Diario de Rod ==> Mexico

Rod in Guadalajara

ROD'S DIARY FEB 21 GUADALAJARA, MEXICOWith
a show in Guadalajara on the 21st Ed Force One had to take band and
crew to Mexico on the 20th so flew there in advance. Also Guadalajara
and Monterrey being back to back it would mean a very early start on
the 22nd going to Monterrey. As this is a tiring schedule anyway and
the band are enjoying a "full social life" on this tour we try to give
them as easy a time of it as we can and I thought LA would be a good
time for a mini break. We have done most of the big journeys and time
changes from India to Oz to Japan to LA and from here on in the tour is
within just 2 timezones so is easier that way but they are big shows,
it may get very hot and the schedule had to be tight to fit it all in.
So we decided to stay in LA on the 20th, hire an Ed Force 2 to take the
band to Guadalajara on the 21st, do the show there and then straight
off to Monterrey. Check in the hotel there for the day and after the
show all the band except Bruce and I would fly on Mexico City as that
way they would get time to go and see the amazing Mayan Pyramids at
Teotihuacán (spelling?) So the 20th was in LA and I used it to
catch up on email, check out the LA reviews (which were excellent!)
and meet with Vans who you may have seen are doing a series of very
cool Eddie/Maiden shoes. I then had a quiet evening watching sport on
TV and a reasonably early night to catch up.Around midday we set
off for LAX boarding our 12 seater jet for Guadalajara. Checked in,
work on laptop and off to gig. Nice modern venue holding about 9000,
sold out along with Monterrey in 4 days last Dec. The hall was very
high with GA floor and seats stacked up right in front of the stage to
a great height so the band were effectively playing right into the
faces of the seated audience and they weren't very far away. And 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 and we will
continue for as long as we are physically able!! All the same these
responses are most welcome anyway though!After the show a runner
to the plane and off to Monterrey, about an hours flight. A few drinks
on the plane of course. After landing there were no cars, which the
promoter arranges. They had gone to the wrong airport!! So had to wait
about 45 min at about 1.30am. Not ideal but the Guadalajara audience
had left everyone in great spirits so not a problem. We all had another
beer instead. Cars finally arrived and it was off to the hotel in
Monterrey.

- Rod------------------------------------------Rod in Monterrey

ROD'S DIARY FEB 22 MONTERREYWorked
all day and then off to gig with Steve about 4pm. Took some time with
Steve to go through various current and future issues and plans. Set up
laptop as production rooms at venues usually have good wireless
connectivity and did some more work. Very busy setting up final details
for rest of this tour and initial promotions for the US shows we have
just announced which is why these diaries are a bit late. Sorry they
can't take precedence!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.After the show Bruce and I went back to
the hotel and the rest took off for the airport. Had a quiet drink with
Bruce for an hour then he signed stuff for and did pics with fans in
the bar and when it closed at midnight we called it a nightNext
stop Mexico city and the first BIG ONE!! Can't wait for this, if 50,000
fans are five times as loud as 11,000 in Monterrey we are in for a real
treat!!!
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Rod - Mexico City

ROD'S DIARY FEB 24 MEXICO CITY

After
a while on tour it all starts to blur and you forget what happened on
which day, even a couple of days before. Did we really do that then, it
seems like weeks ago. Travel numbs the memory -- time and relative
dimension in space!! But here I am in Costa Rica now recalling the
amazing time in Mexico City.

We left us last in Monterrey and I
had another of those nights. Brain buzzing and got no sleep at all,
feeling really "speedy" but not because I had done anything I
shouldn't! Didn't get up to hit the laptop though but did have a pad
by side of bed to make notes of the dumb ideas I had. All very annoying
this far into a tour.
Dragged myself out of bed about 9 to go to
airport. Bruce, as he is flying again today, had gone down earlier and
also did an in-cockpit interview with MTV Mexico who were a good team
and well up on the band. They came with us to Mexico City. Uneventful
short flight.

Got to hotel and immediately went to bed to try
to get some sleep, which I quickly did. Is it a dream, a door bell
keeps going? It was. Got up to answer and asked through my door (which
had a DO NOT DISTURB sign) who is it and what do you want. They said
they had a message for me so Isaid put it under the door -- why hadn't
they done that anyway I thought -- must be important. It was one of
those standard notes from hotel manager hoping I had a nice stay. Well,
not a very good start... Pathetic isn't it.

