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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 band's official website: "After much consideration, it is with both sorrow and joy, I announce my decision to take a step back from the grind of the extensive touring lifestyle. Today, Sat, Dec 7th, Sao Paulo will be my final gig with Iron Maiden. I wish the band much success moving forward." McBrain joined Iron Maiden in 1982, first appearing on their 1983 album...

In a brand new interview with TVMaldita, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain spoke about his 1999 conversion to Christianity and how being a Christian has affected his life as an artist."When I was a kid, I was very versed in Christianity — I went to Sunday school, and we had religious instruction as a lesson in schools in those days," he told host and fellow legendary drummer Aquiles Priester (see video below). "As I got older and I started to get wilder, religion didn't really play much of a [role] and I wasn't God-focused. In the '90s — probably '98,...