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When Iron Maiden Opened for Kiss on the ‘Unmasked’ Tour

Two of the biggest names in hard-rock history — Kiss and Iron Maiden — embarked on a European tour together between Aug. 29 and Oct. 13, 1980. At the time, Iron Maiden was just a fledgling outfit.

Just months removed from releasing their eponymous LP, they were still hustling to distinguish themselves from other New Wave of British Heavy Metal hopefuls. As for headliners, the self-appointed “hottest band in the land” was then facing a severe downturn in their career fortunes, as they toured behind their poorly received (and misleadingly titled) Unmasked album.

In other words, everything was in place for a very eventful tour. But let’s back up just a little bit first.

The wheels started coming off the previously unstoppable Kiss wagon as early as 1978, beginning with all four members’ ambitious but ill-fated solo albums , made worse by 1979’s fan-dividing, disco-tinted Dynasty  and reaching a crisis point by early 1980, as drummer Peter Criss checked out, refusing to even play (or depending on who you ask, being totally incapable of playing) on that year’s Unmasked .

By the time Kiss performed an intimate warm-up show at New York’s Palladium on July 25, Unmasked was looking very much like a new commercial low, and Eric Carr had officially taken over drum duties from the fired Criss.

Then it was off to Europe, where Kiss had rarely ventured before (their elaborate stage production being quite expensive to transport) and where Carr, Gene Simmons , Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley would meet their opening act for the first time on their joint tour’s opening night, on Aug. 29, in Rome.

What they saw in vocalist Paul Di’Anno, guitarists Dave Murray and Dennis Stratton, bassist Steve Harris and drummer Clive Burr was a hungry and apparently fearless group of East London toughs. Brimming with confidence after a well-received appearance at England’s Reading Festival, Iron Maiden was ready to challenge Kiss on stage night after night.

To their credit, Kiss had never hesitated to pick the hottest young bands as their special guests ( AC/DC , Judas Priest , Cheap Trick ) and, by all accounts, they were very welcoming and professional.

According to Iron Maiden’s authorized biography, Run to the Hills , Kiss bassist Gene Simmons made a point of visiting his special guests’ dressing room early in the tour to praise their debut album. When challenged by Maiden’s impertinent Di’Anno as to whether Gene had even heard it, Simmons immediately rattled off all the song titles – in order.

This camaraderie was misconstrued with dire circumstances by Stratton, who took to spending more time and even traveling between shows with Kiss’ road crew instead of his own bandmates. Stratton would later play this down as his gregarious nature. His fellow bandmates, however, were already sensing increasing musical differences in the four-to-five-year age gap separating them from Dennis. They began to wonder if perhaps he wasn’t the right man for the job.

After winding their way together through Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, back to Germany, then over to the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, Kiss and Iron Maiden finally went their separate ways after Oct. 13. Kiss headed to Australia for what would prove to be Frehley’s final shows until their '90s reunion, while Iron Maiden returned to the U.K. where they promptly dismissed Stratton and replaced him with Adrian Smith.

Kiss and Iron Maiden’s trajectories would follow largely different roads over the ensuing decade, with Kiss finally coming clean on their threat to take the makeup off and enjoying a platinum career comeback, while Maiden grew from strength to strength, becoming arguably that decade’s definitive heavy metal band.

So it’s of course always intriguing to look back at the two bands’ European tour in the fall of 1980 as a passing of the torch, in some respects, from one generation of hard-rock warriors to the next, while their lucky European fans looked on in wonder.

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The Iron Maiden tour adds Phoenix date in 2024. Here's how to get tickets to the concert

I conic British heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden have added a Phoenix date to the North American leg of the Future Past Tour, playing Footprint Center on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, with Mongolian metal greats the Hu.

No further shows will be announced for North America.

The Hu issued a statement saying, “Iron Maiden is the master of the masters of rock music. They are one of the biggest inspirations to us! The way that they create and perform their music is majestic and we still remember the first time we heard their ‘Trooper’ song and felt the deep energy behind each word.”

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Iron Maiden last played Phoenix in 2019

Iron Maiden last played Phoenix on the Legacy of the Beast Tour in 2019 .

This will be their 17th performance in the Valley since playing Memorial Coliseum on June 4, 1981, as part of the Killer World Tour, their first time in the U.S.

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Future Past Tour features songs from 'Senjetsu,' 'Somewhere in Time'

The Future Past Tour, which features songs from Maiden’s latest studio release, “Senjutsu,” and 1986’s seminal “Somewhere in Time” alongside other fan favorites, played to more than 750,000 fans at more than 30 sold-out shows across Europe in the summer of 2023.

