IRON MAIDEN “leaks” setlist & NICKO McBRAIN’s message | Iron Maiden news
Iron Maiden’s Run For Your Lives Tour is right around the corner. And the closer we get to it, the more verified leaked information from a guy who knows a guy, who knows Steve Harris’s barber, starts pouring in… including the latest leaked Run For Your Life set list, the official Iron Maiden photographer who’s given away the early Iron Maiden deep cut, and the deciphering of the cryptic message Nicko McBrain has sent in the latest Iron Maiden fan club magazine.
But are those actually true? Well, let’s find out.
00:00 – Intro
00:44 – Leaked setlist
04:46 – Nicko McBrain’s revelations
06:41 – The most important part from Nicko
07:37 – Final thoughts & Transylvania
08:00 – Up the Pilgrims!
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@MetalPilgrim
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
CORRECTION! For some reason I said that Be Quick Or Be Dead was never performed🤦♂ Honestly, shouldn't be recording videos that late at night! So yes, it has been performed… just not for the past 33 years!
@kostasgiagidis
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
actually mr @MetalPilgrim they played be quick or be dead in many live performances including the live album: A real live one…. Please make a better research for the best information of your viewers/fans… We don't need to pass to the public that there is a possibility that you don't make a research first before you post/upload a video and you don't know what you talking about….
@atlasmonkeyleon
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
This aged like milk. 😂
@Patdlm
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
😀😀😀 proved so wrong no suprise there
@mikatu
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Obviously that setlist was fake!
@chrischavez1305
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Doctor Doctor (UFO cover)
Intro: The Ides Of March
1. Murders In The Rue Morgue
2. Wrathchild
3. 2 Minutes To Midnight
4. The Trooper
5. Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter
6. Wasted Years
7. No Prayer For The Dying
8. Be Quick Or Be Dead
9. Infinite Dreams
10. The Clairvoyant
11. The Number Of The Beast
12. Hallowed Be Thy Name
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
Encore
15. Running Free
16. Sanctuary
17. Run To The Hills
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
(Monty Python song)
@trnalls2
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
The Fear of the Dark 92 tour opened with Be Quick or Be Dead I Was There
@tilaman2438
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
'No prayer for the dying' title track instead of 'bring your daughter….' would work nicely.
@amauryespinal7806
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
I think they could play another song that they've never played live (Gangland, Invaders, Flash Of The Blade, Sun and Steel, Only The Good Die Young, etc.), would be a great surprise. I also think they could include Afraid To Shoot Strangers.
@spaceace4387
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
That setlist is too long for an Iron Maiden Setlist.
@aldersmoke1
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
I love me some classic Maiden but I do not need to hear songs like hallowed be thy name or run to the hills or fear of the dark live, ever again. Not that they're not great songs, but they're all already on about six different live albums. What I wish more than anything is that they would make another album or two while they still can, but if they are going to focus on their first nine albums (again), I sure hope the setlist has much deeper cuts than this "leaked" one.
@bilbobaggins9488
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
This video has no views but is plagiarizing your video
https://youtu.be/YrMV1Zk2yZc?si=kKhSRPk0-xz4iUIv
@jimmiepiranah
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
I'm not believing anything, until i see/hear some footage.
Would Nicko be able to handle that set, for a whole tour? Word is, Simon was tagging along the whole last tour, as a just in case. And i recently found out, they rehearsed with Simon, in my town, Portland, Ore, when they were here. Bruce said, he played the whole set, right off. Simon could've taken over at anytime.
@rabarebra
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
BS, they will never open up with Be Quick these days. Silly song.
@user-bl6ne3hc6n
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
This is definitely not the set list,
@fredrikp2089
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
I'll dream of this set (think Bruce could pull this off decently. Songs like Aces High & Where Eagles Dare need to be omitted).
Of course this setlist is not going to happen, but maybe a few of the deep cuts could show up at least:
1. Be Quick Or Be Dead
2. Total Eclipse
3. Powerslave
4. Deja-Vu
5. Remember Tomorrow
6. Phantom of the Opera
7. Infinite Dreams
8. Only the Good Die Young
9. Judas Be My Guide
10. 22 Acacia Avenue
11. Mother Russia
12. To Tame A Land
13. Killers
14. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
15. Still Life
16. Iron Maiden
The Parchment would be a great f'ing live track as well. Wish they would have played that one on the Future Past tour
@craigsibson6541
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Rime of the ancient mariner!! Thats all i have to say.
@nikooo70
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Let someone else wait for the loneliness of the long distance runner, only the good die young in the setlist!!!
