Three Words To Describe IRON MAIDEN’s The Book Of Souls Tour - “Totally. Fucking. Brilliant.,” Says BRUCE DICKINSON; Video
November 8, 2017, 6 years ago
In the new video below, members of Iron Maiden and their crew are asked to describe The Book Of Souls tour in three words:
Warner Music will release Iron Maiden’s The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter on November 17th worldwide (through BMG in the US). This live recording comprises 15 songs captured during The Book Of Souls World Tour, which covered 39 countries across six continents during 2016 and 2017, and was seen by over two million fans.
The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter will be released physically in CD, deluxe CD & vinyl audio formats, with the concert film available to stream free online or as a digital download - full details below.
Produced by Tony Newton and Iron Maiden founder member and bass player Steve Harris, the album is based on this year’s set list and is a faithful record of the epic show, including six songs from The Book Of Souls, the band's most recent studio album, along with many other classics and fan favourites.
Steve comments, "We spent a huge amount of time working on this as I wanted to get it as close to the Maiden live experience as I possibly could and to represent our fans from different parts of the world. This meant listening to literally hours upon hours of tapes from every show, to select material and construct a sound that would run consistently across the whole album and capture the excitement of a new country like El Salvador alongside such regular favourites as Donington or Wacken.”
Maiden manager Rod Smallwood adds, "The Book Of Souls World Tour was a huge undertaking, not least for Bruce who started the tour singing in public for the very first time since recovering from throat cancer. He also piloted Ed-Force One, upgraded last year from a Boeing 757 to a 747 so we could go further and faster to visit some fantastic cities and fans all round the world. This year continued that excitement bringing us our most successful North American and UK tours ever. It was a very special tour in a great many ways so we felt we wanted to document it for both ourselves and for our fans. Steve has done an incredible job putting together this set from cities around the world and we’ve made sure the deluxe CD will be available in a matching book format to ‘The Book of Souls’ release.
"On top of all that the release will be celebrated by an event that is a Maiden first: a free live streaming premiere of the concert film, as a thank you to our loyal fans around the world. We hope that the global Maiden community will all enjoy coming together to watch this special event online. Many of you will be in it as there is footage from a whole host of the places we played on this momentous tour. ”
The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter will premiere on YouTube on November 11th - as a thank you to all their loyal fans around the world they’re streaming the entire concert film for free.
Says the band: “Grab some beers, hook up your best speakers and enjoy The Book Of Souls tour from the comfort of your own sofa.”
The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter tracklisting:
Disc 1:
“If Eternity Should Fail” - Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia, 6/5/16
“Speed Of Light” - Grand Arena, Grandwest, Cape Town, South Africa, 18/5/16
“Wrathchild” - 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland, 6/5/17
“Children Of The Damned” - Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada, 1/4/16
“Death Or Glory” - Wroclaw Stadium, Wroclaw, Poland, 3/7/16
“The Red And The Black” - Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan, 21/4/16
“The Trooper” - Estadio Jorge Magico Gonzalez, San Salvador, El Salvador, 6/3/16
“Powerslave” - Piazza Dell’unita D’italia, Trieste, Italy, 26/7/16
Disc 2:
“The Great Unknown” - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, UK, 14/5/17
“The Book Of Souls”- Download Festival, Donington, UK, 12/6/16
“Fear Of The Dark” - Arena Castelao, Fortaleza, Brazil, 24/3/16
“Iron Maiden” - Estadio Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15/3/16
“The Number Of The Beast” - Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany, 4/8/16
“Blood Brothers” - Download Festival, Donington, UK, 12/6/16
“Wasted Years” - HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 17/3/16
The album will replicate The Book Of Souls original formats and be issued as a limited edition deluxe 2 CD hardcase Book, a regular 2CD album, a triple black vinyl LP, and digital download in high resolution audio (48khz/24 bit) including Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) version. A digital download of the concert film will also be available to purchase following its free online premiere.
Pre-orders are available here. Below you can watch “Speed Of Light” (Live), filmed in Cape Town, South Africa and available on The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter: