IRON MAIDEN is set to kick off their “Run For Your Lives” world tour on May 27 next year in Budapest, Hungary. The band will perform 27 stadium, festival, and arena shows across Europe. This tour commemorates 50 years since Steve Harris founded the band in late 1975, and fans can expect a special setlist covering tracks from nine studio albums, from Iron Maiden to Fear of the Dark, along with the most elaborate and spectacular show they’ve ever presented.
Dates are as below. Tickets go on sale next week. As always, there will be an exclusive pre-sale for IRON MAIDEN fan club members and Trooper VIP packages will be available at all U.K. and Ireland shows.
IRON MAIDEN frontnam Bruce Dickinson says: “Next year is a very special one for IRON MAIDEN and we’re going to be giving our fans a once-in-a-lifetime live experience. This is a tour that’s gonna put a smile on your face and a cheer in your throat. If you’ve seen us before, then get ready to take that experience to a whole new level. If you’ve never seen us before, then what the hell have you been waiting for? Now’s your chance to find out what you’ve been missing! IRON MAIDEN‘s definitely gonna get ya!”
The tour features five shows in the U.K. and Ireland, with arena performances in Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow, as well as outdoor concerts in Dublin and London. IRON MAIDEN is incredibly proud to mark their 50th anniversary with what promises to be one of the most significant concerts in their history.
On Saturday June 28th the band will perform at the London Stadium, home of West Ham Football Club – the team that band founder Steve Harris has supported throughout his life, and with whom IRON MAIDEN have a long and storied history.
This concert in front of over 60,000 fans, will be the first time that IRON MAIDEN have performed on the club’s hallowed turf. A true homecoming show – with Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Nicko McBrain all born in the surrounding area – it will also be the biggest UK venue the band have ever headlined outside of their festival appearances.
Steve Harris says: “My love of football and my support of West Ham is no secret, and I know many of our fans around the world have shared that with me too. So we’re all very excited to be playing at the London Stadium as part of the RUN FOR YOUR LIVES tour. We can’t wait to see you all there!”
MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood states: “50 years of MAIDEN and I have seen 46 of them! With well over 100 million albums sold and almost 2500 shows in 64 countries and counting, to countless millions of fans, we are all still loving every second and consider every tour a new challenge to bring something different and exciting to our fans. And for this very special one we’ re pulling out all the stops!
“We will cover classics and fan favorites from the first nine albums, from Iron Maiden to Fear Of The Dark, many of which we haven’t played in years and many we will likely never play again in the future. We have already been hard at work for months putting together an even more spectacular and elaborate new show which will bring the songs to life more than we have ever been able to do before. This is going to be a huge couple of years for IRON MAIDEN, and Eddie, of course, and we are very excited about what we have up our sleeves for you fans throughout the whole of our 50th year. I promise you are all going to be very happy indeed!”
“Run For Your Lives” 2025 tour dates:
May 27 – Budapest Aréna, Budapest, Hungary *
May 31 – Letnany Airport, Prague, Czech Republic *
Jun. 01 – TIPOS Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia *
Jun. 05 – Trondheim Rocks, Trondheim, Norway (Festival)
Jun. 07 – SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger, Norway *
Jun. 09 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark *
Jun. 12 – 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden *
Jun. 13 – 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden *
Jun. 16 – Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland *
Jun. 21 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England ^
Jun. 22 – Co-op Live, Manchester, England ^
Jun. 25 – Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland *^
Jun. 28 – London Stadium, London, England *^
Jun. 30 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland ^
Jul. 03 – Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France (Festival)
Jul. 05 – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain **
Jul. 06 – MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal **
Jul. 09 – Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland **
Jul. 11 – Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany **
Jul. 13 – Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy **
Jul. 15 – Bürgerweide, Bremen, Germany **
Jul. 17 – Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria **
Jul. 19 – Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France **
Jul. 23 – GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands **
Jul. 25 – Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany **
Jul. 26 – Cannstatter Wasen, Stuttgart, Germany **
Jul. 29 – Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany **
Aug. 02 – PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland **
Support acts:
* HALESTORM
^ THE RAVEN AGE
** AVATAR
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