RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2026

BloodOnTheBassistsHands said:
I was on the floor last night (around 7th row, in front of Harris and Gers). It was a rough show! There was a mosh pit in this section for most of the night. I was mostly on the edge of it (occasionally venturing in). This was probably the most energetic crowd I've seen at a Maiden show in Toronto.

I'm going to tonight's show as well, but I'll be seated. It'll be a different perspective (more opportunity to watch the screens and analyze the band's performance - rather than jumping around).

Dickinson mentioned that they flew over Lake Ontario (and would later be flying over the Gulf of Mexico). This got a big response from the audence.

Megadeth's set was surprisingly short - only nine songs. The crowd didn't seem to be into it.


Megadeth played from around 19:15 to 20:15. Maiden's set (the intro video) started around 20:45, and ended around 22:45.
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We must've been close!
I didn't mind the mosh pit. It added some energy to the crowd, plus it opened up some space so I could get closer to the stage at times.

Megadeth did feel too short but then they had to work on the stage after right up until Maiden came out so I guess there really was only so much time.
I found the reception of Megadeth decent. A lot of people were singing along.
It was certainly a lot more enjoyable than the Lauren Harris days. Maiden are finally picking good bands to open for them!

I only noticed one big mistake during number of the beast but the drums sometimes would slow down to a point where I wondered if this is some new take on the songs...
Bruce was absolutely in fine form.

Wish I could be there tonight as well but too rich for my blood.
 
TheEducatedFool said:
Bruce has sounded great on this song throughout the year, Simon on the other hand just seems to get worse.
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The only thing that sounds different that is not worse is the sound. The sound after hitting the drum is shorter,heavier or fatter. Dont know what snare and other moves are but nicko filled more the songs with the same hit. I dont think simon is missing notes so is his sound. Apart from that i still enjoy how the sound live. I think we talk a lot about it.
Talking about sound i saw hallowed of the first show janick and dave made two solos that are "so different" than the album version.
I mean im sure that a profesional guiar player can made solos like that without thinking too much

I see bruce adrian and steve in great form btw
 
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Pleased to see from these clips that Simon is growing even more into the role, and gradually adding more and more of his own styling to things, like he was doing a *bit* of in Paris. Some really nice bits of flair distinct from Nicko/Clive getting worked into the set now which is nice and I'd rather see a drummer make the material their own than just emulate all the time. I think his drum sound still needs some work as it does create some issues that can sound iffy to an untrained ear, but he's doing well despite what a vocal minority says.
 
stanski said:
We must've been close!
I didn't mind the mosh pit. It added some energy to the crowd, plus it opened up some space so I could get closer to the stage at times.

Megadeth did feel too short but then they had to work on the stage after right up until Maiden came out so I guess there really was only so much time.
I found the reception of Megadeth decent. A lot of people were singing along.
It was certainly a lot more enjoyable than the Lauren Harris days. Maiden are finally picking good bands to open for them!

I only noticed one big mistake during number of the beast but the drums sometimes would slow down to a point where I wondered if this is some new take on the songs...
Bruce was absolutely in fine form.

Wish I could be there tonight as well but too rich for my blood.
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For sure, that wasn't a complaint - it was good seeing more energy than usual on the floor. (For what it's worth, the pit was rough, but respectful. Every time someone fell, others rushed to pick them up. And I saw one of the bigger guys "guard" a younger person when they had to crouch down to tie their shoes).

The 2nd show was also great. If anything, the band seemed a bit tighter this time. Dickinson's vocals were a bit strained near the end but it was a very strong performance overall.

Poor Janick - he really doesn't have much to do on this tour.

At the end of "Aces High", Dickinson made a comment about Canadians who participated in WWII. (Canada punched far above its weight - it's one of our country's proudest achievements).
 
Toronto, last night (29 August 2026)
Interesting what Bruce said before ID…something about ”a third (of the setlist of 50 years), the rest comes later…”!!!
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This is a direct quote by Queen_of_Hearts from the official forum....
 
Didn't people on this forum previously insist that this was impossible – that anyone who believes that must know nothing about Maiden, and so on – because you can't fill stadiums that way?
 
MaryPelon said:
Didn't people on this forum previously insist that this was impossible – that anyone who believes that must know nothing about Maiden, and so on – because you can't fill stadiums that way?
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What people say has zero relevance to what Maiden do. Except when I say that we're gettin a reunion tour in 2028, of course.
 
Vaenyr said:
A reunion tour would be my dream come true right now. Only a new album would be better.
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This is probably wishful thinking, but if they're only doing one final tour, my preference would be a combination of both:
  • 5 songs from a new/final album
  • 5 "reunion" era songs (maybe two of the first four songs from Brave New World, Writing on the Wall, Rainmaker, and one of the epics from Dance of Death)
  • 5 classics (IM, FOTD, NOTB, The Trooper, The Evil that Men Do, etc)
  • Maybe 1-2 more surprises from the eighties/nineties if there's time (22 Acacia Avenue, Still Life, Be Quick or Be Dead, Lord of the Flies, etc)
Would the band intentionally decide not to book stadiums for their final tour? Probably not. But if it was announced that this would be the band's last tour ever, they might be able to match RFYL's success (especially since there would be a year off in between to help reset demand) - even if it isn't a "greatest hits" setlist.

(EDIT - doing a deeper dive, this could work. Their setlists have been consistently around 95 minutes for the past decade (in terms of the length of the studio tracks). Five new songs could be 4+5+6+8+10 = 33 minutes. Wicker Man, Blood Brothers, Rainmaker, Dance of Death, and Writing on the Wall is a bit over 30 minutes. IM, NOTB, The Trooper, TETMD and FOTD is right around 24 minutes. That gets us to 87 minutes. Easily enough time for another five minute song - any of the ones I listed before would fit comfortably).
 
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