Raihala: Four aging rock acts with upcoming Twin Cities shows on the books

Rock and roll will never die so the saying goes It turns out at least particular rockers never will die either It s now becoming common to see Rock and Roll Hall of Famers tour into their late s and beyond with plenty of claiming they don t see an end in sight Back in I wrote three columns about that very trend and solicited a simple question about aging rockers What are the chances we ll see them play the Twin Cities again Turns out a lot can change in two years and last month I wrote another column with updates for the likes of Billy Joel Paul Simon and Aerosmith Here s an update on five more and spoiler alert four of them will be playing in the Twin Cities in the coming months Neil Young Neil Young performs at the th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater on Sunday Oct in Mountain View Calif Photo by Amy Harris Invision AP Age Last seen A four-night run of solo shows in at Minneapolis venues Pantages Theatre Jan Orpheum Theatre Jan State Theatre Jan and Northrop Auditorium Jan The dirt Toronto native Neil Young began performing as a teenager in and hasn t stopped since After moving to Los Angeles in he formed the psychedelic folk rock band Buffalo Springfield The group burned hot and fast scoring a Top hit For What It s Worth and emerging up after just two albums A third Last Time Around was compiled from previous recordings to fulfill a contractual obligation Young briefly joined the supergroup Crosby Stills and Nash and issued his solo debut in He has barely slowed down since and last month issued his th album Talkin to the Trees He s one of the double inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist and member of Buffalo Springfield In a interview with the New Yorker Young revealed he has thought about retiring Doesn t seem out of the realm of possibility That could happen You get to a point in life where things are happening everywhere around you and your friends are going away and not coming back Things change Last summer Young canceled a string of live dates due to illness in his band He explained in a video he distributed at the time I was doing great and we were moving right along Everybody was loving the shows Then I just woke up one morning on the bus and I noted I can t do this I gotta stop It was like I felt sick when I thought of going on stage Will we see him again Young did return to the road earlier this year and played several European festivals last month He s booked to play the first-ever Farm Aid in Minnesota on Sept at Huntington Bank Stadium with Willie Nelson John Mellencamp Dave Matthews and Margo Price It could also serve as his swan song in the state Foreigner Kelly Hansen of Foreigner entertains a fan during the band's concert Thursday July at the Target Center in Minneapolis Foreigner co-headlined the night with Styx Pioneer Press John Autey Ages Mick Jones Kelly Hansen Luis Maldonado Jeff Pilson Michael Bluestein Bruce Watson Chris Frazier Last seen The closest they ve come to the metro in latest years was a Treasure Island Casino show on May The band frequently plays casinos around the state The dirt English guitarist Mick Jones formed the band in and landed Top hits with original vocalist Lou Gramm including Hot Blooded Double Vision Waiting for a Girl Like You and I Want to Know What Love Is Gramm left the group in but returned for another decade-long run two years later After Gramm s second departure in Jones briefly put the band on hiatus and returned to action in with a new lineup featuring vocalist Kelly Hansen who turned out to be an ideal fit for the band Over the past decade during which time two original members died Jones various wellbeing issues have kept him from full-time touring In late the band reported a farewell tour that kept getting extended Last year Gramm returned occasionally to perform with Foreigner as a special guest Hansen meanwhile says he s retiring after the summer tour ends Will we see them again Foreigner headlines the first night of the Lakefront Music Fest on July Miranda Lambert tops the bill the following night That mentioned this past week the band revealed guitarist Luis Maldonado would take over vocals after Hansen s exit and that Foreigner s not done quite yet As bassist Jeff Pilson advised Billboard There s just a lot of forward movement and the band is incredibly excited What started off as being a farewell tour now ended up being Kelly s last tour and the band moving forward Eagles The Eagles opened a two-night stand at St Paul's Xcel Ability Center on Friday Nov Joe Lemke Special to the Pioneer Press Ages Don Henley Joe Walsh Timothy B Schmit Vince Gill Last seen Nov - Xcel Ability Center The dirt One of the biggest-selling bands of all time the Eagles had a messy breakup in that left little hope for the band s