Iron Maiden announce 50th anniversary world tour
Metal legends Iron Maiden have unveiled the first batch of tour dates for their 50th anniversary global trek.
The Run For Your Lives World Tour will start at Budapest Aréna in Hungary on 27 May next year, followed by 27 stadium, festival and arena shows around Europe. Their London Stadium concert on 28 June will mark the biggest UK venue the band have ever headlined outside of their festival appearances.
The tour, which will continue into 2026, marks 50 years since Steve Harris formed the band in late 1975 and will feature a setlist, spanning the nine studio albums from 1980 debut Iron Maiden to 1992’s Fear Of The Dark.
“We have already been hard at work for months putting together an even more spectacular and elaborate new show”
“Fifty years of Maiden and I have seen 46 of them,” says Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood of Phantom Music Management. “With well over 100 million albums sold and almost 2,500 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 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.”
Halestorm will be special guests for the first half of the outing, with Avatar picking up the baton for the second half. The Raven Age will open all UK and Ireland shows.
The full list of tour dates is as follows:
May 2025
27 Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Aréna
31 Prague, Czech Republic – Letnany Airport
June 2025
1 Bratislava, Slovakia – Tipos Arena
5 Trondheim, Norway – Trondheim Rocks (Festival)
7 Stavanger, Norway – SR-Bank Arena
09 Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
12 Stockholm, Sweden – 3Arena
13 Stockholm, Sweden – 3Arena
16 Helsinki, Finland – Olympic Stadium
21 Birmingham, England – Utilita Arena
22 Manchester, England – Co-op Live
25 Dublin, Ireland – Malahide Castle
28 London, England – London Stadium
30 Glasgow, Scotland – OVO Hydro
July 2025
3 Belfort, France – Eurockéennes Festival
5 Madrid, Spain – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano
6 Lisbon, Portugal – MEO Arena
9 Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
11 Gelsenkirchen, Germany – Veltins-Arena
13 Padova, Italy – Stadio Euganeo
15 Bremen, Germany – Bürgerweide
17 Vienna, Austria – Ernst Happel Stadium
19 Paris, France – Paris La Défense Arena
23 Arnhem, Netherlands – GelreDome
25 Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park
26 Stuttgart, Germany – Cannstatter Wasen
29 Berlin, Germany – Waldbühne
August 2025
2 Warsaw – Poland – PGE Narodowy
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Iron Maiden announce 2024 The Future Past Tour
Iron Maiden have announced a slew of North and South American tour dates for 2024 after playing to more than 750,000 fans around the world this summer.
The Future Past Tour includes songs from the metal band’s most recent studio album Senjutsu, as well as 1986’s Somewhere In Time, alongside other fan favourites.
Maiden played over 30 sold-out shows across Europe over the summer, and also performed in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver alongside their appearance at California’s Power Trip Festival in October.
“The energy has been incredible and we can’t wait to continue bringing this amazing and innovative show to fans around the world”
“The Future Past Tour is one of the most exciting tours we’ve ever done and to be performing both brand new material and songs that haven’t been played for many years with a mix of fan favourites has been a great experience for both the fans and the band,” says manager Rod Smallwood. “The energy has been incredible and we can’t wait to continue bringing this amazing and innovative show to fans around the world next year.”
The North American tour leg, produced by Live Nation, will launch in San Diego, California on 4 October 2024 and is due to conclude in San Antonio, Texas on 17 November. It will then head to South America for a show at Chile’s National Stadium in Santiago on 27 November.
The full list of shows is as follows:
OCTOBER 2024
Fri 4th: North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, SAN DIEGO, CA
Sat 5th: Michelob ULTRA Arena, LAS VEGAS, NV
Tues 8th: Kia Forum, LOS ANGELES, CA
Sat 12th: Aftershock Festival, SACRAMENTO, CA
Mon 14th: MODA Center, PORTLAND, OR
Weds 16th: Tacoma Dome, TACOMA, WA
Fri 18th: Delta Center, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Sat 19th: Ball Arena, DENVER, CO
Tues 22nd: Xcel Energy Center, ST PAUL, MN
Thurs 24th: Allstate Arena, ROSEMONT, IL
Sat 26th: Scotiabank Arena, TORONTO, ON
Sun 27th: Videotron Centre, QUEBEC, QC
Weds 30th: Centre Bell, MONTREAL, QC
NOVEMBER 2024
Fri 1st: Wells Fargo Center, PHILADELPHIA, PA
Sat 2nd: Barclays Center, BROOKLYN, NY
Weds 6th: DCU Center, WORCESTER, MA
Fri 8th: PPG Paints Arena, PITTSBURGH, PA
Sat 9th: Prudential Center, NEWARK, NJ
Tues 12th: CFG Bank Arena, BALTIMORE, MD
Weds 13th: Spectrum Center, CHARLOTTE, NC
Sat 16th: Dickies Arena, FORT WORTH, TX
Sun 17th: Frost Bank Center, SAN ANTONIO, TX
Weds 27th: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, CHILE
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