| The Iron Maiden Commentary | Tours | Virtual XI World Tour 1998

The Virtual XI tour was Iron Maiden's second and final world tour with Blaze Bayley at the helm. Like The X Factour, Maiden generally played to smaller audiences than in years past, especially in the U.S. However, the shows were as powerful and energetic as ever, featuring old songs as well as most of the songs from their new album Virtual XI. Unfortunately Blaze once again allegedly suffered allergy problems which caused the entire last half of the U.S. tour to be cancelled. This was to be Bayley's last tour with Maiden since it was announced a few months after the abrupt end of their tour that both Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith would be returning to Iron Maiden.

Opening bands for this tour

SETLIST (varied)

Standard Set

Intro: Theme from Romeo And Juliet [Dance Of The Knights] (Prokofiev)

Futureal

The Angel And The Gambler

Man On The Edge

Lightning Strikes Twice

Heaven Can Wait

The Clansman

When Two Worlds Collide

Lord Of The Flies

2 Minutes To Midnight

The Educated Fool

Sign Of The Cross

Hallowed Be Thy Name

Afraid To Shoot Strangers

The Evil That Men Do

The Clairvoyant

Fear Of The Dark

Iron Maiden

The Number Of The Beast

The Trooper

Sanctuary

Tracks played only at a few venues

Murders In The Rue Morgue

Fortunes Of War

Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger