Bruce Dickinson’s enthusiastic promise about Iron Maiden’s next tour

Bruce Dickinson’s enthusiastic promise about Iron Maiden’s next tour


The English band will celebrate its 50 years of activity in 2025 with the Run for Your Lives themed tour, featuring songs from their first 9 albums

The new year also represents a “turning point” for Iron Maiden. In late 2024, the band concluded the tour with two shows in Brazil The future pastfocused on albums Senjutsu (2021) e Somewhere in time (1986). In 2025, more precisely from May onwards, the Run for your lifean excursion celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the group’s founding.

The upcoming tour also marks the first time in decades that Maiden will perform without one Nicko McBrain. The drummer, a member since 1982, has stepped away from road activities and will be replaced by Simone Dawson (British Lion, The Outfield etc.).

Bruce Dickinson He’s excited about what’s to come. In a video celebrating the passing of the year (via Igor Miranda’s website), the singer celebrated Maiden’s next phase and even made a promise. Initially, he stated:

“2025 is going to be something special. Honestly, we’re investing a lot in the tour. Not that I need to tell anyone, because basically the tour is already sold out. So for those of you who bought tickets, which is like all of you, it’s going to be really cool, can’t wait.”

Dickinson then stated that audiences will get “new things” on the upcoming tour. The commentary implied that it was the repertoire, described as “memorable”.

We’ll do things we’ve never done before and it will be a memorable lineup. So, see you there. And it won’t stop in 2025. It will continue in 2026 because there are parts of the world that we need to visit that we won’t be able to visit in 2025. So there you have it.”

It is worth highlighting that the Run for your life will have a themed setlist, focusing on Iron Maiden’s first nine albums. In other words: they will only play songs released between the 1980 debut album of the same name and Fear of the dark1992.

Iron Maiden and Run for Your Life

Iron Maiden will get it Run for your life first in Europe. Shows are scheduled in the Old Continent between the months of May and August. The expectation is that, in 2026, the itinerary will be expanded to other continents, including Brazil, the country that Bruce Dickinson will visit with his solo career on September 7, to perform at the Sao Paulo festival. The city.

Check out Iron Maiden’s 2025 schedule below:

  • May 27 – Budapest Arena, Budapest, Hungary *
  • May 31 – Letnany Airport, Prague, Czech Republic *
  • June 1 – TYPES Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia *
  • June 5 – Trondheim Rocks, Trondheim, Norway (Festival)
  • June 7 – SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger, Norway *
  • June 9 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark *
  • June 12 – 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden *
  • June 13 – 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden *
  • June 16 – Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland *
  • June 21 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England ^
  • June 22 – Co-op Live, Manchester, England ^
  • June 25 – Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland *^
  • June 28: Longon Stadium, London, England *^
  • 30 June – OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland ^
  • 3 July – Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France (Festival)
  • July 5 – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain **
  • July 6 – MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal **
  • 9 July – Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland**
  • July 11 – Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany**
  • July 13 – Euganeo Stadium, Padua, Italy **
  • July 15 – Bürgerweide, Bremen, Germany **
  • July 17 – Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria **
  • July 19 – Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France **
  • July 23 – GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands **
  • July 25 – Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany **
  • July 26 – Cannstatter Wasen, Stuttgart, Germany**
  • July 29 – Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany **
  • August 2 – PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland **
  • * = Opening of Stormy storm
  • ^ = Opening The Age of the Crow
  • ** = Opening of Avatars

Source: Terra

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