Iron Maiden concert review from Sydney, Australia

They fucken rocked...

I arrived there early to meet up with a metal handbanger I jam with from
time to time a few hours before the concert started and it was BLOODY
worth it. During the time I was waiting there was this awful
announcement that kept on coming on every 15 minutes or so which was
so fucken awful some wanker explaining all the rules and implying that
you can't have fun at the concert. It would of been better if I had a
shotgun so I would shoot the speakers into fucken smitherines.

When
the doors opened I stormed in abruptly and made myself to the front end
of the barrier on the silver section and had a decent view on the stage.
After
I made myself comfortable Lauren Harris (Steve Harris's daughter)
stepped up on stage. She wasn't that great because she sounded like a
plastic pop princess, the guitarist sounded like a Zakk Wylde wannabe
and ripped off Zakk's licks and sound and the music sounded like The
Rogue Traders meets Ozzy Osbourne (Zakk Wylde era). Despite my negative
criticism I aplaud her for her brilliant stage moves, knew how to keep
the crowd going and had the attitude of a rocker and also she's doing a
smart move by opening for her father which will help her gain
recognition in the long term in the music industry better than going to
a trashy one hit wonder factory like Australian/American Idol like most idiots
do these days.

When that wanky emo band came on stage I started
be in a bad mood. Least Behind
Crimson Eyes had the decency of telling the audience they had two songs
to go which gave me relief very slowly. There were a few boofhead
adolescent metalheads next to me who were shouting out abuse since I
was angry and bored I decided to join in

There was a long duration
when the emo band left and when Iron Maiden came on stage. When they
finally came on stage the moment that I have been waiting for since I
became a fan of Iron Maiden which was three years ago. The band I gotta
say hadn't changed over the past 20 years except of course Bruce's
short hair. They still have the energy, attitude and strong stage
presence especially Bruce Dickinson who still had the rough singer
attitude I liked it particularly when he swore at some dude in the
audience smoking cigarrettes. They played
all the classics that were done passionately and with fire. The only
thing that annoys me about them playing their old smurf poo from their 80s
albums is that it mostly pleases the casual Iron Maiden fan not true
Iron Maiden fans like me and doesn't encourage to get them more into
Iron Maiden's descrete smurf poo. But you can't have everything and still
they played most of the songs that I crave especially Revelations, Aces
High, 2 minutes to midnight, Wasted Years, heaven Can Wait, Moonchild
and Can I play with madness. But however did not play my all time
favourite Iron Maiden songs Stranger in a Strange Land, Flight of Icarus and Where Eagles Dare which was a
disappointment

A concert overrall that will be always be
remembered and even though they should of got a local talented aussie
metal band like Mortal Sin or Atomesquad not horrible emo bands like
Behind Crimson Eyes..

I saw Iron Maiden last summer for the first time in my life and it was outstanding. I would like to see them again asap.

I saw it down in Melbourne second night, right up against the railing on the floor. Was a great spectacle, you had no luck with Behind Crimson Eyes opening. We had Vanishing Point which was great.

You guys know if those acts are opening for Maiden on their whole tour? 'cause Behind Crimson Eyes does not sound appealing.

Nah Behind Crimson Eyes only opened for them on the Sydney and Brisbane leg of the tour. Poor bastards!

UP THE IRON'S

Out of interest, i just checked out the MySpaces of the two local bands you mentioned; 'Mortal Sin' sound really fantastic. I'm going to track down their CDs. Any recommendations?

Cheers, my friend..

rattpoison wrote:

Nah Behind Crimson Eyes only opened for them on the Sydney and Brisbane leg of the tour. Poor bastards!

That makes me feel a lot better. Thanks.

Glad you had a great time!