Chicago have launched a wistful new single titled “If This Is Goodbye,” their first new music in eight years, forward of their summer season co-headlining tour with Brian Wilson.
The brand new music, which you’ll hear under, is the band’s first unique launch since 2014’s Chicago XXXVI: Now, and their first unique single since 2008’s “Let’s Take a Lifetime,” which appeared on the beleaguered, long-delayed Stone of Sisyphus. “If This Is Goodbye” finds the band members reflecting on their wild lives and relishing the recollections with lyrics like: “If that is goodbye / Let’s take another shot for the recollections / Life’s too brief to be enemies / And if this ends tonight / It can save you your tears for the opposite guys / I will see you in one other life.”
The present Chicago lineup consists of three energetic unique members: singer and keyboardist Robert Lamm, trumpeter Lee Loughnane and trombonist James Pankow. Unique member Walter Parazaider, who performs saxophone, flute and clarinet, remains to be a member however retired from touring in 2017.
Final December, Chicago’s longest-tenured guitarist Keith Howland introduced his departure from the band after virtually 27 years following an harm that prevented him from taking part in guitar. “As you all know, I broke my arm simply earlier than we had been imagined to go on stage in Louisville,” Howland shared on Facebook. “I am unable to play the guitar proper now, and it’s most likely going to be a number of months earlier than I can get again to something regular. At this level, I’ve determined to maneuver on to the subsequent chapter in my life. … I’m extraordinarily grateful for the 27 years that Chicago has given me musically. I’m honored and blessed to be a part of the legacy that’s Chicago.”
Chicago’s tour with Wilson begins on June 7 in Phoenix and runs via July 26 in Clarkston, Mich.
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