Watch: IRON MAIDEN Launches ‘Run For Your Lives’ Tour, Performs First Live performance With New Drummer SIMON DAWSON

British heavy steel legends IRON MAIDEN kicked off their “Run For Your Lives” world tour earlier tonight (Tuesday, Might 27) at Papp László Sportaréna in Budapest, Hungary. The present marked MAIDEN‘s first stay look with new drummer Simon Dawson, who changed longtime drummer Nicko McBrain final December.

The “Run For Your Lives” world tour marks 50 years since bassist Steve Harris fashioned MAIDEN in late 1975 and to have a good time this, followers are promised a really particular setlist spanning the 9 studio albums from “Iron Maiden” to “Worry Of The Darkish”, with the band’s most spectacular and elaborate present ever.

The setlist for the Budapest live performance was as follows:

01. Murders In The Rue Morgue (first efficiency since September 2, 2005)
02. Wrathchild (first efficiency since July 2, 2017)
03. Killers (first efficiency since October 1, 1999)
04. Phantom Of The Opera (first efficiency since July 5, 2014)
05. The Quantity Of The Beast
06. The Clairvoyant (first efficiency since October 2, 2013)
07. Powerslave (first efficiency since July 22, 2017)
08. 2 Minutes To Midnight (first efficiency since October 15, 2019)
09. Rime Of The Historical Mariner (first efficiency since April 2, 2009)
10. Run To The Hills
11. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (first efficiency since July 5, 2014)
12. The Trooper
13. Hallowed Be Thy Title
14. Iron Maiden

Encore:

15. Aces Excessive
16. Worry Of The Darkish
17. Wasted Years

Fan-filmed video of the present may be seen beneath.

The Budapest live performance shall be adopted by 31 additional stadium, pageant and enviornment exhibits round Europe. With over one million tickets already bought, and most exhibits bought out, followers are suggested that extra tickets shall be made out there nearer to the present — and on the day — with the discharge of venue and manufacturing holds.

Earlier this month, MAIDEN supervisor Rod Smallwood took to the band’s web page to share a put up titled “Put away your telephones and prepare to Run For Your Lives!” during which he urged followers to expertise the exhibits “within the second” reasonably than on smaller screens at a later date.

“We actually need followers to benefit from the exhibits first hand, reasonably than on their small screens,” Smallwood wrote. “The quantity of cellphone use these days diminishes enjoyment, notably for the band who’re on stage searching at rows of telephones, but in addition for different concertgoers.

“We really feel that the eagerness and involvement of our followers at exhibits actually makes them particular, however the cellphone obsession has now acquired so out of hand that it has turn into unnecessarily distracting particularly to the band. I hope followers perceive this and shall be smart in severely limiting using their cellphone cameras out of respect for the band and their fellow followers.”

“Run For Your Lives” world tour is one a part of IRON MAIDEN‘s Fiftieth-anniversary celebrations and can characteristic many fan “meet-up” occasions within the cities the band is enjoying. As was debuted efficiently in Australia on the final tour, these will embrace Eddie‘s official pop-up dive bar which shall be open for pre-show and post-show gatherings in 20 cities on the tour. They are going to be serving Trooper beer and Darkest Crimson wine, with meals, unique merch and additional leisure. Particulars can be found on ironmaiden.com. However please notice the band is not going to be at these occasions. Moreover, there may be each a feature-length documentary movie coming to cinemas worldwide later this yr, by way of Common Footage Content material Group, and an official hardback e-book offering an impressive visible celebration of fifty years of IRON MAIDEN, being printed by Thames & Hudson. Extra particulars on each of those thrilling releases shall be introduced quickly.

Dawson beforehand performed with Harris as a member of his BRITISH LION undertaking.

McBrain performed his last-ever gig with MAIDEN 5 months in the past in São Paulo, Brazil.

The 72-year-old British musician, whose actual title is Michael Henry McBrain, introduced his retirement on December 7, 2024 in a press release on MAIDEN‘s web page and social media. He additionally mentioned that evening’s live performance at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil would mark his ultimate present with the enduring heavy steel act.

Even if he was stepping away from touring, McBrain mentioned that he would stay carefully related to IRON MAIDEN and proceed to be concerned in “a wide range of tasks” with the band, whereas additionally specializing in private ventures and his current companies.

On December 8, 2024, IRON MAIDEN introduced Dawson as its new touring drummer.