ok right so Iron Maiden freaking ruled! :D The set was like... a giant background painting that changed depending on the song (it started out as 2 mummy soldiers and a giant skeleton sphinx shooting lightning out of its head. BRUTAL.
http://www.ironmaidenwallpaper.com/somewhere_back_in_time_15.jpg) There were mummy and cat statues with glowing red eyes and stuff <33333 They played pretty much all my favorite songs too--I didn't get to bring my daughter to the slaughter but of course there was 666, Run to the Hills, Aces High, 2 Minutes to Midnight, and they even played the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which surprised me seeing as how it's like 13 minutes long. xD 666 was way the coolest--there were 6 giant flame jets that they shot off every time he said 666 and it was just magnificent. There were also smoke jets and sparks and fucking fireworks and shit and I almost crapped myself many times through sheer delight.
The lead singer guy is fucking funny and jumped around like he was fuckin 20 years old xD There were 3 guitarists and 1 bassist/backup singer, fucking lol, and they were all pretty amazing! It's my new goal to learn to play the guitar behind my back... :D And the drummer had huge egyptian looking drums and geez am I glad I don't have to play that many different ones in rock band o_o
OH AND THE COOLEST PART :D Toward the end of the show the paintings scrolled back to reveal a giant gold skeleton sphinx head which opened and inside was a fucking like 30 ft mummy :D Then during the encore this like 15 foot tall robo zombie (
http://www.ironmaidenwallpaper.com/somewhere_back_in_time_18.jpg) came out and had a sweet fight with one of the guitarists ala that one episode of Metalocalypse with Skwisgar fighting dragons in that music video. Fucking epic.
Bottom line: TOTALLY worth the absurd amount of money and 5 hours of sleep! :D