Iron Maiden ProfileThe moment fans have been waiting for has finally arrived: after their 2024 Australian tour, Iron Maiden have returned to our shores.
This time, they’re not touring in support of a new album. Instead, they’re celebrating their 50th anniversary and performing tracks from their most loved albums: from their 1980 self-titled record to 1992’s Fear of the Dark.
Songs from 1984’s Powerslave are the most represented on their current Run For Your Lives World Tour setlist, with four songs, but 1981’s Killers and 1982’s The Number of the Beast closely follow with three songs apiece.
Iron Maiden’s current tour setlist – don’t read this if you’re avoiding spoilers – unfolds like a story, from their earliest days, to the latest celebrated on this tour, to ending in 1986 to wrap up the show. It’s 17 songs and 17 bangers.
The British heavy metal pioneers kicked off their Run For Your Lives Australian tour at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Wednesday (11 November), following two massive nights at Auckland’s Spark Arena. Check out the setlist below.
Iron Maiden Setlist at Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia on Wednesday, 11 November
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Wrathchild
Killers
Phantom of the Opera
The Number of the Beast
Infinite Dreams
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
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Encore:
Aces High
Fear of the Dark
Wasted Years
Of course, Iron Maiden aren’t touring Australia and New Zealand alone. They’re joined by American thrash metal icons Megadeth, who have been changing up their setlists while touring across the region.
Their New Zealand sets changed up a couple of songs, but in Adelaide, the set was mostly completely different, with the final three songs, Symphony of Destruction, Peace Sells, and Holy Wars… The Punishment Due remaining unchanged.
Iron Maiden’s 2026 Australian tour continues at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Friday, 13 November. From there, they head to Sydney’s Allianz Stadium on Sunday, 15 November, and conclude the tour with two nights at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre (18 and 19 November).
Last-minute tickets are available here.
