They might be in the midst of the Legacy of the Beast World Tour 2022, but Iron Maiden are already making moves for 2023. They just announced The Future Past Tour for Europe and it’s extremely exciting. It’ll be focusing on Senjutsu and Somewhere In Time plus some other classic songs. It might not be the Senjutsu in its entirety tour, but this is an insane announcement.
Here are the tour dates so far:
June 2023
13 Tauron Arena, Krakow, POLAND
19 Hallenstadion, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
24 3Arena, Dublin, IRELAND
26 Ovo Hydro, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
28 First Direct Arena, Leeds, ENGLAND
30 AO Arena, Manchester, ENGLAND
July 2023
03 Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, ENGLAND
04 Utilita Arena, Birmingham, ENGLAND
07 O2 Arena, London, ENGLAND
11 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
13 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, BELGIUM
15 The Return of the Gods Festival, Milan, ITALY
More European dates will be announced at a later date and you can grab tickets for these shows starting October 13th/14th, except the Italian shows, which go on sale tomorrow at 12 PM CST. Fan Club Presales begin October 11th. You can grab your tickets here.
Here’s what Iron Maiden Bassist Steve Harris had to say about the tour:
Following the release of our latest album, Senjutsu, we updated the current Legacy of the Beast Tour a little by opening the show with the first 3 songs from it, with the Japanese Palace stage set. As it doesn’t make a lot of sense to repeat this for a Senjutsu album tour, we thought about other options and we’ve decided to revisit Somewhere In Time as that tour didn’t feature in the various retrospective history tours we’ve played over the years. They were based on our 80’s concert videos and sadly we did not film that tour (blame the manager!!). We have had lots of requests from fans over the years for many tracks on it so we are now going to play them, plus of course a few others we know you will like! It will also be particularly satisfying to finally get to play some of the more epic tracks on Senjutsu, it’s been a long wait! 2023 is going to be an exciting time and we’re really looking forward to seeing everyone again in the UK, Ireland and around Europe
Here’s what band manager Rod Smallwood had to say:
This combination of the two albums we feel is very exciting. We know fans want to hear those epic cuts on Senjutsu for the first time live and we think that by combining it with an iconic album like Somewhere In Time it will make for another really special tour for fans old and new! Of course, for a new album tour in Europe and the UK we will go back largely to the relative intimacy of arenas and we know fans will be very happy about that too!
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