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62-year-old music legend has undergone an intensive eight-week course of chemotherapy in his fight against the disease, which has left him feeling frail and drained, but earlier this week he signed up to be a patron of music project Rock The House. A friend of the Bee Gees singer told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "He's very strong willed - if anyone can beat this it's Robin." Despite feeling "very unwell", Robin was upset at missing out on a charity event for Rock The House - which was started by Conservative MP Mike Weatherley to support musicians from across the UK - on Wednesday (18.01.12). Speaking at the event, his spokesman and long-standing friend Mick Garbutt explained: "He would have absolutely loved to be here in person, but unfortunately that simply hasn't been possible with his health. "It is true to say he is very unwell, but he's an incredible man and enjoys lots of support from his close circle of friends and family, and particularly from his wife Dwina. "He's determined to keep supporting good causes which he believes in strongly even as he fights this terrible illness. The support he has been receiving from fans has been fantastic - he's a national treasure really. While he can still use his profile to raise awareness for issues close to his heart he will always do so." Despite his commitment to the charity, Mick admitted Robin is "very unwell". He added: "He is receiving regular chemotherapy and fighting hard. He is also heading home to be with his family at every possible opportunity as that's where he feels comfortable, but the reality is that he is very unwell." Robin - who lives in Thame, Oxfordshire, South East England with Dwina - is determined to beat the disease and plans to attend the launch of his new classical composition in early April. Mick said: "He has set himself a goal to be at the gala performance of his first classical composition in April and everybody around him hopes that he will be there." In November 2011, Robin - who is a teetotal vegan - revealed he was suffering from liver cancer, which was diagnosed in April. A nota a seguir e do site da Veja, e raro ter Bee Gees na Veja. A nota nao menciona nenhuma informacao nao oficial e, por isso, e muito amena quanto a saude do Robin. Uma postura valida da Abril, que nao pode especular. Por outro lado, transmite a falsa ideia de que o Robin se recuperou recentemente de um problema de saude. Belo eu eufemismo. Robin Gibb volta em marco com album baseado no naufragio do Titanic Londres, 20 jan (EFE).- O cantor Robin Gibb, um dos irmaos integrantes dos Bee Gees, informou nesta sexta-feira que fara seu retorno musical no dia 19 de marco com um album baseado no naufragio do Titanic, cujo lancamento coincide com o centenario da tragedia da embarcacao de luxo. Para este disco, gravado no ano passado em Londres, Gibb contou com a participacao de seu filho RJ e do tenor Mario
Frangoulis, assim como da corista adolescente Isabel Suckling. 'Foi uma experiencia incrivel trabalhar com meu filho RJ. Trabalhar com um membro de sua familia gera um estado de liberdade criativa e sem inibicoes', explicou o musico, autor de outros albuns como 'Magnet' e 'Walls Have Eyes'. Seu novo trabalho com a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra o ajudou no 'caminho da recuperacao', afirmou Gibb, de 62 anos, que recentemente teve alguns problemas de saude que o obrigaram a cancelar alguns eventos. No entanto, esta previsto que o musico se apresente no lancamento de 'The Titanic Requiem', em 10 de abril em Londres, e os ingressos para o show irao a venda neste domingo. O grupo Bee Gees fez sucesso nos anos 1960 e 1970 com cancoes como 'Staying Alive'. EFE
Bee Gees fazem bem para a alma e o coracao. Essa historia nao e nova, pelo contrario, e bem antiga. Mas, de vez em quando o assunto volta a ganhar espaco na midia. Agora tem um video. Entao veja no youtube - espero que voce nunca precise ouvir nessa situacao.Musica dos Bee Gees Stayin Alive e usada em video que ensina como socorrer vitimas de ataques cardiacosA British Heart Foundation encontrou uma maneira divertida para ensinar a socorrer vitimas de ataques cardiacos. A fundacao colocou o ex-jogador ingles de futebol Vinnie Jones vestido como gangster, ao som da famosa musica Stayin Alive, dos Bee Gees, para atuar na nova campanha de TV, batizada de Hands-Only. O video esta em ingles, mas vale conferir mesmo que voce nao seja um especialista no idioma.Vinnie brinca com o filme de Guy Ritchie Jogos, Trapacas e Dois Canos Fumegantes, no qual fez sua estreia, interpretando um capanga de cassino. Vinnie faz uma abordagem pouco convencional e mostra ao publico as tecnicas de salvamento em uma vitima que ele encontrou inconsciente em um galpao. Enquanto isso, dois capangas se sacodem atras, e balancam os dedinhos, curtindo o som dos Bee Gees. Impagavel!O personagem principal do video explica que nao deve haver duvidas em