Somewhere Back in Time World Tour

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Somewhere Back in Time World Tour is a concert tour by Iron Maiden in 2008 to support the DVD release of their 1985 concert video Live After Death, as well as their 2008 greatest hits compilation CD Somewhere Back In Time - The Best Of: 1980-1989. Being a re-creation of the band's 1985 World Slavery Tour, the stage is designed with an Ancient Egyptian theme and the set list primarily consists of songs from the 1984 album Powerslave. Songs from The Number of the Beast (1982), Piece of Mind (1983), Somewhere in Time (1986) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) Fear of the Dark (1992) also comprise the set list.

The first leg of Iron Maiden's Somewhere Back in Time World Tour opened in Mumbai, India on Feb 1st, and will continue through Australia, Japan, Los Angeles and Mexico, followed by the band's first ever concerts in Costa Rica and Colombia, and then on to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rico and New York, before finishing in Toronto, Canada, on March 16th. Over the 45 day period it is anticipated that Maiden will play to well over 1,000,000 fans in 21 cities in 10 countries, flying close to 50,000 miles in the specially refitted plane.

EMA Telstar announced that the Maiden tour will be the biggest rock tour that any band has ever undertaken in these Nordic regions. Comments tour promoter Thomas Johansson of EMA Telstar:

"We are all very proud to be making history by giving our rock fans the biggest Nordic Rock Tour there has ever been and certainly one of the most spectacular. Maiden is so hugely popular with the Nordic peoples that we wanted to ensure that as many fans as possible got the opportunity to see this very special show next year as we expect demand for tickets to be enormous.",^[1]

Maiden had also announced that they would be returning to cities that they hadn't returned to for years. Western Canada is included, as their five city run through Western Canada had sold out the very day they went on sale. Calgary and Regina had sold out in just under an hour. Edmonton sold out completely in a few hours. Winnipeg and Vancouver sold out within two hours. Calgary also had the highest pre-sale ever for the band, in which they sold out half the tickets. Edmonton and Regina were not far behind. Says Dickinson about the results: "We are truly overwhelmed by this response, especially as some of these cities we haven't played in 20 years!! Being Brits we are always very comfortable with Canadians and it will be a great pleasure to get back on the prairies again. It was always a LOUD response there! We look forward to this immensely and hope to give you all a show to remember."^[2] Most recently they played at MSG (Madison Square Garden) in NYC. Tickets to this show were sold out. During the performance of "Powerslave" the band's instruments lost power for a brief period of time and they passed time by playing english football on the stage. Once the equipment was fixed they returned and asked the audience if they should play the last verse of the song or do the next one. The band opted to play the next song which was "Heaven Can Wait".

Opening bands for this tour are:

• First Leg: Lauren Harris, Vanishing Point, Behind Crimson Eyes, Parikrama.
• Second Leg: Lauren Harris^[3]Anthrax (May 30 and 31 only) and Trivium (June 14 only)^[4].
• Third Leg: Lauren Harris , Within Temptation (just at Twickenham Stadium and TT in Assen), Kamelot (just at TT in Assen),Avenged Sevenfold (not at every gig).

0. Intro. Churchill's Speech
1. "Aces High" (From Powerslave, 1984)
2. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (From Powerslave, 1984)
3. "Revelations" (From Piece of Mind, 1983)
4. "The Trooper" (From Piece of Mind, 1983)
5. "Wasted Years" (From Somewhere in Time, 1986)
6. "The Number of The Beast" (From The Number of the Beast, 1982)
7. "Can I Play with Madness" (From Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
8. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (From Powerslave, 1984)
9. "Powerslave" (From Powerslave, 1984)
10. "Heaven Can Wait" (From Somewhere in Time, 1986)
11. "Run to the Hills" (From The Number of the Beast, 1982)
12. "Fear of The Dark" (From Fear of The Dark, 1992)
13. "Iron Maiden" (From Iron Maiden, 1980)
14. "Moonchild" (From Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
15. "The Clairvoyant" (From Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
16. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (From The Number of the Beast, 1982)

(the last three being the encore)

• Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
• Dave Murray – guitar
• Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
• Janick Gers – guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Harris – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Nicko McBrain – drums, percussion
• Michael Kenney – keyboards

