Iron Maiden have announced a handful of arena shows in the UK as part of their The Future Past tour in 2023. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 9am on Friday 14 October. 

The announcement comes days after the band announced a rerelease of their album The Number Of The Beast on vinyl to commemorate its 40^th anniversary. Featured on this luxury release is Beast Over Hammersmith, available for the first time on vinyl, which features the high-camp rock act’s Hammersmith Odeon London show from the Beast On The Road world tour. 

Founder member and bassist Steve Harris said in a press release, “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 three 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.'

Iron Maiden’s 2023 UK tour dates: 

Saturday 24 June – 3Arena, Dublin 

Monday 26 June – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

Wednesday 28 June – First Direct Arena, Leeds

Friday 30 June – AO Arena, Manchester

Monday 3 July – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham 

Friday 7 July – The O2, London 

Saturday 8 July – The O2, London 

Tickets for Iron Maiden’s UK arena tour go on sale at 9am on Friday 14 October.