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Iron Maiden have confirmed more dates for the 2026 European leg of their Run For Your Lives World Tour.
The British heavy metal legends, who recently extended the 50th anniversary trek with a run of stadium shows, have added headline sets at Germany's Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park, Austria's Nova Rock, Denmark's Copenhell and Norway's Tons Of Rock in June, and Spain's Resurrection Fest and Rock Imperium Festival in July.
They'll cap off the run with a massive UK show at Knebworth Park on July 11. With a supporting line-up featuring British rockers The Darkness, Mongolian folk metallers The Hu, Aussie hard rockers Airbourne, and Ricky Warwick's band The Almighty, the weekend event marks Maiden's first appearance at the Hertfordshire estate since headlining Sonisphere festival back in 2014.
Kicking off on July 10 for fans with camping tickets, it'll feature the biggest Eddie's Dive Bar yet, as well as Maiden-themed food, merch stalls and their own spin on the classic Knebworth Fayre. Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood said:
"We knew that we had to bring the ‘Run For Your Lives’ show back to the UK again next summer as there was such a phenomenal demand for tickets this year but we wanted to do something a bit different especially as it would be hard to top the show at London Stadium!
"Well, we think that Knebworth is the solution – besides being a legendary venue for historic concerts over the years going right back to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Stones and Queen – it also gives us the outdoor space and control to create something very special for our fans! Of course, we also have history there too with our headline appearances at Sonisphere some years ago, who could forget that World War I Centenary dog fight over the park’s tree line with Bruce full guns blazing in his own Fokker triplane?
"However, this time we will be taking over the whole of the grounds ourselves and turning it into as much of a ‘Maiden World’ as we can for all our fans to enjoy!
"Our Eddie’s Dive Bars have proved immensely popular on this current tour so our intention is to create our biggest one yet which will also be open on the Friday for the campers from the separate communal camping and glamping areas. For those lucky Friday night campers there will be a full programme of Maiden-themed entertainment there that night, which we expect to include some live music, DJs, the aforementioned dive bar, along with other attractions and entertainment we are currently working on to make it the best warm-up for the big day!
"So we hope you will join us next year as we continue to celebrate five decades of Iron Maiden. It’s going to be one for the history books…in a really historic venue!"
Tickets for the Knebworth show go on general sale at 10am on Saturday (September 27). Tickets for Rock Am Ring, Rock Im Park and Nova Rock are on sale now, while Tons Of Rock goes on sale September 25 and Copenhell on September 30.
Iron Maiden released their latest studio album, 'Senjutsu', in 2021.
Iron Maiden Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sat May 23 2026 - ATHENS OAKA (Greece)
Tue May 26 2026 - SOFIA Vasil Levski Stadium (Bulgaria)
Thu May 28 2026 - BUCHAREST Arena Na?ionala (Romania)
Sat May 30 2026 - BRATISLAVA Narodny Futbalovy Stadion (Slovakia)
Tue June 02 2026 - HANNOVER Heinz Von Heiden Arena (Germany)
Wed June 10 2026 - AMSTERDAM Ziggo Dome (Netherlands)
Wed June 17 2026 - MILAN SAN SIRO STADIUM (Italy)
Mon June 22 2026 - PARIS LA Defense Arena (France)
Sun June 28 2026 - LYON Groupama Stadium (France)
Tue July 07 2026 - LISBON Estádio da Luz (Portugal)
Sat July 11 2026 - STEVENAGE Knebworth Park
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