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BB King plans farewell tour
20/01/2006 07:39 - (SA)
Los Angeles - While other 80-year-olds might dust off their rockers, blues dynamo BB 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 on February 16 in Chicago, King's publicist, Jerry Digney, said on Wednesday.
King said he will continue to make United States 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.
The musician celebrated his 80th birthday in September and released an album, BB King & Friends - 80, featuring Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sheryl Crow and other musicians.
A $10m BB 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."
- AP
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