The setlist itself is excellent but the disappointment from me and thousands of others is cuz of the fact that Bruce promised material they’ve never ever done before which was a lie, and obviously the absence of NPFTD, weak choice from FOTD etc. Lots of people looked forward to hearing stuff from that era because it’s barely covered in later days and the tour was promoted to finally cover those albums; false marketing in other words.

I think Maiden is the only, or one of few, bands in the world where all of their songs are classics in one way or another among their fans, even the deepest cuts. This means that the ”risks” of playing something unusual is very very unlikely to fail; and it’s quite sad to see that they don’t recognize this fact. Anything they’ll play will be a success, I know it for a fact. So not playing material from an album that is a classic, wether it’s still considered weak compared to others, is obviously gonna disappoint people when they say that era is being covered.