Strait, now 64 but easily mistaken for 10 years younger, announced his retirement from large-scale touring in 2012 and concluded his historic Cowboy Rides Away Tour in 2014.

George Strait announces The Cowboy Rides Away 2012-2014 final tour on Sept. 26, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. Getty (CBS/AP) George Strait is getting ready to hang up his touring hat and park his tour ...

George Strait, the "King of Country ... In 2012, Strait announced his retirement from touring; however, he occasionally performs for his country fans from time to time. JOHNNY MATHIS, 89, ...

On Sept. 26, 2012, George Strait announced that he was retiring from touring. ... George Strait Announces His Retirement From Touring. Gayle Thompson. Gayle Thompson Updated: September 26, 2023.

It was a sad moment, but Strait quickly picked up the crowd by cracking a smile. "But hell, it's been around 50 now," he continued. "And I still love it just as much as I ever did.

George Strait announced his retirement from touring in 2012, and that his The Cowboy Rides Away tour would close out one of the biggest chapters in country music history. More than 10 years after ...

At a performance in Philadelphia last week, Strait, 72, performed his 2011 song "I'll Always Remember You," which contains a spoken bridge about his potential retirement.

George Strait, among the most successful country music artists of all time, brings his farewell tour to the New Orleans Arena on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Country music titan George Strait is in ...

George Strait is planning to ride off into the sunset with a tropical vacation! The country mainstay is still enjoying the final leg of his Cowboy Rides Away Tour, crisscrossing the country one ...