In shocking news, EMI announced that Iron Maiden will be releasing a new live album and DVD. In other shocking news, the sky is blue and birds fly south for the winter. In all seriousness, this is pretty exciting news. This upcoming live release is from the bands 2011 “Final Frontier” Tour. I always roll my eyes when I hear this shit but in all honesty, I jump for fucking joy over it. I mean really. Aside from the “Real Live/Dead One” attrocities, who can really bitch about LIVE IRON MAIDEN? I’m actually really pumped about this one mainly because there were no pro-shot video or audio of this tour available for bootleg trading. This tour had Iron Maiden firing on all cylinders and also touring behind their best studio album since “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.”
The album/DVD entitled “En Vivo!” will be released on Blu-Ray, 2 DVD and 2 CD soundtrack album, on Monday March 26th (March 27th in North America via UMe). “En Vivo!” was filmed on April 10th, 2011 in front of over 50,000 fans at the Estadio Nacional, Santiago during the Round The World In 66 Days leg of The Final Frontier World Tour. Steve Harris had this to say about the upcoming release: “For The Final Frontier Tour it was really important to me that we filmed in South America as we’re always so overwhelmed by the fans’ reaction when we go to that part of the world and I wanted to reflect that in the filming. After much consideration we chose the Santiago show as we felt it was one of our best performances of the entire Tour and to play at the prestigious Estadio Nacional was a landmark moment for us. For reasons known to our fans, it took a long time before we got to play our first show in Chile, and once we did get to play a show, the response was so phenomenal we just had to keep coming back and it’s got better and better each time!”
DVD Details:
The concert was filmed digitally using 22 HD cameras and an octocam (a flying camera which captures aerial crowd scenes), recorded in both stereo and 5.1 audio and mixed by Maiden’s longstanding producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley, all of which serves to accentuate the incredible atmosphere of this compelling performance. Extensive use is made of split screens so fans can follow the individual members closer and the set list moves seamlessly between songs from Maiden’s most recent studio album, 2010’s The Final Frontier through to classic fan favourites via the band’s vast and varied catalogue (full set listing below).
DVD Disc Two is a Bonus Disc containing an 88-minute documentary, Behind The Best. This is also an entirely in-house production by Maiden’s own Krew, led by Andy Matthews, and is intended as an interesting and revealing high quality “home movie” for their fans of how to put on an Iron Maiden tour and what goes on behind the scenes at a show. It describes the extraordinary story of one of the most acclaimed and ambitious touring shows in the world. It illustrates the day to day life and complex tasks of the Maiden Killer Krew and the other characters behind the scenes. The expertise and experience, the problem-solving and successes, the sheer scale and immense difficulties of the undertaking comes to life through the day to day coverage of the tour and the background work of the crews in sound, lighting, carpentry, production and set design. As well as interviews with the Iron Maiden crew, it interweaves anecdotes from the band and their fans, and includes footage of the live show in this comprehensive guide to the intricacies of staging massive, live Stadium shows around the World out of the belly of a Boeing 757. The bonus disc also contains an extended version of the promo video ‘Satellite 15…The Final Frontier’, a video about the making of ‘Satellite 15…The Final Frontier’ plus the opening video sequence to The Final Frontier World Tour.
The official trailer for the release can be seen below:
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