Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027

Iron Maiden have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027, and none are expected. The band's plan is to finish the Run for Your Lives World Tour in late 2026 and then take a break from touring. The only exception, announced on 16 October 2026, is a final 16-date North American leg of the Run for Your Lives Tour (USA and Vancouver, 14 April to 16 May 2027). Nothing on this page should be read as a sign that Australian or New Zealand 2027 dates are coming.

The anniversary tour does reach this part of the world before the pause. Its 2026 schedule lists two nights at Spark Arena in Auckland on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026, followed by the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 11 November, AAMI Park in Melbourne on 13 November, Allianz Stadium in Sydney on 15 November and two nights at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 18 and 19 November 2026. Those shows are the band's last announced dates in the region and, at the time of writing, they still lie a month ahead.

This page sets out what is and is not known about Iron Maiden's plans, and gives a full account of the band's concerts in Australia and New Zealand, from the Capitol Theatre in Sydney in November 1982 to the arena run of The Future Past World Tour in September 2024.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no Iron Maiden Australia tour in 2027. The Run for Your Lives World Tour opened in Budapest on 27 May 2025, played Europe in 2025 and was extended into 2026, with an EddFest celebration of the band's 50th anniversary on 11 July 2026 and further shows later in the year. The tour is due to end in Yokohama, Japan, on 25 November 2026, a week after the Brisbane shows. After that the band planned a year-long break in 2027; the only exception is a final North American leg in April and May 2027, and nothing is planned in Australia or New Zealand.

The November 2026 dates in Auckland, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane belong to that 2026 tour, not to 2027, and they are not part of any 2027 schedule. Megadeth are listed as the support act on the two Auckland nights. Melbourne and Sydney are the notable change of scale: instead of Rod Laver Arena and the Sydney arena at Olympic Park, the band are booked into the rectangular stadiums AAMI Park and Allianz Stadium rather than the arenas they used in 2024. The published schedule does not include Perth or Christchurch.

The only 2027 Iron Maiden dates announced are the 16 North American shows (14 April to 16 May 2027); none in Australia, New Zealand or Europe. The band have also reached an agreement with Pophouse Entertainment, announced on 14 July 2026, covering their catalogue, image and the character Eddie, and including a theatrical concert project; no Australian or New Zealand date for that project has been published.

Until the band announce Australian dates themselves, a 2027 Iron Maiden ticket listing or list of Australian cities does not correspond to any announced show. If anything changes, this page will be updated and the alert below will tell you first.

Before the Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Iron Maiden first came to Australia on The Beast on the Road tour, the world tour for The Number of the Beast, in November 1982. The setlist archive shows a run that started at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney on 8 and 9 November, went to the Newcastle Civic Theatre on 10 November, the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on 13 November, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on 14 and 15 November and Brisbane Festival Hall on 16 November, then came back east for the Bruce Indoor Stadium in Canberra on 19 November and two more nights at the Capitol Theatre on 20 and 21 November. Four Capitol nights in one tour remain the band's longest stand in any Australian venue.

The World Slavery Tour, behind Powerslave, returned in May 1985 with an eight-city routing that reached well beyond the capitals: the Canberra Theatre on Thursday 2 May, Festival Hall in Melbourne on 3 May, the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, the Shellharbour Workers Club on the south coast of New South Wales on 6 May, the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 7 May, the Newcastle Civic Theatre on 8 May and Brisbane Festival Hall on 10 May. A club show at Shellharbour is one of the more unusual stops in the band's touring history.

The Fear of the Dark Tour brought Iron Maiden back in October 1992 with Bruce Dickinson on what was then his last tour before leaving the band. It opened at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on Tuesday 20 October 1992, the band's first show in New Zealand, then played Festival Hall in Melbourne on 22 October and the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 23 October. It would be more than fifteen years before they came back.

That return came on the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, the first of the Ed Force One tours. Wikipedia notes that the February 2008 shows were the band's first in Australia since 1992: the Burswood Dome in Perth on Monday 4 February, two nights at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 6 and 7 February, two at Acer Arena in Sydney on 9 and 10 February and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 12 February 2008. The final leg reached New Zealand a year later, with Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Friday 20 February 2009 and the Westpac Arena in Christchurch on 22 February 2009, the band's first New Zealand shows in 17 years.

The Book of Souls World Tour in 2016 began its local leg in New Zealand, at the Horncastle Arena in Christchurch on 29 April and Vector Arena in Auckland on 1 May, before the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 4 May, Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on 6 May, Rod Laver Arena on 9 May, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 12 May and Perth Arena on Saturday 14 May 2016. The Future Past World Tour reversed the direction in 2024: RAC Arena in Perth on Sunday 1 September, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 4 September, two nights at Rod Laver Arena on 6 and 7 September, Brisbane on 10 September, two nights at Qudos Bank Arena on 12 and 13 September, and Spark Arena in Auckland on Monday 16 September 2024.

