The music world is in mourning. The singer of Black Laceand historical in the Festival of Eurovis, Colin Gibbpassed away tragically this Sunday, as as his wife, Sue, has communicatedsolo a few days after Gibb announced his retirement from music to his fans.
The artist formed a band junto a Alan Barton, Steve Scholey y Nigel Scottand ended up being part of the history of the musical contest by having finished in seventh position representing the United Kingdom in 1979 thanks to the song Mary Ann.
His death was announced by his wife, and quickly, from Black Lace, his bandmates decided to pay tribute to their great friend through messages on social networks, such as the one they have published on the band’s own Facebook website.
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our great friend Colin Gibb. Colin was one of the founding members of Black Lace, along with Alan Barton, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. We would like to send his family and friends all our love and support at this extremely difficult time, the band wrote in their statement.
History in the United Kingdom
Colin Gibb He joined the Black Lace band in 1976 to replace Ian Howarth.. With his incorporation, the group was made up of Steve Scholey, Alan Barton, Terry Dobson and Colin Gibb himself. A band that throughout those years was immersed in different tours and releasing an EP.
In fact, Gibb was instrumental in the success of the British group, becoming one of the most listened to in the 80s thanks to hits like Superman, Agadoo and Do the Conga.among others, going through a single like Mary Annwhich catapulted them to the Eurovision Song Contest, where they achieved a seventh position with 73 points.
Furthermore, his tragic death occurs just a week before he performed in Spain to offer his last show after announcing his retirement: Well, all good things must come to an end. I have decided to retire. My last show will be on Thursday at Villa Adeje Beach Hotel, in San Eugeneo (Tenerife).
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