Iconic English metal band Iron Maiden will headline the first day of the 2026 Louder Than Life music festival in Louisville.

Celebrating 50 years of heavy metal dominance, Iron Maiden is set to deliver a career-defining set drawn from its first nine albums at the festival, held Sept. 17-20, 2026 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane.

The Louisville stop is part of the band's " Run For Your Lives World Tour ," which kicks off in May 2026 in Athens, Greece. The North American leg of the tour begins in Toronto, Ontario on Aug. 29.

“The scale and incredible visual aspects of this show deserve larger venues than the arenas we have generally played in the past," Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood said in a statement. "We particularly chose this time of year to go

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