Bruce Dickinson is getting the band back together.
After embarking on a solo tour from August through October this year, the legendary vocalist is returning to Iron Maiden to pick up the group’s ‘Run for Your Lives Tour’ in summer 2026 with newly-announced special guests Megadeth and Anthrax joining them on select dates.
While out and about, the heavy metal band will make their sole Tri-state stop when they drop into Harrison, NJ’s Sports Illustrated Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 5.
“This whole tour has been such great fun,” Dickinson, 67, said in a press release, referring to the band’s summer ’25 run that celebrated their 50th anniversary while hitting venues all over Europe.
“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 favorite ‘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!”
And, if reviews from the overseas shows are any indication, critics are just as ecstatic as Dickinson is about this career-spanning live show.
“The first night of Iron Maiden’s Run For Your Lives tour [packed] big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show,” Louder Sound raved about the group’s May concert in Budapest.
“For old school fans, it’s pure heavy metal mana. For younger acolytes, it’s a chance to witness some songs they may well have resigned themselves to never seeing live…it seems Iron Maiden have pulled off a rare trick: celebrating the past by stepping into a bold new future.”
Fans can purchase tickets for all upcoming (and some European) North American Iron Maiden shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale for the ‘Run for Your Lives Tour’ is Friday, Oct. 31.
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Iron Maiden tour schedule 2026
A complete calendar including all North American (and some European) Iron Maiden ‘Run For Your Lives Tour’ dates, venues, special guests and links to buy tickets can be found below.
Louder Than Life Festival 2026
As of now, Iron Maiden is just one of two headliners booked for Louisville, KY’s 2026 Louder Than Life Festival at the time of publication.
The other biggie on the bill is My Chemical Romance.
More will be announced at a later date for the September 2026 festival.
Iron Maiden set list
The heavy metal icons wrapped their 2025 run at Warsaw, Poland’s PGE Narodowy on Aug. 2. According to Set List FM, here’s what the heavy metal vets took to the stage that evening.
01.) “Murders in the Rue Morgue”
02.) “Wrathchild”
03.) “Killers”
04.) “Phantom of the Opera”
05.) “The Number of the Beast”
06.) “The Clairvoyant”
07.) “Powerslave”
08.) “2 Minutes to Midnight”
09.) “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
10.) “Run to the Hills”
11.) “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”
12.) “The Trooper”
13.) “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
14.) “Iron Maiden”
Encore
15.) “Aces High”
16.) “Fear of the Dark”
17.) “Wasted Years”
Iron Maiden band members
Given that they’ve been going strong for 50 years, Iron Maiden has stayed surprisingly consistent in their half century together. Based on our findings, here’s who still with the outfit (and you’ll likely see on stage next year):
Steve Harris bass, backing vocals (1975–present) keyboards, synthesizers (1986–1988, 1997–present)
Dave Murray guitars (1976–1977, 1978–present) guitar synthesizers (1986)
Adrian Smith guitars, backing vocals (1980–1990, 1999–present) keyboards, synthesizers (1986–1988)
Bruce Dickinson lead vocals (1981–1993, 1999–present) piano (2014)
Janick Gers guitars (1990–present)
Simon Dawson drums (2024-present)
Iron Maiden special guests
At all North American shows, Iron Maiden will be joined by a special guest (and, in some cases, two of them). To reacquaint you with their work, here’s each artist’s most-streamed songs on Spotify:
Megadeth: “Symphony of Destruction”
Anthrax: “Madhouse”
Huge metal groups on tour in 2025-26
Prepare to headbang, metalheads.
Many of the heaviest acts around will be out and about this year and next. Here are just five of our favorites you won’t want to miss live.
• RUSH
• Ghost
• Puscifer
Who else is hoofing it? Take a look at this list of all the biggest rockers on the road to find the show that makes the most sense for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
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