Tony Orlando has been playing in Las Vegas for 50 years, and this week, he is going to end his golden run in the City of Sin.
But that is not the end of the 79-year-old’s live performances. He is going to play six more cities before he says farewell to singing in front of an audience.
“I am so honored that my last concert will be at my favorite venue on Earth, Mohegan Sun Arena,” said Tony Orlando. “My relationship with Tom Cantone, the stage crews, and the staff at Mohegan Sun Arena has been flawless. I also want to thank all my friends within the Mohegan Tribe for making me feel like family and for the opportunity to say goodbye. Thank you for making my dreams come true.”
So, tie a yellow ribbon around his tour bus because he is retiring. And I am sad about it.
Last month, ABBA announced that they are releasing new music together for the first time in 35 years. Yesterday. Tony Orlando and Dawn revealed they will be reuniting for a Christmas concert in Illinois on December 11th. It will be the first time in three years that Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson will sing together.
At this rate, Disco will make like a Zombie and come back from the dead. That’s the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it. Yes, I know that is a KC and the Sunshine Band song, but it works better than untie that yellow ribbon ’round the ole oak tree.
Last week, Tony Orlando had a run in with a garage door and the tip of his left middle finger lost. It was sliced right off at the upper knuckle. According to TMZ, he found the missing part, tied a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree, I mean digit, and drove himself to the hospital. Once there, they performed emergency surgery to reattach it and he is waiting to find out if it worked.
Instead of being upset about the accident, he took to Twitter to joke about it. The singer said, “I appreciate you all! Now I can only Knock 2 and half times 😜 I’m considering opening my show with ‘Fingertips Part II’ by Stevie Wonder!”
Hopefully he will be able to knock three times again soon and the Two Dawns will be answer the door!
UPDATE: Tony Orlando gave an update on his finger to The New York Daily News, he said, “They couldn’t reattach it. They’re telling me that I have to just let it heal on its own, grow over on its own.” At least now he can give the bird to whomever he wants and say that he is was just showing off his injured finger.
