Iron Maiden will bring their acclaimed Run For Your Lives World Tour to the UK in summer 2026 for a huge outdoor headline performance at the legendary Knebworth Park.

Stevenage  Knebworth Park, 11 July 2026

Tickets on sale Saturday (27 September) at 10am from Ticketmaster

The show will feature a hand-picked bill of special guests, including The Darkness, The Hu, Airborne & The Almighty.

The exciting news follows the recent announcement of Iron Maiden’s European festival & stadium tour for 2026.

Manager Rod Smallwood commented, “We knew that we had to bring the Run For Your Lives show back to the UK again next summer as there was such a phenomenal demand for tickets this year but we wanted to do something a bit different especially as it would be hard to top the show at London Stadium!

Well, we think that Knebworth is the solution – besides being a legendary venue for historic concerts over the years going right back to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Stones and Queen – it also gives us the outdoor space and control to create something very special for our fans! Of course, we also have history there too with our headline appearances at Sonisphere some years ago, who could forget that World War I Centenary dog fight over the park’s tree line with Bruce full guns blazing in his own Fokker triplane?

However, this time we will be taking over the whole of the grounds ourselves and turning it into as much of a ‘Maiden World’ as we can for all our fans to enjoy!

Our Eddie’s Dive Bars have proved immensely popular on this current tour so our intention is to create our biggest one yet which will also be open on the Friday for the campers from the separate communal camping & glamping areas. For those lucky Friday night campers there will be a full programme of Maiden-themed entertainment there that night, which we expect to include some live music, DJs, the aforementioned dive bar, along with other attractions and entertainment we are currently working on to make it the best warm up for the big day!

So we hope you will join us next year as we continue to celebrate five decades of Iron Maiden. It’s going to be one for the history books…in a really historic venue!”

Founded in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, Iron Maiden is one of the world’s most celebrated bands. Since the release of their self-titled debut in 1980, they have released 17 studio albums, b13 live albums and 47 singles which have sold well in excess of 100 million copies worldwide.

They heavy metal legends have played almost 2,500 live shows across 64 countries and are the recipients of a Grammy Award and a BRIT Award among many other accolades.

A documentary film about the band by Universal Pictures Content Group is due to be released in early 2026.

Don’t miss the chance to snap up tickets to see Iron Maiden live in summer 2026!

Photo Credit: John McMurtrie / PRESS