Iron Maiden have announced that the following bands will join them for the European leg of the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026:

MAY 2026
23 – Athens, GREECE – OAKA (Anthrax)
26 – Sofia, BULGARIA – Vasil Levski Stadium (Anthrax)
28 – Bucharest, ROMANIA – Arena Na?ional? (Anthrax)
30 – Bratislava, SLOVAKIA – Národný Futbalový ?tadión (Anthrax)

JUNE 2026
02 – Hannover, GERMANY – Heinz von Heiden Arena (Megadeth)
10 – Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS – Ziggo Dome (Evergrey)
17 – Milan, ITALY – San Siro Stadium (Trivium)
22 – Paris, FRANCE – Paris La Défense Arena (Evergrey)
28 РLyon РD̩cines, FRANCE РGroupama Stadium (Anthrax)

JULY 2026
07 – Lisbon, PORTUGAL – Estádio da Luz (Anthrax)

Tickets for all of these shows are on sale now.

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Iron Maiden will return to Hellfest on the Run For Your Lives Tour next year.

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Due to overwhelming demand, a second show has been added in New Jersey!
September 06 @ Sports Illustrated Stadium

Tickets on sale Friday!

There will be no further shows added to the North American leg of the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026

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West Ham United and Iron Maiden have proudly collaborated to launch a new football shirt that celebrates the commemorative 50-year anniversaries of the Hammers? 1975 FA Cup triumph and the formation of the world-famous band Iron Maiden.

The new shirt, which is available to purchase now, is the latest product within the ?Die With Your Boots On? football clothing range. The Claret and Blue shirt is the next milestone in the 50th anniversary celebrations, which earlier this year saw Iron Maiden play an incredible sold-out concert at the Hammers? home, London Stadium.

Steve Harris, founder, bassist, and primary composer for the heavy metal band, is a lifelong Hammer and former youth player, and he was joined on stage by band mascot Eddie where both wore the shirt to the adoration of the 65,000 crowd in east London!

Modelled by current West Ham stars including talisman and captain Jarrod Bowen, the shirt features the iconic 1975 Cup Final badge and the classic Claret & Blue piping around the neck and arms. The shirt also features the Iron Maiden logo emblazoned across the front of the shirt and IMFC on the right breast.

It is made of hexagon polyester & comes with Steve?s infamous No 11 on the back and the collaborative Hammer & Bass guitar logo with Est.1975 underneath it. The shirt encompasses the incredible connect West Ham United and Iron Maiden have through Harris? love for the Club. Earlier this year following Iron Maiden?s blockbuster show, the band took on a West Ham United staff XI at The Foundry, the home of the West Ham United Foundation which serves as a community hub for 60,000 people each year.

The Hammers? triumph in the 1975 FA Cup Final was one that lives long in founder & bass player Harris? memory even though he wasn?t actually there on the day: “I wasn?t at the game but what great memories. Two goals from Alan Taylor and we won it! Frank Lampard and Pat Holland were in the team who used to coach me as a junior as well! Come On You Irons!”

A similarly joyous moment was in June of this year when Steve appeared on stage wearing this shirt for the three-song encore to the delight of the sold-out crowd ? many of whom were wearing West Ham colours or the special art worked event shirt depicting Eddie and Steve at the Hammers? home.

?The day really was something special and I didn?t really take it all in until much later? recollects Steve. ?We?d been wearing that shirt in all our football matches this season across Europe including the game at West Ham United?s amazing, redeveloped community hub ?The Foundry?, so it just felt like the right thing to do. There were so many of our previous football shirts in the crowd ? I hope fans grab this one too to remind them of that day.?

The day was complete when Eddie appeared wearing the shirt too. ?I didn?t know about that? laughs Steve ?but I should have guessed? it was so great how they replaced West Ham Team stuff in the Dressing Room (It had been stripped for the off-season in preparation for the new 25/26 decorations), how they made the match day programme and how the after party in the Great Briton Suite was all dressed with IMFC stuff. It was a day I?ll always remember.?

The shirt is available for immediate shipping and available to purchase through both West Ham United?s in-person and online stores, as well as Maiden’s online store.

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Due to overwhelming demand, a second show has been added to our opening night in Toronto!
August 30 @ Scotiabank Arena.

And a second night in LA!
September 26 @ BMO Stadium

Tickets on sale Friday

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Iron Maiden today announces the highly anticipated North American dates of their critically acclaimed Run For Your Lives World Tour. In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, the band will be performing at stadiums and major amphitheaters across the United States and Canada, allowing fans the chance to witness the brand new, state-of-the-art production, on the scale it is intended for ? huge stages in outdoor venues, to accompany the once-in-a-lifetime setlist of songs from the band?s groundbreaking first nine albums. They will also headline America?s biggest rock festival, Louder Than Life at the Highland Festival Grounds in Kentucky on 17th September 2026.

