Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour
| Tour by Iron Maiden | |
Official tour advertisement for the band's performance at Mountain View, California, 5 June 1988
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| Associated album | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
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| Start date | 28 April 1988 |
| End date | 12 December 1988 |
| No. of shows | 98 in total |
| Iron Maiden concert chronology | |
Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour was a world tour conducted by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden in 1988, in support of their seventh studio album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. It was their last tour to feature guitarist Adrian Smith until he rejoined the band in 1999 and their first to include Michael Kenney (bassist Steve Harris' technician) on keyboards.
After commencing with a number of shows in North America, the tour saw the band headline the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park for the first time, performing to a crowd of 107,000, the largest in the venue's history. In the winter, the band undertook a series of UK arena shows, during which the Maiden England concert video was recorded at the NEC, Birmingham.
Opening bands for this tour were: David Lee Roth; Anthrax; Megadeth; Guns N' Roses; W.A.S.P.; Helloween; Killer Dwarfs; Ossian; Trust; Great White; L.A. Guns; Backstreet Girls (replaced Helloween in Norway); Frehley's Comet;Savatage (replaced Killer Dwarfs in Tampa).
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