Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour

Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour
Tour by Iron Maiden
Official tour advertisement for the band's performance in Zagreb, Croatia, 17 June
Start date 23 May 2003
End date 30 August 2003
No. of shows 56 (1 cancellation)
Iron Maiden concert chronology

Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour was a concert tour by Iron Maiden that began on 23 May 2003 and ended on 30 August 2003. During the tour, the song "Wildest Dreams" was played as a teaser for the band's thirteenth studio album Dance of Death.[1] The band also headlined the first edition of Download Festival at Donington Park.[2]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
23 May 2003 A Coruña Spain Coliseum
24 May 2003 Gijón Palacio de Deportes
26 May 2003 Toulon France Le Zénith
27 May 2003 Toulouse Le Zénith
31 May 2003 Castle Donington England Download Festival
3 June 2003 Katowice Poland Spodek
4 June 2003 Budapest Hungary Kisstadion
6 June 2003 Nürburgring Germany Rock Am Ring
7 June 2003 Nürnberg Rock Im Park
8 June 2003 Vienna Austria Stadthalle
11 June 2003 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
12 June 2003 Madrid Las Ventas
13 June 2003 San Sebastian Plaza de toros
15 June 2003 Imola Italy Imola Autodromo
17 June 2003 Zagreb Croatia Stadium Radnik
19 June 2003 Zlín Czech Republic Sportshall
21 June 2003 Bergum Netherlands Waldrock Festival
23 June 2003 Fribourg Switzerland Forum
25 June 2003 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
27 June 2003 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival
28 June 2003 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Stadium
30 June 2003 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
2 July 2003 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
3 July 2003
5 July 2003 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
9 July 2003 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico
11 July 2003 Jerez Spain Festival Espárrago Rock
12 July 2003 Albacete Metalmania
North America
21 July 2003 Worcester, Massachusetts United States DCU Center
22 July 2003 Hartford, Connecticut Meadows Music Theatre
23 July 2003 Camden, New Jersey Tweeter Center
25 July 2003 Holmdel, New Jersey PNC Bank Arts Center
26 July 2003 Wantagh, New York Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
29 July 2003 Columbia, Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion
30 July 2003 New York, New York Madison Square Garden
1 August 2003 Quebec City, Quebec Canada Colisée Pepsi
2 August 2003 Montréal, Quebec Bell Centre
3 August 2003 Toronto, Ontario Molson Amphitheatre
5 August 2003 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio United States Blossom Music Center
6 August 2003 Clarkston, Michigan DTE Energy Music Theater
8 August 2003 Burgettstown, Pennsylvania Post-Gazette Pavilion
9 August 2003 Columbus, Ohio Germain Amphitheater
10 August 2003 Tinley Park, Illinois Tweeter Center
13 August 2003 Dallas, Texas Smirnoff Music Centre
15 August 2003 Selma, Texas Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
16 August 2003 The Woodlands, Texas Woodlands Pavilion
18 August 2003 El Paso, Texas U.T.E.P.
20 August 2003 Greenwood Village, Colorado Fiddler's Green
21 August 2003 Albuquerque, New Mexico Journal Pavilion (Cancelled)
22 August 2003 Phoenix, Arizona Cricket Wireless Pavilion
24 August 2003 Irvine, California Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
25 August 2003 Long Beach, California Long Beach Arena
26 August 2003 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena
28 August 2003 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre
29 August 2003 Concord, California Sleep Train Pavilion
30 August 2003 Wheatland, California Sleep Train Amphitheatre

Reference[3]

Stage Set

Iron Maiden used a wraparound stage, complete with podiums and lighting rig. The walls were painted with Eddies from previous albums. During the song "The Clairvoyant", a walk-on Eddie, based on the "Edward The Great". Eddie, surfaced during this song. An additional giant Eddie appeared during "Iron Maiden" from behind the stage as a replica from the Visions of The Beast DVD.

Setlist

Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour 2003 Setlist
  1. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  2. "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
  3. "Die With Your Boots On" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
  4. "Revelations" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
  5. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  6. "22 Acacia Avenue" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  7. "Wildest Dreams" (from Dance of Death, 2003)
  8. "The Wicker Man" (from Brave New World, 2000)
  9. "Brave New World" (from Brave New World, 2000)
  10. "The Clansman" (from Virtual XI, 1998)
  11. "The Clairvoyant" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
  12. "Heaven Can Wait" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
  13. "Fear of the Dark" (from Fear of The Dark, 1992)
  14. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)

Encore

  1. "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (from No Prayer for the Dying, 1990)
  2. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (from Powerslave, 1984)
  3. "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
Note: "22 Acacia Avenue", "Brave New World" and "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" were excluded from the North American shows, while "2 Minutes to Midnight" was not played at Imola.

References

  1. ↑ Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 377. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
  2. ↑ "Iron Maiden To Headline Download Festival At Donington". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Give Me Ed... Til I'm Dead Tour 2003". Iron Maiden Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 June 2003.
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