We all know the aging band retirement cycle by now, right? It's, a) Announce retirement, b) Do farewell tour, c) Announce comeback, d) Do comeback tour, and, e) Repeat. What better way to drum up excitement, ticket sales, merch sales, record sales (for the diehards who still buy records), and so forth. KISS did this, as did loads of other acts across the decades, like The Who, Cream, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Slayer, Motley Crüe, Black Sabbath, and Ozzy Osbourne, the last of whom we'll never get to hear sing again . But in 2026, it looks like some musicians from the '70s might be calling it quits, permanently. Maybe.
We're focusing on the '70s because, let's be honest, that's also the age bracket of original band members from that decade: 70s. Take the ruckus rockers of AC/DC , formed in 1973 i

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