Iron Maiden is currently celebrating their 50th anniversary and their "Run For Your Lives" tour will continue in 2026. After touring extensively in North America and Europe this year, the band announced their first European 2026 dates but said soon concerts all over the world will be announced. "And, as I mentioned before, for all our fans outside Europe, we most definitely have not forgotten you and have some big announcements coming later for 2026. Rest assured we will be visiting as many of you as possible next year, before the band take a well-earned break from the road in 2027,” Manager Rod Smallwood said. Iron Maiden's first 2026 shows May 23 – Athens, GREECE – OAKA 26 – Sofia, BULGARIA – Vasil Levski Stadium 28 – Bucharest, ROMANIA – Arena Națională 30 – Bratislava, SLOVAKIA – Národný Futbalový Štadión June 02 – Hannover, GERMANY – Heinz von Heiden Arena 10 – Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS – Ziggo Dome 17 – Milan, ITALY – San Siro Stadium 22 – Paris, FRANCE – Paris La Défense Arena 28 – Lyon – Décines, FRANCE – Groupama Stadium July 07 – Lisbon, PORTUGAL – Estádio da Luz 11 – UK Headline Show – Details to be revealed… The band's founder, leader and bassist Steve Harris talked about the new shows, saying: “We are all loving this RUN FOR YOUR LIVES TOUR. The fans have been amazing, the set list is perfect for the 50th Anniversary, the show is arguably our best ever and ticket demand was incredible with pretty much everywhere sold out and over a million fans attending. So we all thought we should play some more shows in Europe before heading out to other parts of the world later in the year." "Of course Simon Dawson will be joining us once again on the drummer’s stool, and both he and the whole band would like to thank our fans for the terrific reception you have given him on the first leg." "We’ve always enjoyed playing festivals, especially as we get to play to people who aren’t just there for us, and we love that challenge! So we decided to revisit as many great Metal festivals as we could get to in this period. Plus we will also get to play stadiums in Greece, Romania and Bulgaria where we didn’t get to this year and have always loved playing to the passionate fans out there,” the Iron Maiden bassist said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrm5KavmvyUThe post Iron Maiden announces first 2026 shows appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.