The Dutch group Golden Earring is calling it quits.
Is with co-founder and guitarist George Kooymans (72)
the muscle disease ALS.
"We would have preferred a farewell tour, but
unfortunately this is what it is, "said singer Barry Hay.
"Our last performance appears to have been in Ahoy in 2019.
A great show, but we would have preferred it differently. "
Replacing Kooymans is not an option.
"We are a group of friends of four men who are irreplaceable,"
says drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk