Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has teased the band’s 2025 run for your lives world tour, saying it will boast a “setlist for the ages.”
In a New Year message to fans posted on Iron Maiden’s social media channels, Bruce looked ahead to the legendary metal band’s 50th anniversary trek in 2025.
Showing his Future Past World Tour AAA laminate to the camera, Bruce said: “Hello folks! This is my tour pass for 2024. That’ll get me anywhere in 2024, but I don’t need that anymore now because 2025 is gonna be something special. Not just because of the tour pass, honestly. We are pushing the boat out with the tour. Not that I need to tell anybody, ’cause basically the tour is sold out already.
“So, for those of you who have bought tickets, which is like all of you, it’s gonna be really, really cool. I’m really looking forward to it. We’re gonna be doing stuff we’ve never, ever done before, and it’ll be a setlist for the ages.
“So, I’ll see you there. And it’s not gonna stop in 2025. It’s gonna roll into 2026 ’cause there’s parts of the world that we need to get to that we can’t get to in 2025. So there you go.”
iron maiden’s run for your lives world tour kicks off in Budapest on 27th May, and the European trek includes sold out arena shows in Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow plus a gargantuan homecoming gig at London Stadium on 28th June.
Marking 50 years since bassist Steve Harris formed Iron Maiden, the setlist will see Iron Maiden shine the spotlight on their seminal first nine studio albums – from 1980’s ‘Iron Maiden’ to 1992’s ‘Fear of the Dark.’
The metal legends have previously promised the all-new live production will be their most spectacular and elaborate show ever.
The tour will be iron maiden’s first without drummer nicko mcbrain in over 40 years following his retirement from touring last month.Britis lion drummer simon dawson will join iron maiden on the road.
A pictorial history of Iron Maiden’s beloved mascot, Eddie:
Iron Maiden – Eddie’s proper horrorshow face was finally unveiled when ‘Iron Maiden’ hit the shelves in April 1980. The image is based on the original sketch Riggs drew in late 1979, however, with added hair to make Eddie look more metal.
In May 1980, Eddie stoked up some controversy through his depiction on the ‘Sanctuary’ single cover. Wielding a knife, Eddie stands proudly above the dead corpse of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
On Iron Maiden’s third single ‘Women In Uniform’, Thatcher gets her own back on Eddie. Dressed in full army uniform and clutching a machine gun, the PM lies in wait for Eddie who’s distracted by the attention of two ladies.Continuing the murderous theme, on Iron Maiden’s second album, ‘Killers’, Eddie is holding a blood-smeared axe as his unfortunate victim claws at his chest. The block of flats in the background is based on where Riggs was living at the time.
Released in March 1981, the ‘Twilight Zone’ single cover depicts the spirit of Eddie reaching out at a crying woman through a mirror. As the song’s lyrics suggest (“She lays in bed at night and that is when I make my call. But when she stares at me, she can’t see nothing at all. Because you see I can’t take no shape or form. It’s been three long years since I’ve been gone”), Eddie is actually the woman’s former lover who is contacting her from purgatory.
The original cover of September 1981’s ‘Maiden Japan’ live EP depicted Eddie clutching the decapitated head of the then frontman Paul Di’Anno. Maiden manager Rod Smallwood swiftly ordered a redraft when he saw it as the band were preparing to oust Di’Anno. Despite his best efforts, the EP was released with the original sleeve in South America.
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