Two years ago, an obsessed Iron Maiden fan called Andreas, ran into our classroom shouting and waving. He had just heard; Iron Maiden was planning a world wide concert tour, called Somewhere Back In Time. And not only was Norway on the concert list, they were planning to play in our town, at our very football stadium. The date of the concert was soon released; 22nd of July, 2008. We quickly ordered tickets, as record sale were registered from all of Norway. No one could remember the last time Iron Maiden was in Norway, not to mention Trondheim.
Months passed by and finally the day of all days was here; concert day. We prepared ourselves the whole day. Some of us went to a pharmacy buying ear plugs, while most of us were at Andreas’ place, digging Iron Maiden music from early in the morning several hours to late afternoon. The time had come to go to the stadium.
We got there a bit late, considering the amount of time we had just spent waiting for the concert to start. I have never seen that many people at the football stadium, not even at the series final, and the entries were dangerously overcrowded. Mainly due to this, and some bad planning made us miss the first part of the first warm-up band. Shortly after the warm-up band Avenged Sevenfold took the stage, followed by a awful, way-to-long break before the Iron Maiden themselves was to play.
Finally they arrived! They started off playing the best song ever made (at least that what Jan thinks); Aces High. We had all brought ear plugs, but agreed not to take then on while the best songs were being played. After the concert we all realized none of us had used them…
As the concert continued to grow they played some of our favorite songs; “Fear of The Dark”, “The Trooper” and “Run to the Hills”. Furthermore they played other song such as “2 Minutes to Midnight”, “Wasted Years”, “The Number of The Beast”, “Powerslave” and “Iron Maiden” (Yes, the song is called the same as the band, and also their first album; Iron Maiden).
At the end they decided to play a few extra songs; "Moonchild", "The Clairvoyant" and last but not least "Hallowed Be Thy Name". In addition they made some great blasts and explosions using fireworks, and we all got to see Eddie, the band’s mascot who is always present at the bands concerts, and occurs on numerous album arts.
They continued on with a great show; the mood was indescribable, the most tens, but still so very relaxed mood we had ever witnessed nor participated in. Everyone were excited, the lights flashing dizzily in every color of the rainbow, the crowd was screaming, the special effects were astonishing, and at last but not least; some of the damn best music ever made was being played, live on-stage. The only disappointment I remember was the outdated audio system. The volume was just a little too high, which was good, but the speakers could cope with the amount of decibels streaming out of the amplifiers, and the sound turned distorted and too sharp without enough bass.
Apart from this minor setback the concert was a winner, and all things considered the best concert all of us had been to, not too surprising considering the fact that this was the only “real” concert any of us had been to.
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