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Iron Maiden are planning to celebrate their 50th anniversary on the “Run For Your Lives” world tour in 2025 and 2026. The dates for the European/UK leg of the trek have already been unveiled and they can be found below. Notably, the shows will feature a setlist spanning the band’s first nine albums from “Iron Maiden” to “Fear Of The Dark.” Halestorm, Avatar, and The Raven Age will open on select dates.

Tour Dates:

With Halestorm:

05/27 Budapest, HUN – Budapest Aréna
05/31 Prague, CZE – Letnany Airport
06/01 Bratislava, SLO – TIPOS Arena
06/05 Trondheim, NOR – Trondheim Rocks
06/07 Stavanger, NOR – SR-Bank Arena
06/09 Copenhagen, DEN – Royal Arena
06/12 Stockholm, SWE – 3Arena
06/13 Stockholm, SWE – 3Arena
06/16 Helsinki, FIN – Olympic Stadium

With The Raven Age:

06/21 Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
06/22 Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
06/25 Dublin, IRE – Malahide Castle (feat. Halestorm)
06/28 London, UK – London Stadium (feat. Halestorm)
06/30 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
07/03 Belfort, FRA – Eurockéennes Festival

With Avatar:

07/05 Madrid, SPA – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano
07/06 Lisbon, POR – MEO Arena
07/09 Zurich, SWI – Hallenstadion
07/11 Gelsenkirchen, GER – Veltins-Arena
07/13 Padova, ITA – Stadio Euganeo
07/15 Bremen, GER – Bürgerweide
07/17 Vienna, AUT – Ernst Happel Stadium
07/19 Paris, FRA – Paris La Défense Arena
07/23 Arnhem, NET – GelreDome
07/25 Frankfurt, GER – Deutsche Bank Park
07/26 Stuttgart, GER – Cannstatter Wasen
07/29 Berlin, GER – Waldbühne
08/02 Warsaw – POL – PGE Narodowy

Frontman Bruce Dickinson said the following:

“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. 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!”

Manager Rod Smallwood added:

“50 years of Maiden and I have seen 46 of them! 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!”

Bassist Steve Harris also commented on performing at London Stadium, home of the West Ham Football Club:

“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. And of course, it’s not just London — the whole U.K. tour is going to be a real celebration for all of us. To be able to bring this very special show to all our fans across the U.K. and Ireland next year is going to be a great way to mark 50 years of Iron Maiden. We can’t wait to see you all there!”