Iron Maiden will start their Run for Your Lives World Tour on May 27th next year in Budapest followed by 27 stadium, festival & arena shows around Europe. The tour marks 50 years since Steve Harris formed the band in late 1975 and, to celebrate this, Maiden fans are promised a very special set list, spanning the nine studio albums from Iron Maiden to Fear Of The Dark, with their most spectacular and elaborate show ever!

Tickets go on sale next week. As always there will be an exclusive pre-sale for Iron Maiden Fan Club members & Trooper VIP packages will be available at all UK & Ireland shows.

Lead singer 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 includes five shows in the UK and Ireland, with arenas in Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, and outdoor shows in Dublin and London. So it is with immense pride that Iron Maiden will celebrate their 50th Anniversary with one of the most notable 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 at the London Stadium, which was constructed in Stratford for the 2012 Olympics and four years later became the new home of West Ham, 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 & 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. And of course, it’s not just London – the whole UK tour is going to be a real celebration for all of us. To be able to bring this very special show to all our fans across the UK and Ireland next year is going to be a great way to mark 50 years of Iron Maiden. We can’t wait to see you all there!”

Special Guests for the London & Dublin outdoor shows will be American rockers Halestorm. British metal band, The Raven Age, will open all five UK & Ireland shows.

Iron Maiden “Run For Your Lives” world tour poster

Tour Dates:

05/27 – Budapest Aréna, Budapest, Hungary *
05/31 – Letnany Airport, Prague, Czech Republic *
06/01 – TIPOS Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia *
06/05 – Trondheim Rocks, Trondheim, Norway (Festival)
06/07 – SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger, Norway *
06/09 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark *
06/12 – 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden *
06/13 – 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden *
06/16 – Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland *
06/21 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England ^
06/22 – Co-op Live, Manchester, England ^
06/25 – Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland *^
06/28 – London Stadium, London, England *^
06/30 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland ^
07/03 – Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France (Festival)
07/05 – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain **
07/06 – MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal **
07/09 – Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland **
07/11 – Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany **
07/13 – Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy **
07/15 – Bürgerweide, Bremen, Germany **
07/17 – Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria **
07/19 – Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France **
07/23 – GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands **
07/25 – Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany **
07/26 – Cannstatter Wasen, Stuttgart, Germany **
07/29 – Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany **
08/02 – PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland **
*Halestorm
^The Raven Age
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