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Iron Maiden are a British heavy metal band, founded in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris in London, England. Since 1980, Iron Maiden have had a long touring history, visiting Europe, North and South America, Oceania, Asia and Africa. They have performed in some of the largest venues on the planet, headlining stadiums and festivals on several continents. Overall, the band have visited 65 countries and played over 2000 concerts, performing to approximately 38 million people worldwide.

Supporting Tours

Year Title Duration Dates Supported release Notes
1980 Metal for Muthas Tour 1 February – 11 February 1980(Great Britain)
14
 Metal for Muthas
  • The band's first concert tour
  • Performed alongside many other New Wave of British Heavy Metal pioneers.
  • First time in venues with 1000+ capacity.
  • The band did not play the last 19 shows of the tour in order to record their debut album.
1980 British Steel Tour 7 March – 27 March 1980(Great Britain)
19
 Iron Maiden
1980 Unmasked Tour 29 August – 16 October 1980(Europe)
30
 Iron Maiden
  • Supported the European leg of this Kiss tour.
  • Their first ever concerts in mainland Europe.
  • Played 30 shows to an estimated audience of 400,000 - first time performing in major arenas and stadiums.
  • Occurred between the two legs of the Iron Maiden Tour
1981 World Wide Blitz Tour 3 June – 30 July 1981)(North America)
37
 Killers
1982 Blackout Tour 1 May 1982(Europe)
2 July – 4 August 1982(North America)
33
 The Number of the Beast
  • Supported the European and North American legs of this Scorpions tour.
  • Big stadiums in America for the first time, with attendance between 15,000 - 100,000.
  • Performed at the Day On Green & Pacific Jam Festivals.
  • Occurred during The Beast on the Road tour.
1982 Special Forces Tour 1 June – 19 June 1982(North America)
13
 The Number of the Beast

Headlining Tours

Year Title Duration Dates Supported release Notes
1976 - 1979 The Early Years 1 May 1976(UK)(very first gig)
1976 - 1979(UK)(3 years of irregular club dates)
160
 Soundhouse Tapes
  • Approximate 160 dates arranged by the band in small pubs and clubs all over the country.
  • 1 May 1976 St. Nicks Hall, Poplar, London, England: very first show of Iron Maiden.
  • The Swan Public House, Music Machine, Marquee Club, Boat Club, Ruskin Arms Public House, The Cart & Horses Public House among the most visited clubs by the band.
  • 1977 Paul Di'Anno joins the band as new frontman.
  • First shows at The Bandwagon Soundhouse with Neal Kay as a famous DJ.
  • 30 December 1978 recording first demo Soundhouse Tapes including tracks: Invasion, Prowler, Iron Maiden & Strange World.
  • First BBC recordings.
  • Rod Smallwood meets Iron Maiden and becomes band's "unofficial" manager.
  • Multiple changes for line-up of the band all over the period.
  • First incarnations of band's mascot Eddie the Head as blood - spitting mask behind the stage.
  • Pyro-accidents at Music Machine shows 1979.
  • 20 November 1979 band signing recording deal with major label EMI four years after being formed by Steve Harris!
  • 24 November band release Soundhouse Tapes on own label, Rock Hard Records.
  • 31 December Clive Burr (drums) and Dennis Stratton (guitar) join the band.
1980 Iron Maiden Tour 1 April – 23 August 1980(Europe)(first leg)
21 November – 21 December 1980(Europe)(second leg)
110
 Iron Maiden
1981 Killer World Tour 17 February – 10 May 1981(Europe)
21 – 25 May 1981(Japan)
6 March – 2 August 1981(North America)
15 August – 23 December 1981(Europe)
113
 Killers
1982 The Beast On The Road 25 February – 1 May 1982(Europe)
11 May – 23 October 1982(North America)
7 – 21 November 1982(Australia)
26 November – 10 December 1982(Japan)
187
 The Number of the Beast
1983 World Piece Tour 2 May – 12 June 1983(Europe)
21 June – 25 October 1983(North America)
11 November – 18 December 1983(Europe)
142
 Piece of Mind
  • First time in Luxembourg.
  • First complete headlining tour (not supporting any other bands).
  • Specially elaborated stage design with moving light-rigs.
  • First tour with Nicko McBrain on drums.
  • Four sold out nights at Hammersmith Odeon.
  • First major arena tour in Scandinavia, sold out.
  • 90 date sold out US & Canada tour - more than million people.
  • First time playing the Madison Square Garden - standing ovation with 20,000 people in attendance.
  • Texas interviews filmed for 'Ello Texas TV documentary.
  • First ever major arena tour in Germany, sold out!
