” (first time since 2008)
10. “Alexander the Great” (live debut)
11. “Fear of the Dark”
12. “Iron Maiden”
13. “Hell on Earth” (live debut)
14. “The Trooper”
15. “Wasted Years” (first time since 2017)
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