Five top 1970s rock bands taking their final bow in 2025

[Jack]

Gang Of Four​

The post-punk rockers, who formed back in 1976, are currently on their The Long Goodbye tour. Like many bands from the 1970s, it is sadly no longer possible to get the original lineup back together again. The tour lineup does include the last two surviving members, Jon King and Hugo Burnham, which is as good as it gets.

 

[Jack]

Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)​

Labeling as Jeff Lynne’s ELO is important to distinguish between different versions of the band, originally founded back in 1970. Lynne though is the mainstay over recent years so his version is pretty much the real band in my book anyway. He has brought his ELO musicians together for the final set of concerts.

They are on a countdown now with just three last gigs to go. Two in Manchester this week and the last ever, a huge outdoor Hyde Park, London, on Sunday, July 13. Lynne did appear with the band last weekend in his home city Birmingham, despite a broken hand. That took him off guitar duties and on vocals only after a very recent injury picked up in a taxi crash in London.

With or without him playing the London final date looks set to be an emotional night.

 

[Jack]

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath​

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath added to the emotions as they played at Back to the Beginning in Birmingham at the weekend. It was the first time the original band lineup had played together in 20 years. The event, with its

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, included the likes of Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, and Slayer, and marked Osbourne’s final live appearance in fine style.

Osbourne played a short five-song solo set while sitting on an elaborate gothic throne on stage. He was then joined by the rest of Black Sabbath for four of the band’s top songs, ending with” Paranoid” to close the event and Osbourne's live career. Poignant but memorable, what a way to bow out.

 

[Jack]

The Who​

Although the band may continue with dates in Europe they have announced their last ever shows in North America. Those play out in August and September this year on The Song Is Over tour. They will have plenty of hits from the 1960s and 1970s plus more to entertain the crowds.

It should be pretty memorable as Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend start to wind it up as a group of course Keith Moon and John Entwistle will be missing. Daltrey and Townshend have dealt with that and put in some great live shows without them. Will Zak Starkey join them on drums? Who knows? The answer is no as it stands, but anything could happen yet.

 

[Jack]

Eagles​

It was all about when hell freezes over when these guys felt they'd never regroup. But it's all a bit friendlier now. After many years in business as Eagles, and quite a few apart, sending legal warnings between themselves, they are ready to stop again. The band has been playing out their Long Goodbye tour for a while now.

It all comes to a spectacular close with eight dates later this year. the band will play those at the Sphere in Las Vegas during October and November 2025. It seems that when it comes to Hotel California, you can actually leave. The band will check out with their final date on November 8, 2025.

 

[Larry Loungelizard]

Its official: the baby boomers are OLD.

 

[Jack]

Its official: the baby boomers are OLD.

We certainly are.

It's earned.

 

[Reggie_Essent]

Shut Up, Cunts!