Longtime friend opens up on John Farnham's potential return to singing
John Farnham is back in the spotlight following the release of his brand new memoir, John Farnham: The Voice Inside.
The memoir explores the legendary singer's extraordinary almost six-decade career, with an insight into the star's notoriously private family life.
As he slowly and steadily recovers from mouth cancer, the beloved singer's voice has been heard for the first time as he narrates the audiobook for his memoir.
Now, long-time friend Gaynor Wheatley has shared an exciting update on whether the music icon would ever perform again.
"As soon as I saw him in the studio doing the audiobook and as soon as he got behind the microphone, the twinkle was in the eye," she told Today.
"That's when I thought, you know, we're still in with a shot and he can still sing, his voice box is still great, there's just a few more things to do with the mouth recovery, but we all know he's as strong as a boxer so if he wants to do something, he'll do it.
"If I say to him, 'You won't sing, you can't sing, what a shame', then he'll go, 'Yes I can, I'll prove you wrong'."
In another interview with The Project, she recalled how the legendary singer still wants to perform despite his facial disfigurement from the surgery.
“He’s a singer,” she said at the time.
“I know when he got back in the studio doing the audiobook, he was like, ‘I want to get back, I want to go back’."
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