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63 K (national stadium used to have a larger capacity 75 K) unfortunately it was remodeled and capacity decreased
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Following IRON MAIDEN's record-breaking sell-out of Santiago's 63,000-capacity Estadio Nacional, a feat unparalleled by any other artist so many months in advance, the band has now confirmed a second night in Chile — its first-ever show at the Movistar Arena — on Monday October 14, making them the first Anglo Artist to play both venues within the same visit.
Tickets go on sale 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4 from PuntoTicket.com, and, as always, there will be an exclusive pre-sale for fanclub members.
Promoter Phil Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Move Concerts, comments: "With every ticket snapped up for the Estadio Nacional show on October 15th and literally thousands of fans still clamoring to see MAIDEN in Chile, I asked the band if they'd consider doing one final date and they kindly agreed.
"This situation is unprecedented for us. It's an amazing achievement anyway to sell out the stadium — which incidentally MAIDEN have now done for the fourth successive time — but quite another to sell out almost seven months in advance of the show and to witness the astonishing demand we've had from fans for this tour.
"Having seen the 'Legacy Of The Beast' show last year in Europe, I completely understand why fans are frantic to get their hands on a ticket; it is simply jaw-dropping! I'm absolutely delighted we've been able to secure the Movistar Arena to ensure that even more fans now have the opportunity to catch the band on their 'Legacy' tour this year."
IRON MAIDEN's special relationship with Chile started decades ago. They have played more concerts in Santiago than any other rock artist, all of them sold out. Their chart-topping DVD and CD "En Vivo" was recorded and filmed at a sold-out Estadio Nactional in 2011, and two years later when they returned for another sell-out show at the same venue, during their "Maiden England" tour, the Chilean national newspaper La Tercera prounounced it "the largest audience by a British band ever." Things have changed dramatically since the band were first turned away from Chile in 1992 when the Catholic Church declared the band and mascot Eddie a bad influence and barred them from playing in the country. However, the turn of the century brought with it a turn of fortune and MAIDEN has taken every tour since to its fans in Chile.
IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris says: "We were thrilled when our promoter asked if we could play another show as the stadium had sold out.
"The relationship with our fans in Chile has always been a special one. As everyone knows, we love touring everywhere in Latin America. There's a tangible bond between us on the stage and the passion coming from the audience, so it's a privilege to be asked to do another show — especially in an arena which is the closest we will have come to our fans in quite a while. It's going to be a very special couple of nights, that's for sure.
"We gave a lot of thought to the set list for this tour as the songs needed to follow the narrative of the changing worlds of the stage show. We feel we ended up with a very strong and well balanced set mixing songs we haven't played in many years, like 'Flight Of Icarus', 'Sign Of The Cross' and 'The Clansman', with songs we know the fans want to hear, like 'The Trooper', '2 Minutes To Midnight', 'The Number Of The Beast', 'Fear Of The Dark', 'Run To The Hills', 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' and others, reflecting the journey through the different themes of the show. The whole band is really enjoying this tour and we are really looking forward to seeing everybody again!”
MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson adds: "We're excited to return to Chile and unveil the 'Legacy Of The Beast' tour to all our friends there.
"We're immensely proud of this show and we've had great reactions from the many fans who came to see us in Europe last year. The production is based on our mobile game 'Legacy Of The Beast', which basically takes various incarnations of Eddie into many different MAIDEN worlds. This inspired us to put together a stage show to take our fans through unique worlds and experiences set to appropriate songs.
"It is not that easy designing different worlds on stage and we put a huge amount of time into this to make it work and the end result we feel is our most spectacular and certainly the most complex show to date. We've got all kinds of crazy things going on, including a replica Spitfire plane dominating the stage during 'Aces High', tons of pyro, a giant Icarus, muskets, claymores and some truly marvelous flame-throwers which I have a hell of a lot of fun with, as you will see! And, of course, we have Eddie, as you've never seen him before, and absolutely loads of other surprises. I've had the time of my life playing with all these magnificent props on stage, it's been fantastic, we can't wait to bring this show to you!"
