Iron Maiden Announce Full Details of Live After Death DVD

Iron Maiden Announce Full Details of Live After Death DVD

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Finally available on DVD for the first time, New Door Records/UMe are proud to announce the eagerly awaited release of the Double Disc DVD of "LIVE AFTER DEATH," the legendary recording of Maiden's four-night stand at Long Beach Arena, California, in 1984.

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In stores now, the release coincides with the start of the band's "Somewhere Back In Time World Tour," on which they will recreate many of the aspects of this original and spectacular show.

Disc one contains the recording of this full 90-minute concert. Originally filmed on 35mm, the footage comes alive on DVD resulting in a visually stunning film that far outstrips the usual live video of the '80s. The disc carries two sound options -- the original concert audio specially mixed into 5.1 Surround Sound by Kevin Shirley, Maiden's producer since 1999, plus the original stereo sound track by Martin Birch, the band's producer from 1981 to 1993. Originally released on video in 1985, this has been largely unavailable for the past 20 years.

Disc two has Part 2 of the 'History of Iron Maiden,' continuing on the Maiden story from "The Early Days" DVD, along with rare and unseen bonus footage in the form of BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, ROCK IN RIO '85, and 'ELLO TEXAS, all in all giving a total running time of well over three hours. Plus of course the photo galleries, relevant promo videos, artwork galleries, tour dates, tour program and other features which all combine to make Maiden DVDs a very special and utterly comprehensive treat for their fans.

Manager Rod Smallwood explained, "The original video of 'Live After Death' has not been readily available for a long time so it's good that we finally got around to this. It was one of the first full concerts to be filmed after the advent of video and of course the live album, recorded on a different night to the video, has long been considered to be one of the seminal Metal live albums and has sold millions since. Fans have been begging us to do this DVD for some time now but we wanted to wait until we were able to recreate that whole tour to go with it and also to make it part of a series of DVDs that we are putting together around the band's history. And of course we are making sure that now we have got to it we will be giving the fans everything we can find from that period!!"

   FULL LIST OF CONTENTS:    Disc 1 -- "LIVE AFTER DEATH"  

"Live After Death" concert with Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio (90 minutes)

   Set list --   Churchill Speech/Aces High   2 Minutes to Midnight   The Trooper   Revelations   Flight of Icarus   Rime of the Ancient Mariner   Powerslave   Number of the Beast   Hallowed Be Thy Name   Iron Maiden   Run to The Hills   Running Free   Sanctuary    Disc 2 DOCUMENTARY / BONUS CONCERT FOOTAGE   1.   The History of Iron Maiden -- Part 2 (60 mins) -- Documentary.  

Band members, crew, friends and associates talk about the period in the band's career which saw the writing, recording and release of the Powerslave album, and later Live After Death, and the subsequent massive touring. And not just the serious side!!

2.

Behind the Iron Curtain (57 mins approx) Documentary and Live -- shot during Maiden's historic tour of Poland and other parts to the Eastern Bloc in 1984 featuring interviews, live and offstage footage capturing the atmosphere of this remarkable journey behind the Wall at the height of the Cold War.

3.

Live Footage -- Rock in Rio '85 (50 mins approx) -- The full Maiden set supporting Queen on the first day of the first Rock in Rio in front of 300,000 manic metal fans. A bloody and stirring performance!!

   Songs performed include --   Aces High   2 Minutes to Midnight   The Trooper   Revelations   Powerslave   Iron Maiden   Run To The Hills   Running Free    4.  

'Ello Texas -- 15 minutes -- Interview and live. Caught by a film crew in 1983 at the Alamo and sound checking their show in San Antonio.

   5.   Artwork Gallery, Tour Program, Tour dates and photo gallery    6.   Promotional clips for Aces High and 2 Minutes to Midnight   Subtitles for All documentary footage --  

PAL version -- English HOH / Dutch / French / German / Italian / Swedish / Portuguese / Spanish

   NTSC Version -- English HOH / Brazilian Portuguese / Latin Spanish    Background historical information:  

"LIVE AFTER DEATH" was filmed and recorded towards the tail end of 'The World Slavery Tour' over a record breaking four sold-out nights at Los Angeles' 13,200 capacity Long Beach Arena. Featuring tracks from their first five albums, both the album and video topped the international charts around the world. The tour opened in Warsaw in August 1984 and concluded in Los Angeles July 1985. It covered 193 concerts in 21 countries, including an incredible 112 arena shows in just the USA and Canada (both where the album went Platinum), and saw the band playing to over a million fans in North America alone. This was the most ambitious, longest and most grueling tour Maiden ever experienced.

As the second installment to 2004's international chart topping The Early Days DVD, The Second Disc features the highly anticipated 'THE HISTORY OF IRON MAIDEN PART II' which gives an insight, humorous and otherwise, into the making of the record as well as exploring the creativity and the background pressures created through the sheer hard work and the physical toll that comes with success at this level for a touring band.

