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Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett in Las Vegas in January 2019.Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Park MGM Las Ve
Tony Bennett retires from the stage.
This was announced by his son and representative, Danny Bennett, who explains that the decision was made due to Alzheimer's suffered by the mythical
95-year-old
crooner
, who was diagnosed in 2016. “There will be no more concerts.
It has been a difficult decision, because he is a singer in shape.
But that's the way the doctors have ordered it, and your health is the most important thing, ”he assures in an interview with
Variety.
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In this way, his farewell tour is canceled, and his two live performances have been those of August 4 and 5 at Radio City Music Hall, in what was his goodbye to New York.
The Bennett-Lady Gaga duo filled the 6,105 seats in the legendary hall, and at the last concert they raised the audience on their feet 27 times.
On October 1, the album
Love for Sale,
a jazz album featuring Lady Gaga, will
finally be released
, from which the first single,
I Get a Kick Out of You, was released
on the 3rd, to celebrate Bennett's 95th birthday. .
It was during the process of creating the disc, when doctors diagnosed
Crooner's
Alzheimer's
.
“The problem is not the performances,” says his son, “but the trips.
Gets tired
The concerts are, now, too much effort for him.
We don't want it to fall off the stage, for example.
We are not concerned that he can sing.
We are concerned from a physical point of view.
Tony is 95 years old ”.
The musician's wife, Susan Benedetto, explained in a recent interview with the American Association for Retired People that Bennett "is doing a lot of things at his age that people without dementia can't do."
He also acknowledged: “There are many things about him that I miss.
Because he is no longer old Tony, except when he sings ”.
According to his wife, "Tony is not always sure where he is or what is going on around him."
The one that remains open is the possibility of more recordings.
Tony Bennett's career began in 1951 and he has sold more than 50 million records and won 18 Grammy Awards.
In 2014 he released a first duet album with Lady Gaga,
Cheek To Cheek,
which served to relaunch him to new generations.
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