{"id":481,"date":"2026-06-05T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=481"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:52:15","slug":"breaking-news-i-want-to-leave-the-bassist-for-heavy-metal-band-iron-maiden-steve-harris-just-announced-his-departure-due-how-iron-maiden-are-splitting-up-and-not-actively-releasing-new-music-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news: I want to leave, the bassist for heavy metal band Iron Maiden Steve Harris just announced his departure due how Iron Maiden are splitting up and not actively releasing new music again."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e194fd6b4de42b4223d4d3c7945e8263\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inpage\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls hbagency_space_107374\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iron Maiden leader Steve Harris has revealed that the band had to decide whether or not they had a future after longtime drummer Nicko McBrain suffered a stroke in early 2023<\/p>\n<p>McBrain eventually took part in Maiden&#8217;s Future Past Tour, but\u00a0announced his retirement from the road\u00a0at the end of 2024, saying he was &#8220;stepping back from the grind of the extensive touring lifestyle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-root\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p id=\"elk-a7ea84b4-7c2a-49d1-a8c5-f1d98f45092c-2\">Now Harris, in an interview in the new issue of\u00a0<em>Rock Candy<\/em>, says that McBrain&#8217;s stroke forced Iron Maiden to consider their future.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0be honest, we didn&#8217;t really have a choice and had to make the change after Nicko suffered his health issues,&#8221; says Harris. &#8220;It was what it was, and we had a decision to make as to whether we wanted to carry on or not.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, we had a tour booked at the time that it happened, and the rest of us all wanted to continue. 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