RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2026

[Kalata]

This is a compilation of different shows from the tour (Budapest, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, Bremen, Frankfurt, Prague, Belfort), I watched it yesterday and the selected performances are quite strong. Good job. I enjoyed it a lot.

I have to say that the setlist is very predictable and not that interesting, but these classics are just timeless. No matter how many times they have been played. Now after some time has passed since the tour, I can look back on it. The best songs from the first half of their career with new and cool stage show - the other albums also deserve such tour.

From the other big 80s songs for the band, we are missing: Evil That Men Do, Running Free/Sanctuary, Revelations/Icarus, Bring Your Daughter, while songs like Madness, Heaven, Children, Revelations, Icarus have been played recently. If this tour was 20 songs, they add the following songs and it's perfect (some are rare cuts though:

- Evil That Men Do (still a surprise it's not in the set)
- Infinite Dreams/Only The Good Die Young/To Tame A Land
- Bring Your Daughter/Be Quick Or Be Dead/No Prayer For The Dying

 

[Helmuth Von Moltke]

Objectively it is a great show. For those of us who have seen most or all tours since 1999 however, we've heard the reunion lineup play these songs already, so the 'wow' factor was a bit muted for me pesronally. But for the stadium crowds and casuals they want to attract, it is a well designed setlist.

I was more excited by Future Past, and I preferred Legacy as an all-career celebration, but I'm not alone among hardcore fans feeling that way. Doesn't mean to say there is anything objectively wrong with RFYL.

 

[Poto]

Replace Aces High with a rarity and it makes a world of difference.

I had the most stupid grin on my face in Budapest when they went from Rime to Hills and then Seventh Son. My first thought wasn't "hey, they played this song just 11 years ago".

 

[Helmuth Von Moltke]

For me, its a setlist mashup of Ed Huntour, Early Days, Somewhere Back In Time and Maiden England ... that's just how the current setlist feels to me. With every song from RFYL played on one or several of these tours. If I didn't follow the band avidly and see 50 shows over the last 25 years, I'd maybe perceive the current set differently, but that's just me. The newest thing about the current tour are the screens and Simon, not song selection.

 

[dickinson1978]

For me, its a setlist mashup of Ed Huntour, Early Days, Somewhere Back In Time and Maiden England ... that's just how the current setlist feels to me. With every song from RFYL played on one or several of these tours. If I didn't follow the band avidly and see 50 shows over the last 25 years, I'd maybe perceive the current set differently, but that's just me. The newest thing about the current tour are the screens and Simon, not song selection.

There is a few songs that they dont usually play (last 25 years). Since reunion they have played all the songs they didnt play in the late 80s and 90s. I think there will be a deep cuts tour after this.

 

[Vaenyr]

For me, its a setlist mashup of Ed Huntour, Early Days, Somewhere Back In Time and Maiden England ... that's just how the current setlist feels to me. With every song from RFYL played on one or several of these tours. If I didn't follow the band avidly and see 50 shows over the last 25 years, I'd maybe perceive the current set differently, but that's just me. The newest thing about the current tour are the screens and Simon, not song selection.

It's basically a "best-of" of the various history/best-of tours. Great for casual fans, but not particularly exciting for me.

I had a great time hearing some stuff like SSOASS again, but I won't be attending the same show in 2026 again.

 

[GhostofCain]

It's basically a "best-of" of the various history/best-of tours. Great for casual fans, but not particularly exciting for me.

I had a great time hearing some stuff like SSOASS again, but I won't be attending the same show in 2026 again.

Objectively it is a great show. For those of us who have seen most or all tours since 1999 however, we've heard the reunion lineup play these songs already, so the 'wow' factor was a bit muted for me pesronally. But for the stadium crowds and casuals they want to attract, it is a well designed setlist.

Agreed. The overlap with the setlists of some previous tours was significant (12 of those songs were already played on the SBIT tour in 2008 and 11 on the Maiden England tour in 2013).

I was more excited by Future Past, and I preferred Legacy as an all-career celebration, but I'm not alone among hardcore fans feeling that way. Doesn't mean to say there is anything objectively wrong with RFYL.

Legacy of the Beast is probably the best tour they have ever done, from the stage props to a set representing their 50 years of fantastic songs, not just the first third of their career.