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Iron Maiden Concert Causes Scandinavian Chart Phenomenon

posted Jul 21, 2005 at 1:30 AM by darkstar.  (15 Comments)

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Iron Maiden played an enormous show in Gothenburg on Saturday 9th July at the Ullevi Stadium to 57,000 fans, breaking box-office records. It was broadcast live on national terrestrial television across the whole of Scandinavia - the first time this has happened since Live Aid in 1985. As a result, the Swedish charts which have just been published for this week, show the most remarkable chart placings ever seen for one band.

Sweden divides its albums into 2 charts - brand new full price albums and catalogue mid-price albums. Iron Maiden now hold 9 of the Top 10 albums in the Swedish catalogue albums chart - a feat unequalled in chart history. The official chart looks like this...

1 Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
2 Iron Maiden - Edward The Great (Best Of)
3 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
4 Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
5 Iron Maiden - Killers
6 Iron Maiden - Powerslave
7 Iron Maiden - Live After Death
8 Lars Winnerbäck Och Hovet - Söndermarken
9 Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
10 Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

Iron Maiden are currently in the US as special guests of Black Sabbath on the OzzFest tour. In addition to their Reading & Leeds shows they play an 'intimate' gig at Hammersmith Apollo on Sept 2nd to raise money for Clive Burr, their ex-drummer, who suffers from MS.

Source: Metal Hammer

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15 Comments on "Maiden Causes Scandinavian Chart Phenomenon"

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1. OMEN writes:

SWEET!

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2. Sara666 writes:

that's f***in right!! Now let's see Ozzy or Sabbath do that!! Maiden is stealing the f***in show out here in the US! They are taking over the planet!! ozzfest(blah) ...................MAIDENFEST!!

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3. yourmother writes:

f*** yeah!

MAIDENFEST!

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4. Metal_Element writes:

Omg, thats so f***ing sweet!

# Jul 27, 2005 @ 7:41 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. diego writes:

iron maiden are so great, in spain too
up the irons!!!

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6. kvn2358 writes:

maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden
maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden maiden

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7. Maiden writes:

yeeeaa\hh maiden rule

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8. skeletor writes:

hehe, youll never see that here, im so depressed i wish i lived in sweden

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9. Mastodon666 writes:

f*** YEAH!!!!!!

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10. Phoenix writes:

So much for MTV's big mouth, I remember them calling Maiden irrelevant, let's see sh** like Good Charlotte and Simple Plan achieve that feat

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11. Black atom writes:

That is f***ing insane!!! UP THE MOTHERf***ING IRONS!!!

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12. etta writes:

maiden rule

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13. Iron Mike writes:

MAIDEN Are The BEST, So f*** The Rest !!!

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14. potato writes:

holy sh**, thats amazing ... you'll never see that happening in amerika, nope you wont .... unless its some crappy rapper ... :(

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15. Peke writes:

This is a comment for finnish gigs. In Finland Iron Maiden sold out twice Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, total 26 000 people during eddie rips up europe tour.... all people were screaming and stumbing their feets all the time during the gig. Yeah That was fine! I´ve never heard this kind of scream and noise before., maiden makes us live, maiden ripps us and give us that life! Cheers Muthas! UP THE IRONS!

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