Iron Maiden took things back to the beginning with their sensational Run For Your Lives tour – here’s what went down…
Tonight in Budapest (May 27), the mighty Iron Maiden kicked off their Run For Your Lives European tour by turning back the clock in pretty epic fashion. With British Lion's Simon Dawson now on drumming duty following the retirement of Nicko McBrain late last year, the heavy metal legends powered through a thunderous 17-song setlist dedicated solely to the band's first nine albums.
Opening on Murders In The Rue Morgue from 1981's Killers album (its first outing in two decades), Maiden delivered a treasure trove of fan favourites from their first 12 years, including Phantom Of The Opera, Rime Of The Ancient Mariner and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son – they even busted out the title-track to Killers for the first time since 1999.
The Run For Your Lives tour continues throughout Europe and the UK all summer, with many more dates no doubt soon to be added.
If you're heading along to witness Maiden in their 50th year, here's what's in store...
Iron Maiden Run For Your Lives setlist
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Wrathchild
Killers
Phantom Of The Opera
The Number Of The Beast
The Clairvoyant
Powerslave
2 Minutes To Midnight
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Run To The Hills
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
The Trooper
Hallowed Be Thy Name
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Encore:
Aces High
Fear Of The Dark
Wasted Years
Catch Iron Maiden on tour at one of the dates below. Get your tickets now.
Iron Maiden tour 2025
May
31 Letnany Airport, Prague, Czechia
June
1 TIPOS Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
5 Trondheim Rocks, Trondheim, Norway
7 SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger, Norway
9 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
12 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
13 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
16 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
21 Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England
22 Co-op Live, Manchester, England
25 Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland
28 London Stadium, London, England
30 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
July
3 Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France
5 Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain
6 MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
9 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
11 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
13 Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy
15 Bürgerweide, Bremen, Germany
17 Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
19 Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France
23 GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands
25 Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany
26 Cannstatter Wasen, Stuttgart, Germany
29 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
August
2 PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland
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