Also packed in on the second disc are more extras with three more rare and unseen gems from the period:

BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, which was first released in April 1985 as a 35 minute video documentary, illustrates the quite remarkable story of how Iron Maiden became the first major band from the West to play large arenas in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Hungary at a time when these markets were still very much "Behind the Iron Curtain." This 57 minute DVD version features a lot of extra footage not included on the original retail release. Prior to this DVD the only time it had been seen was on a special MTV airing in 1984. With complete access on the tour, filmmaker and director Kenny Fueurman gives the viewer a candid insight into the world of Maiden at this groundbreaking time in their career. It also contains interviews with some of the thousands of fans who attended their shows, and their reaction to having Maiden play there for the first time despite their album being out of reach in the old Eastern Bloc countries, where at the time it would cost almost a month's wages! Also included is the infamous incident of the band gate crashing an unsuspecting private wedding party and becoming the evening's 'entertainment' in return for a Polish vodka or three!

Extensive research allowed the producers to retrieve footage of highlights from the band's biggest ever show when they played in Brazil to a sea of rock fans estimated to be somewhere between 250,000 to 350,000 on the first night of the first ROCK IN RIO festival in Feb 1985. Maiden went on just prior to headliners QUEEN and cemented their place in the heart of South American fans. Despite best endeavors this 50-minute clip of extremely rare concert footage is admittedly not in the greatest shape and in parts was beyond repair, but at the request of fans hungry for a record of the historical performance, it has been included in the package as a special bonus.

Another small but also previously unavailable 15 minute feature is 'ELLO TEXAS, which gives a candid glimpse of Iron Maiden performing to the US audiences with further band interview footage at the Alamo. Historically this recording from 1983 should have been included In 2004's EARLY DAYS DVD but it only came to light during research for this Live After Death DVD and is included now for interest.

In essence, "Live After Death," the double disc DVD gives over five hours of content, giving the most complete and in depth exploration of Iron Maiden during what was considered their most pivotal album and tour of their long and distinguished history. The February 5th DVD release coincides with the start of the recently announced Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 2008 which opens in India at the beginning of February.

Full schedule of SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME World Tour 08 dates: (dates announced so far -- a full North American leg for mid-May to June will be announced in February):

   INDIA            February 1, 2008    Mumbai         Bandra Kurla Complex   AUSTRALIA        February 4, 2008    Perth          Burswood Dome   AUSTRALIA        February 6, 2008    Melbourne      Rod Laver Arena   AUSTRALIA        February 7, 2008    Melbourne      Rod Laver Arena   AUSTRALIA        February 9, 2008    Sydney         Acer Arena   AUSTRALIA        February 10, 2008   Sydney         Acer Arena   AUSTRALIA        February 12, 2008   Brisbane       Entertainment Centre   JAPAN            February 15, 2008   Yokohama       Pacifico   JAPAN            February 16, 2008   Tokyo          Messe   USA              February 19, 2008   Los Angeles    The Forum   MEXICO           February 21, 2008   Guadalajara    Auditoria Telmex   MEXICO           February 22, 2008   Monterrey      Arena Monterrey   MEXICO           February 24, 2008   Mexico City    Foro Sol Stadium   COSTA RICA       February 26, 2008   San Jose       Saprisa Stadium   COLOMBIA         February 28, 2008   Bogota         Simon Bolivar Park   BRAZIL           March 2, 2008       Sao Paulo      Palmeiras Stadium   BRAZIL           March 4, 2008       Curitiba       Pedreira   BRAZIL           March 5, 2008       Porto Alegre   Gigantinho   ARGENTINA        March 7, 2008       Buenos Aires   Ferrofcarril Oeste                                                       Stadium   CHILE            March 9, 2008       Santiago       Pista Atletica   PUERTO RICO      March 12, 2008      San Juan       San Juan Coliseo   USA              March 14, 2008      New Jersey     Izod Centre   CANADA           March 16, 2008      Toronto        Air Canada Centre   ITALY            June 27, 2008       Bologna        Gods of Metal Festival   BELGIUM          June 29, 2008       Dessel         Graspop Festival   FRANCE           July 1, 2008        Paris          Ominisport De Bercy                                                       Arena   FRANCE           July 2, 2008        Paris          Ominisport De Bercy                                                       Arena   ENGLAND          July 5, 2008        London         Twickenham Stadium   PORTUGAL         July 9, 2008        Lisbon         Super Bock Super Rock                                                       Festival   SWEDEN           July 16, 2008       Stockholm      Stockholm Stadium   FINLAND          July 18, 2008       Helsinki       Helsinki Olympic                                                       Stadium   FINLAND          July 19, 2008       Tampere        Ratina Stadium   NORWAY           July 22, 2008       Trondheim      Lerkendalstadium   NORWAY           July 24, 2008       Oslo           Valle Hovin   SWEDEN           July 26, 2008       Gothenburg     Ullevi Stadium   DENMARK          July 27, 2008       Horsens        Horsens Gods Bane                                                       Pladsen   GERMANY          July 31, 2008       Wacken         Open Air Wacken                                                       Festival   GREECE           August 2, 2008      Athens         Terra Vibe Park   ROMANIA          August 4, 2008      Bucharest      Cotroceni Football                                                       Stadium   POLAND           August 7, 2008      Warsaw         Gwardia Stadium   CZECH REPUBLIC   August 8, 2008      Prague         Slavia Football                                                       Stadium   CROATIA          August 10, 2008     Split          Split City Stadium   SWITZERLAND      August 14, 2008     Basel          St Jakobshalle  

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