Watch: BLAZE BAYLEY Plays Special 'IRON MAIDEN Anniversary' Set In Norwich During Fall 2026 U.K. Tour

On October 22, Blaze Bayley, who fronted IRON MAIDEN from 1994 to 1999, performed a special "IRON MAIDEN Anniversary" set with his solo band at The Brickmakers in Norwich, United Kingdom. Fan-filmed video of the entire concert can be seen below.

Featured songs:

0:00:01 Doctor Doctor (intro)
0:02:13 Lord Of The Flies
0:07:27 Justice Of The Peace
0:11:49 Judgement Of Heaven
0:17:41 Blood On The World's Hands
0:23:53 Look For The Truth
0:31:01 Born As A Stranger
0:36:20 The Brave
0:40:57 Lightning Strike Twice
0:47:52 Sign Of The Cross
0:57:56 Calling You Home
1:03:37 A Thousand Years
1:07:57 When Two Worlds Collide
1:14:34 The Clansman
1:25:50 2 A.M.
1:32:10 Como Estais Amigo
1:37:44 Virus
1:46:10 Wrathchild
1:49:33 Man On The Edge
2:01:53 Futureal
2:05:08 Doctor Doctor
2:07:38 Solos
2:19:09 Doctor Doctor (Reprise)
2:20:32 The Angel And The Gambler

Later this year, Blaze will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame alongside MAIDEN's current lineup of singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris and guitarists Adrian Smith, Dave Murray and Janick Gers, as well as ex-singer Paul Di'Anno, ex-guitarist Dennis Stratton and former drummers Nicko McBrain and Clive Burr.

The 2026 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony will take place on November 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. It will air on ABC and Disney+ the following month.

Last June, Blaze was asked by Rev. Tom Brice of Sportzwire Radio how he feels about being inducted into the Rock Hall. He responded: " Well, I don't think any of us get into heavy metal and follow it as a profession to get awards, but it's nice to be recognized… And the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame — LED ZEPPELIN, I mean, giant of giants, almost so big that they can't be considered as part of normal music. And to be part of that and all the other wonderful artists, to be considered there with the work that I've done and the songs that I've written and the music that we've done, it's just incredible, really."

He continued: "What's interesting, whereas I might go, 'Well, I'm not in it for awards,' for a lot of my fans, it's important for them. For a lot of my fans, it's important. They think, 'Yes, he should be recognized.' And so that's really, really cool, that my fans enjoy the fact that their favorite singer has been recognized by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame."

The two MAIDEN albums Blaze appeared on sold considerably less than the band's prior releases and were their lowest-charting titles in the group's home country since 1981's "Killers".

While MAIDEN has been eligible to join the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame since 2004, the band had only been nominated twice before — in 2021 and 2023.

Three years ago, Blaze spoke to Tony Webster of "The Metal Command" about some fans' initial reluctance to embrace his era of MAIDEN. When Webster noted that Blaze's solo work over the last two decades has gone a long way toward "changing the narrative" of his time with MAIDEN, Bayley said: "Yeah, I think you're right, Tony. I'm hearing this a lot. People look back and they go… Some fans go, 'Of course I've got every IRON MAIDEN album, but the ones I haven't listened to are [Blaze-era albums] 'The X Factor' and 'Virtual XI'. And now that's all I can listen to that I haven't listened to a hundred times. I have to listen to those. And it's exactly what you say to me.

"'The X Factor''s got some incredible music on it, but the sound of it is so dark, and the way it was produced, it's not accessible like some of the other MAIDEN albums," Blaze explained. "You've gotta live with that for quite a few spins until you're tuned into what things are doing. Then you can get to the music. I think that was maybe a problem with it at the time. It's so dark and the sounds of things were quite different to what came before. People who did live with it, managed to find it. And it's different cultures as well, different countries. In Sweden and Spain, those albums, people loved them as much as every other [MAIDEN] album. But in other places, people didn't. It's a different thing."