Palito Ortega is more active than ever. Perhaps not like in his early days with El Club del Clan or after a few years as governor of Tucumán, but at the age of 81, the singer has premiered a new video, he will soon sing again with Luna Park and in the middle of the year he will perform. at the Colon Theater.

As a gift to all his followers in Argentina and Latin America, Tucuman today presented the video clip of a child like me, shot at the Palacio de los Deportes. There you will appreciate the beautiful show and the vitality that their live shows still generate.

It was an enthusiasm that would surely be repeated in his second Luna, next April 22, there are already very few locations available. But the tour continues and there will be an end: the 20th June will offer symphonic concerts, none other and none less than the Teatro Colón, within the cycle of the Festival ünicos.

It should be remembered that the video show – the one on December 11 at a Luna Park tree – was the first of the “Gracias – Farewell Tour”, which this time he toured the country, reviewing those songs accompanied by several generations of the Argentines. ..

The latter? trilogy

Ortega has long revived his musical career as a farewell. In August of last year he launched I wear you under my skinthe new album that pays homage to the songs that marked him in the beginning and carries the spirit of Frank Sinatra, the artist he admires so much and he had the privilege of bringing to our country to sing.

The album – a literal translation of the classic I’ve Got You Under My Skinfrom La Voz- is part of a trilogy that began four years ago on Rock’n’Roll (2017) at romantic 60’s (2018).

At first, as its name suggests, he covered the great stones of history, the dances in the best dance halls. And in an alternate, she showed her face as the most well-known female singer.

Most recently, he decided to give space to the “swing”, the melodies that marked an entire era of great and important artists.

About the show in Colón

Last February, Ramón Bautista Ortega spoke with Clarín about the final recital of the “Gracias Tour” —which will culminate in a career that has successfully spanned six decades — at the emblematic Buenos Aires theater, a stage in which singing he but later it was elusive.

“Popular music can give you this. The reviews of the first album I released killed me. If I pay attention to them, I’ll go into retirement, pack my little cardboard bag and go back to Tucumán. .But I said, ‘They can’t beat me.’ I doubled the bet. I tried harder, I wanted to learn more. I never lowered my arms, I never threw myself back, “he told Viva magazine.

“I must have made a mistake, like everyone else. But the balance is how much I’ve been wrong and how much I’ve been right. I have to thank God: I have a beautiful family, I have my recording studio, I have the best friends, some of them also the best musicians and whom we may not have agreed from the start, “he added.

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