Концерт 11 февраля в Москве

[iron priest]

А по качеству именно записи - какой лучше, в 192 или флак?

Запись с одного и того же исходника.

[Дис Брюкинсон]

Флак и "сто девяноста два" - это разные форматы воспроизведения музыки.
Первый вариант естественно лучше...

Конкретно в данном случае - лучше 192.
Флак - занимает лишние 600 мегабайт на диске.

[Den]

Объясните что нужно от оф.сайта? Есть:
1. Порядка 25 фото с Москвы. Часть из них уже публиковались.
2. Todd's Diary - Moscow Madness! фото (другие) и текст
3. Rod's Diary - Moscow, first show of 2011! только текст.

Я не знаю, что недоступно не членам. Говорите, выложу вечерком

[Bassmonster]

2 и 3 определенно интересно. Ну а 1 не знаю даже...столько уже этих фоток было опубликовано. ИМХО не стОит.

[Wooden Golem]

Мне как раз нужны именно фото. Публиковалось штуки 3-4 из 25.

[Air Raid Siren]

А я бы всё посмотрел и почитал.

[Дис Брюкинсон]

Это немного по другому называется...

[vlad198401]

А я бы всё посмотрел и почитал.

Поддерживаю.

[dreadful]

Это как в сауне с проститутками:
"Это и всё?А можно всех посмотреть?"))

[Uporny]

Всем Привет! Извиняюсь, что так поздно отписываюсь....
Был с братом на концерте в левом танцпартере. Организация была вполне приличной. По началу расстроились неполнотой зала, но к выходу Мейден на сцену "яблоку" негде было упасть...Немного затянутое вступление и чуть глухой звук не помешали с перврвой секунды наслаждаться любимой группой. Ещё перед концертом был уверен, что сыграют 2MtM, RF и FotD!!! Под Трупера конкретно сорвало башню - отрывались на полную катушку....прыгали и даже устроили небольшой слэм (сразу вспомнились школьные годы)....под FotD охрип от знакомых строк - до сих пор не восстановился))))).....а под BB начали брататься с народом..........
Конечно могли бы и ещё пару хитов на бис сыграть, но и То что Было - вполне хватило на "Взрыв Мозга" и до сих пор не отпускает....Это лучший концерт в моей жизни...
P.S. Сделал несколько снимков и видео - выложу чуть позже)
Будем настраиваться на Питер.

[Uporny]

Блин, говорили же не открывай много ссылок))))

[Den]

Может кто сподобится перевести?

Rod's Diary - Moscow, first show of 2011!
Published: February 11, 2011

3pm Moscow, sitting in room with laptop typing this before we go along for the first show of the 2011 Final Frontier World Tour. Only seems yesterday when we finished touring last year in Valencia where I went with Bruce Air! And now of course we have Ed Force One back, but a newer sleeker 757 with its new colours as you will have seen on the website. Looks great doesn't it.

Of course by Valencia I was already well into routing and arrangements for the 2011 touring. I like to get things set up as early as possible to give us the best opportunity to get the availabilities on the venues that we need -- the later you wait the less chance you have of getting the ones we want. The fact this leg of the tour is 66 days from Moscow to Tampa was a total fluke by the way, it just came out like that but 6's do seem to haunt us, it's quite incredible how often it comes up. Nothing sinister I trust! All the dates are set for this year although 3 festivals are yet to be announced but for any of you towards the eastern end of Europe it won't be long now

I travelled up to Stansted from Hove on Tues eve so I didn't have to deal with M25 traffic on a morning and it also gave me a chance to have a few beers with the Killer Krew, always a treat, honest!! Albeit expensive! The plane was due to leave for Moscow at about 9am but technical problems, hopefully our last, held us up for a few hours so we ended up arriving at about 10pm local time, 3 hours ahead of the UK. We were met with snow, sub-zero temperatures (which Floridian Nicko was NOT happy with despite being decked out in a Russian fur hat and jacket!!) and a great many (very patient) national TV news crews and press photographers, the result of which you can see on the website. When we land we have a couple of the guys and John McMurtrie our photographer and Andy M our film and IMTV man go down first if its steps onto the runway. Then, when they know transport is ready and everything is more or less under control, the band go down so the cameras can get them without Gaddsy in the way! Nice and smooth, Jan and Bruce had a few words on camera with the TV guys despite the cold (tough guys!) then it was off to our splendid hotel, drop the bags and up to the bar for a nightcap with Dave and Nicko, quickly to be joined by many of the others ending with staying up rather longer than expected although it was 3 hours earlier by our body clocks so probably wouldn't have slept earlier anyway.

Up in the morning and into the gym to be soon joined by Davey. I got in pretty decent shape for my Cuba bike ride last week,(I had to, it was tough!) and intend to keep it up. Famous last words on a tour like this. By the way because of all the tour prep I haven't got my thankyou notes up on the web yet but it is next on the agenda, so apologies to all of you who supported me on justgiving and the auction, it is much appreciated by myself and the two excellent charities.

