Maiden England

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the new tour has started!

Congrats everyone!

The set list provided a couple of surprises. One is absence of Hallowed Be My Name. Pretty disappointing.... But the fact that it has Afraid To Shoot Strangers is totally awesome and makes it up for me 100%! I absolutely adore this song, but I never expected to hear it live, since 90s songs are not among the first choice for the set. But it is there! Amazing! I'm chuffed to bits :D

The whole setlist is:

1. MOONCHILD
2. CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS
3. THE PRISONER
4. 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
5. AFRAID TO SHOOT STRANGERS
6. THE TROOPER
7. THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
8. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
9. RUN TO THE HILLS
10. WASTED YEARS
11. SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON>
12. >THE CLAIRVOYANT
13. FEAR OF THE DARK
14. IRON MAIDEN
15. ACES HIGH
16. THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
17. RUNNING FREE

Quite a nice one, even though there's just 3 'new' songs compared to several last tours.

But the greatest thing is.... I'm going to see them live very soon! Leaving for the states tomorrow! Excited as hell!

And the first pro pic of Jan from the first gig in Charlotte.

Blood Brothers

Today I was listening/watching several different versions of Blood Brothers. And Janick does play that favourite bit of ours slightly different almost each time. He accentuates different notes at different gigs - sometimes he picks the string, sometimes he just uses hammer-ons and pull-offs. And the last part of the solo is played differently as well. These days he never plays it as it is on the album, but prefers to play just one long note (like Davey in NotB), or sometimes three bends and a shorter note. While on BNW tour it was closer to the album version.

Anyway, I love these little improvisations!

Jan's white Strat.

A little article where Janick talks about one of his guitars. A great read!

'I'm honestly not like that anymore' (c) Jan. Ha! I wish I could see him 'going mad like in the good old day'


I think it's this guitar, the one he uses for Iron Maiden to this day. Love the caption! :D