Ninety-year-old music legend Franki Valli left fans concerned after he appeared visibly frail and struggling to perform during an August 3rd performance near San Jose, CA, prompting a response from his team.
Valli’s performance at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga was marred by what many said was a worrisome display from the Four Seasons frontman. A clip posted to X (formerly Twitter) shows a dazed-looking Valli standing just off-stage as the crowd applauds his expected entrance. Valli stands gripping a handrail and looking towards the ground until the band begins playing his 1978 hit “Grease,” at which point he quickly enters and finds his mark on stage.
Immediately, Valli struggles to lip sync convincingly. At one point, his lips don’t appear to be moving as he again looks to his feet. One heavily edited version of the viral clip concludes with footage of a separate Valli concert from “months ago,” in which he once again struggles to lip sync.
This video of a 90-year-old Frankie Valli struggling to even lip sync to his old music is hard to watch. Let the man retire. pic.twitter.com/NPmcVIZ4mn
— Thinkwert (@Thinkwert) August 8, 2024
Despite his unsteady appearance, Valli’s reps issued a statement to The New York Post assuring fans the musician is “just fine.”
“Frankie is doing just fine and super happy to still be performing,” the statement reads. “The audiences are filling venues and listening to some great music. Frankie is doing what he loves to do at 90. We should all be so lucky.”
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons are currently on their farewell tour, dubbed The Last Encore, which was announced last October. The Last Encore is expected to wrap up in April 2025. When the tour was announced, Valli noted in a statement that he “always loved touring and can’t wait to see the fans” back out on the road.
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