The rest of the day was spent working on the laptop as usual then in the evening it was dinner with Sarah, Todd and Kath from our Phantom team and then to the bar where most of the guys and team were and again a later than intended evening!

Early today we had a meeting with relevant parts of the team to go through everything from media to guest lists to make sure everything runs smoothly -- it should have been yesterday to avoid this early start but some of the team were needed at the venue. You would think the show was more important than my meetings! The band always do a full and thorough sound check the day before the first show to make sure everything is to their satisfaction. After that, unless they are encountering problems, members of the crew do the soundchecks at every show and always end out playing Highway to Hell. Then took an hour for a swim - so both first two days I got to work out, for how much longer I wonder?

I am very much looking forward to tonight and the brand new set list covering a number of songs from the new album, of course, but also a healthy dose of "classics" as there will be so many new faces in audiences around the world, especially of course in Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea where we have never played before. It is terrific that in those places it looks like we will get a lot of fans coming along for their first ever Maiden show -- Singapore will be sold out out at about 12,000, Jakarta could be anything from 15 to 25,000, Bali is smaller and will sell out 7,000 and Korea is smaller still at just 5000, but still a great opportunity to visit there. And in Australia at the festivals we will have some 100,000 new faces at least plus our first visit to Belem in Brazil and the first time in Tampa in a long, long time. So there are a few songs we have to play, although not every one!! No doubt via the web you will soon know what those are.

The production is again everything we can ram onto the plane with other parts being built specially in each territory. Lights are provided locally and will be where possible/available (depending on the territory) be as good as last year (hats off to Rob Coleman for a terrific lighting design and operation) and as always sound will be the very best available and of course brilliant thanks to Mr Doug Hall. And of course there will be Eddie.

I am sorry to say that this will be my last regular diary, for a number of reasons, although I will contribute from time to time especially on special occasions. The reasons are partly that I won't be on the whole tour as I shall return home for a while to take care of business between Melbourne and Sao Paulo, but mainly the fact that I have written about shows in many of these places twice in the last three years, and often more before, so it needs a fresh pair of eyes on events. You can only say so much about anywhere. Also I can only do these if I do them properly, I have too much respect for you guys to fob you off with something rushed and badly written, and this takes some time to work out what to cover and then write up, especially as my typing is far from 100 words a minute!! There appears more and more to deal with on the Maiden front and that has to be priority.

So our new Phantom team member Todd Nakamine will be taking over with the regular diaries as from this first show in Moscow. Todd has worked with us for some five years in America based out of LA, firstly with our label and last year with our promoters dealing with media and other areas. He is a big Metal and Maiden fan and even went to two of the four legendary Live after Death shows at Long Beach in 1985 -- and has the photos to prove it. Believe me he knows his Maiden!! He is assisting me in many areas including casting a fresh but informed view over everything for the diaries. I do hope you enjoy them. They are certainly going to be more current than I was often able to do too!!

Todd is Japanese American as you can tell by the surname -- we went to a Japanese restaurant recently though and the staff were astounded when ...he asked for a fork!! Watching him try to use chopsticks is a remarkable experience akin to watching a cricketer facing up to a bowler but holding the wrong end of the bat. Or for you Americans a pitcher and a baseball bat.

This has taken a couple of hours so it's almost time to go. I am always nervous but excited before the first show on a tour especially with a number of new songs involved ( especially can't wait for Where the Wild Wind Blows, already one of my all-time favourites -- gives me chills down the spine)

So take care and wish us luck!!!!!

[Den]

Todd's Diary - Moscow Madness!
Published: February 14, 2011

FIRST MY BACKGROUND:

1983 -- Long Beach Arena - World Piece Tour (Iron Maiden, Saxon, Fastway) My first Maiden show!
1985 -- "World Slavery Tour" 4 nights Long Beach Arena (Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister)
1985 to 2007 -- lots of other LA shows
2007 -- "Pushed" my way into a meeting with Rod Smallwood whilst working in Press at Universal Records, Santa Monica. I get to work on the DVD release of one of the greatest concert videos of all time, "Live After Death" AND the "Somewhere Back In Time" 2008 tour.
2010 -- Whilst at Live Nation, Rod requests that I work the US leg of "The Final Frontier Tour"
2010 -- Just after the first leg - Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, one morning (8:30 AM) I get a call from Rod.

ROD: "Did I Wake You?"
TODD: "Nope, what's up?" (He actually did wake me but I figured it was important)
ROD: "How would you like to join us? See the world?"
TODD: (Stutter) Umm, yeah!" (At least that's what I think I said. Who knows? All I knew was that I would finally become an official member of the "Killer Krew"!)
ROD: "YOU should be paying US!"

He was right! Now in 2011 I'm about to see the world, inside the belly of the beast known as Ed Force One (Flight 666), with IRON WHAT? IRON FUCKIN' MAIDEN THAT'S WHAT!!!


TODD'S DIARY (1st Entry)
We were to take off from Stansted England on the morning of February 9th. There was a delay with some first day tech problems as they prepped the plane.


