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We can’t please all of the people all of the time but we gave it a good shot. Whatever you don’t like, don’t listen to, that is the choice of everyone who lives in a free society and cherish what you love. We love you for being there for us and our music individually and collectively as Labelle. Hopefully many of you have already heard ‘Roll Out’ co written & produced by Wyclef Jean but there’s more inside...come on in and hold on it’s gonna be a emotional roller coaster ride! ‘BACK TO NOW’

Back then, where we left off in 1978, Labelle was just over the crest of success and searching the horizon for our next musical destination when it all went pear–shaped! Patti moved on to recording amazing R&B records and wiping stages clean with her live performance around the world. Sarah mined the Club world which then led to jazzier interpretations with her strong soprano vocals. I continued my Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll musical exploration which morped into Funk & Roll over the 25 to 30 years post Labelle. Whew, it’s not easy to pack that much time into that small amount of space but this conversation will be continued over hopefully years to come.

Now, here’s a short catch up on Labelle activities late week and the coming week. Sarah and I spent the night at Patti’s house before doing our first in studio on air performance since the 70’s. It was hilarious! Patti who is the original Nightbird I paid tribute to in the song that was the title of our most successful album is still a Nightbird! It’s a good thing I am too but Sarah, alas is not! Every time we’re together and it’s been a lot since March for rehearsals, writing sessions, recording, promotion, etc., we’ve burned the midnight oil. We end up hanging out in the kitchen (sometimes Patti cooking) of course, or in one of our hotel rooms well into the wee hours of the night. We flip through channels, discuss politics, the economy, family, social issues, we reminisce and yes, we GOSSIP! One of our favorite topics other than politics has to be SHOES; fabulous, not so fabulous, a pair we want or a pair we just purchased, if they’re painful but fab enough to suffer for and how to maneuver in the new skyscraper Christian Louboutin’s. At some point Patti and I look at Sarah and she’s asleep, out like a light! We woke her up last time and she rejoined the conversation as if she’d not been asleep and we were on another subject, you had to be there because it was funny.

No matter what age we are, when we are together, it seems our sisterhood that began way BACK when, contains love, difference, understanding, interdependence as well as independence is our strength as Labelle NOW.

Nona

A famous poet once expressed the need to sometimes go off the beaten path and to take “the road not taken”. In 1976, each of us had something inside that needed to get out – not together, but independent of each other – and while we were still young enough to enjoy it. Sarah had the voice of an angel and angels need to be heard; Nona had volumes of songs inside her that only she could embody. And I, I just had a big voice and the need to use it to bring people together. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!

“Back to Now” is about three women who are older, wiser, and still ready to rock; it’s about proving once and for all that age really is just a number; and most of all, it’s about showing that “love never dies”. Though we each took three separate paths, those roads led us back to now and back to each other – and believe me, we’re better than ever.

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The legendary group’s first full concert since 1977

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, October 21st and are available at the Apollo Theater Box Office, 212 531 5305 and through Ticketmaster, (212) 307-7171 / ticketmaster

Reflecting on this journey Hendryx says, “It's as if we never stopped. The thread just continues.” LaBelle admits, “We have a sound like no one else has” and Dash adds, “This new album definitely represents Labelle today.”