{"id":594608,"date":"2026-08-16T02:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594608\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T02:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:04:10","slug":"frankie-valli-says-i-am-not-retired-refuting-brothers-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594608\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Valli Says \u2018I Am Not Retired&#8217; Refuting Brother&#8217;s Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 92-year-old singer took to social media to clarify his status after his brother said Frankie \u201cwill now retire\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/frankie-valli\/\" id=\"auto-tag_frankie-valli\" data-tag=\"frankie-valli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frankie Valli<\/a> made headlines earlier this week after his brother Bobby sounded an alarm that Frankie was retiring. Turns out, the \u201cCan\u2019t Take My Eyes Off You\u201d singer might need to keep an eye on what his brother is saying because Frankie said he plans to keep on working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe confusion over Valli\u2019s career status began after Bobby took to social media <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bobby.valli.5\/posts\/pfbid0YRzPdGHwPqPuAWFvwJxuqaD6VG23iuT8SAPmGeVhotNbpk2t7mxfuSqKxenR86cHl?rdid=adN2S4eiDpEoIsHv\">earlier this week to announce<\/a> that his brother Valli \u201cwill now retire. We will always have special memories of Frankie Valli. He has reached a place in his life where his family is there to love, cherish and to be there for him. We appreciate your love and concern.\u201d The post has now been modified to omit the retirement statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tValli responded on Friday, Aug. 14 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcCJCMQFd1f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">his own post<\/a>. \u201cIn spite of what you might have heard, I am not retired,\u201d he posted on Instagram, along with a photo of him performing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShortly afterward, his brother Bobby then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bobby.valli.5\/posts\/pfbid0qJjPkosFHWUJyvumQsyT9AbkTYGxPWSuXkmtK2G7z629iuDK34WhVE3syk2Qty3Sl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">posted an apology<\/a>. \u201cI apologize, I was misinformed,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI was under the impression my brother Frankie was retiring. Hoping for him to have a speedy recovery to continue his illustrious career!\u201d It\u2019s unclear what Valli may be recovering from.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn May, Valli announced that he would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/frankie-valli-2026-concerts-cancelled-health-1235570368\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taking time off the road<\/a> for the remainder of the year due to his health. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry to disappoint the folks who have purchased tickets to my shows, but I have decided to take the rest of the year off from touring to focus on my health,\u201d he wrote on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DY72yGyl0JX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0at the time. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting healthy and seeing you all again soon. Thank you for all your good wishes.\u201d Valli did not disclose specifics regarding his health issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tA rep for Valli did not immediately return Rolling Stone\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 92-year-old singer took to social media to clarify his status after his brother said Frankie \u201cwill now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,205051,61,60],"class_list":["post-594608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-frankie-valli","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}