Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris is a lifelong, dedicated West Ham United superfan. The rocker has long proudly flown the English Premier Club team’s signature maroon, blue and yellow colors. But this week, Harris changed his tune and was pictured holding up the signature Rossoblù (red and blue) jersey of Italian professional league football club Genoa FCF in an unexpected collaboration with the soccer-mad metal icon.
The team posted a pic of Harris holding up the shirt that reads “Genova” on its Instagram, with the bassist’s eyes just barely peeking out from behind the jersey’s collar.
It’s the team’s latest team-up with a musician, following last week’s tribute to one of their most well-known supporters, late crooner Frank Sinatra, in which Italian singer PierC sang Old Blue Eyes’ signature hit “My Way” during a home match. In 2023, the team also celebrated Rita Ora modeling one of the squad’s 130th anniversary shirts.
Iron Maiden recently announced more dates for their extensive 2026 Run For Your Lives world tour, including gigs in El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Chile in October of next year; those dates will feature support from Alter Bridge, Mammoth, The Raven Age, Souls of steel, Nuclear and La h No Murio.
Before that swing, the band will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a European swing from May-July, followed by a run of August North American shows featuring Megadeth and Anthrax, slated to kick off on Aug. 39 in Toronto, before moving on to Montreal, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Minnesota, Illinois and California, winding down on Sept. 29 in San Antonio, Texas.
