Brisbane reveiws

[skrabsta]

;D

[TROOPER71]

F**kin killer show great atmosphere heaven can wait was huge even PAT CASH was on stage

[Wrathchild]

^Ohh interesting he was apparently staying same hotel too in Sydney!

[Sands Of Time]

It was a top gig!
Apart from coming back from Sydney with a KILLER FLU and spending most of the day in bed FTTB was fairly intense but well worth the pain. Just to be in reaching distance of Steve, Dave and Adrian was unforgettable.
Eventhe girl throwing up on my back during Lauren Harris didn't dampen my spirits.
Everyone i have spoken to who went have been amazed at how good it was.

oh yeah, i caught 2 Dave Murray guitar picks, my mate grabbed an Adrian one, the bastard ;D

[Wrathchild]

^Ewww someone spewed on ya damn! The shows were amazing, they all rocked. Also everyone incl us caught some sort of bug...not the Maiden type

[madeinoz15]

LOL - ironbrother (ben) got a bit of spew from her too, haha, lucky i was in front of janick.

[bucko]

hhahaa nice one

[Sands Of Time]

RAVE Magazine review:

BEC - Tues Feb 12

While the musically accomplished and yet terminally inconsequential poppy rock performance by Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris’ daughter Lauren Harris’ band that opens tonight’s proceedings proves that musical genius is most definitely not always passed down from generation to generation, it is a magnum opus concerto unparalleled next to the excremental emo purveyed by following act Behind Crimson Eyes, who amusingly have the gall to play a truly ineffectual cover of Motorhead’s Ace Of Spades, raising the ire (and the middle fingers, amusingly) of the already hostile crowd.

The supports mercifully finish and after a raucous, impatient wait by all present, the reverberations of Winston Churchill’s ‘fight them on the beaches’ speech heralds the sound that many among the capacity crowd have been waiting to hear for 15 years now – the opening strains of fast paced, barnstorming Iron Maiden classic Aces High. What follows is surely one of the finest rock & roll performances seen on a Brisbane stage, with the band ripping through a set comprised of most of the tunes from classic release Live After Death, with a few late ‘80s tunes thrown in for good measure. The band performs with matchless musicianship upon a magnificent accoutered stage set featuring a massive (and well utilised by singer Bruce Dickinson) gantry running behind the drums and to each side, clad in lush Egyptian motifs with a stunning light show and very cool back drops hanging behind. It is hard not to feel like an awe struck 12year old at moments like 10’ tall skeletal mascot Eddie’s entry during the band’s eponymous anthem, and moments such as the end of the poetic interlude in set highlight Rime of the Ancient Mariner where Dickinson emerges from within a cloud of mist wearing tattered rags in front of a ship’s deck backdrop, building up his vocals into a long, resounding, high pitched scream are the very image of maximalist, over-the-top, pompous classic rock excess and heavy metal fun and games at its most successful and wryly amusing. The 15-year wait was more than worth it.

SHAUN NANCARROW

[Sands Of Time]

Here is a few pics i took. A bit blurry but ya get that fttb!

[Sands Of Time]

Here's a couple of pics my mate Chappo took

[Sands Of Time]

Review in Time Off magazine :

IRON MAIDEN, BEHIND CRIMSON EYES, LAUREN HARRIS



Brisbane Entertainment Centre : 12.02.08

Appearing on stage amidst a flurry of rock moves and poses, Lauren Harris (daughter of Maiden bassist Steve) and her band make a good impression on the Heavy Metal crowd, particularly when they begin their set with a groovy, gutter-slung glam riff. It is swiftly revealed, however, that the band’s style-to-substance ratio is unfavourably out of whack. Lauren seems completely ignorant of the fact that she’s playing an arena, almost exclusively addressing the standing section, while the band have neither the songs nor charisma to justify their rock-god posturing. The set passes in a tedious blur of sub-par riffs, leather pants and shred-ful guitar solos.

Behind Crimson Eyes, conversely, with their screamo/metalcore aesthetics, make a horrible impression on the hordes of metal warriors, but actually deliver quite an accomplished set. The group plays with the perfect balance between precision and swagger, adding space and spontaneity to occasionally over-polished songs like hit-single ‘Shakedown’ and the pop-inflected ‘Game of Life’. There are missteps, namely a confusing ‘Ace of Spades’ cover and frontman Josh Stuart’s oh-so-hardcore persona, both highlighting the band’s differences unfavourably on a metal-centric bill, but the group more than deserve to walk away with at least a few new fans.

Entitled Somewhere Back in Time and with a set drawing exclusively from Iron Maiden’s first 12 years of recorded output, tonight’s showing, on paper, smacks of nostalgia - but due to the band’s sheer commanding power, it’s anything but. Beginning with footage of World War II and Churchill’s famed ‘We will never surrender’ speech, before charging onto an elaborate Egyptian-themed set (from their 1980s World Slavery Tour) amidst fireworks and roars, Iron Maiden’s sense of the epic is palpable.


The entire concert is an exercise in baroque perfection: gigantic, theatrical set pieces (with fireworks aplenty and vast, ornate backdrop art, which is changed several times throughout the concert), mammoth metal anthems, and scintillating performances.

Highlights fly thick and fast throughout, from the entire crowd reciting ‘Number of the Beast’s B-movie intro, to Dickinson’s flag-throwing theatrics in ‘The Trooper’, to the tour-de-force of ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, with its chilling, fog-laden mid-section, to the seismic closer ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’, which combines the drama, absurdity and power of the band’s entire shtick at goliath proportions.

Whether it was because it was their first Australian tour in 16 years, or because it was filmed, Iron Maiden delivered something truly special this evening. If only they’d played for longer.

MATT O’NEILL