Iron Maiden
English heavy metal band
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| 2025 | The Run For Your Lives World Tour is scheduled, showcasing the band's ongoing commitment to live music. |
| December 2024 | Following the tour's conclusion in São Paulo, drummer Nicko McBrain retired from touring, with Simon Dawson announced as his touring replacement. |
| September 19 2024 | The band announced their 26th global tour, Run For Your Lives World Tour, set to start in May 2025 to celebrate their 50th anniversary and focus on their first nine studio albums. |
| October 6 2023 | Iron Maiden performed at the Power Trip festival, drawing nearly 100,000 people. |
| May 2023 | The band started their 25th global tour, The Future Past World Tour, with a concert in Ljubljana. |
| February 1 2023 | Iron Maiden received their second nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
| January 2023 | Iron Maiden were honoured by Royal Mail UK with dedicated postal stamps and cards. |
| 2022 | Brent Diamond takes over as Steve Harris' bass technician and keyboard player during concerts, replacing Michael Kenney. |
| 2022 | Iron Maiden released a live version of 'Stratego' from the Senjutsu album |
| 2022 | Iron Maiden released 'Total Eclipse' single, associated with The Number of the Beast / Beast over Hammersmith |
| 2022 | Bruce Dickinson ceased flying 'Ed Force One' after being a commercial airline pilot for Astraeus for many years. |
| September 9 2022 | Michael Kenney announces his retirement from Iron Maiden via Facebook. |
| 2021 | Iron Maiden released two music videos: 'The Writing on the Wall' directed by Nicos Livesey and 'Stratego' directed by Gustaf Holtenäs |
| 2021 | Iron Maiden released 'Stratego' single from the Senjutsu album |
| September 3 2021 | The band released their seventeenth studio album 'Senjutsu', which reached the top of best-seller lists in 27 countries and the top three in 55 countries. |
| July 15 2021 | Iron Maiden released a video for 'The Writing on the Wall', their first song in six years, directed by Nicos Livesey. |
| April 2021 | Former band members Paul Di'Anno, Blaze Bayley, and illustrator Derek Riggs were inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame. |
| October 2020 | The band announced a live album 'Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City', recorded during three sold-out concerts with a combined audience of over 70,000 people. |
| 2018 | Iron Maiden launched the Legacy of the Beast World Tour in Europe, inspired by their mobile game and comic series. |
| 2017 | The Sunday Times reported that the band had sold over 100 million album copies worldwide. |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone ranked the Iron Maiden album 13th on their list of '100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time'. |
| November 17 2017 | Iron Maiden released the live album 'The Book of Souls: Live Chapter', continuing their tradition of documenting live performances. |
| 2016 | Iron Maiden released 'Empire of the Clouds' single, which peaked at #41 in some charts from The Book of Souls album |
| 2016 | Iron Maiden upgraded to an ex-Air France Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet for The Book of Souls World Tour, providing more space for equipment transportation. |
| February 2016 | The band began The Book of Souls World Tour, which included their first performances in China, El Salvador, and Lithuania. The tour covered 35 countries across six continents and included 117 shows for over two and a half million people. |
| 2015 | Iron Maiden released 'Speed of Light' single from The Book of Souls album |
| September 4 2015 | Iron Maiden released their album 'The Book of Souls', which became their fifth UK number 1 album and reached number 4 on Billboard 200 in the US. The album topped album charts in 43 countries. |
| October 13 2014 | Released 'The Complete Albums Collection' box set featuring their first seven studio albums and 'Live After Death' on heavyweight 180g black vinyl, along with all 1980s singles on 7-inch black vinyl. |
| July 2014 | Iron Maiden closed the Maiden England World Tour at Sonisphere Festival, Knebworth, having completed 100 shows in 32 countries before an estimated audience of more than 2.7 million people. |
| March 25 2013 | Iron Maiden released the live album 'Maiden England '88', documenting a historic performance and charting in several countries. |
| 2012 | During the Maiden England World Tour, Michael Kenney reprises his role as 'The Count', performing keyboard parts for the song 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'. |
| 2012 | The Number of the Beast was voted as Best British Album Ever by the British public during Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. |
| October 15 2012 | Released 'Picture Disc Collection' box set of their first seven studio albums and live album 'Live After Death' on picture disc vinyl. |
| March 26 2012 | Iron Maiden released the live album 'En Vivo!', capturing their performance and charting in multiple countries. |
| February 15 2012 | The band announced their third retrospective Maiden England World Tour 2012–14, which would include their fifth headline performance at Donington Park with 100,000 fans. |
| 2011 | Iron Maiden released 'Coming Home' single as a promo CD from The Final Frontier album |
| 2011 | The band won their first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song 'El Dorado'. |
| June 6 2011 | The band released 'From Fear to Eternity The Best of 1990 – 2010', a compilation album spanning their later work, which received Silver certification in the UK and Gold in Germany. |
| 2010 | Iron Maiden released 'El Dorado' single as a free download from their album The Final Frontier |
| 2010 | Iron Maiden released 'Satellite 15... The Final Frontier' single with a music video from their album The Final Frontier |
| 2010 | Maiden uniteD, an acoustic tribute band, released 'Mind the Acoustic Pieces', a re-interpretation of the entire Piece of Mind album. |
| 2010 | Steve Harris discussed the band's early musical influences, highlighting Wishbone Ash's Argus album as a key inspiration for their harmony guitar sound, along with progressive rock bands like Genesis and Jethro Tull. |
| March 4 2010 | The band announced their fifteenth album 'The Final Frontier', which was later released on August 16th. |
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