{"id":31094,"date":"2024-12-21T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/new-jersey-rocker-southside-johnny-lyon-retires-from-touring\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T00:03:00","slug":"new-jersey-rocker-southside-johnny-lyon-retires-from-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/new-jersey-rocker-southside-johnny-lyon-retires-from-touring\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey rocker Southside Johnny Lyon retires from touring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-20\/Getty_SouthsideJohnny_122024.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Donald Kravitz\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Legendary New Jersey rocker <strong>Southside Johnny<\/strong> has retired from touring, according <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thebasie.org\/events\/southside-johnny-the-asbury-jukes-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>to an announcement<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> canceling his Dec. 31 performance at the Count Basie Center in Red Bank, New Jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAfter a hugely successful 50-year run with his band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, touring non-stop throughout the U.S and overseas, &#8216;Southside Johnny&#8217; Lyon has made the decision to retire from touring in order to manage ongoing health issues,\u201d read the announcement, which was also shared on the <strong>Asbury Jukes<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDz2gJESWF1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Instagram account<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">No other details regarding\u00a0the rocker&#8217;s health issues have been announced. Tickets for the show will be refunded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cJohnny Lyon and the Asbury Jukes are an integral part of the Basie Center\u2019s history and the history of music here at the Jersey Shore,\u201d the post continued. \u201cWhile we\u2019re sad we won\u2019t be seeing them this New Year\u2019s Eve, everyone at the Count Basie Center is forever grateful for the hundreds of moments that he and his bandmates have created on our stages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Southside Johnny was a staple in the\u00a0Jersey Shore music scene, alongside <strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong> and <strong>Steven Van Zandt.<\/strong> He and Van Zandt co-founded the Asbury Jukes, with Van Zandt producing their first three albums, 1976\u2019s <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">I Don\u2019t Want to Go Home<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, 1977\u2019s <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">This Time It\u2019s for Real<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0and 1978\u2019s <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Hearts of Stone<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">. The band\u2019s signature song \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Go Home\u201d was written by Van Zandt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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