by Rod Hughes

Are any of our readers old enough to remember when, in order to give a musical concert, you just turned up the stage lights a bit and positioned a spotlight in front of a microphone? Oh, yes, and put on your best suit and tie to croon into the microphone?

For tonight’s Iron Maiden concert at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in Tibas, the group will use 366 fixed lights, plus 90 mobile ones, some of them swiveling spotlights. Some 500 persons worked 24 hours to set up the scene, according to the newspaper Al Dia. Granted, people will be coming from all over Central America for the affair and flights have been booked for some time.

Meanwhile, last night four Iron Maiden fans were injured by a runaway car that had lost its brakes just north of the stadium where they hoped to hear the popular group tonight. Two were treated for minor injuries and release but one suffered a broken leg and another suffered head injuries.

Knowing pop music fans, even the patient under observation for a concussion cannot be kept from the event.¨”Unhook me from these tubes, nurse, I´ve got tickets.,.”