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Living heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have announced one of their most epic and historic world tours ever, celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary with a brand new show that will head across the globe in 2025 and 2026. The tour, titled Run For Your Lives, will feature a ‘classic era’ setlist exclusively airing material from the band’s first nine albums, from their 1980 debut to 1992’s Fear Of The Dark.
“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,” says frontman Bruce Dickinson. “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!”
As well as the celebratory vibes of the tour’s setlist, the band are also promising their most spectacular live show ever to truly mark the occassion.
“50 years of Maiden and I have seen 46 of them!” says the band’s manager, Rod Smallwood. “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 favourites 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!”
Support for the first leg of the tour will come from a combination of US rock heavyweights Halestorm, theatrical Swedish metallers Avatar and British metal crew The Raven Age, dates dependant.
See the full list of announced dates so far below, with more expected to be added in due course. Tickets go on sale next week – head to the band’s official website for full details. Maiden are currently in the midst of the latest leg of their acclaimed Future Past Tour, which is still set to run through Japan, North America, Mexico and South America before the year is out. You can never accuse them of resting on their laurels, eh?
Iron Maiden Run For Your Lives 2025 tour dates
May 27: Budapest Aréna, Hungary *
May 31: Prague Letnany Airport, Czech Republic *
Jun 01: Bratislava TIPOS Arena, Slovakia *
Jun 05: Trondheim Rocks, Norway ≠
Jun 07: Stavanger SR-Bank Arena, Norway *
Jun 09: Copenhagen Royal Arena, Denmark *
Jun 12: Stockholm 3Arena, Sweden *
Jun 13: Stockholm 3Arena, Sweden *
Jun 16: Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland *
Jun 21: Birmingham Utilita Arena, UK ^
Jun 22: Manchester Co-op Live, UK ^
Jun 25: Dublin Malahide Castle, Ireland *^
Jun 28: London Stadium, UK *^
Jun 30: Glasgow OVO Hydro, UK ^
Jul 03: Belfort Eurockéennes, France ≠
Jul 05: Madrid Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Spain **
Jul 06: Lisbon MEO Arena, Portugal **
Jul 09: Zurich Hallenstadion, Switzerland **
Jul 11: Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena, Germany **
Jul 13: Padova Stadio Euganeo, Italy **
Jul 15: Bremen Bürgerweide, Germany **
Jul 17: Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium, Austria **
Jul 19: Paris Paris La Défense Arena, France **
Jul 23: Arnhem GelreDome, Netherlands **
Jul 25: Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park, Germany **
Jul 26: Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen, Germany **
Jul 29: Berlin Waldbühne, Germany **
Aug 02: Warsaw PGE Narodowy, Poland **
* = Halestorm support
^ = The Raven Age support
** = Avatar support
≠ = Festival date
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- Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son + Inner - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $39.90, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Sep-2024 14:47)on September 24, 2024 at 12:09 pm
IRON MAIDEN Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988 UK first press 8-track LP, the classic seventh album from Maiden, including the singles Can I Play With Madness, The Evil That Men Do & The Clairvoyant, complete with illustrated lyric inner, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light shelfwear whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with just light signs of play EMD1006)
- Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death - UK - picture disc LP - £95.00, $126.35, €114.00 (New Item) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 17:00)on September 24, 2024 at 12:09 pm
IRON MAIDEN A Matter Of Life And Death (Scarce 2006 UK limited edition 10-track double Picture Disc LP, the fourteenth studio album by the British Heavy Metal group including the singles The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg and DifferentWorld. Issued in the hype-stickered gatefold picture sleeve which has the lyrics & 2006 tour details printed across the inside and comes with their individual printed inners. The sleeve has little signs of wear with just a light crease to thetop left corner, whilst the disc's remains in a 'near mint' condition)
- Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness - White Labels - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $19.95, €18.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 17:00)on September 24, 2024 at 12:09 pm
IRON MAIDEN Can I Play With Madness (Classic 1988 UK 7" single with black on white paper labels, also including Black Bart Blues, housed in a glossy flipback card picture sleeve with one of the strangest renderings of 'Eddie' by Derek Riggs on any Maiden release you will find! The cover displays some minor general wear and the vinyl has light signs of play EM49)
- Iron Maiden - Running Free / Sanctuary + Voucher - Shrink - UK - 12" vinyl - £40.00, $53.20, €48.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 17:00)on September 24, 2024 at 12:09 pm
IRON MAIDEN Running Free / Sanctuary (1990 UK 5-track limited edition 12" vinyl double pack, part of the 'First Ten Years' series, also including Burning Ambition, live recordings of Drifter & I've Got The Fire & Listen With Nicko Part I, complete with collectors box voucher, hype stickered gatefold picture sleeve incorporating the original artwork for both releases. This copy is still in the open shrink and remains in a 'near mint' condition IRN1)
- Iron Maiden - Senjutsu - Black Vinyl - UK - 3-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $46.54, €41.99 (New Item) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 17:00)on September 24, 2024 at 12:09 pm
IRON MAIDEN Senjutsu (2021 UK/EU limited edition 10-track Triple LP pressed on 180gram Black Vinyl - Their seventeenth studio album, recorded in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Steve Harris. Comes housed in a deluxe three-panel pocket sleeve with superb samurai-themed artwork by Mark Wilkinson & illustrated inners. The packaging & the vinyl is Near Mint)
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