Run to the hills! Or, more accurately, run to the box office! After weeks of teasing. Heavy metal legends, Iron Maiden have announced a huge headline show coming to Knebworth next summer!
Following on from the announcement of the European leg of the bands massive Run For Your Lives tour. Bruce Dickinson & Co are taking things one step further. Rewarding hardcore UK fans with an enormous outdoor event. Taking place on July 11th next year at the iconic Knebworth Park.
Featuring a hand picked line-up of support acts. Including homegrown rockers, The Darkness. Mongolian folk metal historians, The Hu. Australian speed demons, Airbourne. As well as a welcome return from Scottish institution, The Almighty. It’s set to be quite the show.
The fun won’t end on stage either. With camping tickets being made available, allowing fans to fully bask in the experience. The weekend is set to be a highly curated celebration of all things Iron Maiden. Featuring Maiden-themed food, the biggest iteration of Eddie’s Dive Bar yet. Plus a host of other activities that have yet to be announced.
Speaking of the upcoming event. Manager Rod Smallwood commented, “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!”
Tickets for the event are scheduled to go on sale this Saturday, September 27th at 10am. If you want the full weekend experience, camping tickets much be purchased in addition to tickets to the event itself. However, spaces are very limited so they’re expected to sell out very quickly!
For more information on the event, as well as all things Iron Maiden, head over to the bands official website. Or, to stay up to date on any further developments you can follow the band on social media.
