| Tour by Iron Maiden | |
 Official tour advertisement for the band's performance at Brixton, 16 May 1998 | |
| Associated album | Virtual XI |
|---|---|
| Start date | 22 April 1998 |
| End date | 12 December 1998 |
| No. of shows | 83 (94 scheduled) |
| Iron Maiden concert chronology | |
The Virtual XI Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 22 April 1998 to 12 December 1998. As with their previous tour, several of the band's U.S. shows had to be cancelled after vocalist Blaze Bayley had issues with his voice,[1] this time reportedly from an allergic reaction to pollen and dust while the group were in Nevada and Arizona.[2] The band later made up the Los Angeles and San Diego dates. This would be Iron Maiden's last tour with Bayley as then former vocalist Bruce Dickinson would return to the group the following year.[3]
Following the more basic stage sets that they had been using following 1988's Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour, the band returned to a more elaborate stage set in 1998.[4] The tour also saw the group make their first visits to Turkey and Malta.[5]
- ^ Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 322. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
- ^ "Allergies Postpone Iron Maiden Shows". VH1. 17 July 1998. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Singer Rejoins Iron Maiden". VH1. 10 February 1998. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ Paterson, Lawrence (2009). Blaze Bayley: At the End of the Day. Blaze Bayley Recordings Ltd. pp. 75–76.
- ^ Paterson, Lawrence (2009). Blaze Bayley: At the End of the Day. Blaze Bayley Recordings Ltd. p. 80.