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At age 95,Tony BennettPerformance days On stage have arrived nearby. After two lounges set in the music room of the radio city with its frequent collaboratorLady Gaga, the rest ofThe dates of the Bennett tour were canceled And he retired from the scene. The singer had to play six other shows in the coming months, but they will not take place, the son of Bennett and the manager,Danny Bennett, explained toVariety.

Bennett wasDiagnosed with Alzheimer's disease In 2016, but that did not stop singing. Instead, this is the way the tour makes the toll on its health that forced the dates to be canceled and that Bennett's Days occur live to end. Read it to find out why doctors have made the decision.

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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga played together at Radio City Music Hall on 3 and 5. The first showtook place on Bennett's 95th anniversaryAnd Gaga led the crowd in an interpretation of "happy birthday" for him. Now, the show of August 5 in New York will be known as the last Bennett.

Gaga and Bennett have collaborated for years now. Their first album,Cheek to cheekwas published in 2014 and they have a second album,Love for sale, being released on October 1, which consists ofCole Porter Covers.

While the shows in Radio City took place, the rest of the tour had to be canceled because the trips were too much for Bennett, according to his doctors. Coming events, which have been postponed pre-pandemic dates,have been fixed to take place In Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Oklahoma in September to December. But Danny saidVariety,"There will be no additional concerts."

"It was a difficult decision for us to do because it is a capable artist," he continued. "It is however the ordinances of the doctors. His health continues is the most important part of that, and when we heard the doctors - when Tony's wife,Susan [Benedetto] heard them - she says, "Absolutely not." "

Danny added: "It's not the singing appearance but rather traveling. Look, he gets tired. The decision is doing what to do concerts is too too much for him. We do not want him to fall On stage, because instance-something as simple as that. We are not worried about it beingable to sing. We are worried, from a physical point of view ... on human nature. "

Danny has clearly clarified that Bennett can sing is not the question and said his father will "do something else, but not these upcoming monuments".

The 66 years said that some fans told her that they could not believe Bennett has Alzheimer's disease because he is able to happen to happen so well. "My answer is that he was there he lived all his life and where he is the happiest - on the stage, making music," Danny explained. "He has a short-term loss of memory. However, this does not mean that he does not always have everything that has happened inside him. He does not use a teleprompter. He does not miss Never in a line. He hits this stadium, and go. Tony may not remember all parts of this show. But when he entered the edge of the stage, the first thing he said was: "I like being singer".

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Bennett's wife revealed toAARP the magazine in 2020 that theThe singer had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease In 2016. "There are a lot of things about him that I miss, because he is no longer the old Tony," said BenedettoAarp. "But when he sings, he's old Tony."

Bennett neurologist,Gayatri Devi, MD, told the magazine that singing was good for Bennett, because he "stimulated his brain" and the emotional connection could help him access souvenirs. "It's so much, 94 years old that many people without dementia can not do," said Devi at the time. "It's really the symbol of hope for someone with a cognitive disorder."

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