Real Live Tour

The Real Live Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 25 March 1993 to 28 August 1993.

Real Live Tour
Tour by Iron Maiden
Official tour advertisement for the band's performance in Berlin, 11 April 1993
Start date25 March 1993
End date28 August 1993
No. of shows46 in total
Iron Maiden concert chronology

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,[1] his final shows taking place at Pinewood Studios and filmed for the live video, Raising Hell.[2]

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?"[3] 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.[4] On 1 May 1993 the band performed at Primo Maggio Free Festival in Rome, Piazza San Giovanni. 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 Olympic Stadium.[5][6]

Setlist

  1. "Be Quick or Be Dead" (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
  2. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  3. "Prowler" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  4. "Transylvania" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  5. "Remember Tomorrow" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  6. "Where Eagles Dare" (from Piece of Mind, 1983) (Dropped after 17 April 1993)
  7. "From Here to Eternity" (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
  8. "Wasting Love" (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
  9. "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (from No Prayer for the Dying, 1990)
  10. "Wasted Years" (from Somewhere In Time, 1986)
  11. "The Evil That Men Do" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
  12. "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
  13. "Fear of the Dark" (from Fear of the Dark, 1992)
  14. "The Clairvoyant" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
  15. "Heaven Can Wait" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
  16. "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  17. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (from Powerslave, 1984)
  18. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  19. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  20. "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
  21. "Sanctuary" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  • "Running Free" (from Iron Maiden, 1980) & "Wrathchild" (from Killers, 1981) were also played at a few venues.

Tour dates

List of 1993 concerts
Date City Country Venue
25 March 1993FaroPortugalKadoc
27 March 1993MadridSpainSala Canciller
28 March 1993San SebastiánPolideportivo Anoeta
29 March 1993BarcelonaZeleste
5 April 1993OstravaCzech RepublicOstravar Aréna
6 April 1993BratislavaSlovakiaOndrej Nepela Arena
7 April 1993ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle
9 April 1993ArnhemNetherlandsRijnhal
10 April 1993ParisFranceÉlysée Montmartre
11 April 1993BerlinGermanyNeue Welt
13 April 1993WürzburgCarl-Diem-Halle
15 April 1993HanoverMusic Hall
16 April 1993BremenStadthalle
17 April 1993EssenGrugahalle
19 April 1993StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
20 April 1993SaarbrückenSaarlandhalle
21 April 1993AugsburgSchwabenhalle
23 April 1993GothenburgSwedenScandinavium
25 April 1993BourgesFrancePavillon
27 April 1993TurinItalyPalasport
28 April 1993MajanoCampo Sportivo
29 April 1993FlorencePalasport
30 April 1993RomePalaghiaccio
1 May 1993
2 May 1993Priolo GargalloPalasport
3 May 1993 Reggio Calabria Palasport
5 May 1993NaplesTeatro Tenda
6 May 1993BolognaParc Nord
8 May 1993GenoaPalasport di Genova
9 May 1993MilanForum di Assago
11 May 1993ToulonFranceZénith Oméga de Toulon
13 May 1993GrenobleSummum
14 May 1993NancyZénith de Nancy
16 May 1993SheffieldEnglandSheffield Arena
17 May 1993LondonWembley Arena
19 May 1993ManchesterG-Mex
20 May 1993BirminghamNEC Arena
21 May 1993GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
23 May 1993DublinIrelandThe Point
24 May 1993BelfastNorthern IrelandKing's Hall
27 May 1993NeuchâtelSwitzerlandPatinoire du Littoral
2 June 1993MoscowRussiaOlympic Stadium
3 June 1993
4 June 1993
27 August 1993LondonEnglandPinewood Studios
28 August 1993

Reference:[2][7]

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

  1. Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
  2. Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 298. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
  3. Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
  4. Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
  5. Bianco, Paolo (1 May 2013). "Concerto Primo Maggio: nel 1993 c'erano gli Iron Maiden sul palco di Roma…" (in Italian). Soundsblog. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. Katia, Amore (1 May 2013). "Primo Maggio Concert in Rome" (in Italian). Italy Magazine. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. "Tour Dates". Real Live Tour programme. EMI. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
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