New Jersey rock icon Southside Johnny is retiring from touring after 50 years

After 50 years of rousing rock and soul performances, Southside Johnny Lyon has officially retired from touring, according to an announcement sent out Friday by the Basie Center for the Arts.

With this resignation, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ upcoming December 31 performance at the Red Bank venue is canceled. Tickets will be refunded upon purchase.

Lyon, 76, of Neptune, has retired to “manage ongoing health issues,” the announcement said.

It’s unclear whether the band, best known for its outsized “Jersey Sound” honed in Asbury Park in the early ’70s and the bar-party anthem “I Don’t Want to Go Home,” will continue to make new recordings, listen to music or play future local shows.

The Jukes’ last album was 2015’s “Soultime!”

The news is a blow to Jersey Shore’s live entertainment scene, as the band has been a fixture at popular venues like The Stone Pony for half a century, often playing around Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve.

No further announcement was made on the band’s website or social media pages as of Friday morning.

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