But the grueling tours took their toll, and he died suddenly on April 2, 1973, shortly after a historic engagement conducting "Parsifal" at Covent Garden.

On what orchestra members say was their most grueling tour in years, he put up with conditions that would have prompted unionized American musicians to go on strike.

Peterson took his Chilean team on a grueling tour of the United States in 1972.

Yet it is to the credit of these young dancers that they could appear so fresh and vital on a grueling tour of one-night stands.

Then Mr. Norman found himself with a new gig: singing with the Coasters on a grueling tour, doing the same oldies over and over.

The grueling tours Berlin did performing "This Is The Army" left him exhausted.

Its confrontational lyrics originate in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England.

After the grueling worldwide tour the band had completed in support of Red Medicine, Fugazi took an extended break and also began writing material for a follow up release.

During a grueling cross-country tour to promote the League, Wilson suffered a series of strokes.

Most his time was spent in private, his reward for his grueling tour.