Across these tours Melbourne and Sydney have had the most Iron Maiden nights, with Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth visited on almost every modern tour. Auckland has hosted the band in 1992, 2009, 2016 and 2024, Christchurch in 2009 and 2016. The November 2026 dates, still to come at the time of writing, will add two more Auckland nights and outdoor stadium shows in Melbourne and Sydney.

The table below lists 50 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Iron Maiden between 1982 and 2024, with the most shows in Sydney (13), Melbourne (11), Brisbane (6), Adelaide (5), Auckland (4), Perth (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 15 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (29 April 2016 to 16 September 2024), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Fear of the Dark — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Iron Maiden — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. The Trooper — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Wasted Years — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Alexander the Great — played at 8 of 15 shows
6. Can I Play With Madness — played at 8 of 15 shows
7. Caught Somewhere in Time — played at 8 of 15 shows
8. Days of Future Past — played at 8 of 15 shows
9. Death of the Celts — played at 8 of 15 shows
10. Heaven Can Wait — played at 8 of 15 shows
11. Hell on Earth — played at 8 of 15 shows
12. Stranger in a Strange Land — played at 8 of 15 shows
13. The Prisoner — played at 8 of 15 shows
14. The Time Machine — played at 8 of 15 shows

Before the Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• The Future Past (2024): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland.
• The Book of Souls World Tour (2016): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Christchurch, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• The Final Frontier World Tour (2011): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth.
• Somewhere Back in Time (2008–2009): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch.
• Fear of the Dark (1992): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney.
• World Slavery Tour (1985): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Shellharbour, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane.
• The Beast on the Road (1982): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Iron Maiden's only Australian festival tour so far was Soundwave in 2011, during The Final Frontier World Tour. They headlined the festival at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane on 26 February, the Sydney Showground on 27 February, the Melbourne Showgrounds on 4 March, Bonython Park in Adelaide on 5 March and the Claremont Showground in Perth on Monday 7 March 2011.

Around the festival dates they added two arena shows of their own: Hisense Arena in Melbourne on Wednesday 23 February 2011 and the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 24 February 2011. The festival and arena sets were the same 16 songs, from 'Satellite 15... The Final Frontier' and 'El Dorado' to 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' and 'Running Free'.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Iron Maiden were formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and main songwriter Steve Harris. The classic line-up for most of their history has been Harris, singer Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers. As leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal, they released Iron Maiden (1980) and Killers (1981) with Paul Di'Anno, then The Number of the Beast (1982), the first album with Dickinson, which has sold almost 20 million copies.

Piece of Mind (1983), Powerslave (1984), Somewhere in Time (1986) and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) followed, each with a world tour. After a more turbulent 1990s, with Dickinson and Smith away from the band, both returned in 1999 for Brave New World (2000). The Final Frontier (2010), The Book of Souls (2015) and Senjutsu (2021) all reached No. 1 in more than 25 countries, and in Australia The Final Frontier and The Book of Souls both peaked at No. 2.

Iron Maiden have sold more than 130 million albums and have played well over 2,500 concerts. Their mascot Eddie has featured on almost all of their covers, and for the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour they began flying their own converted airliner, Ed Force One, piloted by Dickinson. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2026.

After The Future Past World Tour ended in São Paulo in December 2024, Nicko McBrain retired from touring while remaining a member of the band, and British Lion drummer Simon Dawson took his place on stage. The Run for Your Lives World Tour, launched in May 2025 for the band's 50th anniversary, focuses on their first nine studio albums.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: why there is no 2027 tour

The reason there are no Iron Maiden dates in Australia in 2027 is simple: outside North America, the band have chosen to stop. The Run for Your Lives World Tour, which began in May 2025 and was extended through 2026, reaches Japan on 25 November 2026; its only 2027 extension is a final North American leg in April and May.

That decision follows an unusually busy period. The Future Past World Tour played 81 shows for almost two million people in 2023 and 2024, including seven Australian concerts and one in Auckland, and Run for Your Lives followed only five months later. A year away from Australian stages in 2027 is the band's choice, not a gap waiting to be filled with new dates.

For fans in Australia and New Zealand, the practical consequence is that the November 2026 shows are the last chance to see Iron Maiden for some time. Nothing has been announced about where or when the band will play after the break.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: Melbourne and Sydney nights

Melbourne has seen more Iron Maiden concerts than any other Australian city except Sydney: the Palais Theatre in 1982, Festival Hall in 1985 and 1992, two nights at Rod Laver Arena in 2008, Hisense Arena and the Melbourne Showgrounds in 2011, Rod Laver Arena again in 2016 and two more nights there in September 2024.

