The
Maiden England World Tour is an ongoing
concert tour by
Iron Maiden, which began on 21 June 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tour's setlist and stage show is largely based on the original 1989
concert video of the same name, shot during the
7th Tour of a 7th Tour in 1988 and due for re-release in 2013. Because of this, the tour's setlist consists almost entirely of the band's 1980s material, with a particular focus on their 1988 album,
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, which the 7th Tour of a 7th Tour was held in support of.
The opening section of the world tour took place in North America from June to August 2012. With 34 dates in its opening leg, this was Iron Maiden's most extensive tour of North America in over 12 years and was subject to critical and commercial success. In 2013, the band intends to continue the tour with worldwide dates. This includes an appearance at
Download Festival, notable for being their record-breaking fifth headline performance at
Donington Park.
