RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR (2025/2026)

Diplomat said:
I think there will be second EU and UK, summer 2026.
Fall 2025 Harris and Dickinson are busy with solo tours.
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Well, Bruce promised a big 2026 leg. Second EU (UK, idk, possible a few dates) leg in 2026 (summer) would be great for not having a potential 3rd leg (with a Part 2 theme, why not), but
Diplomat said:
Mid january 2026 to mid february 2026 South America > short break > short US spring tour > short break > summer 2026 second leg in EU/UK > short break > fall 2026 second leg in US > short break > Japan, Australia and NZ.
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Maiden doing a tour like that with a few short breaks in between? Naah. And Adrian said he wants to tour solo early next year. We also don't know Bruce's plans for next year. The 2nd leg to start right away early next year, not sure at all. TBOS tour was a different case. The 2026 tour will be summer to fall, most likely.
 
Vaenyr said:
Kinda funny how we have posters refercing basically all tours of the 80s and for some reason The Future Past, but NPFTD and FOTD are ignored lol

TFP is only partway connected to SIT and makes the graphic. The other two are actively part of the upcoming tour's promise, but are excluded? Fear Of The Dark in particular is one of the most iconic artworks and well known in the mainstream, yet is ignored. Or am I just blind?
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And yet people think they’re going to play a song off No Prayer/a bunch of 80s deep cuts. :D

The presence of the Future Past poster, some posters not having direct links to songs, and no Fear of the Dark kinda rules out any serious setlist hints imo. Although a couple like The Trooper and Phantom seem like givens at this point. Also, unfortunately, I’m not going to be surprised if the opener is Aces High again.

Although I do think the exclusion of anything beyond the 80s continues to show where the primary focus is of the tour and perhaps the doc as well.
 
Kalata said:
Well, Bruce promised a big 2026 leg. Second EU (UK, idk, possible a few dates) leg in 2026 (summer) would be great for not having a potential 3rd leg (with a Part 2 theme, why not), but

Maiden doing a tour like that with a few short breaks in between? Naah. And Adrian said he wants to tour solo early next year. We also don't know Bruce's plans for next year. The 2nd leg to start right away early next year, not sure at all. TBOS tour was a different case. The 2026 tour will be summer to fall, most likely.
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They usually play in SA in january, february because at that time there is summer and they play stadiums. or maybe they will play mid february and march in NA, than EU/summer tour after fall tour in NA and SA (spring) and Asia, something like they did in 2019. Remember, it's 2025-2026 tour.
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I think they'll play Daughter and FOTD, but I hope these posters are hints for the setlist. I don't want it to be a 90s heavy setlist and I don't think it'll be.
If the posters are hints:
1. Mummy Eddie and the Powerslave cover --> Powerslave
2. Stranger Eddie -->SIASL
3. Aces High
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. The Clairvoyant
6. The Trooper
7. Piece of Mind cover --> maybe Still Life (lyrics) or just another POM song
8. The Number of the Beast hits ( 2 NOTB posters and 1 Hammersmith poster)
9. Maiden Japan --> Killers? Innocent Exile?
10. IM and Killers covers
11. Live after Death --> could be anything, Rime, Revelations? maybe
12. SIT cover --> a 2nd SIT song
That's literally best case scenario for me.
I think they don't tease us this time. The posters point to the tour merch, probably, which is a hint, though
 
Kalata said:
Well, Bruce promised a big 2026 leg. Second EU (UK, idk, possible a few dates) leg in 2026 (summer) would be great for not having a potential 3rd leg (with a Part 2 theme, why not), but

