IRON MAIDEN Unveils New EDDIE During São Paulo Concert; Photos, Video Footage Available

March 27, 2011

The new, enlarged version of Eddie, the blood-spitting skeletal mascot of the heavy metal rock group IRON MAIDEN, made its live debut last night (Saturday, March 26) during the band's headlining concert at the Morumbi stadium in São Paulo, Brazil.

The group's setlist was as follows:

01. Satellite 15… The Final Frontier
02. El Dorado
03. 2 Minutes To Midnight
04. The Talisman
05. Coming Home
06. Dance Of Death
07. The Trooper
08. The Wicker Man
09. Blood Brothers
10. When The Wild Wind Blows
11. The Evil That Men Do
12. Fear Of The Dark
13. Iron Maiden
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14. The Number Of The Beast
15. Hallowed By The Name
16. Running Free

Check out photos of the show at IronMaidenBrasil.com.br.

Fan-filmed video footage is available below.

According to Billboard.com, IRON MAIDEN ranks third — behind LADY GAGA and PRINCE — on the latest Hot Tours list, with totals reported from its "Final Frontier World Tour" that began in June 2010 and included dates in both North America and Europe. The tour resumed in 2011 with a February 11 concert in Moscow at Olympiski, a massive indoor arena built for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Attendance for the performance in Russia was 16,439 with ticket sales topping $2 million (US$). A show in Singapore followed on February 15 with 9,785 in the house at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the country's largest indoor entertainment venue.

IRON MAIDEN was honored with a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, which was held on February 13 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. IRON MAIDEN was nominated for the track "El Dorado", from the band's 2010 album "The Final Frontier".

"The Final Frontier" sold 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 4.

"The Final Frontier" was IRON MAIDEN's fourth U.K. No. 1 album. The band previously topped the chart in 1982 with "The Number of the Beast", in 1988 with "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" and in 1992 with "Fear of the Dark".

Photo below courtesy of IronMaiden.com

(Thanks: Tadeu Salgado / Agenda do Headbanger)

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