From Maiden's South American Promoter
"As Iron Maiden's Brazil promoters we are stumped by a new puzzle... How do you fit the Iron Maiden army of Brazilian fans into the venues here ?We know you can't fit a square in a circle but we have never seen such demand and now understand what an impossible task it is to fit ALL the Maiden fans into the venues in Brazil for Maiden's 2008 Tour. At record setting speeds, after going on sale earlier this month, the dates in Sao Paolo - 42,000, Curitiba - 20,000 and Porto Alegre - 13,000 sold out already... over 2 months in advance of the concerts. And no-one has ever even sold out Curitiba in advance before... no-one!
We apologize to the Brazilian fans for not being able to figure out the riddle sooner. We now know the answer... MORE DATES ...or build bigger stadiums for Iron Maiden concerts!
It is now clear to us that Iron Maiden must return in 2009 to be able to accommodate all those fans that sadly will be left out of these concerts... because it will take too long to build bigger stadiums!!!!!
And all this is following a protest yesterday by Maiden's Venezuelan battalion of fans outside our offices in Caracas demanding to know why we werent organising a concert there!! We did try but couldnt fit it in the band's schedule! 09 too we hope! And with Maiden's first visit to Bogota already near to the 40,000 sell out with Chile and Argentina following strongly, it appears very obvious that South America loves Iron Maiden with a vengeance. So as Maiden's promoters we promise fans there that we will make every effort to attempt to satisfy more of the incredible demand next time."
Phil Rodriguez
Evenpro / WBI
www.evenpro.com