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Nicko McBrain Reveals Which Iron Maiden Songs He Could No Longer Play

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Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain explained how physical limitations following his 2023 stroke influenced his decision to retire from touring. After his stroke, he adapted parts of songs like The Trooper's opening drum fill during two tours, but realized he could not perform several tracks planned for the upcoming Run For Your Lives tour. McBrain's final performance with the band took place in December 2024, and he will remain involved in studio…

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Nicko McBrain is the historian drummer of the Iron Maiden, the British band that for fifty years has been among the main flagship of the heavy metal. For about forty years he has scanned the rhythm of the group behind the skins, until a stroke, two years ago, forced him to stop and then to retire, not feeling more in [...] The article "I stopped everything for the stroke, so I wanted to publish a book of memories. I had no more speed than once. …

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In Hello Boys And Girls! the drummer tells the decision not to play with the band after 42 years

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In a sincere memoir, the drummer of the Iron Maiden unveils his Hello Boys and Girls, the difficult stop after the stroke, the use of heroin and the break with Ozzy Osbourne, while his wife Sharon hated him. Nicko McBrain, the drummer of the Iron Maiden, launches his new memoir with an energetic Hello Boys and Girls, a [...] L'articolo Nicko McBrain by Iron Maiden: "Metal never goes out of fashion, but I had to stop for a stroke" comes from Caff…

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CAFFEBOOK broke the news on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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