One tough guy is Nicko McBrain.
You don’t think it’s true? Check out his narrative, then. After just four months off following a stroke in January 2023, the 72-year-old Iron Maiden drummer resumed touring with the band.
However, McBrain is retiring because even the hardest men need to step back and rest from time to time.
On the band’s website, he stated, “After much thought, it is with both sorrow and joy, I announce my decision to take a step back from the grind of the extensive touring lifestyle.” My last performance with Iron Maiden will be in Sao Paulo today, Saturday, December 7. I hope the band continues to have success.
According to Loudwire, McBrain joined Iron Maiden in 1982 after making his debut on the group’s Piece of Mind album.
According to the website, McBrain claimed that when he went out on stage, he was still recovering from his stroke and that his bandmates had modified their set lists to account for his incapacity to perform some of the more difficult songs.
McBrain pledged to stay firmly a member of the Iron Maiden family, according to Loudwire.
“The past forty-two years of touring with Maiden has been an amazing journey,” he wrote. You made it a reality, my comrades, and I adore you! I am excited and full of hope as I look to the future! God bless you everybody, I’ll see you soon, and of course, up the irons!
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