RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2026

malfeitor said:
I seriously doubt that Bruce already knows exactly where they'll play in 2028/29. Why would he know they're going to come back to Europe, but not to Greece or Slovakia? It makes no sense, they don't have the schedule for the next tour.
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Surely not a complete tour schedule for 2028, but, for example, an agreement to play (only) a limited number of the most important markets plus 1-2 small Eastern European countries to kick off the tour - I don’t see why something like that couldn’t have been discussed already.
 
tours of this magnitude are planned more than a year in advance. especially considering certain markets do not have a lot of available venues of that capacity and multiple bands might want to play them. There might not be agreements signed yet, but plans and talks have most definitely happened.
 
Azas said:
So, do we actually know whether this is their last tour or not? Or could it be their last one and we simply don’t know it yet? Which of those possibilities seems more likely? What’s the general consensus here?
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My educated guess is that there will be activity in 2028, mainly due to Steve's admission that 2027 was a year off, and that he had to agree to it since "he's only one out of six." It's the nitty-gritty of it that we don't know. Does Dave actually want to retire? Will he make that choice after lounging in Hawaii for a year straight? Or is it just a year off because Bruce and Adrian want to do solo work?

That said, yeah, it does seem like nothing's really nailed down after these hazy tour-opening remarks from Bruce that put a big question mark on everything. The meeting Steve was talking about probably did take place, but if we're taking all this at face value, nothing's been decided.
 
CA Bryers said:
My educated guess is that there will be activity in 2028, mainly due to Steve's admission that 2027 was a year off, and that he had to agree to it since "he's only one out of six." It's the nitty-gritty of it that we don't know. Does Dave actually want to retire? Will he make that choice after lounging in Hawaii for a year straight? Or is it just a year off because Bruce and Adrian want to do solo work?

That said, yeah, it does seem like nothing's really nailed down after these hazy tour-opening remarks from Bruce that put a big question mark on everything. The meeting Steve was talking about probably did take place, but if we're taking all this at face value, nothing's been decided.
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Knowing how they operate, I think they might make a decision during the course of this tour. That's the timeframe when TFP and RFYL were envisioned (2022 and 2024, both mid previous tour).

However, this time they might just determine a meeting date or studio time next year. Or maybe a deadline when the activities for 2028 need to be decided. Now, if Steve gets his way, I think we might get something like a O2 residency next year, but a proper tour is not happening.
 
CA Bryers said:
My educated guess is that there will be activity in 2028, mainly due to Steve's admission that 2027 was a year off, and that he had to agree to it since "he's only one out of six." It's the nitty-gritty of it that we don't know. Does Dave actually want to retire? Will he make that choice after lounging in Hawaii for a year straight? Or is it just a year off because Bruce and Adrian want to do solo work?
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I really hope that's not true. At least Steve knows that British Lion is about him enjoying smaller live shows,
but if Adrian really took his uninteresting, generic '70s hard rock so seriously that he wanted to put Iron Maiden on hold for a year because of it, I couldn't stop shaking my head.
 
Hendrike said:
I really hope that's not true. At least Steve knows that British Lion is about him enjoying smaller live shows,
but if Adrian really took his uninteresting, generic '70s hard rock so seriously that he wanted to put Iron Maiden on hold for a year because of it, I couldn't stop shaking my head.
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Adrian, Bruce and Steve want to tour with Maiden. I'm 99% sure of that. If that's not possible, they will tour with their side projects.

The problem is what do the other two guys want. And nobody, except the inner circle knows that. I'm sure that the 2027 touring hiatus was some kind of compromise to prevent any more lineup changes.
 
CA Bryers said:
My educated guess is that there will be activity in 2028, mainly due to Steve's admission that 2027 was a year off, and that he had to agree to it since "he's only one out of six."
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I'd say activity in 2028 is certain. It has been confirmed multiple times that they plan to keep touring, and why else would Steve be worried that a (potential) hiatus in 2027 would cause them all to get rusty?
 
Dave is the main question mark. If Janick wants to retire, they could just continue without him. Without Dave, it won't be the same. Still, I don't think Janick wants to retire at all and Dave seems to have a good time.
 
Melony said:
How about the theory that they’re more influenced by Rod’s or management’s opinions these days than they used to be when it comes to what would make for a good live show?
Sure, Bruce could have refused to sing a song, but with Bruce, you could also imagine that he wanted to take it on as a challenge.
Last year he struggled with “Aces High,” so this year he’s showing that he can do it after all - at least that was the plan.
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It indeed crossed my mind a few times lately that Rod seems to play a bigger role in these kinds of decisions than he used to.
Maybe he was of the opinion that fans would be disappointed if a classic like Aces High wasn not included on the live DVD, and that it would be a flop otherwise? :ahhh:
 
Terry1958 said:
In that case though, Steve lied in his interview. He cannot have been ootvoted then as he claimed.
3 to 2, or maybe even 4 to 2. (Simon will surely want the job and the income, why not?)
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I think that it's not a democratic vote if somebody vetoes a tour. I think the original plan for 2026 was to be shorter, but in exchange for adding 2nd Euro leg, they agreed to take 2027 off.

Also, they might have some kind of internal deal of how many shows per year they would do.
 
Prowler said:
Dave is the main question mark. If Janick wants to retire, they could just continue without him. Without Dave, it won't be the same. Still, I don't think Janick wants to retire at all and Dave seems to have a good time.
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Nicko just called. Apparently, he wants a word with you…
 
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