Virtual XI World Tour


The Virtual XI Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 22 April 1998 to 12 December 1998. As with their previous tour, several of the band's U.S. shows had to be cancelled after vocalist Blaze Bayley had issues with his voice, this time reportedly from an allergic reaction to pollen and dust while the group were in Nevada and Arizona. The band later made up the Los Angeles and San Diego dates. This would be Iron Maiden's last tour with Bayley as then former vocalist Bruce Dickinson would return to the group the following year.
Following the more basic stage sets that they had been using following 1988's Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour, the band returned to a more elaborate stage set in 1998. The tour also saw the group make their first visits to Turkey and Malta. They also planned a show in Sarajevo on the 9th of September, but it didn't happen.

Tour dates

Setlist

  1. "Futureal"
  2. "The Angel and the Gambler"
  3. "Man on the Edge"
  4. "Lightning Strikes Twice"
  5. "Heaven Can Wait"
  6. "The Clansman"
  7. "When Two Worlds Collide"
  8. "Lord of the Flies"
  9. "2 Minutes to Midnight"
  10. "The Educated Fool"
  11. "Sign of the Cross"
  12. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
  13. "Afraid to Shoot Strangers"
  14. "The Evil That Men Do"
  15. "The Clairvoyant"
  16. "Fear of the Dark"
  17. "Iron Maiden"
  1. "The Number of the Beast"
  2. "The Trooper"
  3. "Sanctuary"
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