Iron Maiden Announce European/UK 50th Anniversary Tour With Halestorm, Avatar & The Raven Age – Theprp.com

Acclaimed British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden will be celebrating their 50th anniversary on the road next year. To that end they’ve announced the initial legs of their ‘Run For Your Lives World Tour‘, the setlist for which will range from their 1980 self-titled debut album through to 1992’s “Fear Of The Dark“.

The band’s vocalist Bruce Dickinson commented:

“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!”

Bassist/vocalist Steve Harris added:

“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 UK 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 UK 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!”

The band’s longtime manager Rod Smallwood offered:

“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!”

Fan club pre-sales will launch this coming Monday, September 23rd. General onsale dates for the trek vary by venue with a list available via ironmaiden.com. Gold-certified hard rockers Halestorm will open the bulk of the dates, while Swedish alternative metallers Avatar will also be taking on a leg of the trek. The Raven Age, whose lineup features Steve Harris‘ son George, will pick up select dates of the trek.

With Halestorm:

05/27 Budapest, HUN – Budapest Arena
05/31 Prague, CZE – Letnany Airpot
06/01 Bratislava, SLO – TIPOS Arena

Iron Maiden:

06/05 Trondheim, NOR – Trondheim Rocks

With Halestorm:

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

With Halestorm & The Raven Age:

06/25 Dublin, IRE – Malahide Castle
06/28 London, UK – London Stadium

With The Raven Age:

06/30 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro

Iron Maiden:

07/03 Belfort, FRA – Eurockeenes

With Avatar:

07/05 Madrid, SPA – Estadio Civitas Metrpolitano
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 – Burgerweide
07/17 Vienna, AUT – Ernst Happel Stadium
07/19 Paris, FRA – Paris La Defense Arena
07/23 Arnhem, NET – GelreDome
07/25 Frankfurt, GER – Deutsche Bank Park
07/26 Stuttgart, GER – Cannstatter Wasen
07/29 Berlin, GER – Waldbuhne
08/02 Warsaw, POL – PGE Narodowy