Steve says, ?We are greatly looking forward to bringing this Run For Your Lives Tour to North America and hope the fans enjoy seeing the show and hearing the set list as much as we do playing it. It?s an added bonus to have a few of our good friends on the tour with us. Megadeth are playing all the shows and it?s an honour to have them join us on their last ever tour. We also have Anthrax with us on the bigger shows, we had a great time with them when they came out with us on Ed Force One around the world in 2016. We?re delighted to have both bands with us for this tour and know our fans will enjoy seeing them.?

Bruce adds, ?This whole tour has been such great fun. I really enjoy belting out all these great old songs, and the whole band are loving playing them too! We?ve got all the big ones from that early period including Hallowed, Run To The Hills, Trooper, Number Of The Beast, Killers, Powerslave, 2 Minutes? and some of them we haven?t played in the US for over 20 years!! Plus there?s some real epics including my particular favourite ?Rime of the Ancient Mariner? and Seventh Son… We are doing them all and more. I mean, who wouldn?t for a 50th birthday party!?

?For a tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Iron Maiden? notes Manager Rod Smallwood, ?the scale and incredible visual aspects of this show deserve larger venues than the arenas we have generally played in the past. We particularly chose this time of year to go bigger outdoors but to give us darkness when we go on stage so you will see the best of the production. Fans certainly won?t be disappointed in the show or the 50th anniversary set list that is for sure!”

?We particularly look forward to playing the huge shows in Montréal and the Alamodome in San Antonio, two of the biggest shows we have ever played in North America plus, of course, Louder Than Life ? America?s biggest Rock Festival! Along with the stadium shows in Los Angeles, New Jersey and Hershey we have also chosen to play a few of the biggest amphitheaters as they always have a fantastic atmosphere and great visual sight lines. We?re also going to be doing everything we can to bring the hugely popular Eddie?s Pop-up Dive Bar experience across the Atlantic for the very first time. Our European fans just loved these and we?re convinced that the mix of Maiden fans, Trooper Beer & exclusive Tour merch makes for a winning combination.”

?Likewise we will continue to offer the well-loved Trooper VIP Experience at all venues.”

?Finally it was really special on our European dates this year to see that the vast majority of our fans appreciated and respected our request to severely limit their use of phones at our concerts, ideally just keeping it in their pockets the whole time, especially in those standing areas in front of the stage. Our fans? understanding and cooperation made a colossal difference to the atmosphere of every show and increased the enjoyment enormously for the band and fans alike.”

So for all our North American shows we are once again requesting that fans keep their phones in their pockets and enjoy the show ?in the moment?, rather than raise their phone in the air trying to film sections and thus inconveniencing those around them and annoying the band. So if a so-called fan near you thinks they are special and filming what they selfishly want please just ask them, very politely of course, to put their phone somewhere the sun doesn?t shine!?

These upcoming tour dates will mark 45 years since Iron Maiden first visited Canada and the USA on the 1981 Killer World Tour, and feature some of the biggest shows the band has ever played there. The return to BMO Stadium concert in Los Angeles on September 25th will be the 25th time the band has played in the City of Angels. A history-making tour for sure!

Run For Your Lives North American Tour Dates

August 2026
29 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *

September 2026
03 Montr̩al, QC РParc Jean-Drapeau *^
05 Harrison, NJ – Sports Illustrated Stadium *^
09 Boston, MA – TD Garden *
11 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live *
12 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion *
15 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium *
17 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival
19 Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater *
22 Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre *
25 Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium *^
29 San Antonio, TX – Alamodome *^

* Megadeth   ^ Anthrax

There will be an exclusive Iron Maiden Fan Club presale beginning on Tuesday October 28.
Headline shows go on general sale on Friday October 31.

For the rest of the world – don’t worry, there are still more countries to be announced for the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026!

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IRON MAIDEN today announces the highly anticipated return to Mexico with their critically acclaimed RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR. In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, the band will be performing once more at the magnificent Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City on Friday 2nd October 2026 allowing fans the chance to witness the brand new, state-of-the-art production, on the scale it is intended for ? huge stages in outdoor venues, to accompany the once-in-a-lifetime setlist of songs from the band?s groundbreaking first nine albums.

Steve says, ?We are greatly looking forward to bringing this RUN FOR YOUR LIVES TOUR to Mexico and hope our amazing fans there enjoy seeing the show and hearing the set list as much as we do playing it.

Bruce adds, ?This whole tour has been such great fun. I really enjoy belting out all these great old songs, and the whole band are loving playing them too! We?ve got all the big ones from that early period including Hallowed, Run To The Hills, Trooper, Number Of The Beast, Killers, Powerslave, 2 Minutes? and some of them we haven?t played for over 20 years!!  Plus there?s some real epics including my particular favourite ?Rime of the Ancient Mariner? and Seventh Son… We are doing them all and more.  I mean, who wouldn?t for a 50th birthday party!?

