{"id":610403,"date":"2026-08-31T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/610403\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:18:09","slug":"iron-maiden-kick-off-2026-north-american-tour-with-17-song-set-of-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/610403\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden Kick Off 2026 North American Tour with 17-Song Set of Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/iron-maiden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iron Maiden<\/a> kicked off their <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/iron-maiden-2026-north-american-tour-how-to-get-last-minute-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">North American \u201cRun for You Lives\u201d tour<\/a> with two shows at Toronto\u2019s Scotiabank Arena on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Although the tour was advertised to cull from the band\u2019s first nine albums, the band represented all but one of them, with no songs played from No Prayer for the Dying. Of the eight other albums, Powerslave was most represented with four songs, along with three tunes each from Killers and The Number of the Beast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=iron-maiden%2Atour-kickoff-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Firon-maiden-tickets%2Fperformer%2F378\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Iron Maiden Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 17-song set, which was identical both nights in Toronto, practically served as a greatest-hits performance, featuring such favorites as \u201cPhantom of the Opera,\u201d \u201c2 Minutes to Midnight,\u201d \u201cRime of the Ancient Mariner,\u201d \u201cRun to the Hills,\u201d \u201cThe Trooper,\u201d \u201cHallowed Be Thy Name,\u201d \u201cFear of the Dark,\u201d and the set-closer \u201cWaster Years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Being in Canada, at one point singer Bruce Dickinson poked fun at Donald Trump\u2019s recent order to rename Lake Ontario as \u201cLake America,\u201d saying, \u201cWe got here, we crossed Lake Ontario, we will be crossing the Gulf of Mexico. It is a ridiculous state of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Megadeth, who are in the midst of a farewell tour, proved support at both Toronto shows, playing a nine-song set each night with some slight variance from Saturday to Sunday. The Dave Mustaine-led band will be on board for the remainder of the tour, with Anthrax jumping on select dates, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Iron Maiden\u2019s North American tour runs through an August 29th show in San Antonio, with tickets <a style=\"display: inline !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=iron-maiden&amp;subId2=kickoff&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Firon-maiden-tickets%2Fperformer%2F378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out pro-shot photos and fan-filmed video from the Toronto concerts, as well as the setlist, below.<\/p>\n<p>Iron Maiden Setlist (Same for Both Nights in Toronto):<br \/>Murders in the Rue Morgue<br \/>Wrathchild<br \/>Killers<br \/>Phantom of the Opera<br \/>The Number of the Beast<br \/>Infinite Dreams<br \/>Powerslave<br \/>2 Minutes to Midnight<br \/>Rime of the Ancient Mariner<br \/>Run to the Hills<br \/>Seventh Son of a Seventh Son<br \/>The Trooper<br \/>Hallowed Be Thy Name<br \/>Iron Maiden<br \/>Encore:<br \/>Aces High<br \/>Fear of the Dark<br \/>Wasted Years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden kicked off their North American \u201cRun for You Lives\u201d tour with two shows at Toronto\u2019s Scotiabank&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-610403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}