Blaze Bayley to perform Iron Maiden set on 18-date 2026 UK tour

Blaze Bayley will perform songs exclusively from his tenure with Iron Maiden on an October and December 2026 UK tour.

The Iron Maiden Anniversary Tour will see Blaze sing tracks from his two studio albums with Maiden – 1995’s ‘The X Factor’ and 1998’s ‘Virtual XI’ – plus the 1996 compilation album ‘Best of the Beast’.

Songs that made the setlist on Blaze Bayley’s previous Iron Maiden Anniversary Tour on mainland Europe include ‘The Clansman’, ‘Lord of the Flies’, ‘Virus’, ‘Sign of the Cross’, ‘Man on the Edge’, ‘Futureal’ and a cover of UFO’s ‘Doctor Doctor’.

The 18-date 2026 tour is the first time Blaze has brought his Iron Maiden show to the UK, and it kicks off at Bedford Esquires on Friday 2nd October.

Blaze Bayley’s Iron Maiden Anniversary UK Tour dates:

OCTOBER 2026

Bedford Esquires – 2nd

Glasgow Ivory Blacks – 6th

Edinburgh Bannermans – 7th

Newcastle Trillians – 8th

Grimsby Yardbirds – 9th

Manchester Club Academy – 10th

Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar – 11th

Worthing Factory – 14th

Bristol Exchange – 15th

Southampton Papillon – 16th

Crumlin Patriot – 17th

Stoke Eleven – 18th

Sheffield Greystones – 21st

Norwich Brickmakers – 22nd

Nuneaton Queen’s Hall – 23rd

Cannock Station – 24th

Bradford Nightrain – 25th

DECEMBER 2026

London Underworld – 12th