{"id":491482,"date":"2019-10-21T08:39:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=901626"},"modified":"2019-10-21T08:39:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:39:58","slug":"watch-toto-reunite-with-africa-singer-david-paich-at-final-show-for-foreseeable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-toto-reunite-with-africa-singer-david-paich-at-final-show-for-foreseeable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Toto Reunite With \u2018Africa\u2019 Singer David Paich at Final Show for \u2018Foreseeable Future\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toto<\/a> wrapped up the final show of their 40 Trips Around the Sun tour at Philadelphia\u2019s Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday night, and, according to guitarist Steve Lukather, it\u2019s going to be their last performance for quite some time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what the future-future\u2019s gonna be, but I do know that\u2019s gonna be the last show in Philly for the foreseeable future,\u201d he told The Morning Call<\/em> earlier this month.<\/a> \u201cAnd certainly the end of this configuration of Toto.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve been playing without keyboardist David Paich throughout the past year due to health problems, but he made a surprise appearance when the group played Los Angeles in September and he came out again near the end of the Philadelphia show to perform \u201cAfrica.\u201d He co-wrote the 1982 classic and sang lead on the verses. (Bobby Kimball handled the chorus.) Here\u2019s fan-shot video of Paich\u2019s return to the stage in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

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The band was rather vague on why Paich was stepping aside last year, but Lukather explained the situation in detail when he spoke to The Morning Call<\/em>. \u201cIt was really the scariest thing ever,\u201d he said. \u201cHe had some sort of a seizure [on the bus during a European tour] or something like that. We went home and he had to retire from touring because of his health. Apparently he pushed himself a little too hard and he fell. I mean, Dave\u2019s still playing. He can sing. He\u2019s up and about and he\u2019s happy and he\u2019s walking around. But he\u2019s not built for speed anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

It may seem like an odd time for Toto to take a long break considering all the attention that \u201cAfrica\u201d has received<\/a> over the past couple of years \u2014 which has helped them pack venues all over the world. But Lukather has been balancing his role in Ringo Starr\u2019s All Starr Band with Toto for several years and he\u2019s burned out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of lifestyle is way harder than people think it is,\u201d he said. \u201cThey just think that we float around from city to city magically and live a life of luxury. And I\u2019m not saying that we travel poorly, but it\u2019s a burden to be away from your family 230 days a year, like me.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also pointed to lawsuits as a major reason for Toto\u2019s decision to take a break. He didn\u2019t get specific, but the widow of drummer Jeff Porcaro did sue the band last year. She claimed she was being denied her fair share of royalties.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve also faced legal issues with their former record label. \u201cWe\u2019ve had some horrendous litigation,\u201d Lukather said. \u201cHorrendous, horrendous, awful, mean, you-gotta-be-kidding-me kind of lawsuits, and we lost the suit. So it beat us down. So we gotta get away from this. We gotta get away from the whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Lukather pledged he was done with Toto back in 2008. \u201cHonestly, I have just had enough,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThis is NOT a break. It is over. I really can\u2019t go out and play \u2018Hold the Line\u2019 with a straight face anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two years later, he was back on the road with Toto and \u201cHold The Line\u201d was in the setlist every single night. It may be a similar situation this time around. If not, at least they got the chance to play with Paich one last time.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toto wrapped up the final show of their 40 Trips Around the Sun tour at Philadelphia\u2019s Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday night, and, according to guitarist Steve Lukather, it\u2019s going to be their last performance for quite some time. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the future-future\u2019s gonna be, but I do know that\u2019s gonna be the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-22 02:47:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}