Date	City	Country	Venue
				Tickets sold	Tickets on sale	Percentage sold
February 01 2008	Mumbai	India	Bandra-Kurla complex	100,000	100,000	100%
Australia
February 04 2008	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	14,000	14,000	100%
February 06 2008	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena	11,000	11,000	100%
February 07 2008	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena	11,000	11,000	100%
February 09 2008	Sydney	Australia	Acer Arena	14,000	14,000	100%
February 10 2008	Sydney	Australia	Acer Arena	14,000	14,000	100%
February 12 2008	Brisbane	Australia	Entertainment Centre	13,500	13,500	100%
Japan
February 15 2008	Yokohama	Japan	Pacifico	4,000	4,000	100%
February 16 2008	Tokyo	Japan	Messe	10,000	10,000	100%
America
February 19 2008	Inglewood, California	United States	The Forum	14,000	14,000	100%
February 21 2008	Guadalajara	Mexico	Telmex Auditorium	11,000	11,000	100%
February 22 2008	Monterrey	Mexico	Monterrey Arena	12,000	12,000	100%
February 24 2008	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	52,159	52,159	100%
February 26 2008	San Jose	Costa Rica	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá	30,000	30,000	100%
February 28 2008	Bogotá	Colombia	Simón Bolívar Park	40,000 *	40,000	100%
March 02 2008	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Palmeiras Stadium	42,000	42,000	100%
March 04 2008	Curitiba	Brazil	Pedreira	20,000	20,000	100%
March 05 2008	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Gigantinho	13,000	13,000	100%
March 07 2008	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Ferrocarril Oeste Stadium	25,000	25,000	100%
March 09 2008	Santiago	Chile	Pista Atletica	30,000	30,000	100%
March 12 2008	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Coliseo De Puerto Rico	18,000	18,000	100%
North America
March 14 2008	East Rutherford, New Jersey	United States	Izod Center	14,154	14,154	100%
March 16 2008	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Air Canada Centre	13,766	13,766	100%
May 21 2008	San Antonio, Texas	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	13,667	19,982	68%
May 22 2008	The Woodlands, Texas	United States	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	11,108	15,861	70%
May 25 2008	Albuquerque, New Mexico	United States	Journal Pavilion	14,973	14,973	100%
May 26 2008	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	Cricket Wireless Pavilion	11,435	19,921	57%
May 28 2008	Concord, California	United States	Sleep Train Pavilion	12,500	12,500	100%
May 30 2008	Irvine, California	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	13,060	16,133	81%
May 31 2008	Irvine, California	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	16,133	16,133	100%
June 2 2008	Auburn, Washington	United States	White River Amphitheatre	13,188	19,508	68%
June 3 2008	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	17,150	17,150	100%
June 5 2008	Calgary, Alberta	Canada	Saddledome	12,000	12,000	100%
June 6 2008	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	Rexall Place	13,000	13,000	100%
June 8 2008	Regina, Saskatchewan	Canada	Brandt Centre	7,000	7,000	100%
June 9 2008	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canada	MTS Centre	12,500	12,500	100%
June 11 2008	Rosemont, Illinois	United States	Allstate Arena	12,254	13,041	94%
June 12 2008	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	United States	Blossom Music Center	10,028	21,340	47%
June 14 2008	Holmdel, New Jersey	United States	PNC Bank Arts Center	11,340	16,996	67%
June 15 2008	New York, New York	United States	Madison Square Garden	13,766	13,766	100%
June 17 2008	Camden, New Jersey	United States	Susquehanna Bank Center	7,779	25,265	31%
June 18 2008	Columbia, Maryland	United States	Merriweather Post Pavilion	9,211	15,000	61%
June 20 2008	Mansfield, Massachusetts	United States	Comcast Center	8,955	19,900	45%
June 21 2008	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Parc Jean-Drapeau	22,500	70,000	32%
Europe
June 27 2008	Bologna	Italy	Gods of Metal	35,000	40,000	87,5%
June 29 2008	Dessel	Belgium	Graspop Metal Meeting	55,000	55,000	100%
July 01 2008	Paris	France	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy	18,000	18,000	100%
July 02 2008	Paris	France	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy	18,000	18,000	100%
July 05 2008	London	England	Twickenham Stadium	55,000	55,000	100%
July 09 2008	Lisbon	Portugal	Super Bock Super Rock
July 11 2008	Mérida	Spain	Via de la Plata Festival	30,000	30,000	100%
July 12 2008	Zaragoza	Spain	Metalway Festival		25,000
July 16 2008	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	31,500	31,500	100%
July 18 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	42,000	42,000	100%
July 19 2008	Tampere	Finland	Ratina Stadium	30,000	30,000	100%
July 22 2008	Trondheim	Norway	Lerkendal Stadium	20,000	24,000	83%
July 24 2008	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin	28,000	40,000	70%
July 26 2008	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi Stadium	55,000	55,000	100%
July 27 2008	Horsens	Denmark	Horsens Gods Bane Pladsen	10,000	25,000
July 31 2008	Wacken	Germany	Wacken Open Air	72,000	72,000	100%
August 02 2008	Athens	Greece	Terra Vibe Park		75,000
August 04 2008	Bucharest	Romania	Cotroceni Stadium		30,000
August 07 2008	Warsaw	Poland	Gwardia Stadium	22,000	30,000	73%
August 08 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	SK Slavia Praha	30,000	35,000
August 10 2008	Split	Croatia	Poljud Stadium	18,000	34,500	52%
August 12 2008	Budapest	Hungary	Sziget Festival		65,000
August 14 2008	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle	9,000	9,000	100%
August 16 2008	Assen	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	18,000	30,000	60%
August 19 2008	Moscow	Russia	Olympic Stadium		23,000

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