The Real Live Tour was a

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by the heavy metal band

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from 25 March 1993 to 28 August 1993.

Background

It was the last tour which featured lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson before his return to the band in 1999, leaving to pursue a solo career, his final shows taking place at Pinewood Studios and filmed for the live video, '' Raising Hell''. As he had already announced his plans to leave before the tour began, Dickinson states that the concerts were extremely challenging, explaining that "we walked out onstage and it was like a morgue. The Maiden fans knew I'd quit, they knew these were the last gigs, and I suddenly realised that, as the frontman, you're in an almost impossible situation. If you're like, 'Wow, this is really fucking cool tonight, man,' they're all gonna sit there going, 'What a wanker. He's leaving. How can it be cool?' Or do you go on and say, 'Look, I'm really sorry I'm leaving – not to put a damper on the evening, but I am quitting'? I mean, what do you do?" Bassist Steve Harris claims that, during the less high-profile shows, Dickinson would deliberately underperform, sometimes just mumbling into the microphone, although Dickinson has since denied the allegations. On 1 May 1993 the band performed at Primo Maggio Free Festival in Rome,

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. According to different sources, the crowd was estimated at 500,000 to one million people in attendance. Iron Maiden toured an extensive Italian leg and visited Russia for the very first time, playing three consecutive nights at Moscow's

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Setlist

# " Be Quick or Be Dead" (from ''

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'', 1992) # " The Number of the Beast" (from '' The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # "Prowler" (from ''

'', 1980) # "Transylvania" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) # "Remember Tomorrow" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) # "Where Eagles Dare" (from '' Piece of Mind'', 1983) (Dropped after 17 April 1993) # " From Here to Eternity" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # " Wasting Love" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # " Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (from '' No Prayer for the Dying'', 1990) # " Wasted Years" (from '' Somewhere In Time,'' 1986) # " The Evil That Men Do" (from ''

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'', 1988) # "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # "

" (from ''Fear of the Dark'', 1992) # " The Clairvoyant" (from ''Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'', 1988) # "Heaven Can Wait" (from ''Somewhere in Time'', 1986) # " Run to the Hills" (from ''The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # " 2 Minutes to Midnight" (from '' Powerslave'', 1984) # "Iron Maiden" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) # " Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from ''The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # "

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" (from ''Piece of Mind'', 1983) # "

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" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) * " Running Free" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) & "Wrathchild" (from '' Killers'', 1981) were also played at a few venues.

Tour dates

Reference:

Cancelled and rescheduled dates

* 30 March 1993: Berlin, Germany, Huxley's Neue Welt (rescheduled to 11 April.) * 2 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (rescheduled to 2 June.) * 3 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (rescheduled to 3 June.) * 4 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (rescheduled to 4 June.) * 3 May 1993: Reggio de Calabria, Italy, Palasport (due to insufficient security.)

References

External links

Real Live Tour dates
{{Iron Maiden 1993 concert tours Iron Maiden concert tours