Rock in Rio is a live album and video by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, recorded at the Rock in Rio festival, Brazil in 2001 on the last night of the Brave New World Tour. The band played to approximately 250,000 people; the second largest crowd of their career (the band's largest concert attendance was their 1985 Rock In Rio performance to an audience of 350,000) and with the relatively recent return of lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, they recorded their fifth live release.
It features many of their most well-known tracks, including the eponymous "Iron Maiden" and "Run to the Hills," along with six songs from Brave New World, such as "The Wicker Man" and the title track. Also performed were two tracks from the Blaze Bayley-era, "Sign of the Cross" and "The Clansman".
The video release, which was issued on DVD, VHS and UMD, was edited by bassist and founder member Steve Harris. In addition to the concert, the second disc also includes three special features with interviews with band members, a short documentary on the day in the life of Iron Maiden, and photos by official photographer, Ross Halfin.
Background
Iron Maiden's performance at Rock in Rio festival was the final show of their 2000-01 tour, Brave New World Tour. Due to the magnitude of the event (the concert was performed to 250,000 people on the day and an estimated worldwide TV audience of over one billion),
To film the concert, the band hired American director Dean Karr, who had previously worked with the group on "The Wicker Man" music video. According to Karr, eighteen cameras were used to capture the show in Rio and additional footage for the DVD was shot throughout their South American tour. This included a performance in Chile, during which cameras were attached to the band's guitars and on singer Bruce Dickinson's shoulders.
Although he had been behind the band's previous two concert films, Maiden England (1989) and Donington Live 1992, Harris decided not to edit the project himself, stating that he "wanted a fresh pair of eyes on Maiden. I was after someone else's input and direction over my style", and a professional editing company was hired instead. These circumstances changed, however, when he first saw the edits while producing the soundtrack with Kevin Shirley in New York. According to Harris, the editors had opted for several "styling decisions", including "deliberately out of focus shots of the lighting rig", which "just horrified us".
Iron Maiden
- Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
- Dave Murray – guitars
- Adrian Smith – guitars, backing vocals
- Janick Gers – guitars
- Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals
- Nicko McBrain — drums
Additional musicians
- Michael Kenney – keyboards
Production
- Kevin Shirley – producer, engineer, mixing
- Claudius Mittendorfer – assistant engineer
- Dean Karr – director (video), photography
- Arthur Gorson – producer (video)
- Mick Hutson – cover photography
- Ross Halfin – photography
- Peacock – sleeve design, sleeve concept
Charts
Album
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Video
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Certifications
Album
Video
References
External links
pl:Rock in Rio (album)#Film