The singer Amaia Montero said Monday to be “moved” by the feeling of being “at home” that generates its public, in his first statements since it became official his return as lead singer of La Oreja de Van Gogh.
The vocalist reflected on her personal process over the years and thanked the public for their response to the Spanish group’s upcoming tour.
“I thank you all for all the love I have received these days. I am touched by those tickets that are flying and by the public that makes me feel at home, the one that has been waiting for me,” she wrote in a message posted on her personal Instagram account.
Amaia Montero was the lead vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh from the founding of the Spanish band in 1995 until 2007, when she was replaced by Leire Martínez.
After 17 years of solo career, Montero returned amidst displays of affection from his fans and controversy about the ethical behavior of the rest of the group.
Amaia Montero and her comeback
On social networks, the singer and songwriter shared today some of her thoughts on this mediatic return to the band.
“They say that opportunities only happen once. That if you don’t catch them, they don’t come back. But life has taught me the opposite: opportunities are as many as you allow yourself. Opportunities are born when you decide you deserve another one. When you choose to stand up and go on. When you get up again,” she wrote.
He confessed that “for six years” he thought “many times that I couldn’t do it anymore, that I wouldn’t make it, maybe because I didn’t really want to achieve anything anymore”.
“I then began to get rid of the idea of me in order to be me” because “this is what life is all about, to go on building oneself, to leave in order to become again; to move away from the noise in order to listen again”.
“I’m back. We are back. With my band, with my bandmates, my brothers, my family. Today I want to celebrate that we still believe with the illusion intact, that we still have a lot to live and that we are still here: TOGETHER”, ends the letter.
Under the title ‘Tantas cosas que contar’ (So many things to tell), the tour that brings all the founders of the group back on stage, except guitarist Pablo Benegas, will begin in May 2026 and will be a tour of the band’s greatest hits.
After months and months of rumors, the official confirmation of Montero’s return came just one year after the abrupt departure of Leire Martinez, who took her place and remained in the Spanish band for 17 years.
This departure was announced by the group with an unexpected communiqué stating that they had failed to “bring together” their “different ways of living the group”, an announcement that Martínez’s fans saw as a betrayal.
In fact, despite the good commercial response of the public to the tour, which has extended dates, since the announcement, reported Agencia EFE, two camps have become evident between those who support one or the other vocalist.
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