Spain was surprised by the news this morning: Leire Martínez, who for 17 years was the vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh after the departure of Amaia Monterohas left the group. “After 17 years wonderfully full of music and emotions that we will never forget, we want to announce that the professional trajectories of Leire and La Oreja de Van Gogh will follow separate paths,” the band noted in their official Twitter account (X).
Not even a month ago the singer exploded on a Navarra television program: “I’m surprised that, after 16 years, I still have to answer for Amaia and that they keep asking me about her,” he indicated. “It doesn’t affect me that it’s said that she returns to the group, what I don’t like is that I’m ignored (…) it seems that everyone forgets that there is a singer in the group.”
Rumors of Amaia’s possible return had been brewing since July, when in the middle of Karol G’s concert, the singer appeared to accompany Bichota on stage. They both chose to sing one of the most famous songs in the world. San Sebastian group: Rosas, of What I told you while you were pretending to be asleep (2003), probably the band’s most famous album (with permission from Copperpot’s Journey2000). This was the starting signal for the rumors to begin of a possible reunion with the band’s original singer.
The reappearance of Amaia Montero on stage with Karol G is not only the history of Spain but an incredible message of improvement ❤️ pic.twitter.com/RcqYqCvmn9
— Adolfo Rodríguez 🔴🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@AdolfoRH) July 22, 2024
However, it was Montero herself who, after the concert, He assured that he would return, but alone. His career as a soloist had been put on hold in April 2020, leaving the door open to a possible return, since his family assured that he stopped his musical career due to a force majeure due to a “strong case of stress and anxiety.” In fact, at the end of 2022 A photo that she herself uploaded to her Instagram profile caused concern and confusion among her fans: a black and white image in which she looked very deteriorated and which was accompanied by some enigmatic messages. “If hope is the last thing to die and I haven’t lost it yet, what good is my life?” For this reason, her return to the stage accompanied by Karol G excited the band’s fans so much.
It was Montero herself who assured after Karol G’s concert that she would return, but alone
The rumors arose again on October 7 when Leire, still leading the band, could not help crying when singing Rosas during a concert given by the group at the end of their tour in Zaragoza. On several occasions the singer had to stop to catch her breath, which again set off alarm bells about a possible replacement by the original singer of the formation.
It is inevitable that the shadow of Amaia, who left the group in 2007, is long. The group released all four albums with her as vocalist. most famous of the formation (Tell the sun, Copperpot’s Journey, What I told you while you were pretending to be asleep y Pretty). Surprisingly, since the incorporation of Leire Martínez (who became known that same year on Factor X) have released four other albums: At Five in Astoria, Kites in the Sky, The Imaginary Planet and A Whisper in the Stormlatest album, which came out in 2020.
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This was the bitter farewell of Leire Martínez in the middle of the concert of ‘La Oreja de Van Gogh’
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When 17 years ago Amaia Montero decided to leave the formation, he also spread a letter because they had different versions emerged about the breakup. “The 11 years I have spent with LOVG and everything I have experienced with them will forever remain in my heart and in my head, but I have felt that it is time to begin a new stage in my life by embarking on my solo career,” he then explained, wanting also deny any problem or friction with the rest of the group. “I love them like brothers and I have learned a lot of who I am as a person from them.”
The coincidences have already made many suspicious, but For now nothing seems to be clear. Amaia at the time assured that she is not scheduled to return with Van Gogh’s Ear because it is a story that has already ended for her, but we will still have to wait to see if any of the protagonists decide to speak out about it.
Spain was surprised by the news this morning: Leire Martínez, who for 17 years was the vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh after the departure of Amaia Monterohas left the group. “After 17 years wonderfully full of music and emotions that we will never forget, we want to announce that the professional trajectories of Leire and La Oreja de Van Gogh will follow separate paths,” the band noted in their official Twitter account (X).
