Group ended world tour entitled “Future Past Tour” with two shows in São Paulo last weekend and saw streams grow on Deezer
THE Iron Maidenone of the biggest heavy metal bands of all time, has ended its world tour “Future Past Tour” with two consecutive shows in São Paulo.
The presentations took place on December 6th and 7th at Allianz Parque and also marked Nicko McBrain’s farewell. The drummer announced his retirement from the stage after 42 years of experience.
Declaration of Nicko McBrain:
After much consideration, it is with sadness and joy that I announce my decision to step away from the routine of the extensive touring lifestyle. Today, Saturday, December 7th, in São Paulo, will be my last show with Iron Maiden. I wish the band much success from now on.
However, I will remain firmly part of the family Iron Maidenworking on a variety of projects that my longtime managers, Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylorhave in mind for me. I will also be working on a variety of different personal projects and focusing on my existing businesses and ventures including The British Drum Company, Nicko McBrain’s Drum One, Titanium Tart and of course Rock-N-Roll Ribs!
What can I say? Tour with Maiden Over the past 42 years it has been an incredible journey! To my devoted fan base, you made it all worth it and I love you! To my devoted wife, Rebeccayou made everything infinitely easier and I love you! To my children, Justin and Nicholasthank you for understanding the absences and I love you! To my friends who are always there for me, I love you! To my bandmates, you made a dream come true and I love you!
I look to the future with great excitement and great hope! I’ll see you soon, God bless you all, and of course, Up the Irons! – Nicko
“Future Past Tour” celebrated two distinct moments in the discography of the Iron Maiden: the most recent album, Senjutsu (2021), and the classic Somewhere in Time (1986). The setlist brought a mix of tracks such as “The Trooper” and “Fear of the Dark”with rare surprises like “The Prisoner” and “Alexander the Great”played live for the first time.
Farewell to Nicko and the end of the tour directly reflected in the band’s numbers on the Deezer platform. On December 7th, the reproduction of songs from Iron Maiden on the platform doubled compared to the 1st of the same month.
Deezer also collected data about the group’s listeners. São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte and Campinas led the cities with the highest number of fans of the band, 91% of whom were men with a predominant age group between 36 and 45 years old (40.90%).
In addition, the platform revealed which of the group’s most played songs are. See below.
The 10 most listened to Iron Maiden songs on Deezer:
10. 2 Minutes to Midnight (1998 Remaster)
9. Aces High (1998 Remaster)
8. Fear Of The Dark (1998 Remastered Version)
7. The Number Of The Beast (1998 Remastered Version)
6. Run to the Hills (1998 Remastered Version)
5. Hallowed Be Thy Name (2015 Remaster)
4. Wasted Years (2015 Remaster)
3. Fear of the Dark (2015 Remaster)
2. The Trooper (1998 Remaster)
1. Wasting Love (2015 Remaster)
Source: Rollingstone
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