Iron Maiden are about to land at Milan's San Siro stadium. On June 17th, the British band will headline the only Italian date of the tour celebrating their fifty-year career, a show destined to go down in history not least because it will mark the first-ever heavy metal act to play the Milanese venue. Trivium will open the evening.
Following the huge success of the concert held last July in Padua, the band now arrives at the Scala del Calcio to celebrate their 50 years of career together with Italian fans. The setlist will feature the group's most iconic songs, drawn from the albums released between their self-titled 1980 debut and 1992's “Fear Of The Dark”.
Iron Maiden kicked off the “Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026” on Saturday, May 23rd, at Athens' Olympic Stadium, surprising fans with the return to the setlist of a track absent from their shows for a full 38 years. "On this new leg we'll be playing metal festivals and a few stadiums. Among them, San Siro, home of Milan and Inter, where we'll be – I've been told – the first ever metal band to play on that stage. It's always great to explore new territory, even after all these years," said manager Rod Smallwood.
Bassist and founding member Steve Harris also stressed the importance of this new run of shows: "We thought we'd do some more shows in Europe before heading off to other parts of the world later in the year. Of course Simon Dawson will be back with us on drums, and both he and the whole band want to thank the fans for the fantastic reception they gave us during the first leg."
After the hints dropped by Bruce Dickinson in the preceding weeks, the band did indeed dig deep into their back catalogue, building a setlist heavily focused on the Eighties and even including songs that had been absent from live shows for decades.
Based on the setlist performed in Athens, here is the likely running order for the Iron Maiden concert in Milan (San Siro Stadium):
Encore:
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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Claudio Fabretti, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.