After teasing fans of a special UK show in recent days, metal legends Iron Maiden have announced they will be bringing their ‘Run For Your Lives’ tour to Knebworth next July.
The show, on Saturday, July 11th, will feature a hand-picked bill of special guests – The Darkness, The Hu, Airbourne, and The Almighty. The curated weekend event will also feature the biggest Eddie’s Dive Bar ever, Maiden-themed food and other stands, and other fun experiences. Iron Maiden‘s manager, Rod Smallwood, says they will be turning Knebworth “into as much of a ‘Maiden World’ as we can for all our fans to enjoy!” Smallwood’s full comments can be read below.
Fans will also be able to camp the night before with a full programme of Maiden-themed entertainment on show; DJ’s, live music, and other attractions.
July
11th Knebworth House with The Darkness, The Hu, Airbourne, and The Almighty
Tickets go on sale on Saturday 27th September at 10am UK time. Visit ironmaiden.knebworth.com for details
Camping tickets are separate to the event tickets and available to purchase in parallel
Iron Maiden Manager Rod Smallwood comments on ‘Run For Your Lives’ at Knebworth:
“We knew that we had to bring the Run For Your Lives show back to the UK again next summer as there was such a phenomenal demand for tickets this year but we wanted to do something a bit different especially as it would be hard to top the show at London Stadium!
Well, we think that Knebworth is the solution – besides being a legendary venue for historic concerts over the years going right back to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Stones and Queen – it also gives us the outdoor space and control to create something very special for our fans! Of course, we also have history there too with our headline appearances at Sonisphere some years ago, who could forget that World War I Centenary dog fight over the park’s tree line with Bruce full guns blazing in his own Fokker triplane?
However, this time we will be taking over the whole of the grounds ourselves and turning it into as much of a ‘Maiden World’ as we can for all our fans to enjoy!
Our Eddie’s Dive Bars have proved immensely popular on this current tour so our intention is to create our biggest one yet which will also be open on the Friday for the campers from the separate communal camping & glamping areas. For those lucky Friday night campers there will be a full programme of Maiden-themed entertainment there that night, which we expect to include some live music, DJs, the aforementioned dive bar, along with other attractions and entertainment we are currently working on to make it the best warm up for the big day!
So we hope you will join us next year as we continue to celebrate five decades of Iron Maiden. It’s going to be one for the history books…in a really historic venue!”
