Simmons recently spoke to Classic Rock Magazine about their upcoming biopic "You Wanted The Best You Got The Best," their new football team, their upcoming tour plans and also touched on retirement.

During the interview Simmons was asked about rumors that the band is planning a UK tour next spring. He confirmed the rumors by saying, "That's true. And as an avowed Anglophile I can't wait. But the UK is a very strange place; it really is like the Hobbit world, a magical kingdom. The Europeans call you European but the English don't. You're a very small island surrounded by water. You didn't invent rock'n'roll or blues or jazz, but you strange little people with your strange foods and odd colloquialisms created the music that rules the world � The Beatles, the Stones, The Who, Zeppelin ad infinitum � and you continue to do so."

Simmons was asked in the follow up question, "Would you consider playing as part of a package with M�tley Cr�e, with whom you toured the US last summer?" He responded, "No. We're thinking of a fortieth anniversary celebration. We have the spider stage prop, which does everything except give birth. I don't want to give away the other thing we're going to do, but [adopts Cockney accent] it will be a right proper celebration."