Back to sleep til
about 3, did a few emails (lovely it's a Saturday so not much) then
went downstairs to meet up with our EMI UK PR William who had been
working with us well for a few years now who was over with Chris Ingham
from Metal Hammer UK. We always do a lot on the road with Chris and the
Hammer guys as they report as it is and it's a good way for our fans in
the UK to get a detailed insight into what we are up to -- unless they
read my diaries of course!! Our photographer the very excellent John Mc
is a Metal Hammer guy too and has loads of great shots for them so look
out for this detailed feature on Mexico and Costa Rica in a couple of
months time. Also the cover will be something very close to my heart --
any guesses??

At 5.45 met up with the entire band except
Davey, who is quite ill at the moment with a bug, for a big press
conference. About 12 news and music TV cameras, 30 or so photographers
and about 60 media all packed into the room. Band came in and it was
mayhem with photographers trying to get in position for a shot with the
5 of them. I gave them about 3 min then started press conference. Not
too bad -- you always get a few stupid questions but those are usually
from ill-informed major national newspapers but it at least shows they
are there which is of course good from my point of view. The funniest
one was the guy from Reuters who asked what our plans were for
Australia -- I thinks he was an (ill informed) Aussie. He didn't know
we had just been! You would think a prestigious news agency like
Reuters would do a bit of research, maybe go on the website to see what
we had currently been up to -- but not this one. Very unprofessional. I
let it go on about 30 min then called a halt and some of the guys did a
couple of interviews with key national papers and then we went off for
dinner in a fine Italian restaurant in the hotel courtesy of those good
people at EMI Mexico (thanks Alfredo and Nole).

We didn't need
any media to sell any tickets as all 51,438 had sold out weeks before
but we consider it impolite to go through a country and not talk to
anyone especially as there is such massive interest in the band on a
national level so a press conference is the best way for the band to be
available to a lot of people albeit briefly.(Also I would love to build
up to play the 100,000 capacity Aztec Stadium next time round!!)

I
was still feeling a bit knackered so headed for bed fairly soon after.
Steve and Bruce went down the Hard Rock to see Lauren play and also the
Iron Maidens in pre gig warm up shows, which they also did in LA. Of
course the clubs (Key Club LA and Hard Rock, MC) go out of the way
making it sound like they are our parties when they what they want is
to get our fans in and take money off them. The Key Club even
advertised it as the OFFICIAL warm up party implying, I think, that we
would be there. Some nerve. The Maidens girls aren't party to this I am
sure, it s a fun gig to them, but the clubs piss me off as they
misrepresent us to our fans. And the Hard Rock was a disgrace. Various
members of our team were there including some of our flight crew who
told me when they paid cash for drinks the barman was pocketing the
cash. So when they all left, thinking there was no bill, they were
surrounded by bouncers demanding $600. Now it is quite possible that
band or others on our side thought someone else had picked up part of
the tab but not that amount. Anyway would you believe the club called
the police!!! Talk about an overreaction. With Steve there too -- Bruce
had already gone. You would think the p***k manager of the club would
have let a bit go by considering he had packed his club off our back.
This is I think part of the official Hard Rock franchises and you can
bet when I get home I will be contacting the owners. This sort of
behaviour is just not on. Generally in the past we have liked Hard
Rocks all round the world but something like this does piss you off.
Good job I wasn't there -- they would probably have locked me up!!
Missing all this adventure I slept well!!!!

So
the day of the show. There have been fans around everywhere for
autographs and a general feeling of excitement around the place. I got
up late and caught up with LA and first Mexican shows diaries and by
then it was time to go to the show. A big show like this I go early --
about 4pm for an earlier than usual onstage at 8. Magnificent baseball
stadium, massive, must be 25,000 on the floor -- this will be
incredible with these great audiences.

Stalked around talking
to various people. Met up with the promoter and had a chat about the
future. Ocessa is a well established and experienced company here and
did a good job.

