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Limited box set featuring 3 picture discs. Gothenburg is under siege. The city is awash with thousands of slightly toasted Swedes, speaking in that strange brand of Swinglish they’re known for. It has the air of a Cup Final, only more drunken. This is underscored by the fact that those with poor enough judgment to sport Kiss and AC/DC (rival clubs, effectively) T-shirts find pints – and in one grisly instance, a chair – being chucked their way. There are 56,000 of them heading to the Ullevi Stadium tonight, which accounts for a ninth of Gothenburg’s population. Not only that, but the show is being broadcast across Scandinavia, which conservative estimates suspect will draw in over 20 million viewers. For a pack of metal behemoths pushing 50, Iron Maiden never show their age. Bruce Dickinson’s voice is in top form and he manages to land a surprising number of wince-free jumps during Wrathchild. The Maiden have never shirked on spectacle and the signature tune Iron Maiden sees a gigantic and expensive-looking bust of their legendary mascot Eddie appear, shoulders jiggling to the beat, while huge columns of flame book-end a wailing Bruce. Then, as the encore thunders past, a shambling mini-Eddie lumbers onto the stage like a nightmarish Disneyworld abortion, only to gently pat guitarist Adrian Smith on the head. This is simple music for a simpler time, but it has great purity of vision. It’s disheartening when Bruce announces, This tour may be the last time we do these songs. This glorious looking picture disc box set was recorded at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg on the 9th of July 2005 with two bonus tracks from Wembley, Uk in 1990 Track listing: 1. The Ides of March 2. Murders in the Rue Morgue 3. Another Life 4. Prowler 5. The Trooper 6. Remember Tomorrow 7. Where Eagles Dare 8. Run to the Hills 9. Revelations 10. Wrathchild 11. Die With Your Boots On 12. Phantom of the Opera 13. The Number of the Beast 14. Hallowed Be Thy Name 15. Iron Maiden 16. Encore Talk 17. Running Free 18. Drifter 19. Sanctuary 20. The Clairvoyant-live Wembley Arena 1990 21. Holy Smoke-live Wembley Arena 1990