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A Real Live Tour
March – August 1993
 
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After a short break from touring following the release of A Real Live One Maiden returned to the road for The Real Live Tour. However, sometime during the break Bruce Dickinson had announced that he would be leaving the band at the end of the tour. At this point the tour became a farewell for Bruce, and Maiden played many songs that had not been played in a long time such as "Prowler" and "Transylvania". Following the tour Maiden released another live album entitled A Real Dead One containing mostly older songs. Partly due to Bruce's resignation from Maiden, this became one of Maiden's best documented tours. Unfortunately there was also some controversy, since it was alleged that with the exception of a few select shows, Bruce's voice didn't sound particularly good (this is supported by a number of existing audience recordings). The final show of the tour was a collaboration with horror magician Simon Drake and was broadcast via pay-per-view and eventually released in the video Raising Hell. After this final show, the tour was over and Bruce left Iron Maiden to pursue his solo career before re-joining the band in 1999.
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