FIVE MUSICAL ICONS WIND DOWN

Elton John: He’s not exactly retiring tomorrow, but the artist’s upcoming three-year, 300-show tour that keeps going until 2021 has been advertised as his last one. Since announcing the epic victory lap, he again made the news for storming offstage mid-set after a fan got a little too disruptive at one of his residency shows in Las Vegas. John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road show hits the Bell Centre Oct. 4.

Paul Simon: Fifty-four years after releasing the breakthrough single The Sound of Silence with musical/ sparring partner Art Garfunkel, the songwriter announced his latest tour will be his swan song. In an official statement, he called it “a natural end” and that it feels “a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating and something of a relief.” Simon is Montreal-bound one last time June 13 at the Bell Centre. Joan Baez: The number of artists who performed at the original Woodstock who are still on the road continues to dwindle. The always politically engaged Baez closed Night 1 of the 1969 festival. The New York folksinger released her first album in a decade in March, called Whistle Down the Wind. Her farewell tour hits Montreal Sept. 17 at the Maison symphonique.

Oliver Jones: It’s hard to imagine a jazz fest without the 83-year-old, but we might have to. The local pianist capped off his career in September in Little Burgundy, but as the Montreal Gazette’s Bill Brownstein wrote when it happened: “I’ve written my share of Jones retirement stories, and I’m not biting this time.”

Ozzy Osbourne: In 2016, seminal metal band Black Sabbath played Montreal for supposedly the last time at the Bell Centre, and last year called it quits altogether after nearly five decades of existence. Now, it’s time for Ozzy himself to bring his solo career to an end. His current tour is called No More Tours 2, which, yes, means he has tried and failed to quit the road once before. No Montreal dates so far for the 69-year-old, but he intends to play shows until 2020, so the Crazy Train may stop here yet.