Iron Maiden Announce Run For Your Lives Tour

Photo by John McMurtrie

Heavy metal juggernauts Iron Maiden have been around the bend a time or two. The band is getting ready to celebrate their 50th anniversary of being together and making music. This is a true testament to their large impact on the music scene, more specifically the metal scene. To celebrate this incredible milestone, the band is embarking on a world tour performing in arenas and amphitheaters. They just announced the U.S. leg of the tour, as they have already been taking the tour around Europe and the U.K.

When asked about the tour, frontman Bruce Dickinson stated “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!”

Their manager, Rod Smallwood added,“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."

Smallman also added, regarding their cell phone policy, "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!” The band wants to keep the show special for those in attendance, and everyone could use a little break from their phones once in a while.

Who better to support Iron Maiden than two huge influences in modern metal themselves, Megadeth and Anthrax. They are not partaking in all of the dates, though. The dates are listed as below:

AUGUST 2026

29 Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena *

SEPTEMBER 2026

03 Montréal, QC - Parc 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 *