Iron Maiden to headline Knebworth Park on July 11, 2026

Iron Maiden will return to the United Kingdom next summer with a headline show at Knebworth Park on July 11, 2026, the band and event organizers announced, extending their 50th anniversary Run For Your Lives world tour. The outdoor concert will feature support from The Darkness, The Hu, Airbourne and The Almighty, with camping and a weekend of fan-focused activities beginning Friday, July 10. Tickets go on sale Saturday, September 27 at 10 a.m. UK time.

The Knebworth date was foreshadowed earlier in the band’s announcement of additional European stadium shows for May through July 2026, which include stops in Athens, Sofia, Bucharest, Bratislava, Hannover, Amsterdam, Milan, Paris and Lyon. The Paris La Défense Arena show on June 22 will be filmed for a future release and staged as a phone free event, organizers said, with a phone ban to be enforced using Yondr pouches that secure devices to patrons until they exit the venue.

Manager Rod Smallwood said the Knebworth setting provides outdoor space to recreate a large-scale Iron Maiden environment and to expand the band’s Eddies Dive Bar concept, popup fan zones that sell exclusive merchandise and Trooper Beer. Smallwood described...