future But the allure of a huge reunion payday brought them back together in and they spent the next years raking in the dough It looked like it was over once again when co-founder Glenn Frey died in January Don Henley invited Jackson Browne to join the band for a tribute performance at the Grammys for what he declared was the band s final gig But just two years later Henley revived the Eagles with an expanded lineup that included Frey s son Deacon country music star Vince Gill and Henley s son Will The additions particularly Gill worked well and allowed the ever-scowling Henley to share the spotlight Will Henley only lasted a year and Deacon Frey left in to pursue a solo career In the band informed a farewell tour that brought them to the X for two nights that November The tour continued into and then in September they began a residency at the new Sphere venue in Las Vegas It s been extended several times and now is scheduled to run through November Will we see them again Two years ago in this space I wrote that it wouldn t surprise me if they mounted another another joint stadium tour with Jimmy Buffett then age as they did in But Buffett died later that year scotching those plans So is the Sphere really the end of the Eagles Maybe Steve Nicks Age Last seen Nov with Billy Joel U S Bank Stadium The dirt Fleetwood Mac has had numerous lineups over the decades the the majority famous being the one that recorded Rumours Stevie Nicks Lindsey Buckingham Christine and John McVie and Mick Fleetwood The five reunited in to play President Bill Clinton s first inauguration and four years later they hit the road together Christine McVie left the band after the shows but the remaining four kept it going raking in big bucks from nostalgic boomers In Christine McVie came out of retirement and joined Fleetwood Mac for a tour that began at Target Center But the latest reunion proved to be short lived as Nicks and company kicked Buckingham out of the group in and replaced him with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist songwriter Mike Campbell and Crowded House s Neil Finn Christine McVie died in November and Nicks has mentioned several times since that Fleetwood Mac is done for good Will we see her again So what about Nicks solo career It s still going strong In October she served as the musical guest on the th season of Saturday Night Live and distributed a new single The Lighthouse She s booked to play the X on Aug Nicks talked to Rolling Stone in November and revealed she s working on a new album and has no plans to stop As long as you can dance you are youthful I m but I m just incredibly limber The dancing really comes from that Nicks pauses and wraps her leg around her head to demonstrate What I sought to do my whole life was affect people I love telling my stories onstage That is what makes me happy and that s why I ll never stop touring Because if I stop touring then I ll stop dancing Willie Nelson Willie Nelson performs during the Farm Aid Music Festival at the Ruoff Music Center on September in Noblesville Indiana Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO AFP Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO AFP via Getty Images Age Last seen Aug Target Center The dirt With his hippie hair and headbands and a voice that resonates with wisdom but not weariness Willie Nelson has seemed like an old dude for decades now But he has continued to chug along and has survived any number of obstacles that would have killed the career of a mere mortal including a lung collapse that led to a series of fitness problems a serious run-in with the IRS and numerous arrests for marijuana possession And yet the weed-loving crooner marches forward In he performed two nights at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate his th birthday and was completely inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after decades of eligibility He also won his th and th Grammy Awards for best country album A Beautiful Time and best country solo performance Live Forever In April Nelson issued Oh What a Beautiful World his th album overall and ninth since Will we see him again Nelson brought his Outlaw Music Festival to Somerset Wis Amphitheater in and and has played shows in Moorhead and Duluth in newest years Nelson is set to play Farm Aid in Minneapolis on Sept which also happens to be the final tour date at this time listed on his website But at the rate he s going don t be surprised if this guy ends up touring for another decade Related Articles Music in the Trees returning to Belwin Conservancy in Afton Maroon to play first local concert in seven years What to know about this weekend s Twin Cities Jazz Festival in Mears Park Concert review James Taylor gently rocked glowing Xcel Vigor Center crowd Concert review The Weeknd thrilled sold-out U S Bank Stadium with stylish show