Iron Maiden Brings a Sold Out Crowd to LA!

 

This same time last year in 2023 was when British heavy metal titans Iron Maiden had announced and sold tickets for their upcoming tour entitled “The Future Past Tour 2024”, where they would play songs off the albums “Somewhere In Time” and “Senjutsu”, along with some fan favorites. This tour would commence in fall 2024, playing in October, running into November, making the third stop upon said tour in Los Angeles, California. Playing a sold out show at the Kia Forum, where fans young and old would come together to enjoy Iron Maiden!

Opening would be Mongolian folk metal band The Hu, whose performance would be quite interesting. Performing a selection of tracks with traditional  Mongolian instrumentation including the morin khuur, the tovshuur, and throat singing, as the band calls it “hunnu rock”. A term inspired by the Xiongnu, an acident nomadic empire based in Mongolia proper, known as Hünnü in Mongolian. Such songs as “Shoog shoog”, “Wolf Totem”, “Black Thunder”, and “This Is Mongol” were played, having the crowd be enthusiastic about it all really. Everyone giving the band at least some recognition that they enjoyed what was being performed. This act being quite the interesting one.

Next would be headliners Iron Maiden playing around 15 songs total for their set list, a lot of the songs being off the two albums mentioned prior, with other numbers like “Can I Play With Madness”, “Fear of the Dark”, “Iron Maiden”, and “The Trooper”. Some songs off the two albums were “Caught Somewhere in Time”, “Days of Future Past”, “Heaven Can Wait”, “The Time Machine”, and “Death of the Celts”, among many others. The crowd was into the material so much so, that several mini mosh pits formed, with the crowd singing along, clapping, chanting, and just having a good time altogether.

IRON MAIDEN:

The band a majority of the members being in their 60s to 70s still were able to captivate the audience. Running along the stage, running in circles, it felt like the were young again seeing how much energy they had given off one another throughout the whole performance. The stage set up featured an array of lighting affects, screen projections, and giant sized puppets of the famous mascot Eddie, as a samurai warrior,  cyborg robot, and cowboy zombie Eddie, creating quite the fenzy of sorts on stage. It was fun laughing and singing along to the songs sung this evening, creating a memorable night that only “The Future Past Tour” could create, bringing a little of the past into the future.

SETLIST:

1. Caught Somewhere in Time
2. Stranger in a Strange Land
3. The Writing on the Wall
4. Days of Future Past
5. The Time Machine
6. The Prisoner
7. Death of the Celts
8. Can I Play with Madness
9. Heaven Can Wait
10. Alexander the Great
11. Fear of the Dark
12. Iron Maiden

ENCORE:

13. Hell on Earth
14. The Trooper
15. Wasted Years