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List of Iron Maiden concert tours

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List of Iron Maiden concert tours
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Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band, founded in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris in London. After several personnel changes in the 1970s, the band settled on a lineup of Harris, Paul Di'Anno (lead vocals), Dave Murray (lead and rhythm guitars), Dennis Stratton (backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar) and Clive Burr (drums), before they set out on their first professional tour, the Metal for Muthas Tour which supported the compilation album of the same name. After taking on a supporting slot with Judas Priest on their British Steel Tour and setting out on their own headline tour in support of their debut album, Iron Maiden, the band supported Kiss on the European leg of their Unmasked Tour, following which Stratton was dismissed because of musical differences.[1] Guitarist Adrian Smith was hired, following which Iron Maiden set out on a short series of UK dates before recording their second studio album, Killers.

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Iron Maiden performing in Paris (Bercy Arena) on 1 July 2008

Following the resulting supporting tour, during which the band played their first shows in North America supporting Judas Priest and UFO, Paul Di'Anno was sacked for his unreliability[2] and was replaced with former Samson vocalist Bruce Dickinson. 1982's The Beast on the Road tour, in support of their UK No. 1 album The Number of the Beast,[3] saw the band return to the US, supporting Scorpions, Rainbow, 38 Special and Judas Priest, following which the band departed ways with drummer Clive Burr, also due to reliability issues.[4] With Burr's replacement, Nicko McBrain, the band set out on their first complete headlining tour, 1983's World Piece Tour, after which the same lineup remained intact for three further successful tours with much larger stage productions; 1984-85's World Slavery Tour, which marked the first time a band had taken a full stage production into the Eastern Bloc, 1986-87's Somewhere on Tour and 1988's Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour, during which the group headlined before the largest ever crowd at Donington Park.

Unsatisfied with the band's musical direction for 1990's No Prayer for the Dying, guitarist Adrian Smith left the group and was replaced with Janick Gers.[5] For their next two tours, 1990-91's No Prayer on the Road and 1992's Fear of the Dark Tour, Iron Maiden decided to use a less elaborate stage production following their large-scale 1980's tours,[6] after which singer Bruce Dickinson announced he would be leaving the group to focus on his solo career following a farewell tour.[7] In 1995, the band announced Dickinson's replacement, Blaze Bayley,[8] who would remain in Iron Maiden for two stints on the road, The X Factour and Virtual XI World Tour, during which the band played significantly smaller venues before Bayley's departure from the group was prompted by vocal issues on both tours.[9] In 1999, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith returned to Iron Maiden, completing their current six-piece lineup which has set out on nine further tours. Since then, the band's popularity has grown further than their commercial peak in the 1980s,[10] headlining major stadiums worldwide, while the band's 2008-09 Somewhere Back in Time World Tour was described as "groundbreaking" for its introduction of the band's customised Boeing 757, Ed Force One.[11]

Iron Maiden's long touring history has seen them perform across the globe, visiting Europe, North and South America, Oceania, Asia and Africa, from which they have released eleven live albums. The band have headlined several major festivals, such as Rock in Rio,[12][13] Monsters of Rock,[14][15] Download Festival,[16][17] Reading and Leeds Festivals,[18] Wacken Open Air[19] and several editions of Sonisphere Festival.[20] In addition, they have performed in some of the world's largest stadiums, including London's Twickenham Stadium,[21] Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium,[22] Stockholm's Friends Arena,[23] Mexico City's Foro Sol,[24] San Juan's Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá,[25] Malmö Stadion,[26] Helsinki Olympic Stadium,[27] Lima's Estadio Universidad San Marcos,[24] São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi,[24] Paris' Parc des Princes,[28] Santiago's Estadio Nacional[24] and Buenos Aires' José Amalfitani Stadium[24] and River Plate Stadium.[29] Overall, the band have visited 59 countries and played over 2000 concerts.

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Notes

  1. Complete list of shows for Metal for Muthas and British Steel Tour (1980) Archived 5 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Iron Maiden Tour (1980) Archived 4 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Killer World Tour (1981) Archived 4 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Beast on the Road (1982) Archived 19 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, World Piece Tour (1983), World Slavery Tour (1984-85) Archived 28 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Somewhere on Tour (1986-87 Archived 29 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine) and Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour (1988) Archived 29 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine are listed on the IronMaiden.com website. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  2. Complete list of shows for No Prayer on the Road (1990-91) Archived 15 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Fear of the Dark Tour (1992) Archived 15 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Real Live Tour (1993) Archived 13 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The X Factour (1995-96) Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Virtual XI World Tour (1998) Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine and The Ed Hunter Tour (1999) Archived 2 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine are listed on the IronMaiden.com website. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. Complete list of shows for Brave New World Tour (2000-02) Archived 3 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour (2003) Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Dance of Death World Tour (2003-04) Archived 22 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Eddie Rips Up the World Tour (2005) Archived 21 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, A Matter of Life and Death Tour (2006-07) Archived 5 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine and Somewhere Back in Time World Tour (2008-09) Archived 19 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine are listed on the IronMaiden.com website. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. Complete list of shows for The Final Frontier World Tour (2010-11) Archived 3 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, the Maiden England North American Tour (2012) Archived 13 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, the Maiden England World Tour (2013), the Maiden England European Tour (2014) Archived 6 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Book of Souls World Tour (2016) Archived 5 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine and The Book of Souls World Tour (2017) are listed on the IronMaiden.com website. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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