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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 - Running Free - 1st - Card Sleeve - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £45.00, $58.95, €53.55 (Back In Stock) (arrived 01-Oct-2024 16:34)on October 12, 2024 at 8:57 pm
IRON MAIDEN Running Free (1980 UK first issue 7" vinyl single with picture labels and intact four prong centre, also including Burning Ambition, housed in a thick stock card flipback style picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some minor general wear mostly to the edges, whilst the vinyl remains Excellent with just a few light paper scuffs and minimal signs of play. Classic Maiden! EMI5032)
- Iron Maiden - Infinite Dreams - P/S - Injection Moulded - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $32.75, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 19-Sep-2024 17:36)on October 12, 2024 at 8:57 pm
IRON MAIDEN Infinite Dreams (1989 UK injection moulded label 7" single, also including Killers with both songs recorded on the 27/28th November 1988 at the Birmingham NEC, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyldisplays some cosmetic markings which have no affect on play EM117)
- Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back In Time - UK - picture disc LP - £65.00, $85.15, €77.35 (New Item) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 17:00)on October 12, 2024 at 8:57 pm
IRON MAIDEN Somewhere Back In Time (2008 UK limited edition 15-track double Picture Disc LP issued to celebrate the first decade of the band's extraordinary career, featuring most of the essential tracks from the band's first seven studio albums as well as one live album [recorded between 1980-89]. Comes housed in a deluxe & hype-stickered gatefold picture sleeve with picture inners. Although not sealed, this collector's example remains in near 'as new' condition)
- Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death - UK - picture disc LP - £95.00, $124.45, €113.05 (New Item) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 17:00)on October 12, 2024 at 8:57 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 - Maiden Mania 80-87 - Greek - vinyl box set - £250.00, $327.50, €297.50 (New Item) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 17:00)on October 12, 2024 at 8:57 pm
IRON MAIDEN Maiden Mania 80-87 (Rare 1987 Greek only limited second edition five 12" vinyl single box set, including Greek pressing for Women In Uniform, Maiden Japan, Aces High, Run To The Hills & Wasted Years, each in their own picture sleeve and housed within the 12" sqaure picture box with a list of the singles included printed on the reverse. The box displays some minor wear mostly to the edges & corners, the inner sleeves all have some light wear with a small split at the bottom due to the movement of the disc inside, whilst the vinyl has very little signs of play. A nice example of this very rare Greek only release)
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