After 42 years, Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is retiring from the road, and will conclude his stint tonight with a show in Brazil. McBrain posted his announcement online today in various social ...

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's ...

Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain in 2017 (photo: Lloyd Bishop / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank). Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain will retire from touring with the band after a final show with the British metal ...

Right off the bat, I must address the elephant in the room. No, it’s not a MetalSucks affiliated show regarding happy dogs and the sticks they found while out on a walk. Though that would be a great ...

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain revealed in a message on Thursday (Aug. 3) that he had suffered a stroke in January that left him partially paralyzed just before Iron Maiden were set to begin ...

Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain revealed in a little-publicized interview last year that he was diagnosed with stage 1 laryngeal cancer in 2020. The drummer made the admission while speaking to the ...

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 metal ...

Nicko McBrain, Iron Maiden's drummer of more than 40 years, played his final show Saturday just hours after announcing a "step back" from touring. (Jeff Daly / Invision/ Associated Press) Nicko ...

Nicko McBrain is about to play his last show with Iron Maiden. The band's longtime drummer, who suffered a stroke in January 2023 but returned to the road four months later, announced the news on the ...