Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour

Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour

Tour by Iron Maiden
Official tour advertisement for the band's performance at Mountain View, California, 5 June 1988
Associated album	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Start date	28 April 1988
End date	12 December 1988
No. of shows	102 in total (105 scheduled)
Iron Maiden concert chronology

Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour was a concert tour by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden in 1988, in support of their seventh studio album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. It was their last tour to feature the World Piece Tour-era lineup until 2000's Brave New World Tour with guitarist Adrian Smith leaving the band in January 1990 and their first to include Michael Kenney (bassist Steve Harris' technician) on keyboards.

Background

In May, the group set out on a Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour which saw them perform to more than two million people worldwide over seven months. After the blockbuster tour in North America, Iron Maiden were headliners of Monsters of Rock festivals in Europe for the very first time. They headlined stadiums and festivals in UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. On 20 August 1988, the band headlined the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park for the first time before a crowd of 107,000, the largest in Donington's history, and their concerts at the NEC in Birmingham on 27–28 November were released in audio and video formats in 1989; on the home video Maiden England, while the live version of "Infinite Dreams" from the same concerts was released as a single to promote the VHS. Stage set and equipment which has been taken by band was transported in dozen of trucks and was the most elaborate to date and one of the biggest in the world including over 200.000 watts of PA and over 1500 spot lamps.

To recreate the album's keyboards onstage, the group recruited Michael Kenney, Steve Harris' bass technician, to play the keys throughout the tour, during which he would perform the song "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" on a forklift truck under the alias of "The Count" (for which he would wear a black cape and mask). Iron Maiden was apparently included in the Guinness Book of World Records Museum in Las Vegas. According to The Guinness book of Records (1990 ed. p. 155): "Largest PA system: On Aug 20th 1988 at the Castle Donington 'Monsters of Rock' Festival a total of 360 Turbosound cabinets offering a potential 523kW of programme power, formed the largest front-of-house PA. The average Sound Pressure Level at the mixing tower was 118dB, peaking at a maximum of 124dB during Iron Maiden's set. It took five days to set up the system."

Opening acts

• Vinnie Vincent Invasion
• David Lee Roth
• Anthrax
• Megadeth
• Guns N' Roses
• Hurricane
• W.A.S.P.
• Helloween
• Killer Dwarfs
• Ossian
• Trust
• Great White
• L.A. Guns
• Metallica
• Backstreet Girls
• Frehley's Comet
• Savatage
• Testament

Setlist

1. "Moonchild" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
2. "The Evil That Men Do" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
3. "The Prisoner" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
4. "Wrathchild" (From Killers, 1981) (Played from 17 August to 5 October)
5. "Still Life" (from Piece of Mind, 1983) (Added on 18 November)
6. "Die With Your Boots On" (from Piece of Mind, 1983) (Added on 18 November)
7. "Infinite Dreams" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
8. "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind, 1983) (Replaced by "Killers" (From Killers, 1981) on 18 November)
9. "Can I Play with Madness" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
10. "Heaven Can Wait" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
11. "Wasted Years" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
12. "The Clairvoyant" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
13. "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
14. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
15. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
16. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
17. "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
18. "22 Acacia Avenue" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982) (Played from 4 August to 10 September)
19. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (From Powerslave, 1984) (Dropped after 10 September)
20. "Running Free" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
21. "Sanctuary" (from Iron Maiden, 1980) (Added on 20 August)

