Oct 8: When is a World Tour not a World Tour?

What do you imagine is meant by the term "world tour" when a band decides to undertake one...

Some only visit a couple of continents. Few cover more than three, and some only visit one...

Some people are on permanent tour, such as Bob Dylan's Never Ending tour.

Who has played the most concerts? Here's a REDDIT list... I wonder what the real answer is...

Sep 20: Coming Home

Bruce Dickinson has had a life well lived, with plenty of lows as well as highs. He has beaten throat cancer - a gruelling treatment, and fences internationally.

He is also a trained/qualified airline pilot 

On some Iron Maiden tours, the band used a jumbo jet which was piloted by Dickinson, called 'Ed Force One'.

In this song from 2010 he describes the experience of piloting his plane and looking down at the Earth below:

Credited songwriters: Stephen Percy Harris / Bruce Dickinson / Adrian Frederick Smith

Curving on the edge of daylight
'Til it slips into the void
Waited in the long night dreaming
'Til the Sun is born again
Stretch the fingers of my hand
Cover countries with my span
Just a lonely satellite
A speck of dust in cosmic sand

Warning: A rude word occasionally...