Iron Maiden at the Utilita Arena- everything you need to know

The Run for Your Lives World Tour, which got underway at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Hungary on May 27th, marks the band’s first tour in over four decades without drummer Nicko McBrain, who announced his retirement from live performances last year, with his last performance with the band coming at Sao Paolo’s Allianz Parque on December 7th.

Following the announcement of the tour in September, frontman Bruce Dickinson vowed to deliver fans “a once-in-a-lifetime live experience” and later promised “a setlist for the ages” with the setlist curated from tracks from the band’s first nine studio albums, from the band’s debut record ‘Iron Maiden’ in 1980 to ‘Fear of the Dark’ in 1992.

The UK leg of the tour will also bring with it Maiden’s biggest headlining show to date with a performance at the 80,000-capacity London Stadium – home of bassist Steve Harris’ beloved West Ham United.

Ahead of the tour kicking off at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on June 21st, we’ve put together a list of everything you need to know ahead of time.

Who will be supporting Iron Maiden?

For the band’s performances in Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, Iron Maiden will be solely joined by heavy metal band The Raven Age, who previously toured with the six-piece during their The Book of Souls World Tour in 2016 and have previously toured with Killswitch Engage, Anthrax and Tremonti.

For the performances at London Stadium and Malahide Castle in London and Dublin, Iron Maiden and The Raven Age will also be accompanied by Pennsylvania rockers Halestorm, who will embark on their own tour across the UK in November with dates in Cardiff, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London following the release of their sixth studio album ‘Everest’ in August.

Possible setlist

According to setlist, this is what Iron Maiden performed during their show at the Olympiastadion in Helsinki, Finland.

• Murders in the Rue Morgue
• Wrathchild
• Killers
• Phantom of the Opera
• The Number of the Beast
• The Clairvoyant
• Powerslave
• 2 Minutes to Midnight
• Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Run to the Hills
• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
• The Trooper
• Hallowed Be Thy Name
• Iron Maiden

Encore

• Aces High
• Fear of the Dark
• Wasted Years

Tour dates in the UK and Ireland

• 21st June - Birmingham’s Utilita Arena
• 22nd June - Manchester’s Co-Op Live
• 25th June - Dublin’s Malahide Castle
• 28th June - London’s London Stadium
• 30th June - Glasgow’s OVO Hydro

Tickets

The entirety of the UK and Ireland tour is currently sold-out, but a limited number of resale tickets remain available for the band’s dates in Birmingham, Dublin, Manchester and London. If you want to see Iron Maiden, you can buy tickets online at Ticketmaster here.