MAIDEN's 2019 North, South and Central America tour comprises 42 shows in six countries, which, combined with the band's 2018 European dates, means that by the end of this tour, the group will have taken the "Legacy Of The Beast" show to over one and three quarter of a million fans around the globe.But that's the way I like it baby I don't want to live forever
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That's mind-blowing! Are you attending both shows?Comment
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it looks like the arena will sell out quickly as well. they should play a bigger venue or a 2nd stadium showComment
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Second date sold out
Tickets flew within an hour
I didn't even had a chance to buy them
Wrong idea the arena show
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Second date sold out within an hour
75 k tickets sold in both shows
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^Wow ! was expecting it to sell out within a day or two but not one hour!Comment
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top concert in Chile :
Madonna (Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008) : 146,242 tickets and $11,385,499 gross
Roger Waters (The Wall Live 2012) : 93,926 tickets and $9,297,778 gross
One Direction (Where We Are Tour 2014) : 87,324 tickets and $7,688,500 gross
Iron Maiden (somewhere back in time tour 08/09) : 78,321 tickets and $2,948,604 gross
The first 3 played 2 nights at the stadium
I am sure the band will move that arena date to the stadiumComment
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Iron Maiden - Barclays Center - Brooklyn
July 26-27, 2019
24,151 / 24,151
$2,528,980 == > biggest gross ever in north america for Iron Maiden but I think los angeles will do better than thatComment
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BB boxscores
49 Iron Maiden, The Raven Age Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pa. July 30, 2019 $1,142,723 11,975 /
11,975 1 / 1 $129.50, $49.50 Live NationComment
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Iron Maiden Centre Videotron Quebec City, Quebec Aug. 7, 2019 $988,584 12,860 / 13,993 1 / 0 $94.48, $29.85 evenko/Live Nation
Iron Maiden Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec Aug. 5, 2019 $954,174 14,552 / 15,329 1 / 0 $94.63, $34.07 evenko/Live NationComment
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Great news
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New boxscores:
Budweiser Stage, Toronto: 26,448 / 26,448 (100%) - $1,553,524 (2 shows)
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul: 12,189 / 12,864 (94%) - $1,178,631
Rogers Arena, Vancouver: 12,349 / 12,349 (100%) - $934,972
Rogers Place, Edmonton: 11,642 / 12,367 (94%) - $905,413
Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary: 11,600 / 11,600 - $898,333
KeyBank Center, Buffalo: 11,371 / 11,371 (100%) - $885,907
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento: 9,723 / 10,290 (94%) - $877,123
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park: 14,662 / 16,000 (91%) - $866,858
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville: 8,064 / 10,200 (79%) - $785,618
Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati: 14,954 / 16,000 - $742,372
Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg: 9,362 / 10,487 (89%) - $689,783
Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Noblesville: 12,708 / 13,000 (98%) - $590,730Comment
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Thank you. Good numbers but not as strong as previous tourLast edited by john2000; Sun September 15, 2019, 18:37.Comment
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insane maybe not but good definitely ;) I mean why after all this time, LA is the only market where they can play a stadium? NY and other areas are very far from that. Book of souls US tour had more $1m+ gross shows than this tour as well. and overall attendance / gross in North America will be less than book of souls. Maybe ticket price was too expensive in some markets.Comment
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This is not correct. The 2017 leg of the The Book of Souls tour had an average attendance of 13,175 and combined with the 2016 leg, the average turnout pr show was 13,300 (38 markets in total). The average gross was USD 930 K. This tour visits 33 markets and will have an average turnout around 13,500 + and the average gross will be USD 1 mill +. Yes, some single shows had higher attendances on the 2017 leg - Bristow, Mansfield and Charlotte is the most prominent ones, but you need to take into account that these places were visited for the first time in five years at that point. The tickets for Legacy of the Beast were put on sale roughly one and a half year after they played the same venues.
Also: Boston was paired with Hartford, Charlotte had Atlanta as competition and Bristow were the opening night on a Saturday in 2017. Toronto this year is 26,500 as opposed to 15,600 in 2017. Brooklyn is 27,400 (Billboard boxscore is wrong) as opposed to 23,400 in 2017. Oakland was 2 k lower than in 2017 (gross more or less the same), but they had 10 k in Sacramento only an hour away.
Hartford and Boston combined is 27,500 etc. This time there were no Ghost as special guest either.
For this tour there is only 3 shows dipping slightly below 10 k, while in 2017 there were 5 shows around the 7 k mark.Comment
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questions of point of view. US loves old songs, it is one of their last best of tour. with such set list and massive production, I would have expected more than that (same comment as for europe).Comment
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