IRON MAIDEN Announces 2026 North American Dates With MEGADETH & ANTHRAX

Iron Maiden’s 50th anniversary celebrations continue, as the heavy metal heroes reveal the North American leg of their Run For Your Lives world tour with special guests Megadeth and Anthrax.

Iron Maiden have announced a North American tour with Megadeth and Anthrax.

The band’s epic Run For Your Lives show will be crossing the pond in 2026, as they look set to give their American and Canadian fans their incredible production along with a setlist comprising the first nine Maiden albums.

“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 setlist as much as we do playing it,” says Steve Harris. “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.”

“This whole tour has been such great fun,” continues Bruce Dickinson. “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 U.S. 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!”

Once again, as with their European dates, Maiden and manager Rod Smallwood are requesting that gig-goers “severely limit their use of phones at our concerts, ideally just keeping it in their pockets the whole time, especially in those standing areas in front of the stage”. Rod adds that, “Our fans’ understanding and cooperation made a colossal difference to the atmosphere of every show and increased the enjoyment enormously for the band and fans alike,” so you know what to do!

Catch them at the following:

Iron Maiden Run For Your Lives 2026 North American tour

August

29 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *

September

3 Montréal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau *^
5 Harrison, NJ – Sports Illustrated Stadium *^
9 Boston, MA – TD Garden *
11 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live *
12 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion *
15 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium *
17 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival
19 Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater *
22 Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre *
25 Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium *^
29 San Antonio, TX – Alamodome *^

* = Megadeth
^ = Anthrax

Tickets go on general sale next Friday, October 31.