{"id":950,"date":"2025-07-24T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/?p=950"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:25:12","slug":"martin-solveig-announces-retirement-from-live-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/martin-solveig-announces-retirement-from-live-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Solveig Announces Retirement From Live Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edm.com\/tag\/martin-solveig\">Martin Solveig<\/a>,\u00a0the chart-topping electronic music producer known for hits like &#8220;Hello&#8221; and &#8220;Intoxicated,&#8221; announced his retirement from live performance in an emotional statement posted to social media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m leaving the stage with a full heart, stepping aside for the next generation,&#8221; wrote Solveig. &#8220;You\u2019ll find me in the crowd, cheering them on at concerts and festivals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The French DJ rose to international prominence in the 2000s by virtue of a string of global dance hits and high-profile collaborations with artists including Madonna, David Guetta and Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, among others. 2010&#8217;s &#8220;Hello&#8221; featuring Dragonette became a worldwide phenomenon, reaching the top 10 in multiple countries.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Solveig &amp; Dragonette - Hello (Official Short Video Version HD)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kK42LZqO0wA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old artist, who has been a fixture of the global electronic dance music scene for over two decades, indicated he would continue creating music despite his absence from the stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Music is my life \u2014 and always will be,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I\u2019ll keep creating, for the joy, for the kids, and for\/with artists I look up to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Solveig&#8217;s final performance was at July&#8217;s Vieilles Charrues\u00a0festival in Carhaix, France. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.letelegramme.fr\/bretagne\/drames-en-bretagne-dernier-concert-de-martin-solveig-polemique-autour-de-la-loi-duplomb-le-point-a-la-mi-journee-6858457.php\"><em>Le T\u00e9l\u00e9gramme<\/em><\/a>, he told the crowd: &#8220;It&#8217;s a special moment. All my life, each time I came onstage I told myself, \u2018Play like it\u2019s your last concert.&#8217; Just until that moment arrives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many of Solveig&#8217;s fellow artists shared supportive comments to wish him well in his retirement, including Guetta, Tchami, Madeon and Swedish House Mafia&#8217;s Axwell, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a contribution you have made,&#8221; NERVO wrote. &#8220;Such a talent and always so humble and kind and polite. I will miss seeing you from time to time amigo! Your family are lucky to have you at home with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ll miss you, brother,&#8221; added Benny Benassi. &#8220;I\u2019ve always respected you and I still do. Enjoy your new life!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n                <strong>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/edm.com\/news\/martin-solveig-announces-retirement-live-performance\">original article<\/a> to see embedded media.<\/strong>\n            <\/p>\n<h2>Follow Martin Solveig:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>X<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/martinsolveig\">x.com\/martinsolveig<\/a><br \/><strong>Instagram<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/martinsolveig\/\">instagram.com\/martinsolveig<\/a><br \/><strong>TikTok:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tiktok.com\/@martinsolveig\">tiktok.com\/@martinsolveig<\/a><br \/><strong>Facebook<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MartinSolveig\/\">facebook.com\/MartinSolveig<\/a><br \/><strong>Spotify: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bd72rdf6\">tinyurl.com\/bd72rdf6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Solveig,\u00a0the chart-topping electronic music producer known for hits like &#8220;Hello&#8221; and &#8220;Intoxicated,&#8221; announced his retirement from live performance in an emotional statement posted to social media on Tuesday. &#8220;I&#8217;m leaving the stage with a full heart, stepping aside for the next generation,&#8221; wrote Solveig. &#8220;You\u2019ll find me in the crowd, cheering them on at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evansvilleschools.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}