By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-01 07:20:48 | Updated at 2024-10-01 09:16:56
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Frankie Valli is responding to online speculation about his health, after a series of his performances went viral, with people wondering if he was alright.
The famed entertainer, 90, issued a statement Monday to People saying that he continues to enjoy plying his craft onstage, amid recent feedback to his concert performances.
'I get a chuckle from the comments wondering if someone forcing me to go on stage,' the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons frontman said. 'Nobody has ever made me do anything I didn't want to do.'
The Grease singer said he's happy to continue making his way out onstage, saying, 'I absolutely love what I do.
He added: 'I know there has been a lot of stuff on the internet about me lately so I wanted to clear the air. I am blessed to be 90 years old and still be doing what I love to do and as long as I am able, and audiences want to come see me, I am going to be out there performing as I always.'
Frankie Valli, 90, is responding to online speculation about his health, after a series of his performances went viral, with people wondering if he was alright. Pictured in October 2023 in Las Vegas
The singer of songs such as Rag Doll, Walk Like a Man and Big Girls Don't Cry pushed back against people who say he's been lip-syncing in his outings onstage.
'I know we put on a great show because our fans are still coming out in force and the show still rocks,' Valli said. 'How do we do the show?! The Four Seasons sound was always about layering vocals and instruments. We use our 60 years of experience so we sound like the records.
'I sing, I have singers who sing, great arrangements….everything.'
The December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) artist vowed to continue 'chasing the music' as long as he can.
He said: 'I plan to be doing shows as long as I can, delivering that great Four Seasons sound. Like that line in Jersey Boys, I'm like that bunny on TV, that just keeps going and going and going.'
Valli's recent performances have garnered a number of reactions from people on platforms such as TikTok and X/Twitter.
The entertainer, who played the role of Rusty Millio on The Sopranos, has kept busy in recent years with outings across the country and a Las Vegas residency.
Valli - who celebrated his 11th wedding anniversary to wife Jackie Jacobs, 61, this past June - is slated to continue his ongoing tour through next April.
His next show is slated for Friday, October 11 at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota, according to his website.
Valli's recent performances have garnered a number of reactions from people on platforms such as TikTok and X/Twitter
The singer of songs such as Rag Doll, Walk Like a Man and Big Girls Don't Cry pushed back against people who say he's been lip-syncing in his outings onstage
The entertainer has kept busy in recent years with outings across the country and a Las Vegas residency
Valli earlier this year was granted a three-year restraining order from a Los Angeles court on April 29 from his son Francesco, 36.
A judge ruled that Francesco must remain a minimum of 100 yards from the home and work locations of the entertainer and his son Emilio, 29.
Emilio had told the court that both he and Valli were worried after an incident in April in which he said Francesco sought to break into the entertainer's home; and that Francesco 'repeatedly physically threatened to harm or kill' both men, as 'part of a pattern for the past several months.'