There was a bit of wind which would affect the
sound a bit but Dougie was confident of a good sound out front. The
wind was blowing the hung huge screens so asked them put 2 stage crew
on each rope to damp them down a bit. During Lauren I went out front to
cue our lighting guy to put on the audience beams when our chopper
passed overhead -- yes we are taking aerial shots of some of the big
shows for the documentary. I think Lauren's band were well chuffed with
this.

Anyway the gig was a blinder, the band played great and
all the lighters and mobile phones around the whole arena for Fear of
the Dark was a sight I will carry with me for some time. Thanks Mexico
City for a magnificent reception and atmosphere at the show.

Afterwards
most of us went to the bar opposite the hotel and everyone was in great
spirits after a special show. Bed late, Costa Rica tomorrow. And now
there's a tale to tell................

- Rod
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No lo traduje porque la neta mi inglés es pésimo, si alguién hace el paro se le agradecería... jeje

P.D. Estadio Azteca... La Doncella puede con eso y más!!!

Jajajajajaj genial, se destacan los hechos de que que en la pre-party del Hard Rock Live muchos miembros del staff la apsaron muy mal, pues al parecer los meseros hicieron negocios sucios, y al final la cuenta no cuadraba por lo que el generente casi llama a la policía con lo cual Rod está más que molesto.

Pero lo que en verdad destaca es los planes de Rod de organizar un concierto en el Estadio Azteca con capacidad de 100 000 maidenianos que podríamos darnos cita en ese futuro (no muy lejano esperemos) (...rayos!!! esta noticia si que es genial, no dudo mucho de la autenticidad de esto, pues la redacción es sin duda alguna de Rod que buen aporte amigo!!!)

Entre los planes próximos es la realización de un nuevo album y su respectiva gira...wahhhhh mi espiritú ha renacido con esta noticia.

saludos¡¡

que buen post, menciona que en monterrey el lugar les parecio conmadre y que es muy moderno jeje gracias por los datos, esperemos que regresen muy pronto

sobres

Ya lo dijo Rod, buscaran estar en el Estadio Azteca la próxima vez, y creanle a Rod, lo hará!!!

la posibilidad de que Maiden este dentro del Azteca como unica banda la verdad me temo decirles que la veo muy dificil, quizas en un Festival de Rock si lo esté pero ellos solos dificilmene lo veo factible, el Azteca solo lo designan para Bandas de mas Calibre o Personalidades a los que a Televisa les conviene $$$ para poder comercializar el evento y dudo mucho que a pesar de que es Maiden pueda al menos aqui en México llenar el Azteca.

Pavilion escribió:

la posibilidad de que Maiden este dentro del Azteca como unica banda la verdad me temo decirles que la veo muy dificil, quizas en un Festival de Rock si lo esté pero ellos solos dificilmene lo veo factible, el Azteca solo lo designan para Bandas de mas Calibre o Personalidades a los que a Televisa les conviene $$$ para poder comercializar el evento y dudo mucho que a pesar de que es Maiden pueda al menos aqui en México llenar el Azteca.

Exacto, es muy dificil que una banda de metal toque en el Azteca, por el hecho de que la musica no es comercial, la unica forma seria en un festival del calibre de no se... Wacken Open Air?

Entonces traigamos un Monsters Of Rock XD

esperemos que lo cumpla!!

