Iron Maiden question

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

Do they still play "Tailgunner" live? I used to lose my mind to that tune in concert in the 80's.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7632 Age : 56

"Tailgunner" came out in 1990. Do you mean "Aces High?"

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

Maybe. Actually, It must have been since I have not seen Maiden since the 80's. Nice pickup, WF. So, different question - Do they still play Aces High?

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7632 Age : 56

UNCLE SAXON'S KICKASS CDS wrote:: Maybe. Actually, It must have been since I have not seen Maiden since the 80's. Nice pickup, WF. So, different question - Do they still play Aces High?

I believe they usually do "Aces High" in the encore.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

I just looked up Tailgunner. That IS the song I was thinking of. My metal memory calendar must be off.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

What year did Bruce leave the band?

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7632 Age : 56

UNCLE SAXON'S KICKASS CDS wrote:: What year did Bruce leave the band?

1993

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

hmmm. I just had a flashback when I was driving home from work. So, I must have seen them on Fear of the Dark then, I assume? The 90's are such a blur.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

They haven't play Tailgunner since 1992 (Fear of The Dark tour).

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5704 Age : 49

Great song, but it's not very likely they will play it again.

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37871 Age : 54

"Tailgunner" was essentially "Aces High Part II" anyhoo.

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6377 Age : 44

I can't believe this thread. UncleSax, you're such a noob. Razz

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5704 Age : 49

Fat Freddy wrote:: "Tailgunner" was essentially "Aces High Part II" anyhoo.

Because they're both about airplanes? I hear no musical similarities in the riffs or melodies.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17151 Age : 48

Tailgunner is a great song. I hope they reintroduce it to their live set again. And despite what most fans say, I think NPFTD is a good album.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9939 Age : 49

I believe aces high to be one of their finest songs ever
Along with be quick or be dead.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53

SetlistFM is always the way to go when it comes to setlists. Joker would be right as always when it comes to Maiden, 1992. Here's the history of how many times they played this live.

http://www.setlist.fm/search?query=artist:%28Iron+Maiden%29+song:%28Tailgunner%29

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3906 Age : 52

I hope they don't bring it back. I think that whole album is terrible. Put Mother Russia in the set if they were to put any song from that album!

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 28617 Age : 39

Mother Russia is by far the best song on that album.

The album isn't terrible, but it's definitely a case of "for diehard fans only". I imagine that most people were quite disappointed when it came out.

Zooey Addict Number of posts : 17074 Age : 45

Put me in for Mother Russia as well. However, I enjoy everything Maiden put out including that album.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6377 Age : 44

I like Tailgunner a lot, but I've seen Maiden a bunch of times and I've never seen it played live.

They played Aces High every time except once in 2005 I think. The Early Days Tour.

Metal student Number of posts : 145 Age : 52

UNCLE SAXON'S KICKASS CDS wrote:: Do they still play "Tailgunner" live? I used to lose my mind to that tune in concert in the 80's.

They performed the song during the 1990/´91 No Prayer On The Road & 1992 Fear Of The Dark tours. It was voted for inclusion on the Ed Hunter game soundtrack but wasnt played on the subsequent tour.

Metal student Number of posts : 145 Age : 52

Lari wrote:: They played Aces High every time except once in 2005 I think. The Early Days Tour.

Aces High was performed on the World Slavery Tour 1984/´85 but was then absent all through up to 1999, when it was played on the Ed Hunter tour. They've since performed it on the 2008/´09 Somewhere Back In Time & 2012-2014 Maiden England tours. And it was only the Maiden England tour it was played in the encore - other mentioned tours they opened with it.

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