(L-R) Dave, Adrian, Nicko, Bruce, Steve & Janick

Iron Maiden performed a bunch of their greatest hits at the Acer Arena tonight on their "Somewhere Back In Time" world tour. The stage was decorated to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple (a la the artwork for "Powerslave") - and how I worshipped. It was the culmination of two decades of devotion to the band's power metal that began when I was handed a cassette of "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" in 1988. Bruce's vocals and theatrics and banter, the duelling guitars, the drums, the lighting, the changing backdrops to reflect the album from which each song came, the fireworks, the fake sea mist during "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner", the attack of the giant Ed robot, the audience choruses, the non-ironic lighter waving in "Fear Of The Dark", the headbanging - everything was perfect.