Somewhere on Tour was a

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by heavy metal band

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, from 10 September 1986 to 21 May 1987, supporting their album '' Somewhere in Time''. The band performed across the globe, in countries including Poland, Italy, the United States and England. The tour lasted 253 days, during which the band performed 151 shows. The tour commenced in

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Background

The Somewhere on Tour production was the most ambitious to date. The band used seven or eight 45 foot articulated trucks packed with over 100 tons of equipment, three crowd buses for 60 people and two nightliners for five musicians. The band-owned customized Turbosound system was probably the biggest in the world used indoors. Total power (PA and stage monitors) was estimated at 180.000 watts. The vast and flexible lighting rig held over 1100 lamps hanged over futuristic stage set including flying space ships, inflatable props, laser guns, pyrotechnics, hydraulic stands, backdrops and monumental Eddie's appearance. The tour was a big success everywhere. On 3 November, BBC's

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filmed the Hammersmith concert documenting a wish from a 14-year-old fan named Dominic Lawson who went to become a roadie for the concert. He ended up receiving a gold disc record for helping the band and the staff for preparing the concert on that day.

Setlist

* Intro: "End Titles" from ''

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'' (by

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) # "Caught Somewhere in Time" (from '' Somewhere in Time'', 1986) # "

2 Minutes to Midnight "2 Minutes to Midnight" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured on their fifth studio album, '' Powerslave'' (1984). It was released as the band's tenth single, and first from the album on 6 August 1984. It rose to num ...

" (from ''

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'', 1984) # "Sea of Madness" (from ''Somewhere in Time'', 1986) (Dropped after 8 January 1987) # "Children of the Damned" (from '' The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # "

Stranger in a Strange Land ''Stranger in a Strange Land'' is a 1961 science fiction novel by the American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and rais ...

" (from ''Somewhere in Time'', 1986) # "

Wasted Years "Wasted Years" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is the band's fourteenth single released and the first from their sixth studio album, '' Somewhere in Time'' (1986). Released in 1986, it was the first single solely written ...

" (from ''Somewhere in Time'', 1986) # "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (from ''Powerslave'', 1984) # Guitar solo "Walking on Glass" # "Where Eagles Dare" (from ''

Piece of Mind ''Piece of Mind'' is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 16 May 1983 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in the United States by Capitol Records. It was the first album to feature drummer ...

'', 1983) (Dropped after 22 October 1986) # "Heaven Can Wait" (from ''Somewhere in Time'', 1986) # "Phantom of the Opera" (from ''

'', 1980) # "

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" (from ''The Number of the Beast'', 1982) # "Iron Maiden" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) Encore #

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

Run to the Hills "Run to the Hills" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released as their sixth single and the first from the band's third studio album, '' The Number of the Beast'' (1982). It is their first single with Bruce Dickinson ...

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

Running Free "Running Free" is the debut single by Iron Maiden, released on 8 February 1980 on the 7" 45 rpm vinyl record format. It was written by Steve Harris and Paul Di'Anno. The song appears as the third track on the band's debut album ''Iron Maiden'' ...

" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) # "

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" (from ''Iron Maiden'', 1980) (Dropped after 18 December 1986) Notes: * "Wrathchild" (from '' Killers'', 1981) was performed in the UK, in cities where the band had two or more shows: the second nights in Manchester (11 October 1986), Edinburgh (28 October 1986) and Birmingham (31 October 1986). Also performed on all nights in Japan. * The guitar duet "Walking on Glass, was written and played (as a true guitar ''solo'') by

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the previous year when he and

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played two shows as

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. Not played on the very last night in Japan. * First of seven tours in which the supported album's closing track wasn't played. * "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" was performed on the opening night in Belgrade for the first time, never again to appear on a Maiden setlist. * " Flight of Icarus" (from ''Piece of Mind'', 1983) was performed on the first six nights, then it was replaced by "Phantom of the Opera". It was the last tour to include "Flight of Icarus" in the setlist until the

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in 2018.

Tour dates

References

Cancellations

* 18 October 1986:

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, England, Gaumont Theatre; CANCELLED (Due to health problems.) * 19 December 1986:

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, Italy, Teatro Tenda; CANCELLED * 20 December 1986:

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, Italy, Teatro Tenda; CANCELLED * 21 December 1986:

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, Italy, Teatro Tenda; CANCELLED * 24 January 1987: Beaumont, United States,

Beaumont Civic Center The Beaumont Civic Center, in downtown Beaumont, Texas, is a 6,500-seat arena where concerts, conventions, trade shows and exhibitions are held. Banquet maximum capacity is 2,000. It has of ground-level exhibit space and space on the second ...

; CANCELLED (Due to poor ticket sales.)

References

External links

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