The Wolfe Tones say fans are emailing band begging them to reconsider retirement
The band performed their last two shows last weekend at Thomond Park in Limerick after 60 years of touring.
But Brian teased he doesn't think it is the end for the trio just yet and a Croke Park gig could be on the cards.
He revealed: "I was talking to MCD after it and I told them about all the emails we got from people not wanting us to give up.
"Tommy (Byrne) and Noel (Nagle) aren't too keen on doing another one, but I said, 'it could be Croke Park or the Aviva'.
"I said it to Tommy and he said he'd come back for Croke Park. So it left the door half open.
"He seemed to be enjoying it. I wasn't in the car with him going back from the stadium, but I saw the video of him waving at everybody and enjoying every minute of it and I thought, 'this fella is not giving up yet.'
"We already turned down a gig in Glasgow after Liverpool and Tommy said he was happy enough and he didn't need any more money." Brian Warfield of The Wolfe Tones performs at Electric Picnic Festival 2023 at Stradbally Estate on September 03, 2023 in Stradbally, Ireland (Image:)
Brian said the band received hundreds of emails from fans asking them to reconsider their retirement.
He said: "It was kind of sad. All of the emails afterwards were saying 'please, please don't give up'.
"Two nights sold out and the crowd couldn't have been nicer, couldn't have been more responsive than they were.
"They had great passion. People were crying in ways.
"A lot of people were very emotional and there were a lot of young kids saying, 'you can't give up now, we need you'.
"Someone said to me that there was everyone there from teenagers right up to people who were in their 60s and 70s.
"There was a great mix of people, and it just shows that the Wolfe Tones had brought every generation along as we went through our voyage across the years."
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