Maiden doing a tour like that with a few short breaks in between? Naah. And Adrian said he wants to tour solo early next year. We also don't know Bruce's plans for next year. The 2nd leg to start right away early next year, not sure at all. TBOS tour was a different case. The 2026 tour will be summer to fall, most likely.
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Touring the whole (almost) year is something out of reality for today's Maiden. After the 2025 European shows, they will focus on book/documentary promoting, screenings, and probably offer us something more at the beginning of 2026. I think they will tour the second half of the year 'cos S/K is planning the promotional tour around. Second EU leg is something that could happen, touring the other parts of the world - obviously will be something people are waiting for. I think they could plan even the third year of the tour as the 2027 European leg. Maybe the band'll play an extensive NA tour in 2026, SA will be next, and Asia/Oceania - the final legs. They could be back in EU/UK in the Summer of 2027 to play even more shows as part of so same tour. AS I said, I wouldn't be surprised by the suggested turn of the events.
 
Prowler said:
Maybe, but it could be 2 mins. I saw the mummy and thought that it could be Powerslave and the Aces high Eddie.
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I think that'd be too sudden of a turnaround to go back to Aces High as an opener, no? Only six years? Not that there's anything legally binding saying they've got to give a break to a song opening a concert, but it seems a bit uncharacteristic. Quickest they ever repeated an opener was The Wicker Man between 2001 (or 02) to 2010, nine years.

Aces as an encore is just a no go at this point.
 
Flaming Blimp Crash said:
I think that'd be too sudden of a turnaround to go back to Aces High as an opener, no? Only six years? Not that there's anything legally binding saying they've got to give a break to a song opening a concert, but it seems a bit uncharacteristic. Quickest they ever repeated an opener was The Wicker Man between 2001 (or 02) to 2010, nine years.

Aces as an encore is just a no go at this point.
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I personally don't want them to open with Aces High, but it seems a possibility after all. The posters here, the hole in Eddie's head, the 40-year anniversary...who knows
 
Diplomat said:
Summer 2027 EU tour (instead 2026) could be possible if they tour NA next summer.
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They haven't toured NA in the Summer since 2019. I think they might do the same next year: 30 - 34 NA shows since the second half of June, Latin/SA next, and Asia/Oceania as the grand finale. It depends on how many shows they book in Canada/US after documentary screenings/streaming. It should help a lot to increase ticket sales over there. If the plan works good, I'm sure they play 45 - 48 shows in 2026 and an additional 22 - 25 shows in Europe 2027.
 
Flaming Blimp Crash said:
I think that'd be too sudden of a turnaround to go back to Aces High as an opener, no? Only six years? Not that there's anything legally binding saying they've got to give a break to a song opening a concert, but it seems a bit uncharacteristic. Quickest they ever repeated an opener was The Wicker Man between 2001 (or 02) to 2010, nine years.

Aces as an encore is just a no go at this point.
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True, Maiden usually spaces out their openers, but Aces High has been their trusty opener for a long time. Aces as an encore though? Yeah, agree, too front-loaded energy-wise, so it’s not possible to see it as an encore. I want Maiden to open with Be Quick or be Dead, but I lost the faith on it after seeing all this stuff about the new poster and the Aces thing…
 
I think it's wise to go with something that hasn't opened in the reunion era. With that of previous openers they've used, we'd be looking at Where Eagles Dare (too soon and without Nicko?), Tailgunner or Be Quick or Be Dead. Sanctuary could be interesting. Wrathchild? Not as an opener, pass.
 
Just look and see:
"Iron Maiden" (1980): Phantom of the Opera, Running Free, Iron Maiden
"Killers" (1981): Wrathchild, Killers
"The Number of the Beast" (1982): Run to the Hills, Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Number of the Beast
"Piece of Mind" (1983): The Trooper
"Powerslave" (1984): 2 Minutes to Midnight, Rime of the Ancient Mariner
"Somewhere in Time" (1986): Wasted Years
"Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" (1988): The Evil That Men Do, Only the Good Die Young
"No Prayer for the Dying" (1990): Bring Your Daughter
"Fear of the Dark" (1992): Be Quick or Be Dead, Fear of the Dark

I think I'm 95% right!
 
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