British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN launched their “Run For Your Lives” world tour last night, May 27th, at the Papp László Sportaréna in Budapest, Hungary.
This concert marked the debut of new drummer Simon Dawson, who replaced Nicko McBrain last December. The tour celebrates Steve Harris’s 50th anniversary of forming the band in 1975, promising fans a special setlist covering their first nine studio albums, from Iron Maiden to Fear Of The Dark, along with their most spectacular show to date. An official video recap of the Budapest show is available.
The Budapest concert is just the beginning; IRON MAIDEN has 31 more European stadium, festival, and arena dates lined up. Given that over a million tickets have already been snapped up and most shows are sold out, fans looking for tickets should keep an eye out: more will be released from venue and production holds as the show dates approach and even on the day of the performance.
Setlist for Budapest show was as follows:
01. Murders In The Rue Morgue (first performance since September 2, 2005)
02. Wrathchild (first performance since July 2, 2017)
03. Killers (first performance since October 1, 1999)
04. Phantom Of The Opera (first performance since July 5, 2014)
05. The Number Of The Beast
06. The Clairvoyant (first performance since October 2, 2013)
07. Powerslave (first performance since July 22, 2017)
08. 2 Minutes To Midnight (first performance since October 15, 2019)
09. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (first performance since April 2, 2009)
10. Run To The Hills
11. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (first performance since July 5, 2014)
12. The Trooper
13. Hallowed Be Thy Name
14. Iron Maiden
Encore:
15. Aces High
16. Fear Of The Dark
17. Wasted Years
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