Virtual XI World Tour

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Virtual XI World Tour
Tour by Iron Maiden
Virtual XI World Tour poster.jpg
Official tour advertisement for the band's performance at Brixton, 16 May 1998
Associated album Virtual XI
Start date22 April 1998
End date12 December 1998
No. of shows83 (94 scheduled)
Iron Maiden concert chronology
  • The X Factour
    (1995–1996)
  • Virtual XI World Tour
    (1998)
  • The Ed Hunter Tour
    (1999)

The Virtual XI Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 22 April 1998 to 12 December 1998. As with their previous tour, several of the band's U.S. shows had to be cancelled after vocalist Blaze Bayley had issues with his voice, [1] this time reportedly from an allergic reaction to pollen and dust while the group were in Nevada and Arizona. [2] The band later made up the Los Angeles and San Diego dates. This would be Iron Maiden's last tour with Bayley as then former vocalist Bruce Dickinson would return to the group the following year. [3]

Contents

Following the more basic stage sets that they had been using following 1988's Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour, the band returned to a more elaborate stage set in 1998. [4] The tour also saw the group make their first visits to Turkey and Malta. [5]

Setlist

  1. "Futureal" (from Virtual XI , 1998)
  2. "The Angel and the Gambler" (from Virtual XI, 1998)
  3. "Man on the Edge" (from The X Factor , 1995)
  4. "Lightning Strikes Twice" (from Virtual XI, 1998)
  5. "Heaven Can Wait" (from Somewhere in Time , 1986)
  6. "The Clansman" (from Virtual XI, 1998)
  7. "When Two Worlds Collide" (from Virtual XI, 1998)
  8. "Lord of the Flies" (from The X Factor, 1995)
  9. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (from Powerslave , 1984)
  10. "The Educated Fool" (from Virtual XI, 1998)
  11. "Sign of the Cross" (from The X Factor, 1995)
  12. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast , 1982)
  13. "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (from Fear of the Dark , 1992)
  14. "The Evil That Men Do" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son , 1988)
  15. "The Clairvoyant" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
  16. "Fear of the Dark" (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
  17. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  1. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  2. "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind , 1983)
  3. "Sanctuary" (from Iron Maiden , 1980)

Notes:

Tour dates

List of 1998 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
22 April 1998 Norwich EnglandThe Oval P.H. 1
26 April 1998 Lille France Zénith de Lille
27 April 1998 Nancy Le Zénith
29 April 1998 Genova Italy Palasport
30 April 1998 Florence Palasport
2 May 1998 Pesaro BPA Palace
3 May 1998Rome PalaEur
5 May 1998 Milan PalaVobis
6 May 1998 Trieste Palasport
8 May 1998 Böblingen Germany Sporthalle
9 May 1998 Hanover Music Hall
10 May 1998 Düsseldorf Philips Halle
12 May 1998ParisFranceLe Zénith
13 May 1998 Leuven BelgiumBrabanthal
14 May 1998 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Hall
16 May 1998LondonEngland Brixton Academy
18 May 1998 Barcelona Spain Pavello de La Vall D'Hebron
19 May 1998 Madrid Palacio de los Deportes
20 May 1998 Cascais PortugalPavilion
22 May 1998 Ourense SpainCampo de Futbol Os Remedios
23 May 1998 Laguna de Duero Bullring
24 May 1998 San Sebastian Velodromo
26 May 1998 Valencia Velodromo Luis Puig
28 May 1998 Montpellier FranceLe Zénith
30 May 1998 Ta' Qali Malta Open Air
26 June 1998 Chicago United States Riviera Theater
27 June 1998 Columbus Brewery District Pavilion
28 June 1998 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
30 June 1998 Kalamazoo United States Wings Stadium
1 July 1998 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theater
2 July 1998 Cleveland Nautica Theater
4 July 1998 Montreal CanadaStade du Maurier
5 July 1998 Quebec City L'Agora
7 July 1998 New York City United States Roseland Ballroom
10 July 1998 San Antonio Blue Bonnet Palace
11 July 1998 San Benito The Road House
12 July 1998 Dallas Starplex Amphitheater
14 July 1998 Phoenix Club Rio
15 July 1998 Paradise The Joint
19 July 1998 San Francisco Maritime Hall
22 July 1998 Denver Paramount Theatre
24 July 1998 Medina Medina Entertainment Center
25 July 1998 Milwaukee Modjeska Theater
26 July 1998 Cincinnati Bogart's
28 July 1998 Washington, D.C. The Capitol Ballroom
29 July 1998 Glen Burnie Michael's Eighth Avenue
31 July 1998 Philadelphia Electric Factory
1 August 1998 Hartford Webster Theater
2 August 1998 Universal City Universal Amphitheater
4 August 1998 San Diego S.D.S.U. Open Air Theater
5 August 1998 Melbourne Wickham Park Amphitheater
7 August 1998 Monterrey Mexico Auditorio Coca-Cola
9 August 1998 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
4 September 1998 Athens GreeceLycabettus Theatre
5 September 1998 Thessaloniki Forrest Theatre
7 September 1998 Istanbul TurkeyCemil Topuzlu Açıkhava
8 September 1998
9 September 1998 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Skenderija
11 September 1998 Budapest HungaryE-Klub
12 September 1998 Katowice Poland Spodek
13 September 1998 Prague Czech Republic Malá sportovní hala
15 September 1998 Munich GermanyColosseum
16 September 1998 Fürth Stadthalle Fürth
18 September 1998 Erfurt Thüringen Halle
19 September 1998 Hamburg Sporthalle
20 September 1998 Copenhagen Denmark Vega
23 September 1998 Helsinki Finland Helsingfors ishall
25 September 1998 Stockholm Sweden Isstadion
27 September 1998 Essen Germany Grugahalle
28 September 1998 Berlin Colombia Halle
29 September 1998 Halle Easy Schorre Club
1 October 1998 Offenbach am Main Stadthalle
2 October 1998 Winterthur SwitzerlandEulachalle
3 October 1998 Mulhouse FrancePhoenix
5 October 1998 Besançon Palais des Sports
6 October 1998 Lyon Le Transbordeur
8 October 1998 Zaragoza Spain Pabellón Principe Felipe
9 October 1998 Albacete Bullring
10 October 1998 Dos Hermanas Campo de Fútbol
13 October 1998 Nice FranceThéâtre de Verdure
14 October 1998 Pau Le Zénith
15 October 1998 Clermont-Ferrand Maison des Sports
17 October 1998 Manchester England Apollo Theatre
18 October 1998 Newcastle City Hall
19 October 1998 Glasgow Scotland Barrowlands
21 October 1998 Nottingham England Royal Concert Hall
22 October 1998 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
23 October 1998 Newport Wales Centre
25 October 1998 Sheffield England City Hall
26 October 1998 Portsmouth Guildhall
18 November 1998TokyoJapan Shibuya Kokaido
20 November 1998 Nagoya Club Diamond Hall
21 November 1998 Osaka IMP Hall
22 November 1998Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
2 December 1998 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Metropolitan
4 December 1998 Campinas Brinco Da Princesa
5 December 1998 São Paulo Anhembi
6 December 1998 Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski
10 December 1998 Santiago ChileVelodromo
12 December 1998 Buenos Aires Argentina José Amalfitani Stadium

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