Tour dates

List of 1988 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act
28 April 1988[A]	Cologne	West Germany	Empire	—
29 April 1988[A]
8 May 1988[A]	New York City	United States	L'Amour
13 May 1988	Moncton	Canada	Moncton Coliseum	Guns N' Roses
14 May 1988	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre
16 May 1988	Quebec City		Colisée de Québec
17 May 1988	Montreal		Montreal Forum
18 May 1988	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre
20 May 1988	Toronto		CNE Grandstand	Guns N' Roses Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
23 May 1988	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena	Guns N' Roses
25 May 1988	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
27 May 1988	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
30 May 1988	Vancouver		Pacific Coliseum
31 May 1988	Spokane	United States	Spokane Coliseum
1 June 1988	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
3 June 1988	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
5 June 1988	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
6 June 1988	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre	—
8 June 1988	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre	L.A. Guns
9 June 1988
10 June 1988	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
12 June 1988	Inglewood		The Forum
13 June 1988	Phoenix		Compton Terrace
14 June 1988	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
15 June 1988	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
17 June 1988	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium	Hurricane
18 June 1988	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
19 June 1988	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
21 June 1988	Bloomington		Met Center	Megadeth
22 June 1988	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
23 June 1988	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
25 June 1988	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
27 June 1988	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
28 June 1988	Columbus		Battelle Hall
29 June 1988	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
1 July 1988	Saginaw		Saginaw Civic Center	Frehley's Comet
2 July 1988	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
3 July 1988	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
5 July 1988	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
6 July 1988	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center
8 July 1988	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
13 July 1988	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum	Frehley's Comet
15 July 1988	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
16 July 1988	Troy		Houston Field House
17 July 1988	Worcester		The Centrum
19 July 1988	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
20 July 1988	Providence		Providence Civic Center
22 July 1988	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
23 July 1988	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
24 July 1988	Landover		Capital Centre
27 July 1988	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
29 July 1988	Fort Worth		Tarrant County Convention Center
30 July 1988	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
31 July 1988	Houston		The Summit
2 August 1988	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
4 August 1988	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center	Big Bang
5 August 1988	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
6 August 1988	Tampa		USF Sun Dome	Savatage
7 August 1988	Landover		Capital Centre	Killer Dwarfs
8 August 1988	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
9 August 1988	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
10 August 1988	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
17 August 1988[A]	London	England	Queen Mary College	—
20 August 1988[B]	Castle Donington		Donington Park	Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses, Helloween
27 August 1988[B]	Schweinfurt	West Germany	Mainwiesengelände	Kiss, David Lee Roth, Anthrax, Testament, Great White, Treat
28 August 1988[B]	Bochum		Ruhrland Stadion
31 August 1988	Budapest	Hungary	MTK Stadium	Ossian
2 September 1988	Innsbruck	Austria	OlympiaWorld Innsbruck	Reward
4 September 1988[B]	Tilburg	Netherlands	Koning Willem II Stadion	Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Anthrax, Great White, Treat
8 September 1988	Lausanne	Switzerland	Patinoire de Malley	Helloween
10 September 1988[B]	Modena	Italy	Festa de l'Unità	Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Anthrax, Great White, Treat
13 September 1988	Athens	Greece	AEK Stadium	Helloween
17 September 1988[B]	Pamplona	Spain	Plaza de toros	Metallica, Helloween, Anthrax, Manzano
18 September 1988[B]	Madrid		Casa de Campo
20 September 1988	Cascais	Portugal	Pavilhão de Cascais	Helloween
22 September 1988[B]	Barcelona	Spain	Plaza de toros	Metallica, Helloween, Anthrax, Manzano
24 September 1988[B]	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Trust, Helloween, Anthrax
25 September 1988[B]
26 September 1988	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	Helloween
28 September 1988	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
30 September 1988	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
1 October 1988	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
3 October 1988	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
5 October 1988	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen	Backstreet Girls
18 November 1988	Newport	Wales	Newport Centre	Killer Dwarfs
20 November 1988	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
21 November 1988
22 November 1988
24 November 1988	Whitley Bay	England	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
25 November 1988
27 November 1988	Birmingham		NEC Arena
28 November 1988
30 November 1988	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
1 December 1988
4 December 1988	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
6 December 1988	London		Hammersmith Odeon
7 December 1988
10 December 1988			Wembley Arena
11 December 1988
12 December 1988			Hammersmith Odeon

Reference

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a secret show under the name "Charlotte and the Harlots"

^B This concert was a part of "Monsters of Rock"

Cancelled and rescheduled dates

• 10 July 1988: Allentown, United States, Stabler Arena (Due to poor ticket sales.)
• 25 August 1988: Prague, Czechoslovakia, Letná Stadium (By the authorities.)

External links

• Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour dates