Enrique Bunbury canceled his farewell tour and left the stage: “It’s impossible for me to do more concerts”

the Spanish singer Enrique Bunbury announced this Sunday advance his retirement from the stage Because of his throat problems and “with all the pain” in his heart, he canceled his farewell tour to the United States, as well as planned concerts in Spain.

“Unfortunately, today in Chicago, a day before the‘ show ’festival in Rosemont, we have to announce that we can no longer continue the tour. My throat and breathing problems went up and back hard last night and what I thought I could control was completely. in my hands and wishes, “Bunbury said in a statement.

A situation that compelled him, “with all the pain” in his heart, to “advance what he had already seen imminent.”

“It’s impossible for me to have many more concerts. I understand that many of you have bought tickets for an American tour before ‘gone’ (sold) and a Spanish tour that aimed the same “, he added about some tickets whose value will be refunded.

As the artist explained in this statement, when he announced the concerts of “The Last Tour” two months ago, he wanted to “fulfill the promises made then, both in the United States and in Spain.”

“In Latin America we are on time, because no agreement has been closed yet,” he clarified.

But, because of the “events”, he and his band tried to “reduce both the ‘tour’ of the USA and Spain” to leave “as much as possible between concerts” and thus “make sure until ‘ t can “that his voice “can answer.”

As he also said, a few days ago the first of its “shows” goodbye tour, who continued in Atlanta: “Both were two fabulous concerts, both on the part of the public and on our part, I think I can say with some pride”.

Bunbury, at age 54, thanked his followers for “understanding” what he described as a moment “painful” for him and the whole team.

The Zaragoza-born man, who will leave the United States on June 6, still has concerts in Chicago, Houston, El Paso, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Anaheim pending.

From singing in school to conquering Latin America

Born August 11, 1967 on Saragossa, northeast of Spain, at the age of thirteen he was already playing the electric guitar and later the drums. He started playing in school and as a singer and guitarist, or occasionally drummer and bassist in “amateur” groups like Apocalypse, Rebel Waltz, Entropic Process or Three Years of Pena or Glass Juice.

With drummer Juan Valdivia, he formed Heroes of Silence in 1985 and, two years later, released the mini-album “Hero of Legend”, followed by “The Sea Doesn’t Cease” (1989), which went Platinum.

Other important achievements with Héroes del Silencio were “Trails of treason” (1990), “The spirit of wine” (1993), “Flor de loto” (1994), “Avalanche” (1995), “Parasiempre” (1996) and “Strange” (1998); the latter was released after the loss of the group -Bunbury, Juan Valdivia, Pedro Andreu and Joaquín Cardiel-, as a token of gratitude to their many fans and included some songs not known until now.

Bunbury, who finally decided Heroes of Silencecreated in 1994 the independent label A la Inversa Records with the group from Zaragoza The bride and groom.

In 1997 he released his first solo studio work, “Radical Sonora”, followed by “Pequeño” (1999), “Flamingos” (2002), and “El Viaje a Nowhere” in 2004, for which he was Gold in Mexico and MTV award for best Spanish musician. In 2005, he announced the disbandment of the band that had accompanied him since he left Héroes due to “exhaustion of ideas”.

His next work, “El tiempo de las cherries” (2006), was produced in collaboration with Asturian Nacho Vegas, a benchmark in independent music, and presented both successfully at Barcelona Liceo.

Although heThe Heroes met again in 2007 and taking a short tour, Bunbury always rejects a hypothetical return of the Aragonese quartet that gave him fame. That year he received the Special Ondas Award from the Jury and a tribute from the EMI label for exceeding sales of more than six million records in nearly 40 countries.

In 2008 he released “Hellville de luxe” (his fifth solo studio album) and presented the short film “The Thin Man Who Will Never Fail” on the internet, which he starred in and was directed by Frenchman Edouard Salier.

His sixth studio album, “Las Consecuencias” (2010), and his seventh, “Licenciado Cantinas” (2011), were followed by a tour that began in Valencia and reached the US and Latin America.

He went on to “Palosanto” (2013), the most conceptual album of his career, recorded in Los Angeles, the city where he lives, and in collaboration with the band Los Santos Inocentes.

In 2014, the album tour began in Mexico and he recorded the feature film “The Longest Way”, a documentary about his tour in America, directed by Alexis Morante, the director of his music videos.

At the end of the year, “Madrid, Area 51” was released, a double CD and double DVD that was recorded live on June 29, 2014 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid.

His next works are “Hijos del pueblo” (2015), recorded live, and “Expectativas” (2017), his ninth studio album, which is a mixture of sounds.

In 2016 he was re -appointed Best Spanish Actor at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Before his final farewell to the stage was announced today, Burbury reported that in February he retired from the stage in September, after fulfilling its promises to Spain and the US, due to throat and breathing problems.

The decision was made after a Mexican tour in which he verified that what was “common pleasure and enjoyment has become a source of extreme pain and suffering.”

“I’m old enough to make this important change in my life and the support of my family and management,” remarked the artist, who acknowledged that in his 35-year career he has performed “on the best stages in the world and on some of the worst. “

The musician, with his biography, “Enrique Bunbury. The rest is silence”, written by journalist Pep Blay, has been married to Jose Girl, his official photographer, since October 2012 and they have a daughter ( 2011). He was previously married to Nona Rubio (2000-2001).

With information from EFE

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