Last night (December 7), Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain played his final show with the band at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil. As such, frontman Bruce Dickinson took some time to pay tribute to the drummer. He said the following:
“Tonight is a very special night, as some of you, I think probably all of you, will know, because this morning we announced, Nicko announced that he was stepping back for playing live drums with Iron Maiden. For 42 years Nicko’s been in this band. He was a drummer before I was a singer, he was a pilot before I was a pilot, and now he’s not leaving the band, but he’s just not playing live with us anymore. So, we have a lot more music to get to tonight, and I want the rest of the night to be a celebration of Nick, a celebration of the joy that he’s brought to everybody around the world, not just here in Brazil. All right? And with that, on we go!”
[via Blabbermouth]
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