Kenny Rogers’ farewell tour lands in Carmel at the Palladium

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By Mark Ambrogi

 

Kenny Rogers is in the midst of what is being billed as “The Gambler’s Last Deal.”

Rogers, 78, began a farewell tour in 2016 to devote more time to his 12-year-old identical twin sons.

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Kenny Rogers will perform at 8 p.m. April 7 at the Palladium in Carmel. (Submitted photo)

“My sons asked me what I’m going to do when I quit singing and I tell them ‘I thought I’d come home and spend all my time with you guys,’” Rogers said. “They both put their heads down and said  ‘Oh my gosh.’ So maybe it isn’t exciting for them as it was for me. I’m curious what I’m going to do because I’ve done this for 60 years now.”

Rogers will perform at 8 p.m. April 7 at the Palladium in Carmel. There has been no final concert date set for the tour.

“I’m at a point where I don’t move around as well as I used to,” Rogers said. “I think I’m singing well, that doesn’t bother me. But my mobility is a factor.”

Rogers started the final tour in South Africa in January 2016.

“Since then we’ve been to probably 150 places, each place has made this retirement feel special to me,” Rogers said. “You look for some type of closure. This is as much as a thank you to the audience where I can get a chance to say thank you for your support for 60 years as it is a farewell tour.”

Rogers said the songs “Islands in the Stream,” “The Gambler” and “Lucille” were all important to his career.

“It’s hard to say one is better or more important,” Rogers said. “If I didn’t do any one of those three, it would be disappointing to the people who came to see me say goodbye. I have to be conscious of that. It’s a different show that I’ve ever done, it’s a linear look at my life and my career.”

Rogers said he does some songs he hasn’t done in 40 years such as “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In),” which he recorded with his band, The First Edition.

“We enjoy the ones we haven’t done in awhile and we do the ones we’re expected to do,” Rogers said. “It’s been a fun tour for all of us. That’s all you can ask when you go out, you go out with a flash and have a good time. I think we’ve done that, we’ve gone all over the world to say goodbye. I’m ready to go. I want to be there for my (children) this time in their lives. I have two older boys that I’ve missed this period in life.”

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