The trek will celebrate the legendary band’s 50th anniversary
Iron Maiden have confirmed their upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations. Next year, the heavy metal icons are embarking on their The Run For Your Lives World Tour. The global trek will begin on 27 May, 2025 in Budapest and will consist of 27 stadium, festival and arena shows across Europe and the UK. The tour marks 50 years since Steve Harris formed the band in late 1975 and to celebrate, Maiden fans are promised a very special set list, spanning the nine studio albums from Iron Maiden (1980) to Fear of the Dark (1992). The band is also boasting that the shows will feature their “most spectacular and elaborate show ever.”
Throughout the run, Iron Maiden will be joined by very special guests Halestorm, The Raven Age, and Avatar on select dates. Halestorm will perform on the first half of the tour, including the London and Dublin outdoor shows – but not the UK arenas. The second half of the tour sees Sweden’s Avatar as the opening act. British metal band The Raven Age will open all UK and Ireland shows. Tickets for all shows go on sale next week at various times. Trooper VIP Packages will be available at all shows.
Check out the full tour itinerary and on-sale information below.
“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,” frontman Bruce Dickinson states. 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 band’s long-time manager Rod Smallwood adds, “50 years of Maiden and I have seen 46 of them! 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 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!”
On Saturday, 28 June, 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, 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, and 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 states, “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. We can’t wait to see you all there!”
This leg of Iron Maiden’s Future Past Tour kicked off back on October 4 at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in San Diego, California. A highlight of the trek was their headlining performance at Aftershock Festival 2024 in Sacramento, California. The run wraps up on November 17 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. From there, the group will head to South America for an exclusive show in Santiago, Chile at Estadio Nacional.
Late last year, the band announced that they would be extending their Future Past run, which wrapped at Power Trip in Indio, California earlier this month. The first round of shows is set for this September at in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Very special guests Killswitch Engage will be serving as special guests for the trek.
“We’ve really enjoyed playing all the shows on the Future Past Tour this year, and the reaction from our fans has been incredible,” Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris said in a statement. “Being able to play some of these songs for the very first time has made the tour even more memorable, and we can’t wait to continue it next year.”
Regarding the Australian dates, which were previously postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harris adds, “We’re all really excited to finally be able to return to Australia as we know our fans have waited so patiently for us over the past few years. It’s going to be great to get back out there, especially with this new show. We promise you all, it’ll be worth the wait!”
The band’s longtime manager Rod Smallwood said, “All our best-laid plans to bring the Legacy of the Beast Tour to Australia were derailed by the shut-down of the live music industry during COVID, but we assured everyone at the time that we would come back to Australia and, as our fans know, we always keep our promises. So, as you would imagine, we’re very much looking forward to bringing this amazing new show to the Southern hemisphere and giving our loyal Australian fans the best Maiden show we can. You can be assured it’s worth the wait. See you all in 2024!”
Still one of the hardest touring acts around, Iron Maiden brought their Legacy of the Beast Tour back to North American last year for another massive run. The band’s latest album Senjutsu arrived in 2021. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock and Top Hard Rock Albums charts. Last fall, they played a string of shows in Canada, followed by an appearance at Power Trip in Indio, California alongside Metallica, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Judas Priest, and Tool.
1 September 2024 – RAC Arena – Perth, Australia
4 September 2024 – Adelaide Entertainment Center – Adelaide, Australia
6 September 2024 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia
10 September 2024 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Brisbane, Australia
12 September 2024 – Quads Bank Arena – Sydney, Australia
16 September 2024 – Spark Arena – Auckland, New Zealand
September 22 – Sky Hall Toyota – Aichi, Japan
September 24 – Osaka-Jo Hall – Osaka, Japan
September 26 – Tokyo Garden Theater – Tokyo, Japan
September 28 – Pia Arena MM – Kanagawa, Japan
October 4 – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre – San Diego, CA, USA
October 5 – Michelob ULTRA Arena – Las Vegas, NV, USA
October 8 – Kia Forum – Los Angeles, CA, USA
October 12 – Aftershock Festival – Sacramento, CA, USA
October 14 – MODA Center – Portland, OR, USA
October 16 – Tacoma Dome – Tacoma, WA, USA
October 18 – Delta Center – Salt Lake City, UT, USA
October 19 – Ball Arena – Denver, CO, USA
October 22 – Xcel Energy Center – St Paul, MN, USA
October 24 – Allstate Arena – Rosemont, IL, USA
October 26 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON, CANADA
October 27 – Videotron Centre – Quebec, QC, CANADA
October 30 – Centre Bell – Montreal, QC, CANADA
November 1 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA, USA
November 2 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY, USA
November 6 – DCU Center – Worcester, MA, USA
November 8 – PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
November 9 – Prudential Center – Newark, NJ, USA
November 12 – CFG Bank Arena – Baltimore, MD, USA
November 13 – Spectrum Center – Charlotte, NC, USA
November 16 – Dickies Arena – Fort Worth, TX, USA
November 17 – Frost Bank Center – San Antonio, TX, USA
November 27 – Estadio Nacional – Santiago, CHILE
27 May, 2025 – Budapest – HUNGARY – Budapest Aréna *
31 May, 2025 – Prague – CZECH REPUBLIC – Letnany Airport *
1 June, 2025 – Bratislava, SLOVAKIA – TIPOS Arena *
5 June, 2025 – Trondheim, NORWAY – Trondheim Rocks (Festival)
7 June, 2025 – Stavanger, NORWAY – SR-Bank Arena *
9 June, 2025 – Copenhagen, DENMARK – Royal Arena *
12 June, 2025 – Stockholm, SWEDEN – 3Arena *
13 June, 2025 – Stockholm, SWEDEN – 3Arena *
16 June, 2025 – Helsinki, FINLAND – Olympic Stadium *
21 June, 2025 – Birmingham, ENGLAND – Utilita Arena ^
22 June, 2025 – Manchester, ENGLAND – Co-op Live ^
25 June, 2025 – Dublin, IRELAND – Malahide Castle *^
28 June, 2025 – London, ENGLAND – London Stadium *^
30 June, 2025 – Glasgow, SCOTLAND – OVO Hydro ^
3 July, 2025 – Belfort, FRANCE – Eurockéennes Festival
5 July, 2025 – Madrid, SPAIN – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano **
6 July, 2025 – Lisbon, PORTUGAL – MEO Arena **
9 July, 2025 – Zurich, SWITZERLAND – Hallenstadion **
11 July, 2025 – Gelsenkirchen, GERMANY – Veltins-Arena **
13 July, 2025 – Padova, ITALY – Stadio Euganeo **
15 July, 2025 – Bremen, GERMANY – Bürgerweide **
17 July, 2025 – Vienna, AUSTRIA – Ernst Happel Stadium **
19 July, 2025 – Paris, FRANCE – Paris La Défense Arena **
23 July, 2025 – Arnhem, NETHERLANDS – GelreDome **
25 July, 2025 – Frankfurt, GERMANY – Deutsche Bank Park **
26 July, 2025 – Stuttgart, GERMANY – Cannstatter Wasen **
29 July, 2025 – Berlin, GERMANY – Waldbühne **
2 August, 2025 – Warsaw – POLAND – PGE Narodowy **
New dates in BOLD
*Halestorm
^The Raven Age
**Avatar
Tickets go on sale next week at IronMaiden.com