Old crooners who ought to retire.

[Beebo]

My guess is that they are adidcted to the buzz, not the cash. How else do you fill the void of 80,000 people cheering your name.
Bruce Dickinson flys charter planes when he is not singing with Iron Maiden. He doesnt need the money, he just enjoys doing it.
Oh, and his voice is still quite good, bearing in mind the stress he must put his vocal chords through, and recent throat cancer.

 

[Globalti]

I suspect many performers carry on for reasons beyond financial gain.

Power, relevance, influence,recognition are probably all attractive to the right type.

During the interval at the Lightfoot concert I wandered out for a tinkle and on my way back in my eye was caught by a big bloke standing by the door. I said to him: "Shame about poor old Gordy, eh? Should have retired years ago!" It turned out to be a bad choice because the bloke was Canadian and a hugely enthusiastic member of what must be Gord's camp-followers, a group of fans who travel with him including his young, blonde wife (No.3) and fawn over him. He defended the bad voice and pointed out that not many people would still be travelling and performing after two near-deaths and still smoking heavily. I don't imagine people like him would be telling Gordy to give up singing and retire gracefully, and neither would I expect the five excellent musicians who make up his band, some of whom have been supporting him for 55 years!

 

[Dave 123]

My guess is that they are adidcted to the buzz, not the cash. How else do you fill the void of 80,000 people cheering your name.
Bruce Dickinson flys charter planes when he is not singing with Iron Maiden. He doesnt need the money, he just enjoys doing it.
Oh, and his voice is still quite good, bearing in mind the stress he must put his vocal chords through, and recent throat cancer.

Now I've retired from the spotlight I get my buzz from cyclechat likes.

 

[awomaninsane]

I think Blondie should be added to this list, she's appalling. Saw her in concert probably about 20 years ago and I thought she was bad then, but I heard her singing live recently and she was even worse. Also, mutton dressed as lamb springs to mind for some reason.

 

[ianrauk]

My guess is that they are adidcted to the buzz, not the cash. How else do you fill the void of 80,000 people cheering your name.
Bruce Dickinson flys charter planes when he is not singing with Iron Maiden. He doesnt need the money, he just enjoys doing it.
Oh, and his voice is still quite good, bearing in mind the stress he must put his vocal chords through, and recent throat cancer.

I was a huge fan in his Bruce Bruce Samson days (Shock Tactics is still a very listened too album) and his early Maiden stuff is magnificent. But on listening to Book Of Souls his voice just sounds far too strained. I'm not saying he should give it up but he needs to bring it down an octave.

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 4291589, member: 45"]Saw John Martyn a few years before he died. Walked out after a couple of songs.[/QUOTE]
I saw him in Shepherds Bush in 2006 and thought he was pretty good. Totally pissed as usual, but good.

 

[steveindenmark]

I saw the Eagles a couple of years ago and they were not good. I saw them a couple of years earlier in Hamburg and they were great.

Now Glen Frey has died I would hope their touring days are over.

I still love what they did though.

 

[screenman]

It is sad person who has to work only for money, I am sure this is not what drives most entertainers on.

 

[ColinJ]

It is sad person who has to work only for money, I am sure this is not what drives most entertainers on.

True, but aren't entertainers supposed to entertain their audiences and not just themselves!

 

[PaulB]

Hey.. not before my movie has sold a few...*shameless plug*

There's no chelsea in it is there?

 

[screenman]

True, but aren't entertainers supposed to entertain their audiences and not just themselves!

I would think that most people would realise that the artist may be passed their best before they booked the tickets.

 

[vickster]

To maintain a lifestyle which gave them plenty of money at their peak. They may have huge pots of money relative to ordinary folk but unless they keep working it's unlikely they can keep their lifestyle going without continuing to work.

I doubt that's the case for Paul McCartney

 

[Markymark]

I doubt that's the case for Paul McCartney

No, neither the Beatles or Stones will be in need of money. However, there are an awful lot in lower tiers who will be.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Let them tour if they want, if you don't like it don't friggin go. Personally I don't like the Rolling Stones but if they want to hobble about and earn a few quid let em, I wouldn't pay to see the old frauds.

 

[Milkfloat]

Van Morrison - in it purely for the money. About 10 years ago I paid too much, he wandered on stage for 45 minutes of horrible sounding waffle then off he went in a helicopter without even an encore. The whole audience booed.