After more than four decades the Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain decided to leave the band. He first joined the group in 1982 after Clive Burr was fired, and since then was part of all the band's releases. In the beginning of 2023 he suffered a minor stroke that left the right side of his body paralyzed and he had the chance to recover more than 70% of the movements, but as he said in interviews during this year, there were some songs he couldn't play the same way anymore. Last saturday he announced that Maiden's final 2024 show, which happened in São Paulo, Brazil, would be his final one with the band. His final song with the group live was the classic "Wasted Years". To replaced him, the group picked Simon Dawson, who is for 12 years already, a member of Steve Harris' side project British Lion. He is also known as a session drummer and also played with the British Pop/New Wave band The Outfield. See the videos and setlist of Nicko McBrain's final show with Iron Maiden Caught Somewhere in Time Stranger in a Strange Land The Writing on the Wall Days of Future Past The Time Machine The Prisoner Death of the Celts Can I Play With Madness Heaven Can Wait Alexander the Great Fear of the Dark Iron Maiden Hell on Earth The Trooper Wasted Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VxufJ8pqR0&pp=ygUbaXJvbiBtYWlkZW4gc8OjbyBwYXVsbyAyMDI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhN3gWoBWiY&pp=ygUhaXJvbiBtYWlkZW4gc8OjbyBwYXVsbyBkZWNlbWJlciA3 50th anniversary tour dates (2025) May 27 Budapest, HUNGARY – Budapest Aréna 31 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC – Letnany Airport June 1 – Bratislava, SLOVAKIA – TIPOS Arena 5 – Trondheim, NORWAY – Trondheim Rocks (Festival) 7 – Stavanger, NORWAY – SR-Bank Arena 9 – Copenhagen, DENMARK – Royal Arena 12 – Stockholm, SWEDEN – 3Arena 13 – Stockholm, SWEDEN – 3Arena 16 – Helsinki, FINLAND – Olympic Stadium 21 – Birmingham, ENGLAND – Utilita Arena 22 – Manchester, ENGLAND – Co-op Live 25 – Dublin, IRELAND – Malahide Castle 28 – London, ENGLAND – London Stadium 30 – Glasgow, SCOTLAND – OVO Hydro July 3 – Belfort, FRANCE – Eurockéennes Festival 5 – Madrid, SPAIN – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano 6 – Lisbon, PORTUGAL – MEO Arena 9 – Zurich, SWITZERLAND – Hallenstadion 11 – Gelsenkirchen, GERMANY – Veltins-Arena 13 – Padova, ITALY – Stadio Euganeo 15 – Bremen, GERMANY – Bürgerweide 17 – Vienna, AUSTRIA – Ernst Happel Stadium 19 – Paris, FRANCE – Paris La Défense Arena 23 – Arnhem, NETHERLANDS – GelreDome 25 – Frankfurt, GERMANY – Deutsche Bank Park 26 – Stuttgart, GERMANY – Cannstatter Wasen 29 – Berlin, GERMANY – Waldbühne August 2 – Warsaw – POLAND – PGE Narodowy 2025)
