News Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026 Rumours and Speculation

Poto said:
Bucharest will probably end with a result that satisfies both the promoter and band. Same with Sofia. These aren't exactly markets where they expect a sell out. Athens is already looking better than in 2022 and will end up with a good result. Bratislava is heading for a sell out, same as Hannover. Lisbon is also doing well.

The Paris and Lyon shows are the disappointing ones, and probably Knebworth.

USA is mostly good, with the exception of the second show in Harrison, but it's still a long way to go.
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Seeing how the promoter in Romania is promoting the show, maybe it's going to be bad for them (Maiden get paid a fixed fee so who cares). But again it's because of the venues' size.
 
A little common sense would go a long way here. The tour is not going to flop and at the same time it will not sell out every venue. Athens will not be a sold out and Romania will not be a friends and family gig.
Will the tour overperform? Probably not.
Will the tour underperform? Maybe, but definitely not a flop.
Did they overestimate the potential? Maybe yes, maybe not, we'll see. It's possible that they booked stadiums expecting to fill a 70% capacity because there were no other venues available at these specific cities with that kind of capacity.
Did ticket prices play a part? Absolutely. Especially considering it's the first time Maiden have really let down a lot of people with ticket prices.
But in the end tour will be a success.
And if we are lucky they'll go back to touring arenas next time, where the production they have belongs.
 
Aggelos said:
It's possible that they booked stadiums expecting to fill a 70% capacity because there were no other venues available at these specific cities with that kind of capacity.
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This. Romania doesn't have indoor arenas, and it would be stupid of them playing one arena show in countries like Greece or Italy.
Where they overstimated their status is Knebworth. They could've sell out another London Stadium if they wanted to, but instead they went for a poor excuse of a festival.


Aggelos said:
And if we are lucky they'll go back to touring arenas next time, where the production they have belongs.
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They won't. Next tour (if there will be any, remember that many times in the past they said they would not announce what their final tour would be) it's gonna be stadiums again, despite how this leg will sell. Aside from the fact that we all saw this coming (playing less bigger shows instead of many smaller ones), Rod has confirmed they're going to play stadiums only from now on.
 
ShadowOfTheGods said:
They're at already more than 32k sold. To put this in perspective, in 2024 they sold 35k tickets sold a couple of months before the show.
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I hope the fans will do the same next year. Maybe we think the current dates aren't selling so well because 2025 was a tremendous success, with fast selling out. I suppose Rod overestimated the demand in some cities and put all marketing down, not the first time. To me, Paris doesn't look good either. I don't know how they wanna make the concert movie here...
 
Aggelos said:
A little common sense would go a long way here. The tour is not going to flop and at the same time it will not sell out every venue. Athens will not be a sold out and Romania will not be a friends and family gig.
Will the tour overperform? Probably not.
Will the tour underperform? Maybe, but definitely not a flop.
Did they overestimate the potential? Maybe yes, maybe not, we'll see. It's possible that they booked stadiums expecting to fill a 70% capacity because there were no other venues available at these specific cities with that kind of capacity.
Did ticket prices play a part? Absolutely. Especially considering it's the first time Maiden have really let down a lot of people with ticket prices.
But in the end tour will be a success.
And if we are lucky they'll go back to touring arenas next time, where the production they have belongs.
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Agreed. Sadly, I do not think we will ever see them touring arenas though.
 
Nomadd said:
I hope the fans will do the same next year. Maybe we think the current dates aren't selling so well because 2025 was a tremendous success, with fast selling out. I suppose Rod overestimated the demand in some cities and put all marketing down, not the first time. To me, Paris doesn't look good either. I don't know how they wanna make the concert movie here...
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Paris was a dumb move, they are basically bringing back the exact same show to a venue they mostly sold out twice this year. People are skipping it this time around because you are getting nothing different to justify the cost
 
Ironalice said:
Paris was a dumb move, they are basically bringing back the exact same show to a venue they mostly sold out twice this year. People are skipping it this time around because you are getting nothing different to justify the cost
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I think they overestimated the interest of people in seeing the same show again just because they are going to film it.
 
Ironalice said:
Paris was a dumb move, they are basically bringing back the exact same show to a venue they mostly sold out twice this year. People are skipping it this time around because you are getting nothing different to justify the cost
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Exactly, and I'm sure they won't make a concert movie from the 2026 Paris date. Probably they have a lot AV material from 2025 shows and could use those. I think a good choice for filming would be two shows in LA, or even Sao Paulo gigs (great opportunity to immortalize Nicko's last gigs). They can even record some festival appearances, especially RaR/RiP. And yes, choosing Defense Arena in Paris again was stupid; it shows where their managers have their heads.
 
ShadowOfTheGods said:
Even if they're not, they're easy to sell since they're close to the stage. But being pessimistic there could be maybe 2k tickets more to be added, nothing more
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So, if your suggestion is right, there should be some 27k tickets sold so far? I remember some 5 weeks ago, we said there were some 24 - 25k tickets sold.
 
ShadowOfTheGods said:
You're out of your mind.
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Dang, @ShadowOfTheGods really hates @Nomadd huh? Even if Nomadd makes wild claims, Shadow often overreacts with frustration. It’s kind of funny to read.

I think the shows will mostly sell fine, but as a bitter US fan, I think it’s annoying how they went right back to doing a European tour after already doing one there this year. Part of me selfishly wants those shows to underperform.

I get it though, the US has the lamest, least enthusiastic fans in a live setting, so that’s perhaps why we got shafted with the tiny tour.
 
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