Originally Posted by
Physicx
i still like human the best
but i guess you could make a case for all albums
anyways, my review from last saturday cause i have the day off for canada day (wall of text alert)
so we get there early and purchase our merch before the show at one of the booths. i got a final frontier tee, wicker man and a canada shirt for 40 bucks each. we go to line up and there were maybe 5 people in front of us for fttb
we get let in and i meet maiden manitoba (bcf im sure youve seen him. the guy going to like 14 straight shows this year
) from the fan club forum. really nice guy. he brought his 6 year old and wife. i met some other people from manitoba in line and chatted it up. great people.
so we're let in maybe 10-15 minutes before everyone else and ive been to the venue many times so i bolt to the shortcut going to the floor. im maybe the 3 person at the barrier and exchange high fives with everyone already there. the venue sucks cause they dont let bottles of water on the floor and i was DYING. i was off to the right cause most of the surfers come down the middle
so dream theater comes on and im not a huge fan, but they were good. id like to note that this is the first time ive worn ear plugs to a show. i could hear EVERYTHING perfectly. i talked to my brother and some others after the show and they said the keyboards were non-existent. i could hear it loud and clear. i didnt know any songs they played but they were really good. not enough to make me want to put them on my ipod but i enjoyed it. i spent most of the performance looking at mike portnoy. he was awesome. one of the most charismatic drummers ive seen
so maiden starts and everyone is going insane. my only gripe about the setlist was no paschendale. i like dance of death but paschendale is one of my favorites. my ribs were getting beat with 1000s of people pushing behind me. surprisingly, i dont lose my glasses. i was at the side with janick. the stage looked awesome. i got pushed off the barrier during iron maiden but was much more comfortable being 2nd or 3rd. to my surprise my little brother stayed on the barrier the whole show. what a trooper! then janick throws his wristband and i get run over, literally. i fall down and almost get trampled but everyone helps me up graciously
show is done and im beat. go outside and everyone was complaining about the setlist
but whatever, i thought the setlist was bold
