Frankie Valli, who at 92 has never lost his love for the road, announced Friday that he is canceling the remainder of his concert dates for 2026, due to health issues.
“I’m so sorry to disappoint the folks who have purchased tickets to my shows,” he said on social media, “but I have decided to take the rest of the year off from touring to focus on my health. I’m looking forward to getting healthy and seeing you all again soon. Thank you for all your good wishes.”
His longtime representative, Victoria Varela, says that the decision to cancel shows rather than postpone them was in consideration of fans who have already paid money and might have it held in limbo indefinitely while he works to regain his health. “Promoters want to prolong things and not give people their money back,” she told Variety, “but he needs to not keep rescheduling these shows. He realized he needed to take a break and get his health in order, and that is the true issue — he wants to get better without prolonging, through the rescheduling process, the pain of people who’ve bought these tickets.”
She said that Valli, an inveterate performer who has rarely taken any extensive time-outs from performing, wants to devote the next six months to his health, and then consider a return to performing in 2027.
