Longtime Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain performed his final show with Iron Maiden on December 7 in São Paulo, Brazil. Iron Maiden has since recruited drummer Simon Dawson of British Lion for future reside reveals, which start in Might 2025. Within the meantime, Iron Maiden has shared an emotional video recap of McBrain‘s ultimate present that you may watch above.
On the time of his retirement, McBrain wrote: “After a lot consideration, it’s with each sorrow and pleasure, I announce my determination to take a step again from the grind of the intensive touring way of life. At the moment, Saturday, December 7th, Sao Paulo might be my ultimate gig with Iron Maiden. I want the band a lot success transferring ahead.
“I’ll, nonetheless, stay firmly a part of the Iron Maiden household engaged on a wide range of initiatives, my very long time managers, Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor, take into consideration for me. I will even be engaged on a wide range of totally different private initiatives and specializing in my present companies and ventures, together with The British Drum Firm, Nicko McBrain’s Drum One, Titanium Tart, and naturally, Rock-N-Roll Ribs!
“What can I say? Touring with Maiden the final 42 years has been an unimaginable journey! To my devoted fan base, you made all of it worthwhile and I like you! To my devoted spouse, Rebecca, you made it infinitely simpler and I like you! To my children, Justin and Nicholas, thanks for understanding the absences and I like you! To my associates which can be all the time there for me, I like you! To my bandmates, you made it a dream come true and I like you!
Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson additionally had some very variety phrases about McBrain on stage throughout his ultimate present, saying: “Tonight is a really particular evening, as a few of you, I believe in all probability all of you, will know, as a result of this morning we introduced, Nicko introduced that he was stepping again for enjoying reside drums with Iron Maiden. For 42 years Nicko‘s been on this band. He was a drummer earlier than I used to be a singer, he was a pilot earlier than I used to be a pilot, and now he isn’t leaving the band, however he is simply not enjoying reside with us anymore.
“So, we’ve got much more music to get to tonight, and I would like the remainder of the evening to be a celebration of Nick, a celebration of the enjoyment that he is delivered to everyone all over the world, not simply right here in Brazil. All proper? And with that, on we go!”
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