It doesn't seem like fifty years since I first auditioned for the band. And obviously so much has happened in all those years - certainly a lot of touring! But this tour is going to be very special. The production is going to be something we've never done before. And because we’ll be playing only old songs, it will be kind of like a band history lesson.
It's a wonderful opportunity to do this particular set. We'll be picking out some of the tunes that we started out with when we were playing in the pubs. So there'll be a bunch of stuff that we haven't played for God knows how long, and it’ll be exciting to revisit that. It shows you how strong those early songs are that we’re to be able to play them fifty years later. They’ve stood the test of time. And obviously, a lot of the younger people in the audience would never have seen those songs being played live before. So it will be an amazing leap back to the future. Or forward to the past. One of those.
Right now, Bruce’s singing is incredible. It's so powerful. On the last tour he was running around all over the stage and singing so well. He's got it all. He's got everything.
To me, there's nothing worse than seeing a band you like on stage and they look like they shouldn't really be there doing it. We’re nearly hitting the seventies mark now, but I think we will all know when it would be time. It would be a mutual decision. I think there's a time and a place to bail out with dignity and grace - as opposed to dragging it out. If you can leave it at that high level, and then bow out gracefully, I think it would be satisfying for us. We’re all set up for this tour, and after that we’ll see what the future holds. But at the moment the band sounds great, we still have that excitement and adrenaline when we go on stage. We’re still enjoying it, and that's what it's all about, really.
