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.