I am banking there will be at least one more album, if only for the 50th Anniversary.
This.
A 3rd leg of TFP tour will mostly depend on what next years tour looks like.
At the moment it's only speculation North and South America will be included next year, has there even been any strong hints of them doing those terriroties other than rumors and predictions? It's possible they save an extensive run for 2025 while doing a shorter "rest of the world run" that includes Europe.
I just cant see them squeezing in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America into a 3-4 month run, especially with Steve's Quality over Quantity comments on how they tour now days,
NA & SA for next year are certain, like they did with Legacy 18-19. Bruce also hinted at a return to Europe (maybe both with Maiden and his solo band). A short European run though. Steve's comments should be taken into account, but with
fewer shows, they can squeeze everything into 4 months.
Fingers crossed for wrapping up The Future Past theme by the end of next year. If it continues in 2025, there has to be radical changes, atleast 5; like playing the 3 unplayed tunes from Senjutsu and changing one from SIT to another + changing one of the "deep cuts" (Prisoner & Madness) to something else.
It's a hybrid tour so we can't be sure if it will be 2 or 3 years, but I bet on 2. If there is a 3rd leg, they might play the rest of the SJ songs, but I doubt they will change the SIT songs or the deep cuts.
So much talk about a 5th anniversary that might not even amount to anything, they aint really a band that celebrate milestones.
But holding it back to 2026 could be a possibility with a new themed tour if Future Past does go into 2025 which I think it probably does because what else are they going to do that year? If you work on the possibility a new album comes out Sept 2025, then 2026 will be the most logical for a new tour
50 years is a big deal (like we've seen with other bands). It can also allow them to add whatever theme to the tour they want. If they view the current tour more as an album tour, they could do a Hits tour after it (like 50th anniv, but their Hits tours are usually 3 years now, so a new album after that... wow). 2025 could be the 1st short European leg of the new album tour, but then they have to play in the winter, which they don't do often. I don't think TFP needs a 3rd leg (especially if they visit all those places next year), but 2026 at the latest is possible for the new album. 5 years after the release of the previous album. Album released in September 2025 (with a tour starting in 2026). Let's hope we will only have to wait until 2025. With the new albums from Bruce and Priest, I really want to be excited about a Maiden album again soon.
I think the whole point of the current tour (combination of a new album plus a History/Hits theme) was done so they could embark on a different tour in 2025, most likely a new album tour. Steve said they want to focus on touring now, and that could mean TFP tour to have 3 legs (imagine 3 legs with almost no changes in the set...), but between 2025-2026 there should be a new album. I mean, that's how they've been working since 2010. And if they want to continue playing more fresh setlists and deep cuts, they will need a brand new tour for that. The changes between legs of a tour are usually not for that, for them.
