Southside Johnny has introduced his quick retirement from touring, citing unspecified well being points.
In accordance with NJArts, Southside Johnny left the stage after performing only a few songs on the band’s most up-to-date present, Dec. 14 on the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. His longtime backing band the Asbury Jukes completed the present with out him.
The 76 year-old singer, thought of the “grandfather of the New Jersey sound,” was scheduled to carry out on the Rely Basie Middle in Purple Financial institution, New Jersey on New 12 months’s Eve. That efficiency and a handful of beforehand introduced 2025 dates have all been cancelled.
“After a vastly profitable 50-year run together with his band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, touring continuous all through the U.S and abroad, ‘Southside Johnny’ Lyon has made the choice to retire from touring to be able to handle ongoing well being points,” learn the assertion on his Fb web page.
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“Johnny Lyon and the Asbury Jukes are an integral a part of the Basie Middle’s historical past and the historical past of music right here on the Jersey Shore,” learn a tribute from the Basie Middle’s Fb web page. “Whereas we’re unhappy we received’t be seeing them this New 12 months’s Eve, everybody on the Rely Basie Middle is perpetually grateful for the a whole lot of moments that he and his bandmates have created on our phases. We love you, Johnny!”
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