The world tour will kick off on May 27 in Budapest, Hungary, and will be followed by 27 more concerts in stadiums, festivals and arenas across Europe, marking 50 years since [le bassiste] Steve Harris founded the group in late 1975,” said organizer Prime Artists.
For this tour, Iron Maiden are preparing “a very special set list, spanning their first nine studio albums, from ‘Iron Maiden’ to ‘Fear Of The Dark'”. As guests, they will welcome Swedish fusion metal’n’roll band Avatar, who “have been blurring the lines between what is generally considered a band and a theatre troupe for over two decades”, writes Prime Artists.
Quoted in the promoter’s press release, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson assures that “next year will be very special” for the British group, and promises “a unique live experience”: “If you’ve never seen us before […]this is your chance to find out what you’ve been missing.”
“We will be playing classics and fan favorites from the first nine albums […]many of which have not been played in years and probably never will be again in the future.”
The band’s manager, Rod Smallwood, also quoted in the statement, added that Iron Maiden’s 50 years have translated into more than “100 million albums sold and nearly 2,500 concerts in 64 countries.”
The “Run for your lives” tour, which follows “The Future Past”, has concerts announced in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria and France, and will conclude on August 2 in Warsaw, Poland.
Iron Maiden returns to Lisbon three years after playing at the Estádio Nacional, as part of the “Legacy of the Beast” tour, announced in 2019, whose concerts were postponed successively in 2020 and 2021, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, the band released their most recent album, “Senjutsu”.
Founded in 1975, British band Iron Maiden are regulars in Portugal. Bassist Steve Harris even ran a bar in Faro for over 20 years and the band even headlined the 2011 edition of the Algarve capital’s motorcycle rally.
Tickets for the concert at the MEO Arena in July 2025 will be available for pre-sale on the 24th, in Fnac stores, for 24 hours, and will go on general sale two days later, on September 26, from 10:00 a.m.
