The Legacy of the Beast World Tour was a concert tour by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, named after the comic and mobile game Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast released by the band on 5 July 2016. Described as a "history/hits tour", Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood has revealed that the concerts and stage design will feature "a number of different but interlocking ‘worlds’ with a set list covering a large selection of 80s material with a handful of surprises from later albums." The tour started in Tallinn, Estonia in May 2018 and concluded in October 2022 in Tampa, Florida.

Background The Legacy of the Beast Tour production and set list were inspired by Maiden's free-to-play mobile game of the same name. The first leg, consisting of 38 European dates in 2018, was announced on 13 November 2017. The tour was extended into 2019 with North and South American dates and again into 2020 with Dates in Australia, New Zealand, Asia (Featuring their first ever show in The Philippines) and another run in Europe.

In March it was announced that the 2020 Oceania, Download Festival, and The Philippines shows were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, it was announced that Japan, Copenhell festival in Copenhagen, Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium, the show in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Germany, Paris, Tons of Rock, and Dubai were cancelled and next - postponed to 2021. In April 2021 it was announced that whole 2021 tour was cancelled once again and most of the European shows were rescheduled for 2022. The band cancelled their concerts in Kyiv and Moscow due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in order to "ensure the safety of their fans".

With 140 shows, it was the longest tour with Bruce Dickinson on vocals since the "Somewhere on Tour" in 1986–1987. During the tour, Iron Maiden performed to over 3.5 million fans and the tour was honored with CAA & K2 Award.

The tour was considered both by the fans and journalists as their most elaborate and successful to date. Iron Maiden headlined the Brazilian Rock in Rio Festival twice and regularly performed before auditories of 50,000 and 100,000 people. In July 2022 Pollstar published the list of Top 150 Touring Artists recapitulating the data of headlining shows in North America between 1981 and 2021. Iron Maiden scored position 35 with around 9.2 million tickets sold during this period.

Opening acts 2018

Killswitch Engage (26 May – 1 July; 31 July – 11 August) Sabaton (14 July) Gojira (14 July) Rhapsody of Fire (Trieste) The Raven Age (10 June – 17 July) Tremonti (9–18 July)

2019

The Raven Age (18 July – 15 October) Fozzy (14 September) Rage in My Eyes (9 October) Serpentor (12 October)

2022 Airbourne (13, 20, 26 and 27 June; 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 20, 22, 26, 29 and 31 July) Within Temptation (24, 29 and 31 July and all October dates) Lord of the Lost (31 May, 2, 7, 20 and 30 June; 2, 4, 7, 9, 10 and 24 July) The Hellacopters (22 July) Sabaton (26 July) Shinedown (7 and 13 June) Powerwolf (20 July) Avatar (27, 30 August and 4 September) Mastodon (7 September) Trivium (11–30 September)

Tour dates + List of 2018 concertsDateCityCountryVenue26 May 2018TallinnEstoniaSaku Arena28 May 2018HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Arena29 May 20181 June 2018StockholmSwedenTele2 Arena3 June 2018TrondheimNorwayDahls Arena5 June 2018CopenhagenDenmarkRoyal Arena7 June 2018NorjeSwedenNorje Havsbad9 June 2018MunichGermanyKönigsplatz10 June 2018HanoverExpo Plaza13 June 2018BerlinWaldbühne16 June 2018FlorenceItalyVisarno Arena17 June 2018NickelsdorfAustriaPannonia Fields II20 June 2018PragueCzech RepublicLetňany Airport22 June 2018DesselBelgiumFestivalpark Stenehei24 June 2018ClissonFranceVal de Moine26 June 2018GenevaSwitzerlandSEG Geneva Arena28 June 2018SopronHungaryLővér Camping Site30 June 2018FreiburgGermanyMesse1 July 2018ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDome5 July 2018ParisFranceAccorHotels Arena6 July 20189 July 2018MilanItalySan Siro Ippodromo10 July 2018ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion13 July 2018LisbonPortugalAltice Arena14 July 2018MadridSpainWanda Metropolitano17 July 2018TriesteItalyPiazza Unità d'Italia20 July 2018AthensGreeceTerra Vibe Park22 July 2018PlovdivBulgariaPlovdiv Stadium24 July 2018ZagrebCroatiaArena Zagreb27 July 2018KrakówPolandTauron Arena28 July 201831 July 2018NewcastleEnglandMetro Radio Arena2 August 2018BelfastNorthern IrelandSSE Arena4 August 2018AberdeenScotlandExhibition and Conference Centre6 August 2018ManchesterEnglandManchester Arena7 August 2018BirminghamGenting Arena10 August 2018LondonThe O2 Arena11 August 2018