They also played Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver alongside their highly praised appearance at California’s Power Trip Festival in October, which had Consequence raving “Iron Maiden set the bar high at Power Trip” and The Desert Sun saying they “delivered a hard-hitting performance to open the festival on a high note."

The tour features one of the most spectacular stage productions of Maiden’s career.

How to get tickets to Iron Maiden at Footprint Center in Phoenix

Tickets for the Phoenix concert go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 29, at livenation.com .

Reach the reporter at  [email protected]  or 602-444-4495. Follow him on X  @EdMasley .

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Iron Maiden Touring - 1980

• Fri 1 Aberdeen, UK Aberdeen University   Metal For Muthas tour
• Sat 2 Glasgow, UK Glasgow University   Metal For Muthas tour
• Sun 3 St Andrews, UK St Andrews University   Metal For Muthas tour
• Mon 4 Edinburgh, UK Tiffany's Club   Metal For Muthas tour
• Tue 5 Grimsby, UK Central Hall   Metal For Muthas tour
• Wed 6 Bristol, UK Romeo & Juliet's   Metal For Muthas tour
• Thu 7 Wakefield, UK Unity Hall   Metal For Muthas tour
• Fri 8 Huddersfield, UK Polytechnic   Metal For Muthas tour
• Sat 9 Manchester, UK UMIST   Metal For Muthas tour
• Sun 10 London, UK The Lyceum   Metal For Muthas tour
• Mon 11 Mansfield, UK Civic Theatre   Metal For Muthas tour
• Fri 7 Cardiff, UK Cardiff University   supporting Judas Priest
• Sat 8 Leeds, UK Leeds University   supporting Judas Priest
• Sun 9 Bristol, UK Colston Hall   supporting Judas Priest
• Mon 10 Manchester, UK Apollo Theatre   supporting Judas Priest
• Tue 11 Sheffield, UK City Hall   supporting Judas Priest
• Wed 12 Sheffield, UK City Hall   supporting Judas Priest
• Thu 13 Leicester, UK De Montfort Hall   supporting Judas Priest
• Fri 14 London, UK Hammersmith Odeon   supporting Judas Priest
• Sat 15 London, UK Hammersmith Odeon   supporting Judas Priest
• Sun 16 Southampton, UK Gaumont Hall   supporting Judas Priest
• Tue 18 Aberdeen, UK Capitol Theatre   supporting Judas Priest
• Wed 19 Edinburgh, UK Odeon   supporting Judas Priest
• Thu 20 Newcastle, UK Mayfair   supporting Judas Priest
• Fri 21 Newcastle, UK Mayfair   supporting Judas Priest
• Sat 22 Glasgow, UK Apollo Theatre   supporting Judas Priest
• Sun 23 Deeside, UK Leisure Centre   supporting Judas Priest
• Tue 25 Stoke-on-Trent, UK Trenthams Garden Grand Hall   supporting Judas Priest
• Wed 26 Birmingham, UK Odeon   supporting Judas Priest
• Thu 27 Birmingham, UK Odeon   supporting Judas Priest
• Tue 1 London, UK Rainbow Theatre   supporting Judas Priest
• Wed 2 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Thu 3 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Sat 5 Kotrjik, BELGIUM Wheelpop Festival  
• Sun 6 London, UK The Bandwagon  
• Mon 7 Plymouth, UK Fiesta  
• Tue 8 London, UK The Ruskin Arms  
• Thu 10 Grimsby, UK Central Hall  
• Mon 14 London, UK The Ruskin Arms  
• Thu 15 Lincoln, UK Drill Hall  
• Fri 16 Newcastle, UK Mayfair  
• Sat 17 Dunfermline, UK Kinema Ballroom  
• Sun 18 Ayr, UK Pavillion  
• Mon 19 Aberdeen, UK Music Hall  
• Tue 20 Carlisle, UK Market Hall  
• Wed 21 Bradford, UK Saint George's Hall  
• Thu 22 Withensea, UK Grand Pavilion  
• Fri 23 Cambridge, UK Corn Exchange  
• Sun 25 Dunstable, UK Queensway Hall  
• Tue 27 Blackburn, UK King George's Hall  
• Wed 28 Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall  
• Thu 29 Hanley, UK Victoria Hall  
• Fri 30 Swindon, UK Brunel Rooms  
• Sat 31 St Austell, UK Cornwall Coliseum  
• Sun 1 Bristol, UK Locarno  
