Rolling Stone - John Mayall Won’t Tour Anymore, But He Has at Least One More Album in Him
There’s a growing list of veteran pop and rock acts who’ve announced an end to touring — Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Elton John — and we can now add another: John Mayall.
The godfather of the British blues scene, who will turn 88 next month, has announced an end to his “epic road-dog days”: “I have decided, due to the risks of the pandemic and my advancing age, that it is time for me to hang up my road shoes,” he says.
Although he fell short of declaring he was completely giving up live shows (continuing a tradition from Sinatra to Bowie to LCD Soundsystem), Mayall says he will be “limiting my performances to local shows near my home in California, and the occasional concert further afield.”