Iron Maiden Announce 2026 North American Tour With Megadeth and Anthrax

Iron Maiden will bring a month of North American dates behind them next year, marking the band’s 50th anniversary with a run built around their earliest material. The Run for Your Lives Tour opens August 29 in Toronto and closes September 29 in San Antonio, with Megadeth supporting across all dates and Anthrax joining on select stops.

The setlist pulls from Iron Maiden’s first nine albums, spanning the band’s output from the 1980s through the early 1990s. Singer Bruce Dickinson named a few of the songs in a statement: “Hallowed,” “Run to the Hills,” “The Trooper,” “The Number of the Beast,” “Killers,” “Powerslave,” and “2 Minutes.” Some of those tracks have not been played on US stages in more than 20 years.

Founding bassist Steve Harris framed the tour around the anniversary and the relationship with the audience. “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,” he said.

Along with headline arena and stadium shows in Toronto, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles, the itinerary includes a slot at the 2026 Louder Than Life festival in Louisville on September 17. The full routing stretches across Canada and the US, with the Los Angeles and San Antonio dates featuring both Megadeth and Anthrax. Tickets for the run are on sale now.