British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden will be launching their American leg of the Legacy of the Beast tour, next summer. These performances will include the band’s first ever headline appearance at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles.
Iron Maiden will be launching this tour in Sunrise, Florida at the BB&T center on July 18 and will conclude at the AT&T center in San Antonio, Texas on September 25. In addition to their first performance at the Banc of California stadium, the band will be attending their first show in three decades in Portland, Oregon.
The first leg of the Legacy of the Beat tour took off across Europe earlier this year, with stops across Munich, Stockholm, Madrid and their hometown London. This tour, which is named after the Legacy of the Beast mobile gamer, saw the band perform for over 750,000 fans in attendance.
“We’re excited to return to North America and share the Legacy Of The Beast Tour with all our friends there!” Iron Maiden’s vocalist Bruce Dickinson said in a press statement. “We’re immensely proud of this show and we’ve had great reactions from the many fans who came to see us in Europe earlier this year. The production is based on our mobile game The Legacy of the Beast,which basically takes various incarnations of Eddie into many different Maiden Worlds.”
During the tour’s first leg it received praise from numerous people and media outlets for its intense stage production and effects. Dickinson elaborated that they will bring these elements with them for the US tour.
As Dickinson explains:
“This inspired us to put together a stage show to take our fans through different Worlds and experiences set to appropriate songs. It is not that easy designing different Worlds on stage and we put a huge amount of work into this to make it work and the end result we feel is our most spectacular and certainly the most complex show to date. We’ve got all kinds of crazy things going on, including a replica Spitfire plane dominating the stage during ‘Aces High,’ tons of pyro, a giant Icarus, muskets, claymores and some truly marvellous flame-throwers which I have a hell of a lot of fun with, as you will see! And of course we have Eddie, as you’ve never seen him before, and absolutely loads of other surprises. I’ve had the time of my life playing with all these magnificent props on stage, it’s been fantastic, we can’t wait to bring this show to you!”
While the band has announced that they are preparing to release solo material some time in the future, their bassist Steve Harris explained that they will be bringing along fan favorites. This perfectly coincides with the release of the band’s discography box set earlier this year.
“We gave a lot of thought to the set list for this Tour as the songs needed to follow the narrative of the changing worlds of the stage show,” Harris explained. “We feel we ended up with a very strong and well balanced set mixing songs we haven’t played in many years like “Flight Of Icarus,” “Sign Of The Cross” and “The Clansman,” with songs we know the fans want to hear like “The Trooper,” “2 Minutes To Midnight,” “The Number Of The Beast,” “Fear Of The Dark,” “Run To The Hills,” “Hallowed Be Thy Name”and others, reflecting the journey through the different themes of the show. The whole band is really enjoying this tour and we are really looking forward to seeing everybody again!”
IRON MAIDEN LEGACY OF THE BEAST 2019 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
07/18 SUNRISE, FL BB&T CENTER
07/20 ATLANTA, GA CELLAIRIS AMPHITHEATER AT LAKEWOOD
07/22 CHARLOTTE, NC PNC MUSIC PAVILION
07/24 BRISTOW, VA JIFFY LUBE LIVE
07/26 BROOKLYN, NY+ BARCLAYS CENTER+
07/30 PHILADELPHIA, PA* WELLS FARGO CENTER*
07/01 BOSTON, MA XFINITY CENTER
07/03 HARTFORD, CT XFINITY THEATRE
07/05 MONTREAL, QC BELL CENTRE
07/07 QUEBEC CITY, QC VIDEOTRON CENTRE
08/09 TORONTO, ON BUDWEISER STAGE
08/10 TORONTO, ON BUDWEISER STAGE
08/13 BUFFALO, NY KEYBANK CENTER
08/15 CINCINNATI, OH RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER
08/17 PITTSBURGH, PA PPG PAINTS ARENA
08/19 NASHVILLE, TN BRIDGESTONE ARENA
08/22 TINLEY PARK, IL HOLLYWOOD CASINO AMPHITHEATRE
08/24 INDIANAPOLIS, IN RUOFF HOME MORTGAGE MUSIC CENTER
08/26 ST.PAUL, MN* XCEL ENERGY CENTER*
08/28 WINNIPEG, MB BELL MTS PLACE
08/30 EDMONTON, AB ROGERS PLACE
08/31 CALGARY, AB SCOTIABANK SADDLEDOME
09/03 VANCOUVER, BC PEPSI LIVE AT ROGERS ARENA
09/05 TACOMA, WA TACOMA DOME
09/06 PORTLAND, OR MODA CENTER
09/09 SACRAMENTO, CA GOLDEN 1 CENTER
09/10 OAKLAND, CA ORACLE ARENA
09/13 LAS VEGAS, NV MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA
09/14 LOS ANGELES, CA BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM
09/17 PHOENIX, AZ* TALKING STICK RESORT ARENA*
09/19 ALBUQUERQUE, NM ISLETA AMPHITHEATER
09/21 DALLAS, TX DOS EQUIS PAVILION
09/22 HOUSTON, TX THE CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION
09/25 SAN ANTONIO, TX AT&T CENTER
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