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Paulina Rubio & Alejandra Guzman
Courtesy of The 3 CollectiveAlejandra Guzman and Paulina Rubio will soon embark on their first-ever joint Perrisimas tour in the spring, where they will perform all of their greatest and new hits.
“The attractive thing about this tour is that you don’t see two women like us [doing concerts together] every day,” Rubio said during a recent press conference in Miami that both performers attended. “I know our fans will enjoy it because we have diehard fans.”
Talks for Perrisimas began about two years ago when both Rubio and Guzman met for coffee. It’s an unlikely pairing, as both have often been pitted against each other throughout their careers. But the Mexican superstars assure that they have left any rivalry in the past because “music’s power united them.”
“Our egos are not as big as us. We have to reset,” Rubio noted. “There is no democracy here. The ego is the opponent, the ego is not you. It’s worth nothing.”
Why now? Guzman said it was the right timing.
“Paulina and I are with the management we need. I am also motivated by being able to leave the past behind,” she said during the press conference. “I have known Paulina since we were little. In the end, we are together and life can give surprises like this tour.”
The more than 20-date trek aims to send a “message of love,” and possibly their first-ever collaboration.
“They have always put us against each other but that’s the magic,” Guzman added at the press event. “This tour will give people something to talk about. We both have a big heart, a great sensitivity, we are great fighters, and we have a large audience.”
As for what defines a perrisima woman? Someone who’s authentic, fearless, rebellious, and full of life, explained both artists.
Additionally, Rubio, who will receive the 2022 Premio Lo Nuestro a la Trayectoria award, shared anecdotes from her life on tour in an exclusive video for Billboard. (Watch below)
For full dates and information on the tour, visit www.perrisimastour.com.
10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced that he is leaving the band because the demands of touring have become too much for him.
The 75-year-old musician, who also spent time performing with Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works, has chosen to walk away from the legendary rock group after more than five decades.
He shared: “After so many wonderful years with 10cc, I must admit that the rigours of touring are no longer manageable for me as I get older, and I feel it’s time to let go of the long hours in airports and endless travel on buses.
“I’m not planning to stop playing altogether. I will still perform but at a pace that feels right, working alongside old friends and a new group of fellow musicians called The Guilty Men.”
Frontman Graham Gouldman confessed that it will feel unusual to perform without his “longest-running musical associate.”
He explained: “When Paul and I first joined forces in 10cc, we never could have imagined that we’d still be at it after 30 years, let alone 52.
“Paul has been my longest musical partner and it will feel different to turn around and see another drummer, but I completely understand why he no longer wants to sit on a plane for 14 hours or wake up in a new hotel every day for weeks at a time.”
Ben Stone, who has previously played with Mike and The Mechanics and Bonnie Tyler, will be taking over on drums.
Paul, who had several runs with 10cc after joining in 1973, performed his final show with the I’m Not In Love band in Alexandria, Virginia this past September.
The group is set to continue their And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour in the UK next year.