Rod en Guadalajara
Diario de Rod 21 de febrero Guadalajara México
Con un show en Guadalajara el ED force one tenía que llevar a la banda y el staff a México el 20 así que volé para allá. También estuve regresando de Guadalajara a Monterrey lo que significaba un comienzo temprano en el concierto a celebrarse en Monterrey el 22. Como es un calendario pesado y la banda estaba disfrutando de una ¨Plena vida social¨ en este tour, tratamos de hacer todo esto lo mas fácil posible para ellos, así que pensé que LA seria un buen momento para un pequeño descanso. Hemos hecho la mayoría de los viajes largos y cambios de horario desde India hacia Oz, hasta Japón a LA así que ahora es mas fácil en ese punto, pero hay grandes shows, puede llegar a ser muy caluroso y el calendario debe de ser muy apretado para que todo quepa en el. Así que decidimos quedarnos en LA el 20 y contratar un ED force 2 para llevar la banda a Guadalajara el 21, hacer el show y volar directamente a Monterrey. Registro en el hotel por el día del y después del show toda la banda exceptuando a Bruce y a mi volarán al D.F para poder tener tiempo de ir a ver las increíbles pirámides mayas de Teotihuacán. Así que el 20 estaba en LA y lo use para revisar el mail, revisar las reseñas de LA (todas excelentes por cierto) y vernos con Vans quienes ustedes han visto hacer una línea de geniales zapatos de Eddie/Maiden. Después tuve una tarde tranquila viendo deportes en la TV y una hora relativamente temprano para recuperarme. Por ahí del medio día, salimos de LA abordando nuestro jet de 12 asientos hacia Guadalajara. Linda avenida moderna que albergaba 9000 boletos vendidos, junto a Monterrey el pasado Diciembre. El salón estaba bastante alto con piso GA y los asientos acomodados exactamente enfrente del escenario a una gran altura así que la banda estaba cantando prácticamente en las caras de los aficionados que no se encontraban muy lejos de la banda. La audiencia fue increíble, muy ruidosa y cantaron todas las palabras. Un fan le aventó a Bruce un gran sombrero con la cara de Eddie en el frente, y obviamente Bruce corrió por todos lado poniéndoselo en la cabeza a cada uno y por su puesto John Mc tomando fotos como loco. Estos chicos realmente tienen una naturaleza festiva,-- es como si celebraran la ilusoria carrera de Maiden, pero debo advertirles que eso es un poco prematuro. Nosotros tenemos muchos planes para el futuro ¡Y seguiremos hasta que sea físicamente posible! ¡Y todas las respuestas así son bienvenidas de todos modos!
Después del show nos aventamos una carrera al aeropuerto a Monterrey, en un vuelo de una hora aproximadamente. Tomamos unas bebidas (obvio en el avión). Después en el aterrizaje no había carros, que el promotor arregla. ¡Se habían ido a otro aeropuerto! Así que tuvimos que esperar como 45 min por ahí de la 1:30. No fue lo ideal, pero la audiencia de la gente de Guadalajara nos había dejado con altos ánimos. Así que tomamos unas cervezas y nos fuimos al hotel de Monterrey.

Aki les pongo el diario de Rod traducido, pero solo inclui lo de Guadalajara poeke se me acaba el tiempo de comer y ya no da para mas jeje. Probablemente cuando tenga un poco mas de tiempo libre tratare de subir tmb los otros dos y si keda alguna duda, porke escribi con palabras normales para mi no duden en preguntar

excelente gracias por la traduccion saludos¡

HORUS escribió:

excelente gracias por la traduccion saludos¡

No ay porke jeje, = con los saludos y aki viene la segunda parte, aunke para la tercera no espero tenerla tan pronto cuando pueda se las pongo :study:

Diario de Rod 22 de febrero en Monterrey
Trabaje todo el dia y despues me fui a pasar un rato con Steve por ahi de las 4pm. Tome algo de tiempo con Steve para hablar de algunos problemas y planes futuros. Puse la laptop porque los cuartos de las avenidas usualmente tienen buena conectividaad inalambrica y me puse a hacer un poco de trabajo. Estuve muy7 ocupado preparando los detalles finales del tour y las promociones iniciales para los shows the E.U.A, lo cual es la razon por la que estas paginas han sido un poco tardias. Monterrey tiene un complejo muy moderno y bonito que aguantas hasta 11,000 personas. De nuevo tuvimos una audiencia increiblemente ruidosa. Estuvimos fuera de Mexico por 7 años, y no nos volveremos a ir tanto tiempo. Despues del show, Bruce y yo nos fuimos de vuelta al hotel, mientras que los otros se fueron al aeropuerto. Tomamos una silenciosas bebidas y Bruce firmo unos cuantos autografos y se tomo fotos con los fans en el bar y por ahi de media noche cuando cerraron, verdaderamente lo llamamos una noche. La siguiente parada sera en el D.F y sera !La primera Grande!!! No puedo esperar por esto, si 50,000 fans son 5 veces mas ruidosos que 11,000 en Monterrey, !!Verdaderamente nos encontramos en un verdadero peligro!! (podia ser trato, pero la traduccion mas adecuada es esa)