R&B singer Aaron Neville, 80, retires from touring
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fans of the sweet, melodic sounds of New Orleans legendary vocalist Aaron Neville won't have many opportunities to hear him live from now on. “I don't want to get sick,” Neville said in an article last year written for AARP. “So, I canceled my tour dates and we've been home and isolated on our farm in New York.” Neville's solo career flourished after the 1966 release of “Tell It Like It Is” and a later collaboration with Linda Ronstadt on “Don't Know Much” and “All My Life.” He also garnered much of his fame from his work with the Neville Brothers, an R&B, funk and soul group that was based in his hometown of New Orleans and also consisted of his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril.