| Concert Tour Name: | Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour |
| Album: | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
| Start Date: | 28 April 1988 |
| End Date: | 12 December 1988 |
| Number Of Shows: | 102 in total (105 scheduled) |
| Last Tour: | Somewhere on Tour (1986–1987) |
| This Tour: | Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour (1988) |
| Next Tour: | No Prayer on the Road (1990–1991) |
Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour was a world tour conducted by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden in 1988, in support of their seventh studio album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. It was their last tour to feature the World Piece Tour-era lineup until 2000's Brave New World Tour with guitarist Adrian Smith leaving the band in January 1990[1] [2] and their first to include Michael Kenney (bassist Steve Harris' technician) on keyboards.[3] [4]
In May, the group set out on a Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour which saw them perform to more than two million people worldwide over seven months.[5] After the blockbuster tour in North America, Iron Maiden were headliners of Monsters of Rock festivals in Europe for the very first time. They headlined stadiums and festivals in UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Czechoslovakia and Hungary.[6] On 20 August 1988, the band headlined the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park for the first time before a crowd of 107,000, the largest in Donington's history,[7] and their concerts at the NEC in Birmingham on 27–28 November were released in audio and video formats in 1989; on the home video Maiden England, while the live version of "Infinite Dreams" from the same concerts was released as a single to promote the VHS.[8] Stage set and equipment which has been taken by band was transported in dozen of trucks and was the most elaborate to date and one of the biggest in the world including over 200.000 watts of PA and over 1500 spot lamps.[9] [10]
To recreate the album's keyboards onstage, the group recruited Michael Kenney, Steve Harris' bass technician, to play the keys throughout the tour, during which he would perform the song "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" on a forklift truck under the alias of "The Count" (for which he would wear a black cape and mask).[4] [11] [12] Iron Maiden was apparently included in the Guinness Book of World Records Museum in Las Vegas. According to The Guinness book of Records (1990 ed. p. 155): "Largest PA system: On Aug 20th 1988 at the Castle Donington 'Monsters of Rock' Festival a total of 360 Turbosound cabinets offering a potential 523kW of programme power, formed the largest front-of-house PA. The average Sound Pressure Level at the mixing tower was 118dB, peaking at a maximum of 124dB during Iron Maiden's set. It took five days to set up the system."[13]
| City | Country | Venue | Opening Act | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 1988 | Cologne | West Germany | Empire | rowspan="3" |
| 29 April 1988 | ||||
| 8 May 1988 | New York City | United States | L'Amour | |
| 13 May 1988 | Moncton | Canada | Guns N' Roses | |
| 14 May 1988 | Halifax | Halifax Metro Centre | ||
| 16 May 1988 | Quebec City | |||
| 17 May 1988 | Montreal | |||
| 18 May 1988 | Ottawa | |||
| 20 May 1988 | Toronto | Guns N' Roses Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction | ||
| 23 May 1988 | Winnipeg | Guns N' Roses | ||
| 25 May 1988 | Edmonton | Northlands Coliseum | ||
| 27 May 1988 | Calgary | |||
| 30 May 1988 | Vancouver | |||
| 31 May 1988 | Spokane | United States | ||
| 1 June 1988 | Seattle | Seattle Center Coliseum | ||
| 3 June 1988 | Salt Lake City | Salt Palace | ||
| 5 June 1988 | Mountain View | |||
| 6 June 1988 | Sacramento | |||
| 8 June 1988 | Irvine | L.A. Guns | ||
| 9 June 1988 | ||||
| 10 June 1988 | San Diego | |||
| 12 June 1988 | Inglewood | |||
| 13 June 1988 | Phoenix | Compton Terrace | ||
| 14 June 1988 | Albuquerque | Tingley Coliseum | ||
| 15 June 1988 | Denver | McNichols Sports Arena | ||
| 17 June 1988 | St. Louis | Hurricane | ||
| 18 June 1988 | Kansas City | Kemper Arena | ||
| 19 June 1988 | Omaha | |||
| 21 June 1988 | Bloomington | Megadeth | ||
| 22 June 1988 | Cedar Rapids | Five Seasons Center | ||
| 23 June 1988 | Rosemont | |||
| 25 June 1988 | East Troy | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | ||
| 27 June 1988 | Indianapolis | Market Square Arena | ||
| 28 June 1988 | Columbus | Battelle Hall | ||
| 29 June 1988 | Cincinnati | |||
| 1 July 1988 | Saginaw | Frehley's Comet | ||
| 2 July 1988 | Detroit | Joe Louis Arena | ||
| 3 July 1988 | Richfield | |||
| 5 July 1988 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | ||
| 6 July 1988 | Poughkeepsie | Mid-Hudson Civic Center | ||
| 8 July 1988 | East Rutherford | Brendan Byrne Arena | ||
| 13 July 1988 | New Haven | Frehley's Comet | ||
| 15 July 1988 | Uniondale | |||
| 16 July 1988 | Troy | Houston Field House | ||
| 17 July 1988 | Worcester | The Centrum | ||
| 19 July 1988 | Portland | |||
| 20 July 1988 | Providence | Providence Civic Center | ||
| 22 July 1988 | Philadelphia | The Spectrum | ||
| 23 July 1988 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum | ||
| 24 July 1988 | Landover | Capital Centre | ||
| 27 July 1988 | Atlanta | Fox Theatre | ||
| 29 July 1988 | Fort Worth | |||
| 30 July 1988 | Austin | Frank Erwin Center | ||
| 31 July 1988 | Houston | The Summit | ||
| 2 August 1988 | New Orleans | Lakefront Arena | ||
| 4 August 1988 | Daytona Beach | Big Bang | ||
| 5 August 1988 | Pembroke Pines | Hollywood Sportatorium | ||
| 6 August 1988 | Tampa | Savatage | ||
| 7 August 1988 | Landover | Capital Centre | Killer Dwarfs | |
| 8 August 1988 | Columbia | Carolina Coliseum | ||
| 9 August 1988 | Charlotte | Charlotte Coliseum | ||
| 10 August 1988 | Hampton | Hampton Coliseum | ||
| 17 August 1988 | London | England | ||
| 20 August 1988 | Castle Donington | Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses, Helloween | ||
| 27 August 1988 | Schweinfurt | West Germany | Mainwiesengelände | Kiss, David Lee Roth, Anthrax, Testament, Great White, Treat |
| 28 August 1988 | Bochum | Ruhrland Stadion | ||
| 31 August 1988 | Budapest | Hungary | Ossian | |
| 2 September 1988 | Innsbruck | Austria | Reward | |
| 4 September 1988 | Tilburg | Netherlands | Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Anthrax, Great White, Treat | |
| 8 September 1988 | Lausanne | Switzerland | Helloween | |
| 10 September 1988 | Modena | Italy | Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Anthrax, Great White, Treat | |
| 13 September 1988 | Athens | Greece | Helloween | |
| 17 September 1988 | Pamplona | Spain | Plaza de toros | Metallica, Helloween, Anthrax, Manzano |
| 18 September 1988 | Madrid | Casa de Campo | ||
| 20 September 1988 | Cascais | Portugal | Pavilhão de Cascais | Helloween |
| 22 September 1988 | Barcelona | Spain | Metallica, Helloween, Anthrax, Manzano | |
| 24 September 1988 | Paris | France | Trust, Helloween, Anthrax | |
| 25 September 1988 | ||||
| 26 September 1988 | Brussels | Belgium | Helloween | |
| 28 September 1988 | Copenhagen | Denmark | K.B. Hallen | |
| 30 September 1988 | Stockholm | Sweden | Johanneshovs Isstadion | |
| 1 October 1988 | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | ||
| 3 October 1988 | Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki Ice Hall | |
| 5 October 1988 | Drammen | Norway | Backstreet Girls | |
| 18 November 1988 | Newport | Wales | Killer Dwarfs | |
| 20 November 1988 | Edinburgh | Scotland | ||
| 21 November 1988 | ||||
| 22 November 1988 | ||||
| 24 November 1988 | Whitley Bay | England | ||
| 25 November 1988 | ||||
| 27 November 1988 | Birmingham | NEC Arena | ||
| 28 November 1988 | ||||
| 30 November 1988 | Manchester | Manchester Apollo | ||
| 1 December 1988 | ||||
| 4 December 1988 | Sheffield | |||
| 6 December 1988 | London | Hammersmith Odeon | ||
| 7 December 1988 | ||||
| 10 December 1988 | Wembley Arena | |||
| 11 December 1988 | ||||
| 12 December 1988 | Hammersmith Odeon |
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