The Searchers bow out at Glastonbury after 68-years of performing
He said the band, formed in 1957 by John McNally and Mike Pender, "tried to retire a few years ago, but they just won't let us". "We've done four final tours and we've actually discovered the fun about it again," Allen said. "We said no more, unless something important comes up that we can't turn down."McNally said the band thought it was a joke when they heard they had been asked to play the festival. "Of course we said yes," he said. He said the key to having a successful career in music was to keep finding the fun in it. "You've got to have a laugh on stage," McNally said.
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