  • Rock & Pop Festivals multiple shows at Westfalenhalle in Dortmund - filming for The Early Days DVD. First ever metal shows satellite - broadcasting world-wide.
  • Iron Maiden (song) performance with "band killing Eddie the Head" was censored by international TV Stations as Act of Violence.
1984–85 World Slavery Tour 9 August – 14 November 1984(Europe)
24 November 1984 – 31 March 1985(North America)
11 January 1985(Brazil - Rock in Rio)
14 – 25 April 1985(Japan)
2 – 10 May 1985(Australia)
23 May – 5 July 1985(United States)
195
 Powerslave
1986–87 Somewhere On Tour 10 September – 12 December 1986(Europe)
7 January – 2 May 1987(North America)
11 – 21 May 1987(Japan)
152
 Somewhere in Time
1988 Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour 28 April – 12 December 1988(Europe)
101
 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1990–91 No Prayer On The Road 19 September – 22 December 1990(Europe)
13 January – 19 March 1991(North America)
28 March – 5 April 1991(Japan)
29 June – 21 September 1991(Europe)
112
 No Prayer for the Dying
1992 Fear Of The Dark Tour 3 – 6 June 1992(Europe)
8 June – 17 July 1992(North America)
23 July – 4 August 1992(South America)
15 August – 19 September 1992(Europe)
26 September – 10 October 1992(Central America)
20 – 23 October 1992(Oceania)
26 October – 4 November 1992(Japan)
65
 Fear of the Dark
1993 Real Live Tour 25 March – 28 August 1993(Europe)
45
 A Real Live One
  • Most of A Real Dead One recorded at various venues.
  • First show ever in Faro (Portugal).
  • Set-list compiled with hardly-ever played standards.
  • Last tour with Bruce Dickinson on vocals before returning in 1999.
  • Three dates in Moscow at Olympic Stadium for the first time in Russia.
  • Biggest Italian tour ever - major arenas and open airs.
  • First time in Czech Republic.
  • Guesting the May Day festival in Rome at Piazza San Marco free show for estimated audience of 1 mln people, 3 tracks filmed by local TV Rai Uno.
  • Two special TV series Raising Hell featuring magical tricks of famous illusionist Simon Drake broadcasted worldwide.
  • Dickinson's farewell show released on video as Raising Hell.
1995–96 The X Factour 28 September – 12 October 1995(Africa/Middle East)
14 October 1995 – 2 February 1996(Europe)
8 February – 5 April 1996(North America)
11 – 18 April 1996(Japan)
22 June – 17 August 1996(Europe)
24 August – 7 September 1996(South America)
138
 The X Factor
  • Whole tour was postponted for 7 months due to Blaze Bayley's motorway accident.
  • Back to the Top of the Pops.
  • Lebanon show cancelled due to security problems.
  • Co - organized Dynamo Open Air Festival 1995 in Nijmegen, Holland with 125,000 people in attendance, The X Factor first announcement.
  • First worldwide tour with Blaze Bayley on vocals.
  • First and only (so far) tour in Israel and South Africa, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Bulgaria.
  • Most of the shows playing at much smaller venues.
  • Back to Poland, Warsaw after nine years of permanent absence.
  • Three sold out nights at Peristeri Stadium in Greece.
  • Major arenas in Italy, Spain and France.
  • 42 dates in North America - small venues for the first time ever.
  • European stadiums and festivals tour of summer 1996.
  • Five stadium shows in Spain.
  • First ever headline gig at Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium.
  • Three shows at Obras Sanitarias in Argentina.
  • Sold out South American gigs - headlining Monsters Of Rock in Brasil for nearly 65,000 people in Sao Paulo.
  • First ever Chilean show disturbed by Christian Fundamentalists spitting at band's members!
1998 Virtual XI World Tour 22 April – 30 May 1998(Europe)
26 June – 9 August 1998(North America)
4 September – 26 October 1998(Europe)
18 – 22 November 1998(Japan)
2 – 12 December 1998(South America)
89
 Virtual XI
1999 The Ed Hunter Tour 11 July – 8 August 1999(North America)
9 September – 1 October 1999(Europe)
30
 Ed Hunter
  • Return of Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith.
  • First tour ever with six - pieced band's line up.
  • First time ever current set-list was compiled from worldwide fans voting choices.
  • The Ed Hunter Tour 1999 shows sold out in record - breaking time.
  • Back to Palais Omnisports de Bercy, 20,000 people.
  • Two Hammerstein Ballroom NYC shows sold in minutes.
  • Helsinki and Madrit gigs sequently recorded for b - sides.
  • Smith was absent from three concerts due to his father's funeral.
