Nights of the Dead

On 5 July 2016, Iron Maiden released Legacy of the Beast, a role playing video game for Android and iOS, in collaboration with Nodding Frog, 50cc Games and Roadhouse Interactive.{{cite web |url=https://www.ironmaiden.com/news/article/iron-maiden-legacy-of-the-beast-launches-today |title=IRON MAIDEN: LEGACY OF THE BEAST LAUNCHES TODAY |website=Iron Maiden - Official Website |location=Vancouver, Canada |date=5 July 2016 |access-date=9 October 2020}} The game is set in a fictional world inspired by Iron Maiden album covers and songs, and follows the band's mascot, Eddie the Head, as he goes on a quest to find and reclaim the shards of his shattered soul. It later became a comic book series, first released on 31 October 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.ironmaiden.com/news/article/legacy-of-the-beast-comic-book-series-revealed |title=Eddie's Comic Book Series Revealed |website=Iron Maiden - Official Website |date=16 August 2017 |access-date=9 October 2020}}

Two weeks later, on 13 November, the band announced the Legacy of the Beast World Tour, which started in Tallinn, Estonia on 26 May 2018 and had its concept and stage set design loosely inspired by the game's "different but interlocking 'worlds'".{{cite web |url=https://www.ironmaiden.com/news/article/iron-maiden-announce-legacy-of-the-beast-european-tour-2018 |title=Iron Maiden Announce Legacy Of The Beast European Tour 2018! |website=Iron Maiden - Official Website |date=13 November 2017 |access-date=9 October 2020}} Described as a "history/hits" tour by manager Rod Smallwood, the setlist included several songs that hadn't been played live by the band in many years, most notably "Flight of Icarus", which had been absent from the band's setlists since the Somewhere on Tour in 1986–87.

It was the first tour since the Brave New World Tour in 2000–01 to include two Blaze Bayley-era songs ("Sign of the Cross" and "The Clansman") in the setlist, and the first to include any song from that period since the Dance of Death World Tour in 2003–04, when "Lord of the Flies" was played.

Nights of the Dead marks the first appearance of a song ("For the Greater Good of God") from the 2006 album A Matter of Life and Death on an Iron Maiden live album. When "Different World" was released as a single in 2006, live recordings of that and "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" were included as B-sides on the digital and DVD singles, respectively.

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc one{{cite web |title=Iron Maiden - Bruce unboxes Nights Of The Dead |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb-ODJRnR00 |website=YouTube |access-date=18 November 2020 |date=18 November 2020}}{{cite web |title=Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6IVkf5av5jnraZpLPszoZR |website=Spotify |access-date=18 November 2020 |language=en}}

| total_length = 50:38

| all_writing = Steve Harris, except where noted

| title1 = Churchill's Speech

| note1 = intro

| writer1 = Winston Churchill

| length1 = 0:38

| title2 = Aces High

| length2 = 4:58

| title3 = Where Eagles Dare

| length3 = 5:12

| title4 = 2 Minutes to Midnight

| writer4 = {{hlist|Adrian Smith|Bruce Dickinson}}

| length4 = 5:54

| title5 = The Clansman

| length5 = 9:16

| title6 = The Trooper

| length6 = 4:02

| title7 = Revelations

| writer7 = Dickinson

| length7 = 6:32

| title8 = For the Greater Good of God

| length8 = 9:23

| title9 = The Wicker Man

| writer9 = {{hlist|Smith|Harris|Dickinson}}

| length9 = 4:43

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two

| total_length = 50:08

| title1 = Sign of the Cross

| length1 = 11:00

| title2 = Flight of Icarus

| writer2 = {{hlist|Smith|Dickinson}}

| length2 = 3:43

| title3 = Fear of the Dark

| length3 = 7:46

| title4 = The Number of the Beast

| length4 = 4:59

| title5 = Iron Maiden

| length5 = 5:30

| title6 = The Evil That Men Do

| writer6 = {{hlist|Smith|Dickinson|Harris}}

| length6 = 4:25

| title7 = Hallowed Be Thy Name

| length7 = 7:38

| title8 = Run to the Hills

| length8 = 5:07

}}

;Iron Maiden

• Bruce Dickinson – vocals
• Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals
• Dave Murray – guitars
• Janick Gers – guitars
• Adrian Smith – guitars, backing vocals
• Nicko McBrain – drums

;Additional musician

• Michael Kenney – keyboards

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