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Pittsburgh music icon Donnie Iris is stepping away from the stage for good. <\/p>\n
Iris announced that he has made the difficult decision to retire from future performances after experiencing health issues. <\/p>\n
The 83-year-old’s final performance took place on Sept. 28, during the grand opening of Pittsburgh\u2019s newest concert venue, Citizens Live at The Wylie.<\/p>\n
He released the following statement, which read, in part: <\/p>\n
“Music has given me far more than I could ever put into words. From the earliest days to every chapter of my life, your support has been a constant source of joy and inspiration.<\/p>\n
I am deeply grateful to my daughters and my entire family, the musicians, crew members, promoters, venues, and especially the fans who made this life possible.<\/p>\n
It was a meaningful and fitting moment to share with all of you in my hometown. Thank you all for showing me grace and gratitude at that performance.<\/p>\n
While I will no longer be performing live, the memories, the music, and the connections we have built together will always remain close to my heart.<\/p>\n
Thank you for your loyalty, your energy, and your love through all the years. It has been my great honor to make music for you.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh music icon Donnie Iris is stepping away from the stage for good. Iris announced that he has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[124686,69601,124693,104944,124688,124677,124694,1510,11492,124684,7576,23619,124683,1983,2647,105,15425,7865,114641,24258,38118,124691,28,1132,73,75,124682,124690,74,5608,124692,124689,7174,124685,124687],"class_list":["post-303274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-citizens-live","tag-concert-venue","tag-constant-source","tag-crew-member","tag-crew-members","tag-donnie-iris","tag-entire-family","tag-family","tag-fans","tag-final-performance","tag-grand-opening","tag-great-honor","tag-health-issues","tag-hometown","tag-joy","tag-life","tag-live-music","tag-music","tag-music-icon","tag-musician","tag-musicians","tag-new-concert-venue","tag-pennsylvania","tag-performance","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-legend","tag-pittsburgh-music-icon","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-place","tag-promoter","tag-promoters","tag-retirement","tag-sept-28","tag-the-wylie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}