Naghahanda na rin sa pagre-retire sa showbiz… REGINE, ni-reveal na magkakaroon ng final major concert sa October

INAMIN ni Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez na naghahanda na siya sa pagre-retire after ng kanyang 40th year sa showbiz.

Ni-reveal din niya ang plano na magkaroon ng final major concert sa October.

Sa interview kay Regine ng Billboard Philippines, na kung saan napili siya bilang Woman of the Year, ibinahagi niya ito.

“I’m celebrating my 40th year in the business and to celebrate that I’m going to have a concert sometime in October, pero wala pa kaming date at venue. But it’s going to be my last big concert,” rebelasyon niya.

“Although, I still have some projects next year but this is may last solo big concert.”

Paglilinaw pa ni Songbird, “I didn’t mean for that post to be controversial. I just posted because it was on my mind. It became so viral, parang what happens there. But I’m just stressing out because I was so nervous. Parang kailangan kong bawiin na okay na po ako, tapos ang daming nagpadala sa aking ng flowers.

“But retirement means, hindi ka totally kailangang tumigil, you just have to free yourself of the pressure.”

Sa kanyang upcoming October show, isi-celebrate nga niya ang 40th year sa showbiz industry, kaya siguradong pasabog ang sinasabi niyang final big concert.

Anyway, super deserving naman si Regine pagkilala sa kanya ng Billboard Philippines bilang “Woman of the Year”.

Sa kanyang acceptance speech, inalala ni Regine ang kanyang pumanaw na amang si Mang Gerry na nagsilbing mentor at adviser niya.

“This industry has changed my life in so many wonderful ways. I didn’t know that my father’s dream was to travel the world.

“And natulungan ko yung tatay ko na matupad yung pangarap niya because I sang. And we travelled the world together, because I was singing,” pahayag ng Songbird.

“Marami pong nagawa ang industriyang ito sa buhay ko that’s why I’ll forever gonna be grateful to the industry,” emosyonal pang sabi niya.

Pagpapatuloy pa niya, “Yung story ko kasi, five years old ako, sumali ako ng singing contest. Ako lang po yung bata doon.

“Tapos narinig ko yung palakpakan ng mga tao, nag-decide ako at a tender age of 5 years old, nag-decide ako na this is what I want to do. ‘Cause I like the sound of palakpakan, and 40 years later here I am.”

Labis-labis din ang pasasalamat si Regine kay Lord dahil sa loob ng apat na dekada niya sa showbiz ay nagkaroon din siya ng chance na makilala ang kanyang mga idol pati na ang kanyang “love of her life” na si Ogie Alcasid.

(ROHN ROMULO)