British heavy metal band Iron Maiden on Thursday revealed plans for a world tour — including London and other UK cities — in 2025 and 2026 to commemorate their 50th anniversary.
The Run For Your Lives tour will only feature songs from their first nine studio albums between 1980 and 1992.
This period includes the classic Run To The Hills, The Trooper, Can I Play With Madness and Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter.
Iron Maiden have revealed only the UK and European dates for the tour, involving 27 stadiums between May and August 2025. Further dates for the rest of 2025 and 2026 are expected to include North America and other continents.
The band will play in UK cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and Belfast.
The tour will begin in Budapest and Prague in May 2025 and include other European capitals such as Paris and Berlin.
American rockers Halestorm will be special guests for the first half of the tour, including the London and Dublin outdoor shows but not the UK arenas. Sweden’s Avatar will be the support act for the second half of the tour.
The British metal band, The Raven Age, will open all UK and Ireland shows.
IRON MAIDEN ANNOUNCE 'RUN FOR YOUR LIVES' WORLD TOUR 2025/26!
— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) September 19, 2024
The Run For Your Lives World Tour will kick off on May 27th next year in Budapest followed by 27 stadium, festival & arena shows around Europe. The tour marks 50 years since Steve Harris formed the band in late 1975… pic.twitter.com/0TcfU24CvW
Lead singer Bruce Dickinson said: “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!”
Iron Maiden were formed in 1975 and are known for their complex guitar work, powerful vocals, and theatrical live performances. With renowned albums including The Number of the Beast and Powerslave, they have become one of the most influential bands in heavy metal history.
The band are performing in countries such as Australia and the US as part of their The Future Past tour between September and December 2024.
Here’s your ultimate guide to The Run For Your Lives, including UK dates and ticket information.
Iron Maiden’s 2025 Run For Your Lives European and UK tour dates and venues:
May 2025
27 – Budapest Aréna – Budapest, Hungary
31 – Letnany Airport – Prague, Czech Republic
June 2025
01 – TIPOS Arena – Bratislava, Slovakia
05 – Trondheim Rocks – Trondheim, Norway (Festival)
07 – SR-Bank Arena – Stavanger, Norway
09 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark
12 – 3Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
13 – 3Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
16 – Olympic Stadium – Helsinki, Finland
21 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham, England
22 – Co-op Live – Manchester, England
25 – Malahide Castle – Dublin, Ireland
28 – London Stadium – London, England
30 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, Scotland
July 2025
03 – Eurockéennes Festival – Belfort, France (Festival)
05 – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano – Madrid, Spain
06 – MEO Arena – Lisbon, Portugal
09 – Hallenstadion – Zurich, Switzerland
11 – Veltins-Arena – Gelsenkirchen, Germany
13 – Stadio Euganeo – Padova, Italy
15 – Bürgerweide – Bremen, Germany
17 – Ernst Happel Stadium – Vienna, Austria
19 – Paris La Défense Arena – Paris, France
23 – GelreDome, Arnhem – Netherlands
25 – Deutsche Bank Park – Frankfurt, Germany
26 – Cannstatter Wasen – Stuttgart, Germany
29 – Waldbühne – Berlin, Germany
August 2025
02 – PGE Narodowy – Warsaw, Poland
The dates of the tour's 2026 continuation have not yet been revealed.
When do Iron Maiden tickets go on sale?
Tickets for the UK and Ireland concerts go on sale via LiveNation on Friday, September 27 at 12pm British Summer Time (BST). They will also be available from Ticketmaster here.
Tickets for Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, and the Netherlands pre-sales go on sale on Monday, September 23 on the Iron Maiden fan club website.
The pre-sale for Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, UK, Ireland, Italy and Poland shows will open via the same website on Tuesday, September 24.
There are also individual venue pre-sales. At the Co-op Live in Manchester, Co-op members will have a presale from 12pm on Wednesday, September 25.
How much will tickets cost?
Prices haven’t yet been confirmed. Time Out reported that they are expected to start from about £87 and rise to £110.
