The Real Live Tour was a concert tour by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 25 March 1993 to 28 August 1993.
Background It was the last tour which featured lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson before his return to the band in 1999, leaving to pursue a solo career, his final shows taking place at Pinewood Studios and filmed for the live video, Raising Hell.
As he had already announced his plans to leave before the tour began, Dickinson states that the concerts were extremely challenging, explaining that "we walked out onstage and it was like a morgue. The Maiden fans knew I'd quit, they knew these were the last gigs, and I suddenly realised that, as the frontman, you're in an almost impossible situation. If you're like, 'Wow, this is really fucking cool tonight, man,' they're all gonna sit there going, 'What a wanker. He's leaving. How can it be cool?' Or do you go on and say, 'Look, I'm really sorry I'm leaving – not to put a damper on the evening, but I am quitting'? I mean, what do you do?" Bassist Steve Harris claims that, during the less high-profile shows, Dickinson would deliberately underperform, sometimes just mumbling into the microphone, although Dickinson has since denied the allegations. On 1 May 1993 the band performed at Primo Maggio Free Festival in Rome, Piazza San Giovanni. According to different sources, the crowd was estimated at 500,000 to one million people in attendance. Iron Maiden toured an extensive Italian leg and visited Russia for the very first time, playing three consecutive nights at Moscow's Olympic Stadium.
Tour dates + List of 1993 concerts Date City Country Venue25 March 1993FaroPortugalKadoc27 March 1993MadridSpainSala Canciller28 March 1993San SebastiánPolideportivo Anoeta29 March 1993BarcelonaZeleste5 April 1993OstravaCzech RepublicOstravar Aréna6 April 1993BratislavaSlovakiaOndrej Nepela Arena7 April 1993ViennaAustria9 April 1993ArnhemNetherlandsRijnhal10 April 1993ParisFranceÉlysée Montmartre11 April 1993BerlinGermany13 April 1993WürzburgCarl-Diem-Halle15 April 1993HanoverMusic Hall16 April 1993BremenStadthalle17 April 1993EssenGrugahalle19 April 1993StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle20 April 1993SaarbrückenSaarlandhalle21 April 1993AugsburgSchwabenhalle23 April 1993GothenburgSweden25 April 1993BourgesFrancePavillon27 April 1993TurinItalyPalasport28 April 1993MajanoCampo Sportivo29 April 1993FlorencePalasport30 April 1993RomePalaghiaccio1 May 19932 May 1993Priolo GargalloPalasport3 May 1993Reggio CalabriaPalasport5 May 1993NaplesTeatro Tenda6 May 1993BolognaParc Nord8 May 1993GenoaPalasport di Genova9 May 1993MilanForum di Assago11 May 1993ToulonFranceZénith Oméga de Toulon13 May 1993GrenobleSummum14 May 1993NancyZénith de Nancy16 May 1993SheffieldEnglandSheffield Arena17 May 1993LondonWembley Arena19 May 1993ManchesterG-Mex20 May 1993BirminghamNEC Arena21 May 1993GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre23 May 1993DublinIrelandThe Point24 May 1993BelfastNorthern IrelandKing's Hall27 May 1993NeuchâtelSwitzerlandPatinoire du Littoral2 June 1993MoscowRussiaOlympic Stadium3 June 19934 June 199327 August 1993LondonEnglandPinewood Studios28 August 1993
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Cancelled and rescheduled dates 30 March 1993: Berlin, Germany, Huxley's Neue Welt (rescheduled to 11 April.) 2 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (rescheduled to 2 June.) 3 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (rescheduled to 3 June.) 4 April 1993: Moscow, Russia, Olympic Hall (rescheduled to 4 June.) 3 May 1993: Reggio de Calabria, Italy, Palasport (due to insufficient security.)
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External links Real Live Tour dates