Iron Maiden will enforce a phone-free standing area at their Paris La Défense Arena show on Monday, June 22, with the performance set to be filmed for an upcoming concert movie from the Run For Your Lives Tour.
The band announced the policy on Friday, June 19, via social media, according to Billboard. Fans in the standing and General Admission area will have their phones locked in Yondr pouches upon entry. The pouches stay with the fan throughout the night. Designated phone-use zones will be available inside the arena for emergencies. Bars and merchandise stands will require physical payment cards.
The band's social media post laid out the reasoning directly: "The standing/General Admission area in La Défense Arena will be entirely phone-free to make sure the experience is optimal for the live recording of the Run For Your Lives Tour film. Yondr pouches will be provided upon entry to the venue to store your mobile device during the show. Your device will be locked in the pouch on arrival and unlocked when you leave at the end of the night."
Iron Maiden have pushed for phone-free shows throughout the Run For Your Lives Tour. Before the tour launched in 2025, the band told fans to put their phones away. The Paris filming makes that preference binding policy for one of the tour's most significant nights.
The Run For Your Lives World Tour was announced in September 2024 as a global celebration of the band's 50th anniversary. Iron Maiden formed in Leyton, East London in 1975. The setlist focuses on material from the band's first nine studio albums and has pulled in some rarely played tracks. The song "Infinite Dreams," from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, has been performed live for the first time in 38 years.
The tour has been a commercial force. Billboard ranked it in the top three of its Top Rock Tours 2025 chart. The band generated approximately $150.9 million in revenue across 1.5 million tickets sold. The 2026 European leg, which includes the Paris date, is part of an expanded campaign that has added North American, Central and South American, and Oceania stops.
Iron Maiden will tour Australia in November, which will be the final shows of the tour before a 2027 hiatus. Extra Australian dates were added due to demand.
The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and placed 29 titles on the Billboard 200, including four top 10 entries.
