Blimey ! Getting to see Maiden at Rock City was something i’d always dreamed of happening. But what a shame it was at their lowest point in their career & what i refer to as the “fake Maiden”. Of course, this was when they had Blaze on vocals. For myself, he just couldn’t cut it. But as it was “Maiden” playing R.C. i just had to go.
To think, there was someone in that crowd who’d got a video camera in, but didn’t attempt to film the show as the angle was too oblique…
The biggest, the best & unfortunately the worst also 🙁 The biggest ever attendance at Monsters. Unfortunately, it got too dangerous. During Guns set the whole crowd towards the front moved. 2 people got crushed under foot & died. It’s the most frightened I’ve ever been at a gig. Was hard to keep stood up & not get trampled even towards the side… Maiden were fantastic.
After the tragedy in ’88 there were lessons learned about crowd safety. There was a full inquiry about the events. You can view this online here :
http://www.gkstill.com/Support/Links/Documents/2004-upton-1.pdf
This resulted in “The guide to health, safety & welfare at pop concerts & similar events”. In the industry, it’s referred to as “The Purple Guide “. There used to be a copy of this online & it was free to view, but now, it seems you have to pay.
A (not so) secret gig by Iron Maiden as a warm up for Donington. Same set, but in a small university hall! Fantastic stuff.
Finally managed to do a private interview with Steve Harris tonight. Chances of that happening nowadays ? 😉