After many, many years, we finally got to see the official 'Iron Maiden' tribute band 'Hi On Maiden' and overall it was pretty good. Taking the stage with 'Different World' from the 'A Matter of Life and Death' album and then following it up with 'Ghost of the Navigator' from 'Brave New World' it was clear that all was not well with the singer's voice. After those first two songs he apologised and explained that he was very ill and it was either 'cancel' or do his best and he would do his best. It was a shame really, because the vocals are such a huge part of Iron Maiden, but the crowd did their best to help him out.
After the first two songs the set was all drawn from the classic '1980-1992' period, including: Killers, The Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, Running Free, Iron Maiden, Die With Your Boots On, Hallowed be thy Name, The Prisoner, Revelations, Two Minutes to Midnight, Sea of Madness, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Can I Play with Madness, Wasted Years and Fear of the Dark.
Overall the band played well, and 'Eddie' was quite entertaining, appearing in various guises throughout the show. It was just a pity the singer's voice was so lacking throughout, but still... it was enjoyable enough.
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