Brave New World Tour


The Brave New World Tour was a concert tour by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The tour began on 2 June 2000 and ended on 19 January 2001. It supported their 2000 album Brave New World that marked the return of vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith. In Europe, the tour was called Metal 2000. The initial batch of dates included just one in Iron Maiden's homeland. "Everybody in the band would like to do a thirty-date tour of 1,500-2,000-seaters," maintained Bruce Dickinson, "but we've got a tour booked in Europe this summer and we will be playing to over two million people in two months. Newbridge Memorial Hall will have to wait for a while!"
On 19 January 2001, the band recorded Rock in Rio in front of an audience of 250,000, their second-largest crowd in Rio de Janeiro.
The Madison Square Garden concert on 5 August sold out in two hours. Three dates scheduled for Germany, Bulgaria and Greece in mid-July 2000 were cancelled so guitarist Janick Gers could recover after an accident at Mannheim, Germany, on 8 July: he slipped, fell off the stage, sustained a concussion and sprained his back.

Setlist

  • "Arthur's Farewell" served as the intro for the tour.
  1. "The Wicker Man"
  2. "Ghost of the Navigator"
  3. "Brave New World"
  4. "Wrathchild"
  5. "2 Minutes to Midnight"
  6. "Blood Brothers"
  7. "Sign of the Cross"
  8. "The Mercenary"
  9. "The Trooper"
  10. "Dream of Mirrors"
  11. "The Clansman"
  12. "The Evil That Men Do"
  13. "Fear of the Dark"
  14. "Iron Maiden"
Encore
  2. "The Number of the Beast"
  3. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
  4. "Sanctuary"
Tracks played at only a few venues:
  • "Run to the Hills"
  • "The Fallen Angel"
  • "Out of the Silent Planet"
  • "Children of the Damned"

    Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
6 January 2001LondonEnglandShepherd's Bush Empire
7 January 2001LondonEnglandShepherd's Bush Empire
9 January 2001Mexico CityMexicoForo Sol
12 January 2001Buenos AiresArgentinaObras Sanitarias Arena
13 January 2001Buenos AiresArgentinaJosé Amalfitani Stadium
15 January 2001SantiagoChilePista Atletica
19 January 2001Rio de JaneiroBrazilRock In Rio

DateCityCountryVenue
19 March 2002LondonEnglandBrixton Academy
20 March 2002LondonEnglandBrixton Academy
21 March 2002LondonEnglandBrixton Academy

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