+ List of 2019 concertsDateCityCountryVenue18 July 2019SunriseUnited StatesBB&T Center20 July 2019AtlantaCellairis Amphitheatre22 July 2019CharlottePNC Music Pavilion24 July 2019BristowJiffy Lube Live26 July 2019BrooklynBarclays Center27 July 201930 July 2019PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center1 August 2019MansfieldXfinity Center3 August 2019HartfordXfinity Theatre5 August 2019MontrealCanadaBell Centre7 August 2019Quebec CityVideotron Centre9 August 2019TorontoBudweiser Stage10 August 201913 August 2019BuffaloUnited StatesKeyBank Center15 August 2019CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center17 August 2019PittsburghPPG Paints Arena19 August 2019NashvilleBridgestone Arena22 August 2019Tinley ParkHollywood Casino Amphitheatre24 August 2019NoblesvilleRuoff Home Mortgage Music Center26 August 2019Saint PaulXcel Energy Center28 August 2019WinnipegCanadaBell MTS Place30 August 2019EdmontonRogers Place31 August 2019CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome3 September 2019VancouverRogers Arena5 September 2019TacomaUnited StatesTacoma Dome6 September 2019PortlandModa Center9 September 2019SacramentoGolden 1 Center10 September 2019OaklandOakland Arena13 September 2019Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena14 September 2019Los AngelesBanc of California Stadium17 September 2019PhoenixTalking Stick Resort Arena19 September 2019AlbuquerqueIsleta Amphitheater21 September 2019DallasDos Equis Pavilion22 September 2019The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion25 September 2019San AntonioAT&T Center27 September 2019Mexico CityMexicoPalacio de los Deportes29 September 201930 September 20194 October 2019Rio de JaneiroBrazilCity of Rock6 October 2019São PauloEstádio do Morumbi9 October 2019Porto AlegreArena do Grêmio12 October 2019Buenos AiresArgentinaJosé Amalfitani Stadium14 October 2019SantiagoChile Movistar Arena15 October 2019Estadio Nacional

