Longtime Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain performed his closing present with Iron Maiden on December 7 in São Paulo, Brazil. Iron Maiden has since recruited drummer Simon Dawson of British Lion for future reside exhibits, which start in Might 2025. Within the meantime, Iron Maiden has shared an emotional video recap of McBrain‘s closing present you can watch above.
On the time of his retirement, McBrain wrote: “After a lot consideration, it’s with each sorrow and pleasure, I announce my resolution to take a step again from the grind of the intensive touring way of life. Immediately, Saturday, December 7th, Sao Paulo might be my closing gig with Iron Maiden. I want the band a lot success shifting ahead.
“I’ll, nevertheless, 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 completely different private initiatives and specializing in my current 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 unbelievable journey! To my devoted fan base, you made all of it worthwhile and I really like you! To my devoted spouse, Rebecca, you made it infinitely simpler and I really like you! To my youngsters, Justin and Nicholas, thanks for understanding the absences and I really like you! To my mates which might be at all times there for me, I really like you! To my bandmates, you made it a dream come true and I really like you!
Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson additionally had some very variety phrases about McBrain on stage throughout his closing present, saying: “Tonight is a really particular evening, as a few of you, I believe most likely 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 have now much more music to get to tonight, and I need the remainder of the evening to be a celebration of Nick, a celebration of the enjoyment that he is delivered to all people world wide, not simply right here in Brazil. All proper? And with that, on we go!”
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