Iron Maiden have added extra dates to the 2026 leg of their epic Run For Your Lives world tour – together with a return to one of many UK’s most iconic outside music venues. In addition to headlining two European festivals in Denmark’s Copenhell and Norway’s Tons Of Rock in June subsequent yr, the metallic legends can even play a particular one-off date at Knebworth on Saturday July 11. Will probably be their first look at Knebworth since headlining the much-missed Sonisphere competition in 2014.
“We knew that we needed to convey the Run For Your Lives present again to the UK once more subsequent summer season as there was such an outstanding demand for tickets this yr however we wished to do one thing a bit completely different particularly as it will be onerous to high the present at London Stadium!” says longtime Iron Maiden supervisor Rod Smallwood.
“Nicely, we predict that Knebworth is the answer – in addition to being a legendary venue for historic concert events through the years going proper again to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Stones and Queen – it additionally provides us the outside area and management to create one thing very particular for our followers!
“After all, we even have historical past there too with our headline appearances at Sonisphere some years in the past, who might overlook that World Conflict I Centenary canine struggle over the park’s tree line with Bruce full weapons blazing in his personal Fokker triplane?
“Nonetheless, this time we can be taking on the entire of the grounds ourselves and turning it into as a lot of a ‘Maiden World’ as we are able to for all our followers to get pleasure from!
“Our Eddie’s Dive Bars have proved immensely in style on this present tour so our intention is to create our greatest one but which can even be open on the Friday for the campers from the separate communal tenting and glamping areas. For these fortunate Friday night time campers there can be a full programme of Maiden-themed leisure there that night time, which we count on to incorporate some reside music, DJs, the aforementioned dive bar, together with different points of interest and leisure we’re presently engaged on to make it one of the best heat up for the massive day!
“So we hope you’ll be part of us subsequent yr as we proceed to have fun 5 many years of Iron Maiden. It’s going to be one for the historical past books…in a extremely historic venue!”
Becoming a member of Iron Maiden on the Knebworth present can be Mongolian folks metallic sensations The Hu, plus riotous rock ‘n’ roll from the UK within the type of The Darkness and The Almighty, and from Australia within the type of Airbourne.
Tickets go on sale on Saturday September 27 at 10am
by way of ironmaiden.knebworth.com, myticket.co.uk, ticketmaster.co.uk and ironmaiden.com
See the complete listing of Run For Your Lives 2026 tour dates under. Reviewing this yr’s opening night time of the tour for Metallic Hammer, Merlin Alderslade wrote of the present’s snazzy new digital visuals: “A revised means of doing the normal Large Eddie could sit oddly with some followers, however it undeniably seems spectacular and positively suits with this new-look stage present. As an anthemic Wasted Years brings us house courtesy of one other banger of a digital set, it appears Iron Maiden have pulled off a uncommon trick: celebrating the previous by stepping right into a daring new future.”
Iron Maiden Run For Your Lives 2026 European tour dates:
Might 23: Athens OAKA, Greece
Might 26: Sofia Vasil Levski Stadium, Bulgaria
Might 28: Bucharest Area Națională, Romania
Might 30: Bratislava Národný Futbalový Štadión, Slovakia
Jun 02: Hannover Heinz von Heiden Area, Germany
Jun 10: Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, Netherlands
Jun 17: Milan San Siro Stadium, Italy
Jun 22: Paris La Défense Area, France
Jun 24-27 Cophenhell 2025 (date TBC)
Jun 24-27 Tons Of Rock 2025 (date TBC)
Jun 28: Lyon-Décines Groupama Stadium, France
Jul 07: Lisbon Estádio da Luz, Portugal
Jul 11: Knebworth, UK
