Looks like this may the finale nail in the coffin of my favorite band.Everyone including myself thought last year would be their the end with Malcolm's dementia and then Phil's arrest. But they showed their strength as a band by replacing Malcolm with his cousin Stevie and Phil with former drummer Chris Slade who played on The Razors Edge and AC/DC Live.They went on a small stadium of North America and I took the bus to see them in Chicago thinking it was the end. I was wrong again. They would go on to announce an arena tour in 2016. Because they had a stop in St. Paul and it was early in the tour I would get to see them again. Sadly this would not be the case for those on later dates. Today it was announced that Brian Johnson would have to stop tour or he would have permanent hearing loss. The band has talked about getting a guest vocalist to fill in for the last ten U.S. dates but I personally don't think the tour could go on without Brian. They had a good run.
The demise of the rock band started in December of 2015 which December 31st being the last concert of Motley Crue before their breakup. I caught them on this tour for the first time on their last Minnesota show. Although Crue's demise had been in the works for a while it was the news of the sudden death of Lemmy from cancer which really hit me hard. I had wanted to see Motorhead the last time they were in town but was not yet of age to get in to the venue they were playing. Lemmy was the only original member left in the band and with the death of original drummer Phil Taylor leaves only Eddie Clark the only survivor of the classic lineup. The death of Lemmy meant the death of yet another classic band.
Then 2016 rolled around and that meant more bands ending. Black Sabbath had announced their final tour in August of last year so I decided to get a ticket. This was due to guitarist Tony Iommi being diagnosed with lymphoma back in 2013.They had the chance to do what few bands of the 70's could. Tour as the original band with all it's members. But due to Health problems and conflict drummer Bill was not part of the line-up.
Then came the end of one of my favorite bands Eagles. We lost Glenn Frey at the age of 67 from a chronic condition. I am still in shock over his passing. They were supposed to be honored at the Kennedy Center honors but Frey was to sick. I am glad I got to see them in 2013.
