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THERE WILL NOT BE ANY TEARFUL GOODBYES. THERE WILL ONLY BE JOY. THERE WILL BE MUSIC.

I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD IN THIS TOWN. ON MAY FIRST MY WORK WILL BE FINISHED IN WORD AND IN DEED. EVERY PERFORMANCE WILL BE MY LAST. EVERY SONG ON "EXPOSE" WILL POINT THE WAY TO MY FUTURE. WHEN NEXT I RETURN I WILL RETURN FOR THIS STAGE.

I AM NOT LEAVING THE SAME WAY I CAME BUT I AM LEAVING THE SAME I WILL RETURN. YOU MUST JOIN ME BEFORE THIS BLOG EXPIRES AND BEFORE THIS TRANSITION COMES TO FRUITION. I WILL ONLY REMEMBER YOUR JOY. I WILL ONLY REMEMBER YOUR HANDS REACHING FOR MINE WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND THIS TOWN GOES DARK.

SOON YOU WILL RECIEVE A FLYER ANNOUNCING MY FINAL FLIGHT IN FAYETTEVILLE, A TOWN AND A PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN ME EIGHT RECORDS AND NINE VISIONS. EVERY EYE IS SEEING. EVERY VOICE I'VE KNOWN IS SPEAKING THROUGH SOME ETERNAL VOICE IN ME. THIS TOWN AND IT'S PEOPLE WILL BE FOREVER CHANGED IN MY IDENTIFIABLE WAY, FOR SELFISHLY OR FOR SURELY. SURELY I'LL NEVER CHANGE UNITL THE SUN BURNS OUT OF THE SKY.

AND FOR AS LONG AS MY HEART KEEPS GROWING I WILL CHEERISH THE MEMORIES AND RECORDS WE HAVE MADE, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT A BIG STAGE IS AS WELL AS A SMALL STAGE. ALL THE GRIEF IN THE WORLD IS YET ANOTHER PHASE WITHIN A PHASE. AS I KEEP EVERYTHING WORTHY, I GIVE EVRYTHING I HAVE AWAY.

MORE NEWS WILL FOLLOW.