Somewhere on Tour
The Somewhere On Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 10 September 1986 to 21 May 1987.
Tour dates
Setlist
- "Intro: Theme from Blade Runner"
- "Caught Somewhere In Time" (from Somewhere In Time, 1986)
- "2 Minutes To Midnight" (from Powerslave, 1984)
- "Sea of Madness" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
- "Children of the Damned" (from Number of the Beast, 1982)
- "Stranger in a Strange Land" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
- "Wasted Years" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
- "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (from Powerslave, 1984)
- Guitar solo "Walking on Glass"
- "Where Eagles Dare" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
- "Heaven Can Wait" (from Somewhere in Time, 1986)
- "Phantom of the Opera" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
- "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from Number of the Beast, 1982)
- "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
- "The Number of the Beast" (from Number of the Beast, 1982)
- "Run to the Hills" (from Number of the Beast, 1982)
- "Running Free" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
- "Sanctuary" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
Notes:
- "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" was played only once, on the very first night of the tour in Belgrade. It was dropped from the setlist at the next show and replaced by "Sea of Madness", while "Where Eagles Dare" was added to the setlist.
- "Flight of Icarus" was played on the first 4 nights of the tour and then dropped, replaced by "Phantom of the Opera".
- "Where Eagles Dare" was dropped from the setlist after a few dates on the UK leg of the tour.
- On the North American leg of the tour, "Sea of Madness" was dropped from setlist.
- On the Japanese leg of the tour, "Wrathchild" was added to the setlist.
- First (and only) tour where Adrian Smith got his own guitar solo (albeit a duet with Dave Murray)
- The guitar solo, "Walking on Glass" was written and played (as a true guitar solo) by Adrian Smith the previous year when he and Nicko McBrain played two shows as "The Entire Population of Hackney".
- Final tour where a dedicated guitar solo would be played.
- This tour featured the first appearance of Michael Kenney (Steve Harris' technician) on keyboards.