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Iron Maiden bans phones at Paris concert, uses lockable pouches

6/22/2026

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Iron Maiden will enforce a phone-free standing/General Admission area at their June 22 concert in Paris’s La Défense Arena, filmed for the “Run For Your Lives” tour concert film.
Fans must place phones in lockable Yondr pouches on entry, keep them, and may unlock devices only in emergency zones while purchases require physical cards.
Manager Ron Smallwood thanked compliant fans as lead singer Bruce Dickinson called phone obsession a “terrible disease.”

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Iron Maiden will enforce a phone-free standing/General Admission area at their June 22 concert in Paris’s La Défense Arena, filmed for the “Run For Your Lives” tour concert film.
Fans must place phones in lockable Yondr pouches on entry, keep them, and may unlock devices only in emergency zones while purchases require physical cards.
Manager Ron Smallwood thanked compliant fans as lead singer Bruce Dickinson called phone obsession a “terrible disease.”