Iron Maiden open their final North American run at the Tacoma Dome

Two and a half years after their last Tacoma show, Maiden come back on April 14 to start the last leg of Run For Your Lives.

Iron Maiden's last Tacoma show was Oct. 16, 2024, at the Tacoma Dome. Two years to the day later, the band announced it was coming back, and not as just another stop: Tacoma opens the final North American leg of the Run For Your Lives tour.

Iron Maiden play the Tacoma Dome on Wednesday, April 14, 2027, at 6:30 p.m., with Bullet for My Valentine and The Raven Age opening. Tickets run $60.90 to $558.75 through Ticketmaster. The Dome holds 23,000.

The return wasn't a given. Run For Your Lives was supposed to leave 2027 empty: Wikipedia's tour entry notes that the new dates were added even though the band had planned a break that year. Blabbermouth called it a surprise return, and NME used the same word. Loudwire and Ultimate Classic Rock list the new run as opening in Tacoma, then heading on to Vancouver, Portland and Wheatland, California. The last North American headline date is May 11 at UBS Arena in New York.

The band also says this is the end of the line for this production. Coverage of the announcement quotes them saying these shows "will definitely be the last" of Run For Your Lives, a tour that will reach 107 concerts in 36 countries. SeatGeek's tour explainer points out that "last" applies to this tour, not to Iron Maiden as a band. Still, a final leg tends to be the run people regret skipping.

Tacoma doesn't just get Maiden back. It gets the first night of the last lap.

Opening night matters in Tacoma for a practical reason. The first show of a leg is where the crew resets, the setlist gets locked in, and the crowd hears it before anyone posts it online. Northwest fans who have watched the tour from a distance since 2024 get the first look.

The undercard is worth getting there early for. Bullet for My Valentine are a headline act in their own right in many markets, and Loudwire reports that both openers are booked across the headline dates. The Raven Age round out the bill. With a 6:30 start on a Wednesday, the night begins early. Leave time for traffic on I-5 and for the merch line, which at a Maiden show is a whole event.

On tickets: Live Nation's tour listing put presales on Oct. 21, so the general sale is already behind us. The price range is wide, which leaves room at the bottom for anyone who just wants to be in the building.

The Dome has seen a lot of big nights, but not many with the weight of this one. Tacoma got Maiden in 2024 when it didn't know a curtain call was coming. In April it gets to see the beginning of the end on purpose.

Sources: Run for Your Lives World Tour (Wikipedia) (en.wikipedia.org); IRON MAIDEN Announces Surprise Return To North America In 2027 (Blabbermouth) (blabbermouth.net); Iron Maiden announce surprise 2027 North American tour (NME) (nme.com); Iron Maiden 2027 North American tour (Loudwire) (loudwire.com); Iron Maiden 2027 North American tour (Ultimate Classic Rock) (ultimateclassicrock.com); Iron Maiden's final Run For Your Lives North American tour dates for 2027 (SeatGeek blog) (seatgeek.com); Iron Maiden Run For Your Lives North American Tour 2027 (Live Nation) (livenation.com); Iron Maiden announces final North American Run for Your Lives tour leg for 2027 (Digg) (digg.com); Ticketmaster: Iron Maiden at Tacoma Dome (ticketmaster.evyy.net)