Maiden Played to Over 450000 in First Leg of Tour
12/07/2005 MAIDEN RULE - Euro Tour Finishes On A Very High NoteIron Maiden completed a massively successful European Tour in Gothenburg last Saturday with 55,217 (plus guests!!) packing the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg following sold out shows in Norway (17,500) and Finland (25,600) the week preceding, all shows having sold out in hours in November 2004. In Scandinavia Maiden and Bruce Springsteen rule supreme, ahead of even U2 and the Stones.
Maiden took over Gothenburg and Sweden for the day with national TV broadcasting the show live across Scandinavia (first live broadcast since Live Aid in 1985) and a TV special the evening before. The national newspapers featured Maiden heavily with countdowns to the show and even Steve on the front page of the largest daily GT - playing football!! The whole of Gothenburg became Maidenville and was full on fans in Maiden colours, the shops and bars were playing Maiden albums non- stop and even designated the day Maiden Day. After the show the bars in the centre of town were packed with singing Maiden fans. The show and astonishing reaction of the fans was incredible - thank you Sweden!!.
Over the 20 Euro shows they played to over 450,000 fans averaging 22,500 per show. The band start in North America on Ozzfest with Black Sabbath in Boston on Friday - already sold out 19,500 - and on Saturday with their own headline in Quebec where all 11,000 tickets sold out in the first 2 days. The 20 North American shows finish in LA on Aug 20 and the band return to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals, both already sold out to a combined audience of 110,000.
Maiden rule!!!
Source: IronMaiden.com
8 Comments
That's a lot of people! 
450,000 - wow, that's massive!
Do they count ppl who follow them to see them multiple times 
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QUOTE(The Saint @ Jul 13 2005, 08:39 PM)
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and Finland (25,600)
Maiden rule!!!
Source: IronMaiden.com
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and Finland (25,600)
Maiden rule!!!
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i was there at the secend finland gig... i have to say: WOW. it was totally amazing!! can't describe it in words
Does anybody know how many ppl went to see Maiden at Graspop (Belgium) ?!
in the entire weekend (3 days) there were 80.000 or so, but don't have a clue how many there were on Sunday, when Maiden came...
So much people in just a few gigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks like a Rolling Stone Tour!!!!!!!!!
Adding the number of people present at the various gigs is ridiculous. It basically amounts to adding the weights of the women you've slept with (and sometimes several times) in a given period of time and say: "Oh, I fucked over 4 tons of women last year." 
QUOTE(Manhunter @ Jul 14 2005, 03:55 PM)
Does anybody know how many ppl went to see Maiden at Graspop (Belgium) ?!
in the entire weekend (3 days) there were 80.000 or so, but don't have a clue how many there were on Sunday, when Maiden came...
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in the entire weekend (3 days) there were 80.000 or so, but don't have a clue how many there were on Sunday, when Maiden came...
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about 30.000 i think
QUOTE(Maverick @ Jul 15 2005, 12:31 PM)
"Oh, I fucked over 4 tons of women last year."
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You did? 