  • Stage set (moving screens) and computer visualizations used for promoting new band's PC Game Ed Hunter 1999.
  • Back to Peristeri Stadium in Greece, fireworks accident in the audience.
2000–02 Brave New World Tour 2 June – 23 July 2000(Europe)
1 August – 20 September 2000(North America)
19 – 29 October 2000(Japan)
2 November 2000 – 7 January 2001(Europe)
9 – 19 January 2001(North & South America)
92
 Brave New World
  • Biggest Europen tour to date, 36 gigs for 1,5 mln people.
  • First time in Estonia.
  • First ever Ucraine show cancelled due to safety concerns.
  • Headlining Roskilde Festival and Dynamo Open Air both for 100,000 people.
  • Biggest band's show in Portugal, played to 50,000 people at National Rock Festival.
  • Stadium - size shows in Germany and Scandinavia.
  • First time ever at Earls Court in London.
  • Shows in Germany, Bulgary and Greece cancelled due to Janick Gers stage accident.
  • 40 dates in North America, supported by Halford, Queensryche and Damageplan.
  • Madison Square Garden gig sold out in 90 minutes.
  • Japanese tour with eight sold out dates.
  • South American tour - 5 sold out stadium shows.
  • First ever residence at Foro Sol Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Rock in Rio performance for over 250,000 people released on audio and video.
  • Brixton Academy three sold out nights - Clive Burr Aid MS Foundation.
2003 Give Me Ed... 'til I'm Dead Tour 23 May – 12 July 2003(Europe)
21 July – 30 August 2003(North America)
56
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2003–04 Dance Of Death World Tour 19 – 21 October 2003(Europe)
11 – 17 January 2004(South America)
20 – 31 January 2004(North America)
5 – 8 February 2004(Japan)
52
 Dance Of Death
  • Performance at Westfalenhallen in Dortmund released on audio and video as Death on the Road.
  • Most theatrical show in band's history with Grim - Reapper Eddie and medieval castle stage set.
  • 53 sold out shows for nearly 800,000 people.
  • 9 dates UK tour, first time at Earls Court in London. All with the summary attendance of 110,000 people - the biggest UK tour since 1990.
  • Headline solo gig at Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo for 60,000 people.
  • Sold out Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, 26,000.
  • Four sold out nights at Hammerstein Ballroom NYC, last one was cancelled due to "fanbeer accident".
  • Band participated in Soccer Sixx Fund Rise.
2005 Eddie Rips Up The World Tour 28 May – 9 July 2005(Europe)
15 July – 20 August 2005(North America)
26 August – 2 September 2005(UK/Ireland)
45
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  • First time playing the "historical tour".
  • European stadium tour - almost sold out.
  • First ever stadium - size show in Poland at Silesian Stadium in Chorzów for nearly 40,000 people.
  • Rock am Ring and Rock im Park Festivals 2005 - headlining summary to 140,000 people.
  • Back to Iceland, 16,000 in attendance.
  • Biggest French show to date, Parc des Princes stadium show in France with 45,000 in attendance.
  • Second time at Gods of Metal Festival in Italy with record breaking attendance of 51,000 people at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.
  • Ullevi Stadium sold out in 90 minutes (60,000 people) broadcasting to 60 mln viewers around the Europe!.
  • Headlining major festivals and stadiums.
  • Headlining Reading and Leeds Festivals with combined attendance of 130,000 people.
  • Biggest Irish show ever with 42,000 at RDS Arena, supported by Marilyn Manson and Turbonegro.
  • Setlist consisted entirely of songs from their first four albums.[1]
  • First and only co - headlining appearances at Ozzfest Festival 2005 - many sold out.
  • San Bernardino show at San Manuel Amphitheater finished with infamous "egg-accident" before 50,000 eye-witnessing fans.
  • Clive Aid Fund 2005 to close whole tour at Hammersmith Odeon in London.
2006–07 A Matter Of Life And Death Tour 4 October – 21 October 2006(North America)
25 – 31 October 2006(Japan)
9 November – 23 December 2006(Europe)
9 – 17 March 2007(UAE/Europe/India)
2 – 24 June 2007(Europe)
60
 A Matter Of Life And Death
  • A Matter of Life and Death album played in its entirety on the first leg of the tour.
  • Sold out Japanese tour. Band's third show at Budokan Hall in Tokyo.
  • Two sold out nights at Earls Court in London, filled with 40,000 fans summary over two consecutive shows.
  • 11 date North American tour sold out in advance.
  • 11 date Scandinavian arena tour, sold out in hours with 145,000 people in attendance including three nights at Globe Arena in Stockholm.
