From November 2019
https://www.rockantenne.de/musik/musik- ... z-erkrankt
When translated:
A goosebumps evening with a sad note - this is how the Mandoki Soulmates concert on Thursday in the Rock City Munich can be summarized. For over three and a half hours, the all-star group led by drummer and producer legend Leslie Mandoki rocked the stage in the Circus Krone, but the main topic afterwards was probably Bobby Kimball.
The TOTO founding member and singer of legendary hits like "Africa" and "Rosanna" has dementia. Already after the first song in the Soulmates set , the front man was led off the stage and only came back for the last hits of the concert, although he was obviously not at it and often missed his assignment.
Leslie Mandoki finally explained to the audience: "We are slowly losing him". The audience reacted splendidly and celebrated the show with other greats like Tony Carey (Rainbow), Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp) and Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) with standing ovations. Mandoki revealed that Kimball is mostly "absolutely fit" and completely old, but "sometimes the disease strikes brutally."
We think it's strong that the musicians support Bobby Kimball so much and wish him all the best!