Exclusive | I talked to John Oates about his 2026 tour. Heres why you cant miss him live

She may be gone but John Oates isn’t.At 77-years-young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever having released two albums — 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic “Reunion” and 2025’s groovy “Oates” — in the past three years while regularly performing at venues all over North America.Starting in early March, he’ll revv up the tour buses once again for a brief seven-concert run that includes stops at Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino Music Box on Friday, March 13 and Uncasville, CT’s Mohegan Sun Cabaret on Sunday, March 15.“My Good Road Band is amazing and we play real music,” Oates told The Post in an exclusive interview.“I’ve put together a full rhythm section.

Two guitars, bass, drums and keyboards, made up of new Nashville friends and some guys who I’ve been playing with for a long time.There’s no samples, there’s no Auto-Tune, there’s no ProTools.

It’s just guys playing and singing.We’re waving the flag for the old school.”As an added bonus, Oates recently added a section to the show he calls “the songs that made me.”“We do everything from the earliest days of rock to the folk era to early sixties R&B.

What it does is it gives people an idea of who I am and why I am who I am.”And, yes, in case you were wondering, he still busts out fan favorite Hall and Oates hits like “Out of Touch,” “Maneater” and, of course, “She’s Gone.”“I don’t think I’ve ever played a show whether with Daryl or solo where I haven’t played ‘She’s Gone,'” he noted.“I feel like I have to play that song but I love having to have to play that song if you know what I mean.”Better yet, “She’s Gone” comes complete with an origin story that starts on a freezing cold night at a Bleecker Street diner.

Around 3 am, Oates spotted a woman “wearing a tutu and cowboy boots” that he “started dating immediately.”To hear the story in full, well, we can’t go for that.You’ll have to see ...