Uriah Heep has decided to retire from touring.
The band is set to kick off a farewell tour in 2025. The tour will start next February and is expected to last around two to three years, with shows all over the world.
“Hello there. It’s Mick from the mighty Heep. And who can believe next year is 55 years since the band started, and that’s just so amazing. I know many of you have been with us since the beginning, and we do thank you for that. It means the world to us,” Mick Box recently said in a video they shared on YouTube.
“Unfortunately, we have made the decision to wind down touring the whole world next year under the title of ‘Magician’s Farewell.’ In fact, ‘The Magician’s Farewell’,” he continued. “Over the next two to three years, we intend to play as many places as possible and see you all for the one last time. We will continue to play shows, but these will be limited to festivals and weekends and things like that. But the tour dates will be announced starting February 2025. So we hope to see you all out there.”
“On behalf of the band and myself, I wanna thank you all for the continued support you have always given us. It means the world to us, and it means so much to us, and I just wanna thank you for that. Happy days,” he finished.
Uriah Heep started out in London in late 1969 as Spice, but they changed their name early the next year. Their first gig as Uriah Heep was on March 20 at the Technical College in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Since then, they have played over 3,600 shows—65 of them just this year—touring every year except for 1981.
The band has released a total of 25 studio albums throughout their career. Their latest one, ‘Chaos & Colour,’ was released in 2023.