Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour

Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour

Tour by Iron Maiden
Official tour advertisement for the band's performance in Zagreb, Croatia, 17 June
Start date	23 May 2003
End date	30 August 2003
No. of shows	56 (1 cancellation)
Iron Maiden concert chronology

Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour was a concert tour by Iron Maiden that began on 23 May 2003 and ended on 30 August 2003. During the tour, the song "Wildest Dreams" was played as a teaser for the band's thirteenth studio album Dance of Death.^[1] The band also headlined the first edition of Download Festival at Donington Park.^[2]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
23 May 2003	A Coruña	Spain	Coliseum
24 May 2003	Gijón		Palacio de Deportes
26 May 2003	Toulon	France	Le Zénith
27 May 2003	Toulouse		Le Zénith
31 May 2003	Castle Donington	England	Download Festival
3 June 2003	Katowice	Poland	Spodek
4 June 2003	Budapest	Hungary	Kisstadion
6 June 2003	Nürburgring	Germany	Rock Am Ring
7 June 2003	Nürnberg		Rock Im Park
8 June 2003	Vienna	Austria	Stadthalle
11 June 2003	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
12 June 2003	Madrid		Las Ventas
13 June 2003	San Sebastian		Plaza de toros
15 June 2003	Imola	Italy	Imola Autodromo
17 June 2003	Zagreb	Croatia	Stadium Radnik
19 June 2003	Zlín	Czech Republic	Sportshall
21 June 2003	Bergum	Netherlands	Waldrock Festival
23 June 2003	Fribourg	Switzerland	Forum
25 June 2003	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
27 June 2003	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival
28 June 2003	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Stadium
30 June 2003	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
2 July 2003	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
3 July 2003
5 July 2003	Dessel	Belgium	Graspop Metal Meeting
9 July 2003	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico
11 July 2003	Jerez	Spain	Festival Espárrago Rock
12 July 2003	Albacete		Metalmania
North America
21 July 2003	Worcester, Massachusetts	United States	DCU Center
22 July 2003	Hartford, Connecticut		Meadows Music Theatre
23 July 2003	Camden, New Jersey		Tweeter Center
25 July 2003	Holmdel, New Jersey		PNC Bank Arts Center
26 July 2003	Wantagh, New York		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
29 July 2003	Columbia, Maryland		Merriweather Post Pavilion
30 July 2003	New York City		Madison Square Garden
1 August 2003	Quebec City, Quebec	Canada	Colisée Pepsi
2 August 2003	Montréal, Quebec		Bell Centre
3 August 2003	Toronto		Molson Amphitheatre
5 August 2003	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	United States	Blossom Music Center
6 August 2003	Clarkston, Michigan		DTE Energy Music Theater
8 August 2003	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Post-Gazette Pavilion
9 August 2003	Columbus, Ohio		Germain Amphitheater
10 August 2003	Tinley Park, Illinois		Tweeter Center
13 August 2003	Dallas, Texas		Smirnoff Music Centre
15 August 2003	Selma, Texas		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
16 August 2003	The Woodlands, Texas		Woodlands Pavilion
18 August 2003	El Paso, Texas		U.T.E.P.
20 August 2003	Greenwood Village, Colorado		Fiddler's Green
21 August 2003	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Journal Pavilion (Cancelled)
22 August 2003	Phoenix, Arizona		Cricket Wireless Pavilion
24 August 2003	Irvine, California		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
25 August 2003	Long Beach, California		Long Beach Arena
26 August 2003	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
28 August 2003	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre
29 August 2003	Concord, California		Sleep Train Pavilion
30 August 2003	Marysville, California		Sleep Train Amphitheatre

Reference^[3]

Stage Set

Iron Maiden used a wraparound stage, complete with podiums and lighting rig. The walls were painted with Eddies from previous albums. During the song "The Clairvoyant", a walk-on Eddie, based on the "Edward The Great" Eddie, surfaced during this song. An additional giant Eddie appeared during "Iron Maiden" from behind the stage as a replica from the "Visions of The Beast" DVD.

Setlist

Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour 2003 Setlist 

1. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
2. "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
3. "Die With Your Boots On" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
4. "Revelations" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
5. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
6. "22 Acacia Avenue" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
7. "Wildest Dreams" (from Dance of Death, 2003)
8. "The Wicker Man" (from Brave New World, 2000)
9. "Brave New World" (from Brave New World, 2000)
10. "The Clansman" (from Virtual XI, 1998)
11. "The Clairvoyant" (from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1988)
12. "Heaven Can Wait" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
13. "Fear of the Dark" (from Fear of The Dark, 1992)
14. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)

Encore

1. "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (from No Prayer for the Dying, 1990)
2. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (from Powerslave, 1984)
3. "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)

Note: "22 Acacia Avenue", "Brave New World" and "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" were excluded from the North American shows, while "2 Minutes to Midnight" was not played at Imola.

References

1. Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 377. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
2. "Iron Maiden To Headline Download Festival At Donington". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
3. "Give Me Ed... Til I'm Dead Tour 2003". Iron Maiden Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 June 2003.

External links

• Official website
• Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour Dates