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Bruce Dickinson Announces Nicko McBrain’s 2024 Tour Retirement

6/18/2026

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Bruce Dickinson announced that Nicko McBrain will retire from touring at the end of 2024.
Dickinson said he would quit touring if he could not give his best onstage.
In early 2015 he completed seven weeks of chemotherapy for a small tongue tumor cleared by MRI.
He protects his voice by drinking water, avoiding smoking, replacing fluids, eating less bread, more protein, and occasionally training.

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Bruce Dickinson announced that Nicko McBrain will retire from touring at the end of 2024.
Dickinson said he would quit touring if he could not give his best onstage.
In early 2015 he completed seven weeks of chemotherapy for a small tongue tumor cleared by MRI.
He protects his voice by drinking water, avoiding smoking, replacing fluids, eating less bread, more protein, and occasionally training.