Sydney's list is just as long, starting with four nights at the Capitol Theatre in November 1982 and continuing with the Hordern Pavilion in 1985 and 1992, two nights at Acer Arena in 2008, the Sydney Entertainment Centre and the Sydney Showground in 2011, and Qudos Bank Arena in 2016 and for two nights in 2024. The arena at Sydney Olympic Park appears under two names in this history, Acer Arena in 2008 and Qudos Bank Arena from 2016.

Both cities move outdoors for the 2026 visit, with AAMI Park on Friday 13 November and Allianz Stadium on Sunday 15 November 2026.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: Auckland, Christchurch and New Zealand

New Zealand had to wait until 1992 for its first Iron Maiden show, at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland, and then until February 2009 for the next, when the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour played Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland and the Westpac Arena in Christchurch.

Christchurch was the opening stop of the 2016 Book of Souls leg, at the same arena, by then renamed Horncastle Arena, followed by Vector Arena in Auckland. Auckland's arena hosted the band again in September 2024 as Spark Arena, and it is the venue for the two Run for Your Lives nights on 7 and 8 November 2026.

No New Zealand date of any kind has been announced for 2027.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: Perth, Adelaide and the regional stops

Perth joined the routing in 2008 at the Burswood Dome and has been on every visit since: the Claremont Showground at Soundwave in 2011, Perth Arena in 2016 and RAC Arena, the same building under a new name, in 2024. Adelaide's history runs from the Thebarton Theatre in 1982 and 1985 to Bonython Park at Soundwave in 2011 and the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in 2016, 2024 and November 2026.

The early tours also went to cities the band have not revisited in decades. Newcastle had Iron Maiden at its Civic Theatre in 1982 and 1985, Canberra in 1982 and 1985, and the Shellharbour Workers Club on the south coast in May 1985. Since 2008 the band have played only the five mainland capitals in Australia.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

The Future Past shows of September 2024 ran to 15 songs and mixed Somewhere in Time with Senjutsu. The second Sydney night, on Friday 13 September 2024, opened with 'Caught Somewhere in Time', 'Stranger in a Strange Land', 'The Writing on the Wall' and 'Days of Future Past', included 'Alexander the Great', played live for the first time on that tour, and 'Death of the Celts', and ended with 'Fear of the Dark', 'Iron Maiden', 'Hell on Earth', 'The Trooper' and 'Wasted Years'.

The Book of Souls sets of 2016 opened with 'If Eternity Should Fail' and 'Speed of Light', with 'The Red and the Black', 'Powerslave', 'Death or Glory' and the title track before 'Hallowed Be Thy Name', 'The Number of the Beast', 'Blood Brothers' and 'Wasted Years'. In 2008 the Somewhere Back in Time shows were built entirely from the 1980s, opening with 'Aces High' and '2 Minutes to Midnight' and including 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Moonchild' and 'The Clairvoyant'.

The Run for Your Lives tour is drawn from the band's first nine studio albums, from Iron Maiden (1980) to Fear of the Dark (1992). Across all the shows in the archive, the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand are listed in the table on this page; 'The Trooper', 'Iron Maiden', 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' and 'The Number of the Beast' are near the top.

Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Iron Maiden tickets on sale for 2027 in Australia or New Zealand, because no 2027 concert exists there. The 2027 presales opening on 19 October 2026 concern the North American dates only.

Tickets for the November 2026 Run for Your Lives shows are sold through the official outlets for each venue. Buy only from the authorised seller named by the venue, the venue's own box office or the band's fan club, keep your name-locked mobile tickets on your own phone, and use only the official resale platform if you can no longer go. Be careful with social media offers, especially for the two stadium shows.

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Iron Maiden Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Iron Maiden touring Australia in 2027?

No. No. Outside a final North American leg (April-May 2027), the band take a break from touring, and no Australian or New Zealand date has been announced.

When are Iron Maiden's next shows in Australia?

On the Run for Your Lives World Tour in November 2026: Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 11 November, AAMI Park in Melbourne on 13 November, Allianz Stadium in Sydney on 15 November and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 18 and 19 November.

Is Iron Maiden playing New Zealand?

Yes, before the break: two nights at Spark Arena in Auckland on 7 and 8 November 2026, with Megadeth as support. Nothing is announced for 2027.

Is Perth on the 2026 tour?

No. The published November 2026 schedule does not include Perth. The band last played Perth at RAC Arena on 1 September 2024.

When did Iron Maiden first play Australia?

In November 1982 on The Beast on the Road tour, opening at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney on 8 November 1982.

Have Iron Maiden played Soundwave?

Yes. They headlined Soundwave in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in February and March 2011.

Who plays drums for Iron Maiden on tour now?

Simon Dawson. Nicko McBrain retired from touring after December 2024 but remains a member of the band.

What is Iron Maiden's latest album?

Senjutsu, released in 2021, which peaked at No. 3 in Australia.

Is there an Iron Maiden presale code for 2027?

No. There is no 2027 Australian tour, so no Australian presale exists; the presales from 19 October 2026 are for North America.