The Real Live Tour was a

concert tour A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific to ...

by the heavy metal band

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...

from 25 March 1993 to 28 August 1993.

Background

It was the last tour which featured lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson before his return to the band in 1999, leaving to pursue a solo career, his final shows taking place at Pinewood Studios and filmed for the live video, '' Raising Hell''. As he had already announced his plans to leave before the tour began, Dickinson states that the concerts were extremely challenging, explaining that "we walked out onstage and it was like a morgue. The Maiden fans knew I'd quit, they knew these were the last gigs, and I suddenly realised that, as the frontman, you're in an almost impossible situation. If you're like, 'Wow, this is really fucking cool tonight, man,' they're all gonna sit there going, 'What a wanker. He's leaving. How can it be cool?' Or do you go on and say, 'Look, I'm really sorry I'm leaving – not to put a damper on the evening, but I am quitting'? I mean, what do you do?" Bassist Steve Harris claims that, during the less high-profile shows, Dickinson would deliberately underperform, sometimes just mumbling into the microphone, although Dickinson has since denied the allegations. On 1 May 1993 band performed at Primo Maggio Free Festival in Rome,

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. According to different sources crowd was estimated 500.000 to one million people in attendance. Iron Maiden toured an extensive Italian leg and visited Russia for the very first time playing three consecutive nights at Moscow's Olymipic Stadium.

Setlist

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Be Quick or Be Dead "Be Quick or Be Dead" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released as the first single from their ninth studio album, ''Fear of the Dark'', on 13 April 1992. The single peaked at 2 on the UK Singles Chart and in Finland while reac ...

" (from ''

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'', 1992) # " The Number of the Beast" (from '' The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # "Prowler" (from ''

'', 1980) # "Transylvania" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) # "Remember Tomorrow" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) # "Where Eagles Dare" (from ''

Piece of Mind ''Piece of Mind'' is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 16 May 1983 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in the United States by Capitol Records. It was the first album to feature drummer Ni ...

'', 1983) (Dropped after 17 April 1993) # "

From Here to Eternity ''From Here to Eternity'' is a 1953 American drama romance war film directed by Fred Zinnemann, and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three U.S. A ...

" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # "

Wasting Love "Wasting Love" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is the third single from their ninth studio album, ''Fear of the Dark'', released in 1992. Synopsis The song was a collaboration of singer Bruce Dickinson, and guitarist ...

" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # " Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (from ''

No Prayer for the Dying ''No Prayer for the Dying'' is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is their first album to feature Janick Gers on guitar, who replaced Adrian Smith. Smith left the band during the pre-production phase, unhappy ...

'', 1990) # "

Wasted Years "Wasted Years" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is the band's fourteenth single released and the first from their sixth studio album, '' Somewhere in Time'' (1986). It is the only song on the album that features no synthe ...

" (from '' Somewhere In Time,'' 1986) # " The Evil That Men Do" (from ''

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ''Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'' is the seventh studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 11 April 1988 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in the United States by Capitol Records. Like '' The Number of the ...

'', 1988) # "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # "

" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # " The Clairvoyant" (from ''Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'', 1988) # "Heaven Can Wait" (from ''Somewhere in Time'', 1986) # "

Run to the Hills "Run to the Hills" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released as their sixth single and the first from the band's third studio album, '' The Number of the Beast'' (1982). It is their first single with Bruce Dickinson ...

" (from ''The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # " 2 Minutes to Midnight" (from ''

Powerslave ''Powerslave'' is the fifth studio album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 3 September 1984 through EMI Records in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in North America. It was re-released by Sanctuary and Colum ...

'', 1984) # "Iron Maiden" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) # " Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from ''The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # "

The Trooper "The Trooper" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released as the second single on 20 June 1983 from the band's fourth studio album, ''Piece of Mind'' (1983). It was one of only a few songs to get much radio airplay i ...

" (from ''Piece of Mind'', 1983) # "

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" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) * "

Running Free Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...

" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) & "Wrathchild" (from '' Killers'', 1981) were also played at a few venues.

Tour dates

Reference

Cancelled and rescheduled dates

* 30 March 1993: Berlin, Germany, Huxley's Neue Welt (Rescheduled to 11 April.) * 2 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (Rescheduled to 2 June.) * 3 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (Rescheduled to 3 June.) * 4 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (Rescheduled to 4 June.) * 3 May 1993: Reggio de Calabria, Italy, Palasport (Due to insufficient security.)

References

External links

Official website

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