By Julio Cortes
14 Oct 2024, 11:22 AM EDT
Spanish pop-rock group Van Gogh’s Ear has taken all his fans by surprise, because on his official account instagram They published a message in which They report that vocalist Leire Martínez has stopped being part of the band.
He post of Pablo Benegas, Xabier San Martín, Haritz Garde and Alvaro Fuentes says: “After 17 wonderful years…we want to announce that The professional trajectories of Leire and La Oreja De Van Gogh will follow separate paths. The decision has been hard and difficult, but it comes “After a long time of reflection and deep conversations in which we have not managed to bring our different ways of living together as a group.”
Just a few days ago, Martínez shared a video on his social network account that shows the performance of Van Gogh’s Ear at the Fantastic Festival of Castellón. The vocalist joined the group in 2008 after the departure of Amaia Montero, and recorded four albums.
Three months ago Montero appeared as a guest during the concert of Karol G at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, marking his return to the stage. Since then, rumors have emerged of a possible reunion between Amaia and her former bandmates, but so far nothing has been confirmed.
In an interview for Navarra television in September, Leire Martínez He already reflected annoyance at these speculations: “I don’t like disrespect. It doesn’t matter to me that it is said that Amaia returns to the group, it doesn’t affect me at all. What I don’t like is that people ignore me when that is said. Everyone forgets that there is a singer in the group, who has been in the group for 17 years. “It’s ugly to me that it seems like nothing matters.”
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