Recent Pollstar and Billboard touring data suggests 2025 has been a fantastic year for Maiden's tour.
2026 it looks like in France and Germany headlining major festivals at same as trying to headline standalone concerts maybe expecting too much of fans. Should have done standalone concerts...
I was at Shanghai concert, upper level wasn't used, hard to think they will play China again.
Japan (2), Australia (5), NZ (1), Singapore (1) look good. Possible India and somewhere in Middle East? Small stadiums in Melbourne and Sydney?
https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/artist-chart-analysis/38427-iron-maiden-charts-sales-history/page113#post11844077
Some numbers about 2025 tour, alas unverified.
Paris 75k
Warsaw 53k
Madrid 53k
Gelsenkirchen 52k.
Beyonce sold out London Stadium 2 nights 126k, 63k per night, Depeche Mode 65k sold out, Sam Fender 82k sell out. All depends on configuration of venue for gig. I will give benefit of doubt to Maiden, 69k+ good work.
Have seen Megadeth and Anthrax many times, prefer songs of Megadeth, live...
Maiden did 115k in UK this year, almost 70k London. Would be surprised if Knebworth does less than 60k.
Rest of world dates not to November 2026, I would rather they announce now but not sure announcing in February makes a big difference to sales if someone lives in Melbourne.
South America, Japan, Asia, Australia, New Zealand announced before or after Christmas? No longer fan club member, anyone with access what are rumours?
Knebworth capacity 125k? Think with London Stadium a rush because fans knew there was 70k capacity limit and it being a special show for...
San Antonio pit sold out, still a lot of tickets left to sell.
To an earlier point a lot of us do like to guesstimate ticket sales. To date total LA and NJ sales seem stronger than San Antonio. Yes Ticketb'stard is annoying as seating maps can seem fluid but we can still get a general idea on...
This is an interesting Pollstar article about Maiden's touring success.
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/11/04/touring-beasts-iron-maiden-celebrates-50-years-of-worldwide-heavy-metal-dominance-with-run-for-your-lives-world-tour/
AlamoDome has seating at back of floor for Maiden. Capacity for Maiden 60000?
Pit nearly sold out. Back of floor and first tier maybe half sold out. Entire top tier has few tickets sold. 20-24k sold? Maiden tend to be front loaded ticket sale wise, hard to see 10k walk up sales.
At this point...
San Antonio and Hershey should be moved. San Antonio city area population is one third of Dallas Fort Worth, surprised didn't play small stadium in DFW.
Sales for other concerts seem to be good through to excellent.
Shame about the bots and dynamic ticket pricing.
Hope ROW concerts...
One concert in Western United States and Western Canada with over 100 million population. Zero Florida gigs, population 24 million. Chicago through Toronto, Montreal, Virginia, Boston, NJ, Philly is 7 out of 12 shows, a smallish geographic area. Toronto likely to get 1 more.
Scandinavia 9...
Tinley Park amphitheater in Chicago holds 28000, lots of large venues like that in North America, no need to play stadiums. Saw Def Leppard at Tinley, fantastic evening.
Makes sense to finish European announcements hopefully by end of October. NA tour not start to late July, plenty of time to announce before Thanksgiving.
Maiden could play BMO stadium in LA, concert capacity 24000. Not sure about similar sized venue in New York. Arenas again, SA imagine...
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.
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!
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