Loudwire has released a list of 44 songs that Iron Maiden has never played live. With over 45 years in the business, the band has an incredible catalog, which can make choosing a setlist difficult.
The website used data from setlist.fm to compile these songs, data which shows that the least played songs, that is, those that appeared only once in the group's setlists, were "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and "The Ides of March". The first was only played at a 1986 show in Belgrade, Serbia, and the other at a 1979 performance in London, England.
The most played song, according to setlist.fm, is "Iron Maiden," which has been played 2259 times. See the full list below. It's worth noting that with their extensive catalog, Iron Maiden has managed to play more than 2/3 of their songs!
- The Soundhouse Tapes Demo (1979): all were played
- Iron Maiden (1980): all were played
- Killers (1981): “Prodigal Son”
- The Number of the Beast (1982): “Invaders”, “Gangland”
- Piece of Mind (1983): “Quest for Fire”, “Sun and Steel”
- Powerslave (1984): “Flash of the Blade”, “The Duellists”, “Back in the Village”
- Somewhere in Time (1986): “Deja Vu”, “Alexander the Great”
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988): “The Prophecy”, “Only the Good Die Young”
- No Prayer for the Dying (1990): “Fates Warning”, “Run Silent Run Deep”, “Mother Russia”
- Fear of the Dark (1992): “Fear Is the Key”, “Childhood's End”, “The Fugitive”, “Chains of Misery”, “The Apparition”, “Judas Be My Guide”, “Weekend Warrior” — the only disc with less than half of its tracks performed live.
- The X Factor (1995): “Judgment of Heaven”, “Look for the Truth”, “2 AM”, “The Unbeliever”
- “Virus” (single from 1996)
- Virtual XI (1998): “How Are You Friends?”
- Brave New World (2000): “The Nomad”, “The Thin Line Between Love and Hate”
- Dance of Death (2003): “Montségur”, “Gates of Tomorrow”, “New Frontier”, “Face in the Sand”, “Age of Innocence”
- A Matter of Life and Death (2006): all were played
- The Final Frontier (2010): “Mother of Mercy”, “The Alchemist”, “Isle of Avalon”, “Starblind”, “The Man Who Would Be King”
- The Book of Souls (2015): “When the Rivers Run Deep”, “Shadows of the Valley”, “The Man of Sorrows”, “Empire of the Clouds”
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