Eddie's ready again! Iron Maiden returning to St. Paul on fall 2024 tour

The British metal vets and their mascot will stop in Oct. 22 for their third Xcel Center show in seven years.

October 27, 2023 at 3:03PM
Singer Bruce Dickinson with bassist Steve Harris early in Iron Maiden's set. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson and bassist Steve Harris tore it up on their Legacy of the Beast Tour stop at Xcel Energy Center in 2019. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

One of metal's most animated and enduring bands, Iron Maiden is coming back to Xcel Energy Center next fall with their trusty skeletal mascot Eddie and another mega-sized stage production.

The ghoulish British rockers included an Oct. 22, 2024, date at the St. Paul arena on its newly announced itinerary for the Future Past Tour, which will kick off Oct. 4 in San Diego.

Tickets for the Tuesday night stop at the X go on sale Nov. 3 via Ticketmaster.com, with presale options beginning Tuesday; yep, Halloween. Prices are not being publicized by promoter Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster.

After skipping the Twin Cities for 16 years running, Iron Maiden has been making up for lost time with two other recent shows in 2017 and 2019, both also at Xcel Center — and each a mighty good time.

In promotions for this tour, the band is pledging to include songs from its most recent album, 2021's double-LP "Senjutsu," a promise that their cultish fans will welcome more than with other aging rock bands. Fans can surely still expect classics such as "Number of the Beast," "Aces High" and "Run to the Hills," too.

"We know from the reaction of our fans at Power Trip and the shows we played in Canada recently that they really enjoyed hearing new songs from both 'Senjutsu' and 'Somewhere In Time,' and we've really enjoyed playing them," bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris said in a statement.

Harris is one of five heyday-era members still kicking it in Iron Maiden as the band's 50th anniversary nears, along with singer and pilot Bruce Dickinson, guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith and drummer Nicko McBrain.

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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