Winger’s frontman, Kip Winger, opened up about his life beyond the band and touring.
In a recent interview with Waste Some Time With Jason Green, the 64-year-old musician weighed in on his retirement amid the Winger Tour 2026 and gave fans a glimpse of what to expect next.
Explaining the gradual move toward the band’s future, the vocalist shared that his decision to step away from the stage wasn't sudden but a “slow kind of exit off the runway,” as he described.
“It's been coming for a long time. I told the [rest of the] band five years ago that I'm gonna stop performing,” he said as transcribed by Blabbermouth, adding that their show at the Rainbow Bar & Grill Backyard Bash 2025 in West Hollywood, California on August 31 was much like the “last show” that they had.
Kip Winger & Reb Beech during Pirate Radio Party in Los Angeles, California, United States.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc via Getty Images
“Although we've got four shows this year in '26 that were already booked. So when I said, 'Listen, I'm gonna stop touring,' and then we put some shows up, everybody was, like, 'Oh, you didn't retire,’” he furthered.
As for his decision to step back, Winger clarified that he is not retiring from music entirely but rather shifting his focus and energy to a different genre.
"'Retirement' is not in my vocabulary,” the rock star explained. “I wanna spend more time writing classical music, and I don't wanna be on the road all the time. It's very stressful to sing that [WINGER] stuff now, and I'm just not feeling it. And I'm really interested in learning how to become a better composer and writing more music. Let's put it this way: if I hadn't done all the work I've done on the road, I would have twice the amount of albums. So I'm very interested in spending the rest of my days just writing music."
The hard rock metal band remains retired from full-scale touring but has upcoming special shows this year. This includes performances in Brazil for the Bangers Open Air on April 26, followed by a headline show on August 27 in Illinois, as well as a special performance in Indiana with FireHouse on August 29.
View this post on InstagramLastly, Winger will be participating in The Sands Rocks Festival in Mexico from October 20 to 25.
As for doing a “bus tour” or traveling from city to city in a tour bus, Kip Winger made it clear he’ll never go that route.
“There's no way I'll get on a bus again. That's like a scary movie. I just can't do that,” he said.
According to him, the last bus tour that they did was with Tom Keifer (of Cinderella) for the LIVE & LOUD in 2023, which he described as “rough.”
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