A Matter of Life and Death Tour

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A Matter of Life and Death Tour
Tour by Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden performing in Uniondale, New York on 12 October 2006
Associated album A Matter of Life and Death
Start date4 October 2006
End date24 June 2007
No. of shows60
Iron Maiden concert chronology

A Matter of Life and Death and A Matter of the Beast were two concert tours by Iron Maiden from 2006 to 2007. The first tour was unique, as the set list primarily consisted of the band's most recent release, A Matter of Life and Death , in its entirety, although this got a mixed response from audiences. [1] Unusually, the first leg did not include "The Number of the Beast", a song which Iron Maiden had previously played on every tour since its inception. The second part of the tour, in celebration of The Number of the Beast's 25th anniversary, saw the band playing four songs from said album as well as five from A Matter of Life and Death (although they had initially planned to play five songs from both releases). [2]

Contents

Set

Throughout the tour, the stage would be decorated to look like a First World War trench, with the wall canvases featuring painted sandbags and barbed wire, the stage floor decorated with barbed wire and mud as well as actual sandbags placed in front of the monitors. The podiums at the end of each runway came with actual barbed wire and searchlights (operated by Dickinson) and the bodies of two parachutists would appear from the lighting rig during "The Longest Day" (during "Iron Maiden" in 2007). As with previous tours, Nicko McBrain's drumkit featured a Sooty puppet, this time dressed in army attire.

During "Iron Maiden," a tank would appear from the back of the set (the rear runway transforming into the tank's wheels), topped with a binocular-wielding Eddie with flashing LED lights. The walk-on Eddie would also appear as an armed soldier during "The Evil That Men Do."

Opening acts

Setlist

A Matter of Life and Death World Tour 2006 Setlist
  1. "Different World" (from A Matter of Life and Death , 2006)
  2. "These Colours Don't Run" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  3. "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  4. "The Pilgrim" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  5. "The Longest Day" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  6. "Out of the Shadows" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  7. "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  8. "For the Greater Good of God" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  9. "Lord of Light" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  10. "The Legacy" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  11. "Fear of the Dark" (from Fear of the Dark , 1992)
  12. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden , 1980)

Encore

  1. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (from Powerslave , 1984)
  2. "The Evil That Men Do" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son , 1988)
  3. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast , 1982)

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Number of the Beast , the band announced that they would play five songs each from The Number of the Beast and A Matter of Life and Death throughout the 2007 part of the tour. However, only four songs from The Number of the Beast were actually played, which meant that "Children of the Damned" would be the only rarity in the setlist. [2]

A Matter of the Beast Summer Tour 2007
  1. "Different World" (from A Matter of Life and Death , 2006)
  2. "These Colours Don't Run" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  3. "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  4. "Wrathchild" (from Killers , 1981)
  5. "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind , 1983)
  6. "Children of the Damned" (from The Number of the Beast , 1982)
  7. "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  8. "For the Greater Good of God" (from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006)
  9. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  10. "Fear of the Dark" (from Fear of the Dark , 1992)
  11. "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  12. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden , 1980)

Encore

  1. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (from Powerslave , 1984)
  2. "The Evil That Men Do" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son , 1988)
  3. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)

Notes:

  • "Children of the Damned" was not played in Dubai, Athens, Belgrade and Bangalore.

Tour dates

List of 2006 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
4 October 2006 Hartford United States New England Dodge Music Center
6 October 2006 Boston Agganis Arena
7 October 2006 Camden Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
9 October 2006 Quebec City Canada Colisée Pepsi
10 October 2006 Montreal Bell Centre
12 October 2006 Uniondale United States Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13 October 2006 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
16 October 2006 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
17 October 2006 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
18 October 2006 Rosemont Allstate Arena
21 October 2006 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
25 October 2006TokyoJapan Nippon Budokan
26 October 2006 Hiroshima Yubinchokin Hall
28 October 2006Tokyo Kokusai Forum
30 October 2006 Osaka Osaka-Castle Hall
31 October 2006 Nagoya Shimin Hall
9 November 2006 Aalborg Denmark Gigantium
10 November 2006 Copenhagen Valby-Hallen
12 November 2006 Tampere Finland Icehall
14 November 2006 Helsinki Hartwall Areena
15 November 2006
17 November 2006 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
18 November 2006
20 November 2006 Gothenburg Scandinavium
21 November 2006 Oslo Norway Vallhall Arena
23 November 2006 Bergen Vestlandshallen
25 November 2006StockholmSwedenStockholm Globe Arena
27 November 2006 Den Bosch NetherlandsBrabanthal
28 November 2006ParisFrance Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
30 November 2006 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
2 December 2006 Milan Italy DatchForum
3 December 2006
5 December 2006 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
7 December 2006 Stuttgart Germany Schleyerhalle
8 December 2006 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
11 December 2006 Cardiff Wales CIA
12 December 2006 Birmingham England NEC
14 December 2006 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
15 December 2006 Glasgow Scotland SECC
17 December 2006 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
18 December 2006 Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
20 December 2006 Dublin Ireland The Point
22 December 2006LondonEngland Earls Court Exhibition Centre
23 December 2006
List of 2007 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
9 March 2007 Dubai United Arab Emirates Desert Rock Festival
11 March 2007 Athens Greece Hellinikon Basketball Arena
14 March 2007 Belgrade Serbia Belgrade Fair Hall 1
17 March 2007 Bangalore India Eddfest, Bangalore Palace Grounds
2 June 2007 Ljubljana Slovenia Bežigrad Stadium
4 June 2007 Sofia Bulgaria Lokomotiv Stadium
6 June 2007 Ostrava Czech Republic Bazaly Stadium
8 June 2007 Ludwigshafen Germany Südweststadion
10 June 2007 Donington Park England Download Festival
14 June 2007 Venice Italy Heineken Jammin' Festival
16 June 2007 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Fields of Rock Festival
17 June 2007 Düsseldorf Germany ISS Dome
20 June 2007RomeItaly Stadio Olimpico
21 June 2007 Bilbao Spain Bilbao BBK Live
23 June 2007 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
24 June 2007LondonEngland Brixton Academy

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