Somewhere on Tour

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Associated album Somewhere in Time End date 21 May 1987 Dates 10 Sep 1986 鈥 21 May 1987		Start date 10 September 1986 No. of shows 151 in total

Similar Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour, World Slavery Tour, The Beast on the Road

Somewhere on Tour was a concert tour by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which took place from 10 September 1986 to 21 May 1987. It was the concert tour in support of their album Somewhere in Time. On this tour, the band performed in multiple countries spanning across the globe, such as Poland, Italy, the United States and England. The tour lasted a total of 253 days, of which the band performed a total of 151 shows.

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18 October 1986: Ipswich, England, Gaumont Theatre; CANCELLED (Due to health problems.)

19 December 1986: Rome, Italy, Teatro Tenda; CANCELLED

20 December 1986: Bologna, Italy, Teatro Tenda; CANCELLED

21 December 1986: Padova, Italy, Teatro Tenda; CANCELLED

24 January 1987: Beaumont, United States, Beaumont Civic Center; CANCELLED (Due to poor ticket sales.)

Setlist

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"Intro: "End Titles" from Blade Runner (by Vangelis)
"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 The 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 The Number of the Beast, 1982)
"Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
"The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
" Run to the Hills" (from The 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 and "Where Eagles Dare" was added to the setlist.

" Flight of Icarus" was played on the first 5 nights of the tour and then dropped, replaced by "Phantom of the Opera".

"Where Eagles Dare" was dropped from the setlist after the Hanley U.K. concert (86-10-22).

"Sea of Madness" was dropped after the second North American show.

"Sanctuary" was also dropped from the North American shows.

On the Japanese leg of the tour, "Wrathchild" was added to the setlist. Also performed in Manchester 86-10-11.

The guitar duet, "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. Not played on the very last night in Japan.

First of seven tours in which the supporting album's closing track wasn't played.

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Tour dates

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