Iron Maiden announces tour dates with Megadeth and Anthrax

Iron Maiden will continue on the road in 2026 celebrating their five decades of existence and they will have some really special guests on their North American tour. On selected dates the Thrash Metal bands Anthrax and Megadeth will be their opening acts.

The band’s leader and bassist Steve Harris talked about the tour, saying: “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. It’s an added bonus to have a few of our good friends on the tour with us. 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 also talked about the tour: “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!”

Iron Maiden tour dates with Megadeth and Anthrax

August

• 29 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena (With Megadeth)

September

• 3 – Montréal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau (With Megadeth and Anthrax)
• 5 – Harrison, NJ – Sports Illustrated Stadium (With Megadeth and Anthrax)
• 9 – Boston, MA – TD Garden (With Megadeth)
• 11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live (With Megadeth)
• 12 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion (With Megadeth)
• 15 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium (With Megadeth)
• 17 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival (Festival date)
• 19 – Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater (With Megadeth)
• 22 – Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (With Megadeth)
• 25 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium (With Megadeth and Anthrax)
• 29 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome (With Megadeth and Anthrax)