Iron Maiden have performed more than 2,000 live shows since they formed on Christmas Day 1975, and the band adore sprinkling their sets with surprises to keep things fresh. They’ve played albums in full, unearthed long-lost treasures and brought enough pyro to each concert to bankrupt a small nation. Yet, even by The Beast’s completist standards, there’s stuff they rarely perform and prefer to keep unplayed.
We’ve already listed all the tracks Maiden have never once done live. Now, these are the ones they have actually busted out, yet have only ever done so on one or two extremely isolated occasions, according to setlist database setlist.fm. If you’ve ever caught one of these songs at a show, consider yourself extremely lucky, and the rest of us ridiculously jealous.
