After 50 years on the road Dutch rock band Golden Earring has called it a day.
The decision follows the news that co-founder George Kooymans has Motor Neuron Disease.
Guitarist Kooymans, 72, said:
“It’s a horrid message and I am not in the mood to say anything else about it.
“I’m being treated at the university hospital in Louvain.
“That’s it.”
Singer Barry Hay said:
“We always said we would keep going until one of us fell over.
“It sucks; we would have preferred a farewell tour, but unfortunately this is what it is.
“Our last performance appears to have been in Ahoy in 2019.
“That was a great show with family and friends, but we would have preferred it differently.”
Golden Earring found international success with Radar Love released in 1974.
The relentless beat made the single one of the great all-time driving songs.
