Iron Maiden in Latin America!
Metal Giants Arrive on Their “Somewhere Back in Time” World Tour 08
Iron Maiden need little introduction as their hammering music and striking artwork have made them a worldwide brand and helped them shift more than 150 million albums.
Metal fans and those with a sense of music history will be relishing the opportunity to see the godfathers - some may say grandfathers given that they formed in 1975 and the lead singer Bruce Dickinson is 50 next year - of rock. There will be fans baying to hear these legends of metal playing seminal hits such as Run to the Hills, The Number of the Beast, Aces High and more contemporary hits such as The Wicker Man and Different World.
The prospect of enjoying Iron Maiden launching into a world tour that includes the band’s first ever concerts in Costa Rica and Colombia is tantalising. Cities in Mexico get the nod to host concerts since their calibre in this field is unquestioned and they will without a doubt sell out. Porto Alegre is known as Brazil’s city of rock and so there is no surprise in this choice of venue.
2008’s tour will revisit the band's history by focusing almost entirely on their tracks and artwork from the 1980’s in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which will be based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 ‘Powerslave Tour’.
Each show promises to be a spectacle given Iron Maiden’s continual drive to give their all in every performance and make sure that their fans return home satisfied. It will be interesting to see how fans in Costa Rica and Colombia react to their idols descending into their midst for the first time and most likely the only time. Iron Maiden are ageing and won’t be able to withstand the rigours of a tour of this size and magnitude for much longer.
Dates in Latin America
February 2008
Thursday 21 Guadalajara, Mexico - Auditoria Telmex
Friday 22 Monterrey, Mexico - Arena Monterrey
Sunday 24 Mexico City, Mexico - Sports Palace
Tuesday 26 San Jose, Costa Rica - Saprissa Stadium
Thursday 28 Bogota, Colombia - Simon Bolivar Park
March 2008
Sunday 2 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Skol Arena Anhembi
Wednesday 5 Porto Alegre, Brazil - Gigantinho
Friday 7 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Ferrocarril Oeste Stadium
Sunday 9 Santiago, Chile - Pista Atletica
Wednesday 12 Puerto Rico - San Juan Coliseo
The “Somewhere Back in Time” tour promises to be colossal just as the boys in Iron Maiden will have requested and what the fans are demanding. It kicks off in Mumbai, India on February 1 and then will continue for 45 days playing to over 400,000 fans in 21 cities in 10 countries, finishing in Toronto, Canada on March 16.