relacao ao salvamento. Se voce esta preocupado com o beijo da vida, esqueca isso e se concentre em empurrar rapido e com forca o centro do peito da vitima, explica Vinnie, com expressao de mafioso.De acordo com o site do jornal ingles Guardian, pesquisas mostram que as batidas no peito sao mais eficazes do que a respiracao boca-a-boca em vitimas de ataques cardiacos. Deve haver de 100 a 120 compressoes por minuto. A intencao da fundacao e difundir esse tipo de conhecimento e salvar mais pessoas. Foto japonesa de um encontro, talvez casual, entre Barry e o Kiss. Nao parece montagem. Como os caras estavam "fantasiados", certamente foi uma situacao profissional. Enfim, so para voce nao dizer que o blog esta desatualizado. Vem ai o primeiro encontro do BR GIBB BEE GEES CLUBE de 2012, o de numero 74 em Sao Paulo. Acontece dia 31 de marco, em Campinas. E com todas as novidades trazidas de Miami pela Sylvia e a Andreia, que acompanharam os shows do Barry no Love & Hope e no Hard Rock Cafe - videos e audios exclusivos. Musica ao vivo, confraternizacao e a oportunidade de rever os amigos e conhecer pessoas que tambem curtem Bee Gees. Informe-se pelo e-mail brgibb@yahoo.com.brNo youtube voce encontra algumas fotos do encontro de Campinas em 2011:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLKsUt1KEmo Como sabemos, Robin deu entrevista a radio BBC 2 na semana passada. O objetivo era divulgar seu novo CD, mas obviamente o assunto mais importante foi sua saude. Deu noticias muito boas, que seguem nas materias abaixo. Vamos aguardar agora dia 13 quando Robin deve se apresentar com seus amigos soldados.Continuo com um sentimento muito pessoal e meramente especulativo de que nao e totalmente impossivel que ele faca uma loucura e va cantar em Miami junto com o Barry. Mas isso e apenas chute, o bom senso manda
o contrario.Tomara que tudo o que Robin diz seja correto e que em breve ele possa voltar pleanamente ao trabalho. E ai, quem sabe, cobrar o Barry sobre os planos de trabalho juntos, o que seria muito bom.A entrevista ficara disponivel na internet por mais alguns dias, mas o programa e longo, tem 3 horas, e o Robin fala la pelo final.http://www.robingibb.com/news/2012/02/03/uk-radio-premiere-for-dont-cry-alone/2050Robin Gibb diz que esta se recuperando bem de cancer no figado"Ele ja esta quase extinto e estou muito ativo", afirmou o vocalista do Bee Gees na ultima sexta, 3 por Rolling Stone EUA6 de Fev. de 2012 as 12:24Robin Gibb, um dos dois integrantes remanescentes do Bee Gees, contou a Radio 2, da rede britanica BBC, que esta tendo uma recuperacao "espetacular" durante o tratamento de quimioterapia para curar um cancer no figado. "O prognostico e de que [o cancer] ja esta quase extinto. Eu me sinto fantastico e, de agora em diante, ocorrera o que eles so puderam me descrever como uma operacao de 'limpeza da area'", disse o musico, em entrevista na ultima sexta, 3. "Estou muito ativo e minha sensacao de bem-estar e boa."O cantor, que emagreceu muito nos ultimos anos, comentou sobre como se abriu mais sobre sua doenca, apos muitos rumores a respeito de sua saude. "O fato e: eu nunca falei para ninguem sobre minha condicao ou a condicao em que estava, e um monte deles [jornalistas] passam dos limites, ate um ponto em que estao me dizendo coisas que nem eu mesmo sabia sobre mim", disse ele.Gibb revelou que estava tratando o cancer no figado em novembro. O irmao gemeo de Robin e companheiro de banda, Maurice, morreu em 2003, aos 53 anos, devido a problemas em seu intestino delgado, relatados em sua autopsia como uma condicao congenita. Robin fez uma cirurgia para um problema similar em 2011. Ele cancelou uma serie de shows no Brasil no ano passado, apos ser hospitalizado novamente por conta de dores abdominais.Robin Gibb, do Bee Gees, esta em "otima recuperacao" apos tratamento de cancer Katy FreitasRedacao TDMtamanhoRobin Gibb, vocalista do Bee Gees, afirmou que se sente otimo com sua recuperacao do cancer de colon. O musico de 62 anos revelou o diagnostico do cancer em novembro de 2011 e passou por tratamento de quimioterapia apos a remocao do virus no colon.Gibb revelou estar se sentindo melhor que nunca, em entrevista a radio BBC. O prognostico e de que esta quase acabando e eu me sinto realmente fantastico e de agora em diante e so o que poderia descrever como uma operacao de limpeza", disse ele.O cantor, que foi hospitalizado no ano passado com problemas intestinais, a mesma doenca que causou a morte de seu irmao gemeo, Maurice, em 2003, ainda acrescentou:Estou sendo tratado por um medico brilhante que afima termos resultados espetaculares. Me sinto melhor que ha 10 anos. Estou ativo, meu apetite esta fantastico e tudo esta em ordem, esclareceu.Robin Gibb's cancer is "almost gone", he said on Friday. Despite reports that he was close to death, the 62-year-old Bee Gee said he is "feeling fantastic"
