{"id":45872,"date":"2026-08-15T04:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45872"},"modified":"2026-08-15T04:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:17:49","slug":"frankie-valli-denies-he-has-retired-disputes-brothers-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45872","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Valli denies he has retired, disputes brother\u2019s statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/14\/AP23127568145720_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Frankie Valli is disputing a wave of news reports that he has retired, calling the claim false after outlets took at face value a statement from his younger brother suggesting the 92-year-old singer\u2019s decades-long career had ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not retired. This is false,\u201d Mr. Valli\u2019s longtime representative, Victoria Varela, told Variety Friday, shortly after an entertainment publication had reported he was retiring after 60 years on stage. Mr. Valli has actually been performing for about 75 years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Valli reinforced the denial himself Friday afternoon in a statement posted to his social media accounts: \u201cIn spite of what you might have heard, I am not retired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement contradicts a Wednesday Facebook post from his younger brother, Bobby Valli, who wrote that Mr. Valli \u201cwill now retire\u201d and that the family appreciated fans\u2019 \u201clove and concern,\u201d language that many outlets interpreted as an official retirement announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation about Mr. Valli\u2019s future had already been building since May, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/frankie-valli-cancels-concerts-2026-focus-on-health-1236762858\/\">canceled the remaining dates<\/a> on what had been billed as a farewell tour, \u201cThe Last Encores,\u201d citing health reasons and saying he planned to take the rest of the year off. Ms. Varela said at the time that the decision to cancel rather than postpone was made out of consideration for ticket-holders, so their money would not be held in limbo during a lengthy rescheduling process.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Valli last performed Feb. 22 at the Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Valli rose to fame as lead singer of the Four Seasons and later as a solo artist in the 1960s, scoring hits including \u201cWalk Like a Man,\u201d \u201cBig Girls Don\u2019t Cry,\u201d \u201cRag Doll\u201d and \u201cCan\u2019t Take My Eyes Off You.\u201d He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in February 2025. His life and career inspired the Broadway musical \u201cJersey Boys,\u201d which ran from 2005 to 2017 and was later adapted into a 2014 film directed by Clint Eastwood.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #3e3e3e;\"><em><br \/>\n                          This article was constructed with the assistance of artificial intelligence and published by a member of The Washington Times&#8217; AI News Desk team. The contents of this report are based solely on The Washington Times&#8217; original reporting, wire services, and\/or other sources cited within the report. For more information, please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/ai-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI policy<\/a> or contact Steve Fink, Director of Artificial Intelligence, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/14\/frankie-valli-denies-retired-disputes-brothers-statement\/mailto:sfink@washingtontimes.com\">sfink@washingtontimes.com<\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #3e3e3e;\"><em><br \/>\n                          The Washington Times AI Ethics Newsroom Committee can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/14\/frankie-valli-denies-retired-disputes-brothers-statement\/mailto:aispotlight@washingtontimes.com\">aispotlight@washingtontimes.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n                      <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frankie Valli is disputing a wave of news reports that he has retired, calling the claim false after outlets took at face value a statement from his younger brother suggesting the 92-year-old singer\u2019s decades-long career had ended. \u201cHe is not retired. This is false,\u201d Mr. Valli\u2019s longtime representative, Victoria Varela, told Variety Friday, shortly after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/14\/AP23127568145720_c0-247-5939-3711_s1200x700.jpg?1a2bb7c77c358745f530f7fce778f08db33cbaa2","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}