Iron Maiden's last Run For Your Lives leg comes to Chula Vista in April

Maiden play North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre on Thursday, April 22, with Bullet for My Valentine and The Raven Age.

San Diego didn't have to wait long this time. Iron Maiden return to North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista on Thursday, April 22, 2027, with Bullet for My Valentine and The Raven Age opening. The show starts at 6:30 p.m., and tickets run $67.20–$536.20 through Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct. 16.

The band's last San Diego show was Oct. 4, 2024, on the same stage. Two and a half years is a short gap by most standards, but this return comes with a reason: it's part of the final stretch of the Run For Your Lives World Tour, the 50th-anniversary run that began in May 2025.

Maiden added the North American dates in October as a surprise. Blabbermouth counted 16 new shows and described them as the tour's last, bringing the total to 107. The leg opens April 14 at the Tacoma Dome, which puts Chula Vista about a week in — early enough that the production is fresh, late enough that it's running clean. Reports have the headlining dates wrapping in mid-May on the East Coast, followed by festival appearances.

If you were going to skip this one because you saw them in 2024, think about what "final leg" means.

The support bill is worth arriving early for. Bullet for My Valentine come into the tour with a new album, *Social Apocalypse*, due March 19, 2027, which means the Welsh band will be about a month into playing new songs by the time they hit Chula Vista. The Raven Age round out the bill. Coverage of the announcement differs on whether Bullet are on every date, but they're on the Chula Vista bill.

The 6:30 start is early for a reason: three bands on a weeknight in an outdoor amphitheater with about 20,500 capacity. Plan to be parked and through the gates well before the first band, especially if you're coming down the 805 from the north county after work. April nights by the border can cool off once the sun drops, so bring a layer.

The price range is enormous, from $67.20 at the bottom to more than $500 at the top. General sale opened Oct. 23 after presales the week before, so check what's left on Ticketmaster rather than assuming the cheap seats are gone. Buy from the official link.

If you were going to skip this one because you saw them in 2024, think about what "final leg" means. The 2027 dates are billed as the last of this tour. The next time Maiden come through — whenever that is — it'll be a different show.

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