Remo Fernandes bids farewell to live concerts with his UK performance

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Chandigarh, August 6

Musician Remo Fernandes announced his retirement from live performances citing recent health struggles during an emotional concert in the UK, which he said would mark his final stage act.
Commencing his hour-long performance on Monday, the 73-year-old explained why he decided on retirement from live performances.
“Now sitting down and performing is not really my cup of tea. So that’s why I decided to call it a day and to stop performing,” Fernandes told the crowd at Cranford Community College in Hounslow.
“Some years ago, after I took the third COVID vaccine, I suffered a light stroke. And that stroke gave me some problems in the use of my fingers. So that made my guitar playing and my flute playing a bit difficult. And it was not as it used to be before.
And then last year, I suffered from vertigo and had a nasty fall for which I had to have a surgery in my cranium.”
Fernandes took the audience on a trip down memory lane by performing all the songs that made him a pop sensation — from “Maria Pitache” to “Humma Humma”.
Fernandes is best known for blending Goan, Portuguese, rock, pop, Latin, reggae and world music influences into a distinctive sound.
He rose to prominence in the 1980s, long before India’s independent music scene became mainstream.
His English-language albums such as his debut “Pack That Smack” (1986) and “Bombay City” established him as one of India’s leading rock musicians, while songs like “Bombay City”, “Mr Minister” and “Down with Brown” became cult classics.
Fernandes achieved nationwide fame with playback hits including “Humma Humma” (“Bombay”), “Huiya Ho” (“Khamoshi: The Musical”), “Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha”, “O Meri Munni”, and “Signal”.
Apart from music, he has acted in films such as “Ek Villain”, “Bombay Velvet” and “99 Songs”.