If Nicko couldn´t do 2025 tour, they will use a replacement drummer, because cancelling a whole tour just a few months before the start would be too much of a financial loss.
Also, as much as I love Nicko, he is just done... There is no way he can do the 80s catalogue justice one year from now.
His biggest problem after the stroke is not really the need to simplify the fills etc., but it´s sadly the most important thing for a drummer and that´s lack of groove. He sadly doesn´t have it anymore, because his limbs doesn´t work as they did pre-stroke.
The best example is the drum intro of "The Prisoner" where he plays the thing, but cannot find the right groove.
I would be disappointed if Iron Maiden went down in history as the nepotism band that chose the nephew over the most experienced and respected drummers.
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