+ List of 2022 concertsDateCityCountryVenue22 May 2022ZagrebCroatiaArena Zagreb24 May 2022BelgradeSerbiaŠtark Arena26 May 2022BucharestRomaniaRomexpo31 May 2022KaunasLithuaniaZalgirio Arena2 June 2022RigaLatviaRiga Arena4 June 2022HyvinkääFinlandHyvinkää Airfield7 June 2022BudapestHungaryGroupama Arena11 June 2022LeicestershireEnglandDonington Park 13 June 2022BelfastNorthern IrelandOrmeau Park16 June 2022DesselBelgiumFestivalpark Stenehei18 June 2022CopenhagenDenmarkRefshaleøen20 June 2022PragueCzech RepublicSinobo Stadium23 June 2022OsloNorwayEkebergsletta26 June 2022NanterreFranceParis La Defense Arena27 June 2022ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDome30 June 2022ZurichSwitzerlandHallenstadion2 July 2022CologneGermanyRheinEnergieStadion4 July 2022BerlinWaldbühne9 July 2022StuttgartCannstatter Wasen10 July 2022Wiener NeustadtAustriaNeustadt Stadion13 July 2022SofiaBulgariaArena Armeec16 July 2022AthensGreeceOlympic Stadium20 July 2022BremenGermanyBuergerweide 22 July 2022GothenburgSwedenUllevi24 July 2022WarsawPolandNational Stadium26 July 2022FrankfurtGermanyDeutsche Bank Park29 July 2022BarcelonaSpainEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys31 July 2022LisbonPortugalEstádio Nacional27 August 2022Curitiba BrazilPedreira Paulo Leminski30 August 2022Ribeirão PretoArena Eurobike2 September 2022Rio de JaneiroRock in Rio4 September 2022São PauloEstádio do Morumbi7 September 2022Mexico City MexicoForo Sol11 September 2022El PasoUnited StatesDon Haskins Center13 September 2022AustinMoody Center15 September 2022TulsaBOK Center17 September 2022DenverBall Arena19 September 2022West Valley CityUSANA Amphitheatre21 September 2022AnaheimHonda Center22 September 202225 September 2022Chula VistaNorth Island Credit Union Amphitheatre27 September 2022ConcordConcord Pavilion29 September 2022SeattleClimate Pledge Arena30 September 2022SpokaneSpokane Arena3 October 2022Sioux FallsDenny Sanford Premier Center5 October 2022ChicagoUnited Center7 October 2022ColumbusNationwide Arena9 October 2022DetroitLittle Caesars Arena11 October 2022TorontoCanadaScotiabank Arena12 October 2022HamiltonFirstOntario Centre15 October 2022OttawaCanadian Tire Centre17 October 2022WorcesterUnited StatesDCU Center19 October 2022ElmontUBS Arena21 October 2022NewarkPrudential Center23 October 2022Washington, D.C.Capital One Arena25 October 2022GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum27 October 2022TampaAmalie Arena

Cancelled shows + List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellationDateCityCountryVenueReason1 May 2020PerthAustraliaRAC ArenaCOVID-19 pandemic3 May 2020AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre5 May 2020BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre7 May 2020SydneyQudos Bank Arena9 May 2020MelbourneRod Laver Arena11 May 202013 May 2020AucklandNew ZealandSpark Arena30 May 2020Tel AvivIsraelBloomfield Stadium16 May 2020Quezon CityPhilippinesAmoranto Sports Complex19 May 2020YokohamaJapanPia Arena MM20 May 202022 May 2020OsakaEDION Arena27 May 2020DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesCoca-Cola Arena30 June 2020Saint-PetersburgRussiaIce Palace2 July 2020MoscowVTB Dynamo Moscow Stadium9 July 2020WeertNetherlandsEvenemententerrein Weert5 June 2021BaselSwitzerlandSt. Jakobshalle27 June 2021AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis29 May 2022KyivUkraineVDNG2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine1 June 2022MoscowRussiaVTB Arena7 July 2022BolognaItalyArena Parco NordBad weather

Box office score data VenueCityTickets sold / available Gross revenue (USD)Saku SuurhallTallinn8,284 / 8,284 (100%)$544,989Hartwall Arena Helsinki20,344 / 20,344 (100%)$2,072,080Tele2 ArenaStockholm37,221 / 37,221 (100%)$2,926,064Royal ArenaCopenhagen15,184 / 15,184 (100%)$1,394,397Expo PlazaHanover21,900 / 21,900 (100%)$1,678,755WaldbühneBerlin15,757 / 17,000 (93%)$1,408,961Letňany Airport Prague29,763 / 30,000 (100%)$2,314,576Messe Freiburg30,000 / 30,000 (100%)$2,311,161GelreDome Arnhem20,026 / 23,200 (86%)$1,646,254AccorHotels Arena Paris30,794 / 30,794 (100%)$2,189,356San Siro Ippodromo Milan16,272 / 17,500 (93%)$1,444,708Wanda MetropolitanoMadrid48,689 / 48,689 (100%)$4,797,916Tauron Arena Kraków30,617 / 30,617 (100%)$2,173,988Manchester Arena Manchester14,758 / 14,758 (100%)$1,111,545 Total 339,609 / 345,491 (98%) $28,014,750

Personnel Source:

Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson – vocals Dave Murray – guitars Adrian Smith – guitars, backing vocals Janick Gers – guitars Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals Nicko McBrain – drums

Touring member Michael Kenney – keyboards

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