They are the longest-running band in pop history, selling tens of millions of records and filling venues worldwide in a 68-year career. But now the Searchers have decided to take their final bow. The group, who were contemporaries of the Beatles during “the British invasion” will play their last ever show at this year’s Glastonbury festival, after a “final farewell tour” of Britain. The Searchers have had a 68-year career. Photograph: handout The band’s guitarist John McNally, 83, and bassist and singer Frank Allen, 81, told the Guardian they have decided to retire, partly because age is catching up with