In a new interview with Classic Rock, Phil Mogg responded to Michael Schenker for his last show offer with UFO.
“Yeah. That’s it,” the singer said about whether UFO is definitely done. “No. That really cool tour we did in the UK was it,” he added, saying there’s no going back.
Mogg also shared, “For us to suddenly reappear again, the fans would say: ‘Oi! I paid to see you on that last tour.’ Some might think that a great thing. Me, I don’t think so.”
Last month, Mogg revealed again on SiriusXMs ‘Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk that there won’t be a final show for UFO. “Oh, there’s so many permutations on that one. Not really, because I can’t see it happening in such a way that it would be worthy of doing,” he said of one more concert.
The vocalist continued, “It would have to be pretty damn good. And if you stick something out there and it falls below par, then the audience, people who come along will be disappointed.”
“I’d be disappointed if it was below something else. And I think that’s the chance that I really wouldn’t want to take unless it was, like, ‘Yeah, this is happening. That’s great.’ You might go, ‘Oh, well, I’ll give that a shot.’ But I can’t see it coming together — I can’t see the stars aligning. So, yeah, it would be too difficult,” Phil also noted.
“I don’t know if Phil’s physically fit,” Schenker told Rock Candy magazine last month. “But I’ll certainly think about a last UFO show if the possibility arises.”
UFO officially ended their career after more than 50 years. Mogg said it was the right time to stop after their last U.K. tour in 2019. They started a farewell tour for their 50th anniversary, which was extended to 2022. However, before the final show, Mogg had a heart attack and couldn’t perform.