Last Saturday, the 2nd, Iron Maiden concluded the first leg of their 50th-anniversary tour, the Run For Your Lives Tour , with a show at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, which drew approximately 55,000 people.
At the end of the performance, lead singer Bruce Dickinson thanked the audience and the band staff, and promised they would return. "Just like James Bond, we'll be back," he said.
In 2026, the tour will continue to the rest of the world. Dates and venues for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania are expected to be announced soon.
Iron Maiden concludes tour that featured new stage elements and the debut of a new drummer.
Between May and August 2025, the Run For Your Lives Tour in Europe. The tour kicked off in Budapest and marked the debut of drummer Simon Dawson .
Before the tour's premiere, the group requested a reduction in cell phone use. The band's request consisted of not "excessively filming" the performances, since everyone should be "in tune" with the period in which the songs were originally released.
Back in their homeland, Iron Maiden made history by playing to 75,000 people at London's Olympic Stadium , achieving their largest audience for a solo show – outside of festivals – in England. For bassist Steve Harris , the performance had special significance, as he is a declared West Ham .
Furthermore , the group abandoned the use of traditional backdrops and began using screens on their stage structure. This change, however, generated mixed reactions among fans.
Regarding the setlist, the main complaint was the absence of tracks from the album No Prayer For The Dying (1990). When announced last September , the tour promised to cover songs from the British band's first nine studio albums, but that didn't happen.
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