Killing time at the airport as they prepped Ed Force One.


Dickie as we see him. "Hands out of pockets!"

I can't explain in words, the feeling of boarding Ed Force One. When I got to the tarmac I was completely in disbelief and awe of her. There she was, my home for the next few weeks . Fantastic! Next stop, Moscow.



We finally arrived in Moscow late at night and it was just as I imagined it. "Bloody cold and icy" as my comrades might say. Out of all of us, Nicko was dressed in appropriate attire that only pictures could describe and I just "happened" to have my camera!



We were greeted by a bunch of camera crews and photographers and after Janick and Bruce said a few words we were off to the hotel. I travelled to the hotel with Rod, Janick and Dave where we were greeted by loads of dedicated fans who waited in the -12 temperature for the band to arrive. The band graciously signed autographs and took pictures with them, as they often try to do if time permits (and even when it doesn't! Poor Gaddsy).






The next day I did your typical sightseeing (being in Moscow it would be a sin not to) at Red Square which, by the way, has nothing to do with communism but originally derives from the word "krasnnyi" meaning beautiful.



First stop in Red Square was Lenin's Mausoleum. I had to have a visit. Before entering we had to remove all hats and gloves. The mood inside was very serious and there was a guard in each room and two in the room with Lenin's body. If you stop at any point, as Kath in our office did, they move toward you to keep you moving even with no one else in the room. No cameras, cell phones or bags allowed so unfortunately no photos and with the guards constantly watching, I wouldn't try it even if I had one so you can google it for official photos.



Outside of Lenin's mausoleum

On to the magnificent St. Basil's Cathedral (looks just like in the text books). By the time we got there my hands were so numb they started locking in a claw position so I decided to put the camera away until I could move my fingers again. Ordered by Ivan The Terrible to mark the 1552 capture of Kazan from the Mongol forces, St. Basil's Cathedral was completed in 1556 and is now a museum. It was surprising to learn that the Soviet Union once considered tearing it down all because it hindered Stalin's plans for massed parades on Red Square. It was only saved due to a telegram from an architect named Pytor Baranovsky who was served five years in prison for it!



Inside The Dome (not sure I was supposed to take this photo but I did)

I didn't get to the Kremlin (insert Rod scolding me here) because I had to remind myself I was actually here to work. One thing about the mighty Maiden machine is that when it comes time to work, you better more than pull your weight to make sure the show and tour is in top form for "us" fans. Band and crew are the most dedicated bunch of lads I had ever worked with and you better not throw a monkey wrench in this well-oiled machine or there WILL be hell to pay! I do regret not being able to go in and at least see the world's largest bell (The Tsar Bell) or the world's largest cannon (Tsar's Cannon) both housed within the wall but I did take this in passing.

<Фото красот Москвы пропускаю>


February 11th, show day!



This was the kick off show and I was anxious to see Maiden in a different country. I got the venue early to deal with press lists and as I finished what I was doing I sat back for a moment and was exhausted from just watching the buzz and intensity of production room as the Killer Krew were doing everything they do to make sure you lot get more than your money's worth. I managed to walk around a little before doors, a new privilege I now have, and watched the stage crew do their thing all the way up to doors.


Production Room hard at work.


Preparations pre-doors

Rise To Remain hit the stage and went over well as they kicked off the night with their fusion of punk and metal, getting the crowd well primed for Maiden. Again, since I am here to work, my professional side got all my press photographers and camera crews in place as "Doctor, Doctor" blared over the PA to a lit house, further stirring up the crowd (and myself) into a frenzy before the lights went out and the band took the stage. The kids were going nuts!


First To The Barrier

I won't reveal the set list, although I'm sure it's all over the web by now as everything is these days. I will say you will NOT be disappointed! I will say the new songs sound terrific. Live. Very powerful. Good stuff. The Moscow crowd ate it up and proved their complete dedication and love for all things Maiden, singing the words (in English) to all the songs. That's the thing that blew my mind. Whether in America, Transylvania or Russia, through any language barrier, Maiden fans can chant and sing EVERY Maiden lyric.






After the show we went to "a bar" and did what any other self-respecting member of the Killer Krew would do. Drink, drink and drink. By the end of the night my head was spinning. And I still had to do a little work!!! I have a feeling my tolerance for beer will skyrocket by the time we finish this first leg! Putting my fan hat back on, it still blows me away when Adrian buys me a drink and Nicko screams my name from across the room.

Hung over and 10 minutes late in getting my bags to the lobby (will never let that happen again. Ian and Gaddsy chasing me down and giving my first and only warning), we prep to leave and say goodbye to Moscow.



I know this must sound like I'm bragging a bit but, hey, I won the lottery. I came to Moscow on EF1 with the band and crew and I'm about to go to Singapore, Australia, Korea, well you know the tour dates. Life is good.



Singapore here I come!

- Todd

[Den]

Полный пак фотографий с оф.сайта

[Wooden Golem]

Den, дичайшее спасибо!!