On June 22, 2026, the Paris La Défense Arena will light up for Iron Maiden, who return to Paris with a new leg of their Run for Your Lives world tour. For the British band, formed in London in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, it will be a grand return to the French capital, before tens of thousands of fans expected for one of the most impressive events of the European rock season. Iron Maiden are more than just a band: they are a legend of contemporary music culture. They have defined the language of heavy metal with a unique blend of power and theatricality, transforming every concert into an epic spectacle. Their songs, from The Number of the Beast to Run to the Hills, from Fear of the Dark to Aces High, have become anthems for generations of listeners. Bruce Dickinson's voice, Nicko McBrain's precision on drums, and the intertwining guitars of Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Janick Gers continue to embody the combination of energy and virtuosity that made them inimitable. Half a century after their founding, the band maintains a stage presence that few can match. Their shows are constructed like a collective ritual: lights, flames, monumental screens, and the unmistakable presence of Eddie, Iron Maiden's mascot since the beginning, shape a recognizable and coherent visual universe.
A major retrospective in Paris brings Philip Guston back into focus, the artist who left abstraction behind to confront the political and social traumas of the 1970s through irony and grotesque imagery. His satirical drawings and figurative paintings reveal the courage to turn painting into a tool of critique and resistance.
John Adams’s opera returns to Paris from February 24 to March 20, 2026. Under Valentina Carrasco’s direction, Nixon in China blends political history and minimalist music to depict the 1972 meeting between the United States and China.
The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris presents a new production of La Cage aux Folles, directed by Olivier Py with Laurent Lafitte as Albin/Zaza. Mixing humor and spectacle, the musical explores identity, diversity and family, reaffirming its universal relevance.
At the Louvre, the Carracci drawings reveal the birth of the Galleria Farnese, a Baroque masterpiece. A journey into the 17th-century workshop, where drawing becomes the architecture of the imagination.