after undergoing treatment at The London Clinic. "I feel better than I did 10 years ago," he said.Gibb's comments follow reports that he had been diagnosed with cancer. "The fact is, I've never spoken to anybody about my condition," he told BBC Radio 2. "A lot of [claims] go over the top to the point where they're telling me things I didn't even know about myself ... It's all simple. I was diagnosed with a growth in my colon. It was removed. And I've been treated for that by a brilliant doctor, and in their own words 'the results have been spectacular.'"The singer has suffered from poor health in recent years. In 2010, he cancelled a series of public appearances owing to severe stomach pains. He eventually received emergency surgery for a blocked intestine. Gibb's condition was similar to that of his twin brother Maurice, who died in 2003."I don't know how I could feel any better," Gibb said. "I'm active, my appetite's fantastic, the plumbing is all in perfect working order. If I had a choice about how I'd like to feel for the rest of my life, this would be it ... Really from now on it's just what they could describe as a mopping-up operation."Gibb is almost ready to debut The Titanic Requiem, a classical album he composed and recorded with his son, RJ. It will have its live debut on 10 April, exactly 100 years after the Titanic set sail from Southampton. Gibb will help lead the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and RSVP Voices Choir, featuring tenor Mario Frangoulis and 13-year-old choirgirl Isabel Suckling.
Muito pouco tempo para postar, mas nao podemos deixar de eternizar neste blog a grande reaparicao do Robin ontem, 13 de fevereiro, em evento beneficente ja previsto. Enquanto o video nao aparece, vai o texto e a foto. Continuo torcendo para que ele surpreenda e de um jeito de se juntar ao Barry no proximo final de semana. No mais, que essa recuperacao seja efetiva e que ele venca a guerra pessoal que enfrenta.Standing ovation for Bee Gee Robin on miraculous return to stage The 62-year-old legend joined serving military trio The Soldiers for the Coming Home charity concert in support of injured servicemen Feeling "fantastic": Robin Gibb on stage Tim Anderson Brave Bee Gees Robin Gibb star last night received a standing ovation at the London Palladium, on his incredible return to the stage after an intense cancer battle.The 62-year-old legend joined serving military trio The Soldiers for the Coming Home charity concert in support of injured servicemen, at what was his first public appearance for almost five months.After an incredible fight against colon and liver cancer which doctors have branded miraculous, the singer appeared to close the event with Bee Gees classic How Deep Is Your Love and Ive Gotta Get A Message To You - which he recorded with The Soldiers last year in support of the Royal British Legions Poppy Appeal.Speaking before taking to the stage, a grinning Robin said he felt fantastic and thanked Mirror readers for their support, then happily posed for photos before walking out to rapturous applause from fans at the iconic London venue. Support: Robin was determined to help out the Coming Home charity Tim Anderson One audience member said: Robin looks wonderful, as well as he has done for ages, and his voice was sounding great.Hes still got such a unique sound, it was a real honour to watch him as I know he has been very ill. Everyone was thrilled to see him looking so well.The singer, who had been forced to pull out of a string of performances and public events in recent months due to his ill health including a visit to Downing Street, wore a brown jacket and trademark blue glasses as he stood arm-in-arm with co-stars for the shows finale.And he showed flashes of his good humour on stage as he joked with the shows organiser to hurry up with his closing speech, before waving to fans and thanking them for the rousing reception. Robin has also pledged to appear with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in April, for the premiere of his first classical composition The Titanic Requiem, after revealing his doctors had been stunned by his recovery. Finale: Arm in arm with co-stars after stunning return to stage Tim Anderson In a recorded interview for BBC Radio he said this month: Ive been treated by a brilliant doctor, and in their own words, the results have been spectacular. And they said, What are you doing that we dont know about? The singer also joked that medics had said he must be from another planet, before adding:
The prognosis is that its almost gone and I feel fantastic.Really from now on its just what they could describe as a mopping-up operation.Details of Robins serious condition first emerged in October last year when the star was forced to cancel several concerts and charity appearances, and he sparked alarm when he joined chat host Alan Titchmarsh the same month appearing gaunt and unwell.He later revealed he had been diagnosed with colon cancer which spread to the liver, but has always vowed to beat the disease and continued to write music throughout his illness.
