Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026 Rumours and Speculation

Pula Arena events announcement for next season are little strange since new director is on the position. Also regular yearly MMA event was not held there as usual.

New director also was maybe trying to impress community how good he is in new position in recent interview but without completed contract with bands.
 
Melony said:
The financial aspect does indeed seem to be an important factor. For example, most bands play both Rock im Park and Rock am Ring, but it is entirely possible to negotiate playing only one of the festivals.
It's not the case that if one of these festivals fits in well with your schedule, that there is no other option but to play both.
Maiden obviously didn't want that.
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ifp said:
Rumour: Finland skipped because organiser refuse to pay enough. o_O
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The really seem to need money. :bigsmile: What's going on?
 
gazda said:
Pula Arena events announcement for next season are little strange since new director is on the position. Also regular yearly MMA event was not held there as usual.

New director also was maybe trying to impress community how good he is in new position in recent interview but without completed contract with bands.
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Being honest, I don't believe Iron Maiden management signed a deal for Pula shows.
 
Nomadd said:
I doubt they will visit Oceania or Asia, it's too early since their last time. I hope for some 9 dates in Latin America during the October.
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I don’t know they said it will be a busy schedule and they didn’t say that with future past ‘24 which was a crazy schedule. I’d say 22 European shows, 18 USA shows, 8 LATAM shows, 8 australian shows, 4 asian shows. 60 shows total, then nothing in 2027.
 
Wouldn't it be smarter to confirm the countries? Before fans decide to spend their money on something else or other bands because they don't believe anymore a Maiden show will be announced?
What is the advantage of waiting?
 
DorotheaMe said:
Wouldn't it be smarter to confirm the countries? Before fans decide to spend their money on something else or other bands because they don't believe anymore a Maiden show will be announced?
What is the advantage of waiting?
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That is weird but in other countries especially the ones they don’t play in often they’ll sell out quicker, Maiden is huge in LATAM and all the Australia shows sold out fast last year in advance so Oct LATAM Nov Australia/Asia
 
jmutil said:
That is weird but in other countries especially the ones they don’t play in often they’ll sell out quicker, Maiden is huge in LATAM and all the Australia shows sold out fast last year in advance so Oct LATAM Nov Australia/Asia
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I think it will start in aug or sept
 
Colombia show is booked for 6 October, so I think the LatAm tour will start the same month with the Mexico show, Colombia, Ecuador, three or four shows in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile as the Grand Finale. They could play in Costa Rica and Peru - but I doubt that. 9 - 10 Latin/South America shows will cover all of October. Oceania and Asia should be next in November. I don't believe with many arena dates in Australia, rather two big shows instead, and some shows in Asia in countries where they didn't play for many years: UEA, Singapore, Indonesia, and one big show in Japan. I think they will play over 60 shows next year.
 
jmutil said:
That is weird but in other countries especially the ones they don’t play in often they’ll sell out quicker, Maiden is huge in LATAM and all the Australia shows sold out fast last year in advance so Oct LATAM Nov Australia/Asia
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I can not think of an advantage of waiting if everything is finalised.
Why not announce the European shows, then the rest of the world shows, then after the initial fast sales, next step the publication of the book. Because then there will be headlines about Maiden again and the upcoming tour will also be mentioned in the articles.
 
Would imagine NA / SA dates announced in plenty of time before Christmas to allow fans to get spending priorities in order!

Oz ROW dates ideally announced before Christmas, but as not happen to late October 2026 maybe not. As I live in Bangkok knowing sooner is better!
 
DorotheaMe said:
Wouldn't it be smarter to confirm the countries? Before fans decide to spend their money on something else or other bands because they don't believe anymore a Maiden show will be announced?
What is the advantage of waiting?
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I imagine there are valid reasons for not having announced things yet. Both the band and promoters want to sell as many tickets as possible.
 
I wonder if we will understand it at some point. People I know are already buying Christmas presents and book holidays for next year = less money for Iron Maiden shows.
 
Hannover 2026 btw was also a clever move for marketing reasons.
This year we had Bremen, but if there was Bremen and Hannover announced by the same time, both venues would compete with each other.
I mean, I don't mind at all because I am anyway trying to see as many Maiden shows as possible.
 
Hannover has at least 25% unsold seats. Imagine Rod has a magical spreadsheet saying how many tickets needed to break even for the entire tour but a lot more risk in individual shows.

I saw Def Leppard at Wembley Stadium, lucky if 60% of tickets sold.
 
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