Iron Maiden have confirmed the primary dates of what guarantees to be a really busy 2026 touring schedule, starting with a summer season return to Europe for a run of festivals and stadiums throughout the continent. The tour will take the band to areas not visited in 2025, with extra world legs to be introduced quickly. The band additionally confirmed that 2027 will probably be a yr off the street.
Steve Harris on the tour: “We’re all loving this Run For Your Lives tour. The followers have been wonderful, the set listing is ideal for the fiftieth Anniversary, the present is arguably our greatest ever and ticket demand was unimaginable with just about all over the place offered out and over 1,000,000 followers attending. So all of us thought we must always play some extra reveals in Europe earlier than heading out to different components of the world later within the yr.
“After all Simon Dawson will probably be becoming a member of us as soon as once more on the drummer’s stool, and each he and the entire band want to thank our followers for the terrific reception you’ve gotten given him on the primary leg.
“We have all the time loved enjoying festivals, particularly as we get to play to individuals who aren’t simply there for us, and we love that problem! Plus we can even get to play stadiums in Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria the place we did not get to this yr and have all the time cherished enjoying to the passionate followers on the market.”
Iron Maiden supervisor Rod Smallwood added: “We had been completely blown away by the overwhelmingly optimistic response of our followers and from throughout the mainstream media to the primary leg of our Run For Your Lives tour. We knew we had created a particular present, however the power of all our followers at each single live performance we performed was picked up on by the band and I believe all of us skilled one thing actually memorable, and arguably our greatest tour ever.
“All through our profession festivals performed an enormous half, beginning with Rock in Rio in 1985 after all, by enabling us to play in entrance of recent followers and hopefully convert them to being Maiden followers. So this tour, primarily based round most of Europe’s pre-eminent Metallic fests, can be an enormous thanks to these very festivals for taking part in such an necessary half within the fifty years… and counting… story of Iron Maiden.
“In addition to Japanese Europe we can even play some stadium reveals in areas we missed in Germany (Hannover), France (Lyon-Décines) and Italy, the latter at Milan’s legendary San Siro Stadium… and we are going to, I’m instructed, be the primary ever Metallic band to play there. It is all the time nice to interrupt extra new floor – even in spite of everything these years!”
Iron Maiden will return to Paris La Défense Enviornment on June twenty second, 2026 to movie the present for launch. To protect the environment and keep away from banks of glowing telephone screens within the footage, the world flooring will probably be totally phone-free with Yondr pouches. The remainder of the venue will depend on followers’ cooperation to maintain telephones in pockets and benefit from the efficiency “within the second.”
The schedule additionally lists “UK Headline Present” for July 11, with the band promising one thing particular for his or her loyal dwelling followers, together with an extension of their well-liked Eddie’s Dive Bar idea. Particulars will probably be revealed quickly.
5/23 Athens, GR OAKA
5/26 Sofia, BG Vasil Levski Stadium
5/28 Bucharest, RO Enviornment Națională
5/30 Bratislava, SK Národný Futbalový Štadión
6/2 Hannover, DE Heinz von Heiden Enviornment
6/10 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
6/17 Milan, IT San Siro Stadium
6/22 Paris, FR Paris La Défense Enviornment (filmed present)
6/28 Lyon-Décines, FR Groupama Stadium
7/7 Lisbon, PT Estádio da Luz
7/11 UK Headline Present – Particulars TBA
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