Iron Maiden kicked off their North American “Run for You Lives” tour with two shows at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Saturday and Sunday.
Although the tour was advertised to cull from the band’s first nine albums, the band represented all but one of them, with no songs played from No Prayer for the Dying. Of the eight other albums, Powerslave was most represented with four songs, along with three tunes each from Killers and The Number of the Beast.
The 17-song set, which was identical both nights in Toronto, practically served as a greatest-hits performance, featuring such favorites as “Phantom of the Opera,” “2 Minutes to Midnight,” “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Run to the Hills,” “The Trooper,” “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” “Fear of the Dark,” and the set-closer “Waster Years.”
Being in Canada, at one point singer Bruce Dickinson poked fun at Donald Trump’s recent order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying, “We got here, we crossed Lake Ontario, we will be crossing the Gulf of Mexico. It is a ridiculous state of the world.”
Megadeth, who are in the midst of a farewell tour, proved support at both Toronto shows, playing a nine-song set each night with some slight variance from Saturday to Sunday. The Dave Mustaine-led band will be on board for the remainder of the tour, with Anthrax jumping on select dates, as well.
Iron Maiden’s North American tour runs through an August 29th show in San Antonio, with tickets available here.
Check out pro-shot photos and fan-filmed video from the Toronto concerts, as well as the setlist, below.
Iron Maiden Setlist (Same for Both Nights in Toronto):
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Wrathchild
Killers
Phantom of the Opera
The Number of the Beast
Infinite Dreams
Powerslave
2 Minutes to Midnight
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Run to the Hills
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Trooper
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Aces High
Fear of the Dark
Wasted Years
