As drummer Barry Wom, aka John Halsey, put it to me in his pub in Cambridge a few weeks back: every eighteen years or so, they have a farewell tour. I've just spent a glorious evening at the final gig of the most recent one 
In the "encore" phase - they didn't insult their audience by dicking about leaving and returning to the stage, just explained how it was going - they did a beautiful rendition of George Harrison's song All Things Must Pass, with Neil Innes accompanying himself on the ukulele :smileyrepresentingabeautifulmusicaltributetoadepar tedfriend:
If you and they are still around in eighteen years, I recommend it
In the "encore" phase - they didn't insult their audience by dicking about leaving and returning to the stage, just explained how it was going - they did a beautiful rendition of George Harrison's song All Things Must Pass, with Neil Innes accompanying himself on the ukulele :smileyrepresentingabeautifulmusicaltributetoadepar tedfriend:
If you and they are still around in eighteen years, I recommend it
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