Glenn Hughes announces unexpected retirement.He explains why….

Glenn Hughes says he has no plans to follow in the footsteps of octogenarian musicians like Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Keith Richards.

The Cannock-born rock icon, who turns 73 next month, recently told Classic Rock magazine that Black Country Communion is “possibly” his last band and he admitted his time touring the globe is running out.

“I want people to know that this will possibly be the last band that I’m in,” Hughes said. “I’m so deep into my solo career with this new album I’m about to make. And Black Country Communion to me is, seriously, a band of brothers. I can’t imagine being in another band after this.”

He went on to explain that although he wouldn’t rule out making a new album with Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian, it would have to be in the next few years.

“I don’t know if there’s even going to be one,” Hughes said. “It’s a matter of ‘is there going to be enough time?’ You know how old I am, and the fact is that I want to do this for as long as I possibly can.

“So many of my friends have disappeared or died or retired or whatever. I am one of the last of the early-70s gang that are still doing it.

“I’m not saying there won’t be (another BCC album). But if there’s going to be one, it needs to be in the next couple of years.”

Confirming that his retirement is on the horizon, he continued: “I don’t want to be doing this when I’m 80.

“I know there are a couple of my mates who are 80 still doing it, but I don’t think I’ll be doing this when I’m eighty. I don’t think so.”

In a glittering 57-year career, Glenn Hughes has been distinguished solo artist and a member of a numerous bands including Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Dead Daisies, Trapeze, Hughes/Thrall, Hughes Turner Project, and the short-lived California Breed.