“Julio Iglesias retires from music and leaves the stage.” With these words, the midday program “Socialité” has announced the retirement of the most universal Spanish singer. The program cites as a source “a person who provides key testimony in this matter.” According to the information, “the singer’s mobility problems have worsened over time and the artist no longer feels fit to get on stage and give a concert.”
The Argentine journalist Gonzalo Vázquez has said that an influential person has tried to hire Julio Iglesias and the response he received from the artist’s entourage was that he would not go on stage again because he does not have the strength to do so and his mobility problems have increased. This professional’s response is what has led to the conclusion that Julio Iglesias could retire and move away from the stage permanently.
The last time we saw him giving a concert was in 2019. They would have proposed a tour to several countries and he would have rejected it, adds the Argentine reporter. “A friend tells me that Julio’s biggest fear is that his audience sees him with the mobility problems he has and age-related ailments. He prefers that his audience stays with the image of him from a few years ago,” adds Gonzalo. Vazquez.
Stage meat. Julio Iglesias, during one of his concerts
The artist is eighty-one years old and has dedicated more than fifty years of his life to music. On the occasion of his birthday, September 23, the media did not ignore the growing concern in recent months about his state of health. His retirement goes beyond the professional, as can be seen from his absence from public and family life. This last summer he didn’t even travel to Marbella, as he liked to do in the past. He and his wife, Miranda Rijnsburger, spent their summer holidays separately. It was not the first time that the Dutch woman and the artist enjoyed the summer separated by an ocean. Since 2020, Julio Iglesias has not set foot in Spain. Miranda, however, has not broken the tradition of spending the holidays in the Andalusian town, on the Cuatro Lunas farm, located in the municipality of Ojén, although this last time he did not frequent Puerto Banús or the restaurants in the area.
A secrecy reigns in the family that his twin daughters Victoria and Cristina, on the one hand, and Chábeli, on the other, overcame to send him a warm congratulations through their social networks on his birthday. Julio’s first-born daughter, the result of his marriage to Isabel Preysler, shared an endearing postcard from his childhood, in black and white, with a message: “Happy birthday! I love you and I will always love you.” The publication was flooded with responses with best wishes for the singer and the hope of enjoying him on stage again.