?For a tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Iron Maiden? notes Manager Rod Smallwood, ?the scale and incredible visual aspects of this show deserve larger venues and when it comes to Mexico we just love playing in this magnificent 65,000 capacity stadium which I?m not surprised was named as the best in the world earlier this year by live industry magazine, Pollstar. Fans certainly won?t be disappointed in the show or the 50th anniversary set list that is for sure!

?For the very first time in Mexico we will offer our well-loved Trooper VIP Experience at the venue where fans can meet, relax, enjoy some food, beer and hospitality together plus, of course, get access to crowd free merchandise shopping and receive some very special unique items as a souvenir of the fantastic event.

?Finally it was really special on our European dates this year to see that the vast majority of our fans appreciated and respected our request to severely limit their use of phones at our concerts, ideally just keeping it in their pockets the whole time, especially in those standing areas in front of the stage. Our fans? understanding and cooperation made a colossal difference to the atmosphere of every show and increased the enjoyment enormously for the band and fans alike.

So for this very special Mexico show we are once again requesting that fans keep their phones in their pockets and enjoy the show ?in the moment?, rather than raise their phone in the air trying to film sections and thus inconveniencing those around them and annoying the band. So if a so-called fan near you thinks they are special and filming what they selfishly want please just ask them, very politely of course, to put their phone somewhere the sun doesn?t shine!?

This upcoming tour date will mark 34 years since IRON MAIDEN first visited Mexico on the Fear Of The Dark World Tour, and this show is the eighth time at this award- winning venue.

Special guests for this show will be announced in due course.

There will be an exclusive Iron Maiden Fan Club presale beginning on Monday October 27, before tickets go on sale to the public on Friday October 31.

For the rest of the world – don’t worry, there are still more countries to be announced for the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026!

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Iron Maiden will perform at Sweden Rock on the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026!

June
3rd – 6th Solvesborg, Sweden Rock Festival – SWEDEN

Tickets go on sale Oct 24th at 10am CEST

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LONDON, OCTOBER 14TH: Exactly 40 years to the day since it was first released, Parlophone Records (BMG in the USA) are pleased to announce a brand new, beautifully packaged, limited collectors 2LP colour vinyl edition of IRON MAIDEN?s classic album LIVE AFTER DEATH.

Featuring the original revered gatefold sleeve artwork, the album comes with two 140g vinyls (one in blue, the other in yellow) featuring the 2015 audio remastering. The package also includes a replica 24 page World Slavery Tour programme, bringing back to life the original tour programme for new generations.

Additionally the vinyl features a replica tour pass and a glossy 12 page booklet, which contains the original eight-page booklet alongside an exclusive and brand new essay entitled Rime And Punishment: Celebrating 40 Years Of Live After Death, where Iron Maiden Fan Club editor Alexander Milas interviews Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain, Rod Smallwood and acclaimed illustrator Derek Riggs about the legendary album.

As Steve Harris explains of the time, ?We were touring our arses off. It was literally just, ?record, tour, record, tour? ? we didn?t stop. Rod was cracking the old whip, and that was the right thing to do. I mean, we were totally up for it, it?s not like we were doing stuff that we didn?t want to do. You think you?re invincible ? ?Yeah, we?ll take that on, no problem.? That?s the way to crack it. It?s the only way for a band like us because we had no radio play whatsoever back then.?

Widely acclaimed as not just the greatest heavy metal live album of all time, but one of the most iconic live releases in any musical genre, LIVE AFTER DEATH was recorded mostly during the four nights that Maiden played at Los Angeles? Long Beach Arena in March 1985. The final side of the double album was recorded during the four nights the band played at Hammersmith Odeon in October 1984.

Both sets of concerts were part of the ground-breaking World Slavery Tour, in support of the band?s 1984 album Powerslave, which started in Poland and featured 187 concerts across 331 days. The tour firmly established Iron Maiden as one of the most exciting live bands on the planet, a reputation that they carry to this day.

Live After Death will be released on November 28 (December 12 in the USA) and is available to pre-order now (more links to be added).

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Iron Maiden have added some more festivals to the Run For Your Lives Tour 2026!

June 2026
6th – Rock IM Park, Nurnberg, Zeppelinfield – GERMANY (Tickets on sale now)
7th – Rock AM Ring, Nurburgring, Nurburg – GERMANY (Tickets on sale now)
13th – Nova Rock, Nickelsdorf – AUSTRIA (Tickets on sale now)
14th – Rock For People, Hradec Kralove – CZECH REPUBLIC (Tickets on sale 25th September)
29th – Live is Live, Antwerp – BELGIUM (Tickets on sale 4th October)

July 2026
1st – 4th – Resurrection Fest, Viveiro – SPAIN (Tickets on sale 30th September)
4th – Rock Imperium Festival, Cartagena – SPAIN (Tickets on sale 24th September)

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