Iron Maiden today announce the highly anticipated Central & South American dates of their critically acclaimed Run For Your Lives World Tour. In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, the band will be performing at stadiums across the region, allowing fans the chance to witness the brand new, state-of-the-art production, on the scale it is intended for – huge stages in outdoor venues, to accompany the once-in-a-lifetime setlist of songs from the band’s groundbreaking first nine albums.

Steve says, “We are thrilled to be bringing this Run For Your Lives Tour to Latin America next year. It’s no secret that some of our most passionate fans are to be found across Central and South America and our relationship with them is something very special. We absolutely love playing there and know that everyone at these shows is going to have a brilliant time – including all of us in the band for sure! We’ve got a long history in that part of the world going right back to 1985, and to be heading back there with this setlist and production is really exciting, especially as we are able to visit so many countries on this leg of the tour. We can’t wait to see you all next year!”

Bruce commented recently, “This whole tour has been such great fun. I really enjoy belting out all these great old songs, and the whole band are loving playing them too! We’ve got all the big ones from that early period including Hallowed, Run To The Hills, Phantom, Trooper, Number Of The Beast, Killers, Powerslave, 2 Minutes, Wasted Years… and some of them we haven’t played there in over 20 years!!  Plus there’s some real epics including my particular favourites Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Seventh Son… We are doing them all and more.  I mean, who wouldn’t for a 50th birthday party!”

Rod adds, “It was particularly important to all of us that this time we revisit as many countries as we can in Central and South America, so following our show in Mexico City, to be also returning to El Salvador, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru with this production is very exciting for us all, and a chance to say thank you to our dedicated fans there. And what can I say about Argentina, Chile and Brazil?! They have been at the heart of our visits to South America for 40 years now and we have so many friends in those countries, they feel like real homecomings for us whenever we play there. In fact our show in Sao Paulo next year will be our 46th performance in Brazil, and we’ve loved every single one of them!

The passion of our fans in Central and South America means they really live in the moment and enjoy every second of the show, usually without too much use of mobile phones getting in the way of each other’s enjoyment. But as noted previously, it was really special on our European dates this year to see that the vast majority of our fans appreciated and respected our request to severely limit their use of phones at our concerts, ideally just keeping it in their pockets the whole time, especially in those standing areas in front of the stage. Our fans’ understanding and cooperation made a colossal difference to the atmosphere of every show and increased the enjoyment enormously for the band and fans alike. Therefore we ask all our fans in Central and South America to do the same and enjoy the show ‘in the moment’ rather than film on their phones. Please keep them in your pockets.”

Following this tour the band will take a well-earned break from the road in 2027.” 

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

October 2026
05 – San Salvador, EL SALVADOR – Estadio Jorge “Mágico” González (with The Raven Age & Souls of Steel)
08 – San José, COSTA RICA – Estadio Nacional (with The Raven Age)
11 – Bogotá, COLOMBIA – Vive Claro (with The Raven Age)
14 – Quito, ECUADOR – Estadio Atahualpa (with The Raven Age)
17 – Lima, PERU – Estadio Nacional (with The Raven Age)
20 – Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA – Estadio Hurácan (with LA H NO MURIÓ)
25 – São Paulo, BRAZIL – Allianz Parque (with Alter Bridge)
31 – Santiago, CHILE – Estadio Nacional (with Mammoth & Nuclear)

Tickets go on general sale next week, except for El Salvador and Costa Rica which will go on sale in February 2026.
Iron Maiden Fan Club presales for Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Chile start next week.

There are further countries to be announced for the Run For Your Lives World Tour in the new year!