Following the reveal of their 2026 European competition and stadium tour, Iron Maiden have confirmed an enormous outside headline efficiency at Knebworth Park, UK, set for Saturday, July 11, 2026. The present will kind a part of their ongoing Run For Your Lives World Tour, celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary.
The present incorporates a the most important Eddie’s Dive Bar but, Maiden-themed meals and merchandise stands, immersive sights, and their very own distinctive spin on the historic Knebworth Fayre. Followers who safe tenting and glamping tickets may even get pleasure from unique Friday evening leisure together with DJs, reside music, and themed occasions to kick off the weekend.
The hand-picked help lineup for the particular occasion options:
- The Darkness
- The Hu
- Airbourne
- The Almighty
Iron Maiden supervisor Rod Smallwood commented: “We knew that we needed to deliver the Run For Your Lives present again to the UK once more subsequent summer season as there was such an outstanding demand for tickets this yr however we wished to do one thing a bit completely different particularly as it could be arduous to high the present at London Stadium!
“Effectively, we predict that Knebworth is the answer – apart from being a legendary venue for historic live shows… it additionally provides us the outside house and management to create one thing very particular for our followers! Nonetheless, this time we will probably be taking up the entire of the grounds ourselves and turning it into as a lot of a ‘Maiden World’ as we are able to for all our followers to get pleasure from!
“Our Eddie’s Dive Bars have proved immensely fashionable on this present tour so our intention is to create our largest one but which may even be open on the Friday for the campers… So we hope you’ll be part of us subsequent yr as we proceed to have a good time 5 a long time of Iron Maiden. It’ll be one for the historical past books… in a very historic venue!”
The supporting artists are equally obsessed with becoming a member of Iron Maiden for this one-off UK spectacle:
Justin Hawkins (The Darkness): “We’re thrilled to announce that The Darkness are to look LIVE in help of the legendary Iron Maiden at Knebworth! Iron Maiden are amongst our favorite all-time bands… these in attendance can count on us to pressure our music into them, whereupon the catchiness of our tuneage will broaden till they inform us every little thing. Yay!!!”
The Hu: “We’re very completely happy to be coming again to the UK and thrilled to carry out at Knebworth Park, sharing the stage with the legendary band Iron Maiden as soon as once more, with their invite. We all the time look ahead to creating an lively present so will probably be a day to recollect.”
Joel O’Keefe (Airbourne): “I like Maiden, You like Maiden, Winston Churchill loves Maiden, All of us love Iron Maiden! Knebworth will probably be a monumental Maiden second… Airbourne is pumped as much as the max, we’ll offer you all of the Rock’n’Roll, blood sweat and flying beers we obtained in us! Then we’ll see you out entrance simply in time for ‘Physician Physician’! Up The Irons!”
Ricky Warwick (The Almighty): “It is an absolute honour to be a part of such a improbable invoice. The Almighty share a protracted historical past with Iron Maiden… For me, will probably be particularly significant because it falls on my 60th birthday and I can not consider a extra rock ‘n’ roll technique to have a good time. Carry it on!”
Tickets for Iron Maiden at Knebworth Park go on sale Saturday, September 27 at 10am UK time right here.
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