Eddie Rips Up the World Tour was a concert tour by

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in 2005 based on bringing back rarities from the first four Iron Maiden albums for the younger audience (''

'', '' Killers'', '' The Number of the Beast'' and ''

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''), brought about by the band's 2004 DVD '' The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days''.

Background

The tour saw the band headlining several stadiums and festivals throughout Europe, with the concert at

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, Sweden on 9 July being broadcast live in full on both Swedish national television and radio, and co-headlining with

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for the majority of the North American

Ozzfest Ozzfest is an annual music festival tour of the United States and sometimes Europe and later Japan, featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy Osbourne, both ...

tour. The final date of the US segment of the tour (

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in San Bernardino, California on 20 August 2005) ended on a sour note. Throughout the tour, vocalist

Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer who has been the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1981 to 1993 and 1999–present. He is known for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage ...

reportedly made several comments about

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, the widespread use of

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by current bands and the fact that Iron Maiden had headlined several dates of the tour (due to

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's illness), to which Osbourne's wife,

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, took offence. In addition, the

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was shut off multiple times, cutting off power to Dickinson's microphone and the band's instruments mid-song and members of other bands were recruited to cause further disturbance, such as throwing eggs at Iron Maiden during their performance and by running on-stage with an American flag during "

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". The effort to ruin the band's show seemed to have been in vain, however, as the band reportedly played even better as their performance was disrupted. Shortly after Iron Maiden's set, Sharon entered the stage to the unanimous boos from the crowd and stated that, while she loves Iron Maiden, Dickinson is a "prick." Following the show, Iron Maiden's manager

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issued a statement condemning the incident.

Set

Throughout the tour, the stage was decorated with artwork lifted from '' The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days'' DVD release, with the runways appearing as alleyway walls and featuring ripped-up posters from that period, such as Live at the Rainbow, and a street sign reading "Acacia Avenue". At a small number of shows, an inflatable

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(identical to that of the first album cover) would appear during "Iron Maiden". However, for the majority of the tour, the giant Eddie from the Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour was used in its place. The walk-on Eddie would also appear during "Drifter", either in a straitjacket (as on the ''Piece of Mind'' album cover) or as a replica of the original used on "

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" tour.

Opening acts

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DragonForce DragonForce are a British power metal band from London, England. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman, and are known for their long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-themed lyrics and retro video game-influenced ...

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Turbonegro Turbonegro (Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian rock band, active from 1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to the present. The band combines glam rock, punk rock, and hard rock into a self-described "deathpunk" musical style. History Early years (1 ...

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal. During t ...

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...

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Setlist

Tour dates

N – Non Ozzfest show Reference

References

External links

Official website

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