Iron Maiden performs in Melbourne on Friday, November 13, 2026, at AAMI Park. This is the band's only show currently available to book.
Only a ticket is sold for this concert.
Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 in Leyton, East London, by bassist Steve Harris, the band's principal songwriter. Iron Maiden is a British heavy metal band and one of the leading acts of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
Harris attributed the name to a film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel The Man in the Iron Mask. He said the film's title reminded him of the iron maiden, the torture device.
Iron Maiden's first performance was in 1976 at St. Nicks Hall in Poplar, after months of rehearsals. Afterward, the band played sporadically at the Cart and Horses pub in Stratford.
In 1978, a chance meeting at the Red Lion pub in Leytonstone led to a successful audition for singer Paul Di'Anno. At the end of that year, the band recorded a four-song demo at Spaceward Studios in Cambridge.
The band gave a copy to Neal Kay, who then ran a heavy metal club called Bandwagon Heavy Metal Soundhouse. Kay began playing the demo regularly at the club. One of the songs, Prowler, reached number one in the club's chart, which was published weekly in Sounds magazine.
A copy also reached Rod Smallwood, who shortly afterward became the band's manager. The band released the demo on its own label as The Soundhouse Tapes. All 5,000 copies sold within weeks.
The band's lineup changed quite a bit in its early years. For most of the band's history, the lineup included Harris, lead singer Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers.
Harris and Murray are the band's longest-serving members, and they have played on all of its releases.
As a pioneer of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden released a string of platinum and gold albums in the UK and the United States, including their self-titled debut album (1980), Killers (1981) and The Number of the Beast (1982).
The Number of the Beast was the first album with Bruce Dickinson, who replaced Paul Di'Anno as lead singer in 1981. Dickinson's arrival was a turning point in the band's career. It established Iron Maiden as one of the most important heavy metal bands.
The Number of the Beast is among the most popular heavy metal albums of all time. It has sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide.
After a turbulent period in the 1990s, Dickinson and Smith's return in 1999 brought a new wave of popularity. It was followed by a series of new albums and highly successful tours.
The band's last three albums, The Final Frontier (2010), The Book of Souls (2015), and Senjutsu (2021), all reached number one in more than 25 countries.
Iron Maiden has sold more than 130 million copies of its albums worldwide. The band has earned more than 600 certifications.
The band has released 41 albums in total, including 17 studio albums, 13 live albums, four EPs, and seven compilations.
The band is considered one of the most influential and acclaimed heavy metal bands of all time. It has won several industry awards, including a Grammy Award and a Brit Award. In 2026, Iron Maiden was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Iron Maiden's songs explore history, literature, war, mythology, dark fantasy, science fiction, society, and religion.
Songs about death and war include Run to the Hills and The Trooper. The Trooper is about the Charge of the Light Brigade. Songs exploring historical and mythological themes include Alexander the Great and Flight of Icarus.
For more than 40 years, Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie, has appeared on the covers of almost all the band's releases.
From the beginning, Iron Maiden marketed itself using a cartoon monster. Steve Harris gave him the name Eddie. His full name is Eddie the Head.
The press sometimes describes Eddie as zombie-like or as a zombie skeleton. He wears a different guise tied to the themes of certain albums and their corresponding world tours.
Eddie has appeared as a cyborg in Somewhere in Time, an Egyptian mummy in Powerslave, and a mental patient who underwent a lobotomy in Piece of Mind.
Eddie is deliberately ugly. Illustrator Derek Riggs rendered him with great skill, emphasizing perspective and the interplay of light and shadow to give the illustration depth.
Eddie became the band's trademark. His main purpose was to bear the considerable media attention instead of the band members themselves.
At live shows, a puppet of Eddie appears with the band.
In one city, Melbourne, one Iron Maiden show is available to book. The show takes place at AAMI Park on Friday, November 13, 2026.
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Iron Maiden has one show in Melbourne, on Friday, November 13, 2026, at AAMI Park.
Iron Maiden performs in Melbourne on Friday, November 13, 2026.
The show in Melbourne takes place at AAMI Park.
Bassist Steve Harris formed Iron Maiden in 1975.
Bruce Dickinson sang with the band for most of its history. He replaced Paul Di'Anno in 1981.
Iron Maiden has released 17 studio albums.
Steve Harris attributed the name to a film adaptation of "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Alexandre Dumas. The movie's title reminded him of the torture device, the iron maiden.
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