Bulgarian heavy metal lovers got an adrenaline rush on Monday night when British legends Iron Maiden filled the Lokomotiv stadium in Bulgarian capital for the band's gig.

The band came to Bulgaria to stage a tremendous show, part of their European tour "A matter of the Beast Summer Tour 07". This time Iron Maiden came in their every-heavy-metal-fan dream cast, including Bruce Dickinson.

The first supporting band was Bulgaria's Ahat. Zvezdi Keremidchiev and company played their own classics like "The Axe", "Souls on Fire" and not surprisingly finished their gig with their biggest ever hit "The Black Sheep".

Ahat were followed by Lauren Harris, daughter of Maiden's bass player Steve Harris, who according to some, impressed the audience with her looks, rather than her music, but for others she brought some change in the expected style of the concert.

The real adrenaline rush hit the fans at 9 pm sharp when Bruce Dickinson, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, Steve Harris and Nick McBrain appeared on stage to start their gig with songs from their latest album "A Matter Of Life And Death". Maiden played "Different World", "These Colours Don't Run" Рё "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns".

These were followed by "Wrathchild" and Bulgarian audience's favourite "The Trooper". After several other tracks from the latest album, there came another classics - "The Number of the Beast", "Fear of the Dark" and "Run to the Hills".

The closing song was of course "Iron Maiden", when Eddie got out of his notorious tank. Brice Dickinson, visible pleased from fans' reactions during the whole show shouted out from the stage "It was not you that waited for us all these 25 years. It was us who waited for you!".

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