@Dodgewwwc
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
I know a guy that knows Steve’s son… legit…. And I haven’t a clue
@elias8090
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
They have to play afraid to shoot strangers
@mauricio471
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Greetings from Jundiaí, Brazil
This is my set-list
1 – Be quick or be dead
2 – Sea of Madness
3 – Man on the edge
4- No prayer for the dying
5- Innocent Exile
6- Fortunes of war
7- Medley with Shadows of the Valley/The fallen angel)
8- Infinite dreams
9- Twilight Zone
10- Deja Vu
11- Medley with Coming home/Darkest hour/out of the shadows
12 – Days of Future Past
13 – The Nomad
14 – The Number Of The Beast
15 – Running Free
@Nyxandr
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Taking 13 year old son to the tour in Manchester, he will be gutted if Aces High is dropped 😭
@heavymetaldiaries1304
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
This list isn't real.
@jordanrougeck4824
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
2 and a half hours of show so there will be more than 20 songs… I'm not saying this setlist is wrong, but it's at least incomplete. I heard somewhere by someone there would be 25 songs 😉.
@marcusfreitas7919
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Be quick was the opener during the 1992 tour. I watched it live and it rocks.
@jakatta73
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Opening with Be Quick Or Be Dead would be great.
I really think that the Fear Of The Dark album is massively underrated in their catalogue. Sure it's not a top 5 Iron Maiden album, but it should be no where near the bottom of any list imo.
I'd love it if they played Weekend Warrior from the album. It's a song about football and fan culture (which has always resonated with me), and with Harris being a massive West Ham fan, would he, at The London Stadium, home of his beloved Hammers, add it to their set list for this tour ! It's a massive long shot, but…….come on Steve !
@D3Alm3ida
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
wasnt supposed the list made of songs that never been played before ? I think i heard that somewhere
@Shaxpear
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
No way that they will play some of these songs if they stick to the statement that this tour would be comprised of songs that will never be played again!
The Trooper?
Hallowed be thy Name?
Run to the Hills?
The Number of the Beast?
Never to play those songs again? Ever?!
No way!
@marka23able
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Setlist is obviously fake for one reason which is that it says 'Bring Me Your Daughter…To The Slaughter' when the songs title doesn't include the word 'Me'
@Severeign-sf5uq
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
моя любимая To tame A Land!!!! Шикарно!!!
@alanmackenzie476
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Be quick or be dead was the first song I ever heard Maiden play live. They opened with it on the Real Live tour, '93.
@sarty23
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
MY old tranny mother knows my gay grandfathers uncles lesbo dog. The dog is owned by DAVE MURRAYs Mother in law..And she told my friend in Hawaii who is a barber that rhe duckin boys will play all kinds of shitty old stuff. So thats that
@CuquesDeLlum
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Aside from the mis-titling in Bring Your Daughter…, this setlist isn’t happening for the simple reason that it’s 20 songs long and Iron Maiden haven’t played a set that long in at least 25 years. They almost always do between 15-18 songs. The usual length of a set is around 16 tracks. Not a chance we’re seeing a 20 song set.
@Márton-g3j
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Only 1 song from seventh son?
That's a joke
@lukedaniel7669
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
It will be inevitable but futile that Simon will be compared to Nicko. But the thing is, if Maiden wanted a drummer who played like Nicko they could have chosen from several. But instead they went for somebody with their own style.
@cripplingdebt224
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
It doesn't look legit enough, though. We shouldn't have any songs from SIT that were played on the last tour, which focused on those songs. That's why we need the 3 which weren't played.
Also, you can't put TTAL instead of ROTAM. I'm hoping this won't be the setlist. It's a little on the disappointing side. Where's The Evil That Men Do, as well?
And come on, 20 songs each night?? Nope! I think even 17 would be a treat and exhausting enough for them.
@cripplingdebt224
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
I already said that they need to play at least 5 songs from the Paul era.
@robinsongrilli7227
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Too perfect to be possible.
@anikisyl-tg7rj
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Sun and Steel wäre ein Vollschaas… So ein grauslicher, unhörbarer Song 🤮 unhörbarer Song. schlechter geht es nicht
@Alberto-yz3dw
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Very similar to the Fear of de Dark Tour 1992 setlist, curiously my first concert and this possible the last
@TheMetalfarmer
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Maiden plays their cards very close and are very good at it. I wouldn't believe any leaked setlist, I wouldn't even be surprised if they intentionally "leaked" an incorrect setlist. However this is VERY close to my prediction, mainly differing only with Mariner
@iiz50p
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
In all seriousness, I just can't see the band bringing back that many deep cut songs. I think we'll get one, maybe two, with Be Quick or Be Dead probably most likely. If we do get a never before played song its probably Sun and Steel but even that I'm a little sceptical about.
@iiz50p
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Steve's dogwalker told me they're just playing 90mins of Running Free
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