"Monterrey hall very modern, beautiful complex. Holds about 11,000. Again an absolutely stunning audience, incredibly loud. We haven't been in Mexico for 7 years and we wont leave it that long again."

"...the audience were incredible, so very loud, and sang every word. One fan threw up to Bruce a big sombrero with the Eddie smiley on the front so of course Bruce went round all the band to put it on each of their heads with, of course, John Mc snapping away. These gigs really do have a celebratory nature -- its as if the fans are celebrating Maiden's illustrious career, but I have to warn you this is rather premature. We do have many plans for the future including a new album...."

Within two hours of going on sale this morning at 10 a.m., IRON MAIDEN's "Somewhere Back in Time" tour had sold over 60,000 tickets for its five-city run through Western Canada in early June, the band's first comprehensive tour of the region in twenty years. With Calgary, Edmonton and Regina selling out within an hour, Vancouver and Winnipeg were not close behind with just a few hundred tickets left available after the first two hours and those are going fast.