Iron Maiden - Jiffy Lube Live - Bristow, VA - June 3, 2017
Iron Maiden continues to prove that if Father Time is actually knocking on their proverbial metal doors, the band must be opening up that doorway and having Eddie beat the ever living crap out of him time and time again.
The band kicked off the current U.S. leg of their Book of Souls tour at the Jiffy Lube Live amphitheater in Bristow, VA this past Saturday with a performance that if had to be described in a singular word, that word would be legendary.
As the day’s twilight faded into the darkness of the night UFO’s, “Doctor Doctor” began to play over the venue’s PA system. This of course is a signal that all die hard Maiden fans know all to well as being the final countdown to the lads storming the stage to begin another one of their vaunted live performances.
One by one Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers sauntered onto the Jiffy Lube Live stage while launching into the opening bars of “If Eternity Should Fail,” the title track off of 2015’s The Book of Souls. Shortly thereafter the 58-year-old Bruce Dickinson creepily appeared atop the Mayan temple the band is using as the theme for their Book of Souls tour run.
Menacingly hovering over a bubbly cauldron for a few moments, while creating an air of palpable tension, Dickinson then launched himself as if being shot out of canon down the temple steps to join his mates in