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Nicko McBrain pays a visit to his drum store in Manchester, UK

Author Benedetta Baldin - 5.5.2025

Nicko McBrain, formerly of Iron Maiden, visited his drum shop, Nicko McBrain’s Drum One, in Manchester, UK, on Saturday, May 3rd. 

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Iron Maiden return to Europe & beyond in 2026

Iron Maiden have announced the first dates of a very busy schedule for 2026, starting with a summer return to Europe to predominantly play festivals and also stadiums in countries and regions not visited in 2025. The subsequent month will see the start of visits to many other parts of the world, all of which will...

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Video available of Bruce Dickinson performing the American national anthem

The most recent performer to play the “Star Spangled Banner” at an NFL game in the United States is Bruce Dickinson, as reported from loudersound. Before the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season-opening home game against the Seattle Seahawks, the Iron Maiden leader took the field in front of 66.347 people at Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium, giving the US...

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Bruce Dickinson will sing the American national anthem at a football game this Sunday

Iron Maiden lead singer Buce Dickinson will sing the American national anthem before the football match of Seattle Seahawks vs Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday, September 14th, 2025. This actually isn’t the first time that heavy metal vocalists perform before football game, as Joey Belladonna of Anthrax performed the same anthem at Chiefs-Broncos game in 2024....

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Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain launched Metal Sticks, a powerhouse Heavy Metal show with Modern Drummer CEO David Frangioni

Nicko McBrain, the iconic drummer of Iron Maiden for 42 years, recently retired from touring, has teamed up with Modern Drummer CEO, David Frangioni to bring fans the Heavy Metal podcast they’ve been waiting for: Metal Sticks! Dedicated to interviewing iconic artists, educating drummers of all styles and genres, amplifying young talent, and showcasing Nicko’s archive of...

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Video footage available of Bruce Dickinson performing two Iron Maiden tracks with his solo band

A professionally recorded video of Bruce Dickinson performing a full-band rendition of Iron Maiden‘s “Flash Of The Blade” and an a cappella rendition of “Revelations” during his solo group’s September 7 performance at The Town event in São Paulo, Brazil, is available for streaming online. As reported from blabbermouth.net, Bruce made a reference to Iron...

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Bruce Dickinson opens up more about his illness and how it affected his voice

Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson recently discussed his 2014 throat cancer diagnosis, treatment, and eventual remission in an interview with Elizabeth Zharoff of the well-known YouTube channel The Charismatic Voice. This is what he said, as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. The technical diagnosis for me was T3 N1 M0. That means that the tumor [in the...

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Imagine you’re playing on a street in New Orleans and suddenly Bruce Dickinson duets with you…

Last week, Bruce Dickinson, the singer of Iron Maiden, surprised a busker in New Orleans by suddenly joining in on the Judas Priest hit song “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’” as he passed by. As reported by blabbermouth.net, when Bruce and his wife, Leana Dolci, happened to pass by, the busker was singing and playing...

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Do you like the Iron Maiden albums “The X Factor” and “Virtual XI”? If you don’t, Steve Harris predicts you will – soon enough

One of the most difficult periods in Iron Maiden‘s illustrious history occurred in the mid-1990s. The band hired Wolfsbane frontman Blaze Bayley as their replacement vocalist when Bruce Dickinson left in 1993. Iron Maiden put out two albums under Bayley’s leadership: “The X Factor” in 1995 and “Virtual XI” in 1998. Bassist and bandleader Steve...

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