• Mon 2 Malvern, UK Winter Gardens  
• Wed 4 Cardiff, UK Top Rank  
• Fri 6 Cromer, UK West Runton Pavilion  
• Sat 7 Birmingham, UK Odeon  
• Sun 8 Sheffield, UK Top Rank  
• Mon 9 Liverpool, UK Royal County Theatre  
• Wed 11 Sunderland, UK Mecca Centre  
• Thu 12 Dundee, UK Caird Hall  
• Fri 13 Glasgow, UK Apollo Theatre  
• Sat 14 Middlesbrough, UK Town Hall  
• Mon 16 Wakefield, UK Unity Hall  
• Tue 17 Leicester, UK De Montfort Hall  
• Wed 18 Chatham, UK Central Hall  
• Thu 19 Guildford, UK Civic Hall  
• Fri 20 London, UK Rainbow Theatre  
• Sat 21 Bracknell, UK Sports Centre  
• Sun 22 Brighton, UK Top Rank  
• Tue 24 Norwich, UK St. Andrews Hall  
• Wed 25 Derby, UK Assembly Rooms  
• Thu 26 Manchester, UK Manchester Apollo  
• Fri 27 Bath, UK Pavilion  
• Sat 28 Oxford, UK New Theatre  
• Sun 29 Swansea, UK Brangwyn Hall  
• Mon 30 Poole, UK Arts Centre  
• Tue 1 Portsmouth, UK Locarno  
• Fri 4 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Sat 5 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Tue 8 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Wed 9 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Fri 11 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Sat 12 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Sat 19 Oulu, FINLAND Kuusrock Festival  
• Sun 10 London, UK Global Village  
• Thu 21 Cromer, UK West Runton Pavilion  
• Sat 23 Reading, UK Reading Festival  
• Fri 29 St Angelo, ITALY Castle  
• Mon 1 Genoa, ITALY Palasport   supporting KISS
• Tue 2 Milan, ITALY Velodromo Vigorelli   supporting KISS
• Sat 6 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Sun 7 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Thu 11 Nuremberg, GERMANY Messehalle   supporting KISS
• Fri 12 Düsseldorf, GERMANY Philipshalle   supporting KISS
• Sat 13 Frankfurt, GERMANY Rebstock-Gelände   supporting KISS
• Mon 15 Dortmund, GERMANY Westfalenhallen   supporting KISS
• Wed 17 Sindelfingen, GERMANY Messehalle   supporting KISS
• Thu 18 Munich, GERMANY Olympiahalle   supporting KISS
• Sat 20 Kassel, GERMANY Eissporthalle   supporting KISS
• Sun 21 Brussels, BELGIUM Forest National   supporting KISS
• Tue 23 Avignon, FRANCE Parc des Expositions   supporting KISS
• Wed 24 Lyon, FRANCE Palais des Sports   supporting KISS
• Sat 27 Paris, FRANCE Hippodrome De Pantin   supporting KISS
• Sun 28 Basel, SWITZERLAND St. Jakobshalle   supporting KISS
• Tue 30 Cologne, GERMANY Sporthalle   supporting KISS
• Wed 1 Bremen, GERMANY Stadthalle   supporting KISS
• Thu 2 Hanover, GERMANY Niedersachsenhalle   supporting KISS
• Sat 4 Hamburg, GERMANY Ernst-Merck-Halle   supporting KISS
• Sun 5 Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS Groenoordhallen   supporting KISS
• Thu 9 Stockholm, SWEDEN Eriksdalshallen   supporting KISS
• Fri 10 Gothenburg, SWEDEN Scandinavium   supporting KISS
• Sat 11 Copenhagen, DENMARK Brøndby Hall   supporting KISS
• Mon 13 Drammen, NORWAY Drammenshallen   supporting KISS
• Sat 8 Munich, GERMANY Rock Pop  
• Fri 21 Uxbridge, UK Brunel University  
• Sat 22 Leeds, UK University of Leeds  
• Sun 23 Redcar, UK Coatham Bowl  
• Mon 24 Kingston upon Hull, UK Hull City Hall  
• Tue 25 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Newcastle City Hall  
• Wed 26 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Odeon  
• Thu 27 Derby, UK Assembly Hall  
• Fri 28 Hanley, UK Victoria Hall  
• Sun 30 Manchester, UK Manchester Apollo  
• Mon 1 Nottingham, UK Rock City  
• Fri 19 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Sat 20 London, UK Marquee Club  
• Sun 21 London, UK Rainbow Theatre  
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