DRUMS WEEK 2025: Drummer Nicko McBrain played his final show with Iron Maiden in Sao Paolo, Brazil on 7 December, 2024. Nicko ...

Credit: Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Iron Maiden have been on manoeuvres this summer, celebrating their 50 th anniversary as a band on their Run For Your Lives tour. It’s also been the first tour ...

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain says the band had instituted a new rule to address the fact that he can’t play as well as he used to. He suffered a stroke in January 2023 that left him ...

Iron Maiden Member Health McBrain has dealt with health issues while in Maiden before. Last year, the 71-year-old drummer said he was diagnosed with Stage 1 laryngeal cancer in 2020.

Iron Maiden have just shared a thank you tribute to longtime drummer Nicko McBrain, who officially retired from touring with the band over the weekend. In a newly released video, the metal legends ...

British musician Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden attends the grand opening of the Guitar Hotel expansion at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, in Hollywood, Florida, on Oct. 24, 2019.

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is speaking out about his health. The longtime heavy metal rocker shared an update with his fans after he suffered a stroke in January that left him partially ...

Nicko McBrain Not Fully Finished With Iron Maiden Although stepping away from the stage, McBrain wasn’t finished with Iron Maiden.

Having traveled the world with Iron Maiden, on December 7th, drummer Nicko McBrain announced he was retiring from touring. Performing on the road for over 40 years, the drummer wrote, “After ...

Things got a little heavy for Iron Maiden ’s Nicko McBrain during a recent concert in Dublin, when the drummer was hit by a falling gong after it had been struck by frontman Bruce Dickinson. The ...

Nicko McBrain bid farewell over the weekend to the last crowd of metalheads he will ever perform for as a touring member of Iron Maiden. McBrain, 72, who has served as the British heavy metal band ...

Di’Anno was 66. Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, with McBrain joining in 1982. A new drummer has been chosen, a band statement said, and is expected to be announced shortly.