A serie de TV Glee, que faz muito sucesso no mundo e tambem no Brasil, pode ter um episodio com foco na trilha do Saturday Night Fever, especialmente na musica dos Bee Gees - muitos musicos ja foram homenageados por la. Barry estaria participando dos entendimentos. Segundo as materias a seguir, vai ao ar em abril.Homenagem aos Bee Gees em GleeO produtor-executivo de Glee, Ryan Murphy, tem se reunido com Barry Gibb, para preparar um episodio especial para homenagear a trilha sonora de Embalos de Sabado a Noite, dos Bee Gees.Nos nunca fizemos nenhum episodio com musica disco, disse Ryan a TV Guide. Mas eu estou interessado na genialidade dos Bee Gees. Sobre um possivel convite para uma um participacao mais do que especial de John Travolta (que protagonizou o filme de 1977), Ryan respondeu: Vou convida-lo. E acrescentou: Travolta and Cory Monteith (que interpreta Finn Hudson na serie) se tornaram grandes amigos em uma festa, quando Cory lhe contou que tinha visto vinte vezes o filme A Ultima Ameaca (protagonizado por Travolta em 1996). E Travolta lhe enviou um DVD do filme autografado. Entao, talvez o tenhamos em uma cena de sonho de Finn.Agora resta aos fas aguardar ate o mes de abril, quando o episodio vai ao ar nos Estados Unidos.In April, members of New Directions will be come down with a case of Saturday Night FeverIndeed, they'll be Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive, as Glee creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed to TV Guide Magazine that an episode in honor of The Bee Gees is on tap for this spring.We've never done disco on the show," Murphy tells William Keck, adding that his fantasy is to recruit John Travolta for a cameo because the Saturday Night Fever star and Cory Monteith are friends. "Maybe we'll have them dance in a Finn dream sequence."Glee will also be airing a tribute to Michael Jackson in the very near future, and returns tomorrow night with its first new episode of 2012.Are you excited for The Bee Gees?'Glee' Will Cover The Bee Gees: Barry Gibb Working With Ryan MurphyWhy am I seeing flashes of Darren Criss (Blaine) in a crisp white suit pointing up to a mirror ball? Probably because "Glee" exec producer Ryan Murphy is teaming with Barry Gibb on an April episode to honor The Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. Robin colocou a foto acima em seu blog, que seria de uma visita feita ha cerca de dois dias pelos soldados que gravaram recentemente um single com ele. Pela foto, Robin mostra aparencia muito boa. Tudo indica que tera condicoes de cantar com os soldados no proximo dia 13. No post, que segue abaixo, Robin diz que se sente melhor do que esteve nos ultimos tempos. Depois de admitir finalmente que tem cancer em artigo publicado na semana passada, Robin tem dito que sua recuperacao vai muito bem. Continuamos torcendo para que encontre o melhor caminho possivel nesse momento muito complicado.Entao teremos Robin ao vivo dia 13 e Barry nos dias 19 e 21, separados por um oceando. Mas sera que nao
vai dar pro Robin dar uma escapadinha e fazer uma surpresa ao pessoal em Miami? Dependendo de como for dia 13, quem sabe?Gary, Richie and Ryan of The Soldiers came to see me a couple of days ago and they presented me with a gold disc. They asked me if I'd wanted to do them the favour of joining them on stage for "Message" on the last show of their tour and I said yes. So I'll join them at The Palladium February 13th. Of course I also plan performing at The Titanic Requiem's world premiere on April 10th in Westminster. And, I want to take the opportunity to say I feel better than I've done in a long time, and that I'm not on my last legs as some newspapers make it appear!
