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"That's definitely my favourite album. It's all pretty much perfect." Nicko McBrain ranks Iron Maiden's albums, from worst to best

The drummer ranked Iron Maiden's albums in order of greatest during a fan event at his barbecue spot in Florida

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"What's Number One at the moment? I couldn't tell you. It's meaningless. All I care about is what Iron Maiden are doing next week." Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith look back on Iron Maiden's 50-year ride

As Iron Maiden's historic Eddfest show at Knebworth gets ever closer, the band look back over half a century of Monsters and Maiden

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"I am blessed to be able to finally share my path to where I am today, in my own words." Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain announces his autobiography Hello Boys and Girls!

Nicko McBrain is ready to share "a thrilling, hilarious and deeply personal" memoir

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The niece of late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr has become a WWE wrestler – and her gimmick is pure 80s metal

Lizzy Rain joins the likes of Rhea Ripley and Seth Rollins in bringing heavy metal to wrestling fans’ screens

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"Some other very well-known people were at that first jam": Adrian Smith on how Smith/Kotzen got started, bonding over British rock and Iron Maiden's big homecoming

Guitarists Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are preparing to take their side project on the road with shows in the UK and Europe

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"I had to stick my head in the low bins - it got blown off when Bill Ward was hammering the kick drum." Alex Van Halen praises the impact of seeing Black Sabbath for the first time

Alex Van Halen opened up to Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain about what it was like seeing Black Sabbath in the early 70s

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"We’ve not got too many years left so every gig is sacred...you appreciate it more." Iron Maiden legend Steve Harris on 50 years of heavy metal - and what comes next

Steve Harris discusses the band's amazing career, celebrating 50 years and what the future may yet hold for metal's most celebrated band

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"In the mid-80s, to get your record played, you had to take the guitar solo out." Radio stations tried to cut Eddie Van Halen's solo from one of his most iconic songs

Iron Maiden legend Nicko McBrain has hosted an epic interview with Alex Van Halen

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“I’ve seen people say that I hate John Bonham because he stole my stuff. Yeah, right. I don’t hate anyone! Knock on wood, I’m still here to enjoy it all”: The legendary heavy rock drummer who influenced Bonzo, Alex Van Halen, Tommy Lee and more

"I know my place in rock history," he says

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Iron Maiden thought about retiring after Nicko McBrain left touring lineup

The remaining Iron Maiden members considered calling it quits after Nicko McBrain was forced to retire from touring.

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"We had a decision to make as to whether we wanted to carry on or not": Steve Harris on Nicko McBrain's departure from Iron Maiden

Nicko McBrain announced his retirement from touring with Iron Maiden earlier this year

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Watch members of Iron Maiden and Tool jam a Jeff Beck song at a wedding last week

Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and partially-retired drummer Nicko McBrain performed with Tool bassist Justin Chancellor at Smith’s daughter’s wedding on Friday

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“Instead of shouting ‘Maiden! Maiden!’ they were going ‘Sooty! Sooty!’”: Iron Maiden legend Nicko McBrain's funniest moment

His famous drum battle with two glove puppets

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“There were plenty of drummers who could copy what Nicko did, but we don't want one of those. We didn’t want a clone”: Bruce Dickinson on why Maiden chose a drummer with a different feel

Plus singer isn’t keen on The Sphere

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Nicko McBrain claims he can't be replaced in Iron Maiden

Drummer Nicko McBrain believes that he can't be replaced in Iron Maiden, even though he retired from touring with the heavy metal band last year after more than 40 years.

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“A homecoming for the ages”: Iron Maiden return to London’s East End for a gloriously flamboyant 50th birthday party

Iron Maiden come back to their birthplace and – armed with a new drummer, a stacked setlist and some extravagant visuals – show 75,000 people just how much they’ve grown

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Glitching maps, missing bees and antique cheese – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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“The amount of phone use nowadays diminishes enjoyment, particularly for the band who are onstage”: Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour

Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour

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“We just told them to get out!” Why Iron Maiden have banned record label staff from the studio since 1982

Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast

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The 50 greatest Iron Maiden moments

From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band

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Adrian Smith names his favourite Iron Maiden song, even though it’s “awkward” to play

“That riff is kind of awkward. But I like the song.”

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“Had fans had mobile phones, they would have been climbing over old-age pensioners to take selfies”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Ghost banning phones from gigs

Talking to Metal Hammer last year, Iron Maiden’s frontman discussed attending Ghost’s 2023 Los Angeles shows and his joy over the absence of mobile phones

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“We can’t carry on for ever. The show we do is a very physical thing. How long can we keep going? I really don’t know”: The epic story of 50 years of Iron Maiden, metal’s ultimate band

All six current members of Iron Maiden look back on their monumental 50 year journey

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“We just told them to get out!” Why Iron Maiden have banned record label staff from the studio since 1982

Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast

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“In between songs, we had to ask if there was a chiropractor in the house and literally stopped the show": How Mike Portnoy has played through pain for over two decades

Dream Theater man is latest drummer to feel the strain

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