Iron Maiden

From Steve Harris’s East London band in 1975, Iron Maiden grew from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal into a global touring institution. The Number of the Beast (1982) established the Bruce Dickinson era; subsequent records such as Powerslave and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son expanded the band’s scale and storytelling, while Eddie became a signature visual presence. Senjutsu (2021) brought new material into the set alongside classics on The Future Past Tour (2023–24). After drummer Nicko McBrain stepped back from touring, Simon Dawson joined for the 50th-anniversary Run For Your Lives tour, whose set revisits the first nine albums and continued across Europe and North America in 2025–26.