Rush Retirement Rumors: Your Thoughts.

Oh, yeah, I saw Ian Anderson in 2013, for the TAAB2 tour. I do feel the diference of Ian's voice and miss Martin Barre on stage. But it was a lot of fun, no doubt.

No one ask, but here is a photograph:

SteveG wrote: When I saw Jethro Tull circa 1986 after Ian Anderson lost his voice, it was heartbreaking. I never saw another Tull show again. There has been a lot of buzz about Rush calling it a day after their 40 year (sic) anniversary tour.   If Rush want to pack it while they're still in top form, that's fine with me as that's how I would like to remember them. Not as something sub par. What are your thoughts on Rush possibly calling it a day?

I saw Tull at The Garden Party supporting Marillion, shortly after Anderson's recovery from throat surgery. They were great. I saw them again in Cardiff in 1999, and I thought then that they were struggling. Having seen snippets of Anderson live on the intertit, in the last tour, he is clearly well and truly over the hill.

Similarly, I regard the Yes circus as one which really should have called it a day some time ago.

I would hate it if Gabriel decided to do The Lamb live with Genesis as a pension top up. A sixty odd year old man playing a young Puerto Rican punk? No, thanks awfully.

I saw Rush on the Moving Pictures tour, the only time I saw them, and they were imperious. I think the decision to stop touring, if true, is brave and absolutely correct. Every thing, and every person, has a time, and when that time is over, it is time to stop.

When I saw Jethro Tull circa 1986 after Ian Anderson lost his voice, it was heartbreaking. I never saw another Tull show again. There has been a lot of buzz about Rush calling it a day after their 40 year (sic) anniversary tour.

Edited by SteveG - August 13 2015 at 17:31