{"id":10305,"date":"2026-04-17T17:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/iron-maiden-rock-hall-induction\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:01:30","slug":"iron-maiden-rock-hall-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/iron-maiden-rock-hall-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden Won\u2019t Attend Rock Hall Induction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/02\/IRON-MAIDEN-PGE-POLAND-MCMURTRIE-final-8632-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Iron Maiden in 2025 (photo: John McMurtrie).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iron Maiden will not attend its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees\/\">induction<\/a> into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 14 in Los Angeles, as the legendary British metal group will instead be on tour in Australia on its Run for Your Lives world tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the most observant have already noticed, the band will be on tour in Australia around the November date of the induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Los Angeles. In accepting, Iron Maiden made it very clear to the R&amp;R HoF that the fans always come first and that the shows will of course go on,\u201d longtime manager Rod Smallwood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/iron-maiden-australia-tour-not-impacted-rock-hall-induction-1236224922\/\" target=\"_blank\">told <em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/kacey-musgraves-middle-of-nowhere\/\">Kacey Musgraves Sidesteps \u2018Reckless Men\u2019 On New Single<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/failure-location-lost-review\/\">Failure Finds New, Fertile Ground On \u2018Location Lost\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/sean-solomons-busy-messed-up-world\/\">Sean Solomon\u2019s Busy, Messed-Up World<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to assure all our fans in Australasia that the Australian and New Zealand dates will remain unaffected, and we look forward to bringing the RunfFor Your Lives Tour to them on the penultimate stop of our 50th anniversary celebrations,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Maiden was selected for induction earlier this week as part of a performer class that also includes Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Joy Division\/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Wu-Tang Clan and the late Luther Vandross.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really happy we\u2019re not [in the Rock Hall] and I would never want to be there,\u201d Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/bruce-dickinsons-maiden-voyage-with-spoken-word-572011\" target=\"_blank\">told <em>the Jerusalem Post<\/em> in 2018<\/a>. \u201cIf we\u2019re ever inducted, I will refuse \u2014 they won\u2019t bloody be having my corpse in there. Rock\u2019n\u2019roll music does not belong in a mausoleum in Cleveland. It\u2019s a living, breathing thing, and if you put it in a museum, then it\u2019s dead. It\u2019s worse than horrible, it\u2019s vulgar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a nice nod to Maiden history, the group\u2019s inducted members will include original singer Paul Di\u2019Anno, who died in 2024 after decades of health issues. A Wes Orshoski-directed documentary about the artist, <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/01\/paul-dianno-documentary-iron-maiden\/\">Di\u2019Anno: Iron Maiden\u2019s Lost Singer<\/a><\/em><\/em>, is out this summer.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iron Maiden in 2025 (photo: John McMurtrie). 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