Iron Maiden Recruit Megadeth & Anthrax For North American ‘Run For Your Lives’ Tour, Starting in Toronto
The 50th anniversary tour will kick off at Scotiabank Arena in 2026.
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Iron Maiden have announced the dates for the North American leg of their Run For Your Lives World Tour, and they’re bringing Megadeth and Anthrax along for the ride.
Starting on Aug. 29, 2026, Iron Maiden will kick off their North American leg at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. For all of September the band will then head to a slew of massive arenas including Boston’s TD Garden, Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium and Louisville’s Louder Than Life Festival.
In a statement shared with Billboard, Iron Maiden’s bassist Steve Harris said: “We are greatly looking forward to bringing this Run For Your Lives World 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.”
He continued, “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 added in his own statement: “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 upcoming Run for Your Lives World Tour will be Iron Maiden’s first performances since wrapping their The Future Past Tour in São Paulo, Brazil last December. That tour was the last to feature drummer Nicko McBrain, who announced his “decision to take a step back from the grind of the extensive touring lifestyle.” This new tour will see the debut of drummer Simon Dawson.
Check out the full list of dates below.
