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Iron Maiden played Jones Beach with Alice Cooper (pics/review/setlists)

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin ; words by Fred Pessaro/BBG

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Iron Maiden teamed with Alice Cooper to play Jones Beach last night (6/28), the first of two NYC area shows for the pair as part of their tour together. The bands play Newark, NJ at Prudential Center on July 2nd (tickets).

Due to traffic issues (read: getting pulled over), I missed most of Alice Cooper‘s set, settling into my seat in time to watch an on-stage beheading (seriously). Clad in studded leather, Cooper finished out his set with the fan favorite “School’s Out” (on the last day of NYC public schools) which worked in the “Another Brick In The Wall” chorus.

Iron Maiden entered shortly therafter, performing with a large elevated section made to look like ice and mimic the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son LP background. The Maiden England tour was focused on the era, so the LP was more than adequately represented (more than half, namely, “Moonchild”, “Can I Play With Madness?”, “The Evil That Men Do”, “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”, “The Clairvoyant”) along with early favorites (“Iron Maiden”) and just plain classics (“Aces High”, “The Number of the Beast”, “Run To The Hills”, etc). Every song was accompanied by its own separate backdrop, set of pyrotechnics, and insanely-energetic Bruce Dickinson cardio workouts and costumes. Just a phenomenal set from the metal legends, but that comes as no surprise. Full setlist is below.

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Lets be fair though, the show wasn’t just a string of superlatives. The sound from my seat was rather abysmal (elevated at an outdoor concert, go figure) and the entire set was peppered with mini bouts of feedback. Guitarist Janick Gers seems pretty much wholly unnecessary, save for theatricality like the occaisonal guitar toss, double jump-kick, and guitar spin (his solos aren’t as bountiful as either Adrian Smith or Dave Murray). And sadly, its clear that Bruce Dickinson can’t hit those high notes quite as easily anymore.

Nevertheless, for one picturesque night on the shores of Long Island, Iron Maiden ruled all. And in the spirit of the Nostradamus-focused material on Seventh Son, I predict they’ll rule Prudential Center too.

Pictures and setlists from Jones Beach are below.

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ALICE COOPER SETLIST, JONES BEACH 6/27/12
The Black Widow
Brutal Planet
I’m Eighteen
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Hey Stoopid
Billion Dollar Babies
Feed My Frankenstein
Poison
Wicked Young Man
I Love the Dead
School’s Out

IRON MAIDEN SETLIST, JONES BEACH 6/27/12
Moonchild
Can I Play With Madness
The Prisoner
2 Minutes to Midnight
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
The Trooper
The Number of the Beast
Phantom of the Opera
Run to the Hills
Wasted Years
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Clairvoyant
Fear of the Dark
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Aces High
The Evil That Men Do
Running Free