Then all these farewell tours go on for like five years. The Who have been on a farewell tour for like 30 years. So I think it’s pointless. If I’m going to stop, I’m just going to stop. But I don’t see that happening.”
For Billy Joel, dramatic announcements proclaiming your exit from the world stage just don't make sense to him:
Piano Man says: "I’m looking at it and thinking to myself, okay, maybe it will be his farewell tour, but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to play again. I’m still playing, but I’m not touring. You could say I’ve already done my farewell tour. I’m just playing spot gigs and then I go home. So there’s a possibility -- I mean, Elton lives in England. Maybe he’ll play in London and do a residency like I’m doing in New York. You never know.”
"I hinted at it because it felt like, Okay, I’m getting older, I’m getting tired, I shouldn’t be doing this anymore," he said. "I look at myself in the mirror and I go, You do not look like a rock star at all. And I think maybe I should just call it quits. But then I realized, this is what I do."
Elton John is set to make his final world tour
Of his old pal Elton John, who just announced a three-year, 300-date farewell tour that kicks off this fall, he said: "I’m looking at it and thinking to myself, okay, maybe it will be his farewell tour, but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to play again. I’m still playing, but I’m not touring. You could say I’ve already done my farewell tour. I’m just playing spot gigs and then I go home. So there’s a possibility — I mean, Elton lives in England. Maybe he’ll play in London and do a residency like I’m doing in New York. You never know."
