B.B, King Plans a Farewell Tour

[winston]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - While other 80-year-olds might dust off their rockers, blues dynamo B.B. King will be rocking and rolling when he launches what he says will be his final world tour later this year.

King will begin an international "Farewell Tour" in March, part of a domestic tour that starts Feb. 16 in Chicago, King's publicist, Jerry Digney, said in a news release Wednesday.

King said he will continue to make U.S. concert appearances after the tour.

"I hardly remember I'm 80 unless I have to run up a hill or stairs," the singer and guitarist said . "As long as people buy my records and come to my concerts, I don't see anything else I'd like to do."

King has toured every year for 60 years, Digney said Thursday.

The musician celebrated his 80th birthday in September and released an album, "B.B. King & Friends - 80," featuring Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sheryl Crow and other musicians.

A $10 million B.B. King museum is slated to open later this year in the Grammy winner's native Mississippi.

"I think the clock is ticking, yes," King said. "In fact, I know it is. Frank Sinatra sang about the September of (his) years. I think I'm in the November of my years."

[lshaia]

"part of a domestic tour that starts Feb. 16 in Chicago"...I've got tickets to see him here in Springfield on February 12, I guess we're the dress rehearsal.

I saw him here two years ago, it was a great show; his tone and voice are unreal.

[sowhat]

...a silly question: is there a list of venues for the tour?..
A really great man he is! I guess, most of his listeners hardly remember his age (not to be misunderstood: he's forever youthful)!

[sinjunkie]

http://www.bbking.com/events/default.asp?Year=Upcoming
no date set for us is FL yet.
I saw him ...... it must have been the mid '80 in orlando with Albert King.. great show.

[rictified]

Grab them while you can get them, I couldn't get any tickets last year when he came around, they sell out quickly.