Algumas curiosidades sobre o novo album do Robin. E algumas curiosidades sobre como conviveu com a doenca nesse periodo. A materia diz que nao ha mais tracos de cancer no figado de Robin. Tomara que as boas noticias que tem sido divulgadas correspondam a realidade.WHEN ROBIN GIBB decided to embark on his most ambitious musical project to date, there were only two things he could be sure of. The requiem would commemorate the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago and, as the first joint venture between the former Bee Gee and his son RJ, it would bring the two kindred spirits closer together. However, as father and son discussed their plan over lunch at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London, on a sunny day in May 2009, the project was about to take on an entirely different dimension. Just a few weeks later Robin would be diagnosed with colon cancer that had spread to his liver.From marking a tragedy that killed 1,517 people, the musical odyssey would become shrouded by a much more personal tragedy; one that threatened the life of one of the worlds most gifted musicians and risked tearing the heart and soul out of a family.While his chemotherapy helped Robin, 62, fight the physical battle, his music gave him the mental strength to overcome his biggest challenge. There is no doubt that Titanic kept me going. Im not sure Id be here without it, said Robin from his mansion in Thame, Oxfordshire.The Titanic Requiem, the songwriters first classical composition, is a magnum opus of unparalleled beauty.Divided into 15 sections, it takes the listener on a musical journey from the building of the worlds first unsinkable ship in Harland and Wolffs Belfast shipyards and its maiden voyage which was to end so abruptly on the night of April 14, 1912, when it struck an iceberg, to the scramble for survival by some and the valiant sacrifice of so many others.The Titanic disaster was a seminal moment in history. I can imagine people in 100 years time thinking of the Lockerbie disaster in the same sort of way.I have always been very interested in history. It was my favourite subject at school and I know RJ shares the same passion.Softly spoken and measured, RJ (or Robin- John, to give the 29-year-old quantum physics prodigy his full name) recalled how his father took every opportunity to satisfy his thirst for history while touring with the Bee Gees.One of my first memories was when I was six and we went to East Germany where the Bee Gees were touring.It was before the Wall came down and it was like moving from colour to a land of black and white. I remember Dad being absolutely fascinated. He took us around Berlin pointing out the bullet holes on the Reichstag from the Second World War.With such a love for history, it is little wonder that the star lives in a 13thcentury manor house which, among its many historical claims, is the site of the signing of Joan of Arcs death warrant. It is
not the first time the Bee Gee has tackled a sombre historical calamity. The hit New York Mining Disaster 1941, written by Robin and Barry Gibb in 1966, was inspired by the Aberfan disaster in October of that year when a massive landslide of loose rock and mining debris tumbled from Merthyr Vale colliery on to the South Wales village, killing 116 children and 28 adults.Everything I have ever done musically, from the Bee Gee days to now, has been about painting images with music, says Robin. The Titanic requiem is exactly the same.RJ described the composition as organic. At the beginning it was based on the Latin Requiem Mass. Then each section evolved, layer by layer. Sometime we would start with a cello or violin or even timpani and eventually you would get images and it would fall into place. I discovered that we think in the same way musically and we rarely disagreed.We were inspired by the story. We know that Pitman, who rowed boat Number 5, was told by his passengers not to row back because they feared they would be swamped by the multitude of passengers crying and moaning. Later, he said that the groans and cries went on for more than an hour, before slowly dying out.Robin and RJ were aided by arranger and co-producer Savvas Iosifidis, while the Requiem is performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Apart from Robin, it also boasts the vocal talents of tenor Mario Frangoulis and chorister Isabel Suckling. Aled Jones will perform Frangouliss role in concerts to the backdrop of Giuseppe Raffas Operama holograms.Every sound effect is recreated by the orchestra, from the Morse code that punctuates the section called SOS to the scraped gong that evokes the scraping of the hull against the iceberg. We thought it would take us only three months, which turned out to be an overambitious hope, said Robin. The project ended up taking us two years.As the family, including Robins wife Dwina, sit around a roaring fi re in the ancient hall, the feeling is of warmth and relief. According to Robins oncologist, his victory over the illness has been nothing short of spectacular. There are no longer any traces of cancer in his liver, and his prognosis is good. Im over the worst, added Robin.However, his journey has been long, perilous and, in parts, dark. RJ recalled how, in 2009, those around him began to suspect something was wrong.We started noticing that he was feeling more and more tired and getting a bit skinnier, RJ said. Then he was diagnosed. At first my father wouldnt talk about it but as he went through chemotherapy and realised it wasnt as bad as he feared he opened up to us. You dont want to think about it but I knew that Titanic could end up being our final project together. We have always been close but this has brought us really close together.I savoured every moment but there was never a sense of urgency or fear because of the disease, to get it done quick; we