The run of shows is in August and September 2026
Iron Maiden announces the highly anticipated North American dates of their critically acclaimed Run For Your Lives Tour. In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the band will be performing at stadiums and major amphitheaters across the United States and Canada, allowing fans the chance to witness the new, state-of-the-art production on the scale it is intended for – huge stages in outdoor venues, to accompany the once-in-a-lifetime setlist of songs from the band’s groundbreaking first nine albums. They will also headline America’s biggest rock festival, Louder Than Life, at the Highland Festival Grounds in Kentucky on September 17, 2026.
Megadeth will support all headlining dates while Anthrax will appear at select stadium shows.
Steve Harris says, “We are greatly looking forward to bringing this Run for Your Lives Tour to North America and hope the fans enjoy seeing the show and hearing the set list as much as we do playing it. It’s an added bonus to have a few of our good friends on the tour with us. MEGADETH are playing all the shows and it’s an honour to have them join us on their last ever tour. We also have Anthrax with us on the bigger shows, we had a great time with them when they came out with us on Ed Force One around the world in 2016. We’re delighted to have both bands with us for this tour and know our fans will enjoy seeing them.”
Bruce Dickinson adds, “This whole tour has been such great fun. I really enjoy belting out all these great old songs, and the whole band are loving playing them too! We’ve got all the big ones from that early period including Hallowed, Run To The Hills, Trooper, Number Of The Beast, Killers, Powerslave, 2 Minutes… and some of them we haven’t played in the US for over 20 years!! Plus there’s some real epics including my particular favourite ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and Seventh Son… We are doing them all and more. I mean, who wouldn’t for a 50th birthday party!”
The band once again requests fans keep their phones in their pockets to enjoy the show “in the moment.”
These upcoming tour dates will mark 45 years since Iron Maiden first visited Canada and the USA on the 1981 Killer World Tour, and feature some of the biggest shows the band has ever played there. The return to BMO Stadium concert in Los Angeles on September 25th will be the 25th time the band has played in the City of Angels.
Presales start on Tuesday, October 28th, ahead of the general sale on Friday, October 31st.
Iron Maiden 2026 Run For Your Lives North American Tour Dates:
Aug 29 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Sept 3 – Montréal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
Sept 5 – Harrison, NJ @ Sports Illustrated Stadium
Sept 9 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Sept 11 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
Sept 12 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
Sept 15 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
Sept 17 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival
Sept 19 – Shakopee, MN @ Mystic Lake Amphitheater
Sept 22 – Chicago, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Sept 25 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium
Sept 29 – San Antonio, TX @– Alamodome