  • Two nights at Italian Datch Forum in Milano sold out in rapid time with summary attendance of 26,000 people.
  • First stadium show in Slovenia, with 22,000 fans gathered at Bezigrad Stadium.
  • Biggest show in Czech Republic to date, nearly 40,000 people in Ostrava at Bazaly Stadium.
  • Headlining show at Lokomotiv Sofia stadium in Bulgaria filled with 35,000 people.
  • First tour in India and UEA, shows sold out in advance!
  • Bangalore Palace show attracted near 45,000 fans from all over the continent, many of them couldn't enter the venue.
  • Two major shows in Italy, headlining Heineken Jammin' Festival 2007 in Vennice (hours before infamous hurricane assault) and Olympic Stadium in Rome all with 130,000 people in combined attendence.
  • Serbian show at Belgrade Fair – Hall 1 sold out in hours (25,000 people).
  • Headlining Fields of Rock in Holland supported by Heaven & Hell, Slayer, Mastodon with 35,000 fans in attendance.
  • Headlining Bilbao Live Festival for 50,000 people.
  • German show at Südweststadion in Ludwigshafen am Rhein for only 20,000 fans.
  • Military themed stage set with mobile tank and aircraft spotlights.
  • Headlining Download Festival for 80,000 people.
  • Clive Aid 2007 event at Brixton Academy in London to close whole tour.
2008–09 Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 1 February – 16 February 2008(Australasia)
19 February – 12 March 2008(Americas)
14 March – 21 June 2008(North America)
27 June 2008 – 10 February 2009(Europe)
13 – 21 February 2009(Asia/Oceania)
25 February – 2 April 2009(North & South America)
90
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  • First leg of tour recorded for the documentary film an album Iron Maiden: Flight 666.
  • Setlist comprised primarily of the band's 1980s material. Stage show was a recreation of the World Slavery Tour set.
  • First use of Ed Force One, the band's customised Boeing 757.
  • Sold out stadiums around the globe.
  • First Australian tour since 16 years. Six shows i Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth attracted nearly 100,000 fans. First portion of 45,000 tickets were sold in Melbourne an Sydney (per two nights) in 45 minutes!
  • Two sold out nights at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine Meadows with combined attendance of 35,000 people.
  • Two sold out Indian shows during the whole tour in Bengalore and Mumbai - summary to 50,000 people!
  • First shows in New Zealand since 17 years.
  • 15 March 2009: Biggest solo show in the band's history - Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace F1 Circuit Sao Paulo (100,000 people!)
  • First Ever stadium show in the UK at legendary Twickenham Stadium filled with 52,000 people.
  • Headlining for the first time Wacken Open Air Festival for some 85,000 people.
  • Headlining for the sixth time Graspop Metal Meeting with record attendance of 60,000 people.
  • Headlining Sziget Festival in Hungary for 75,000 people.
  • Metalway Festival show was cancelled due to blows of hurricane over Zaragoza.
  • 7 Dates of Scandinavian Stadium Tour for nearly 250,000 people.
  • First ever stadium shows in Norway at Lerkendal Stadium and Valle Hovin with combined audience of 55,000 people.
  • First show at Olympic Stadium in Helsinki sold out in 50 minutes for 47,000 people!
  • First Tour in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, Costa Rica.
  • First ever Peruvian show at Estadio Nacional (Lima) attracted nearly 40,000 people.
  • First ever performance in Ecuador at Estadio Chillogallo in Quito was attended by 35,000 fans.
  • First show in Colombia gathers over 85,000 people (officialy 46,000) at famous Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota. Band's performed here twice during the same tour 2008/09!
  • Six shows in three Mexican cities with 170,000 people in summary attendance during the whole tour!
  • Saprissa Stadium in Costa Rica sold out in advance, 33,000 people.
  • Biggest band's show in Chile, 65,000 people at Club Hipico de Santiago, Santiago de Chile.
  • Coming back to Russia after 15 years of absence.
  • Flight 666 documentary screening around the globe.
  • Nine Brasilian stadium-size shows gathered nearly 300,000 people over two years of the tour, summary.
  • 90 shows of the whole tour attracted over 2,3 mln fans!
2010-11 The Final Frontier World Tour 9 June – 20 July 2010(North America)
30 July – 21 August 2010(Europe)
11 February – 13 March 2011(Russia, Asia & Oceania)
17 March – 17 April 2011(North and South America)
28 May – 6 August 2011(Europe)
98
 The Final Frontier

References

  1. ^ "IRON MAIDEN: 'Eddie Rips Up the World' Tour Opener Setlist Revealed". Blabbermouth. 28 May 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
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