Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman give their farewell performance as the irrepressible musical duo Kiki and Herb at Carnegie Hall tomorrow night. It would be nice to go up for this show, but I’m definitely happy I got to see them perform at the Rufus concert in New York earlier this year. Kudos to those two.
Do you have the Carnegie Hall show all planned out?
BOND: It’s not that fun if people know what’s going to happen.
MELLMAN: I’m not freaking out about performing, just about everything else. My entire family’s coming. I had to tell my dad that he should wear a suit.
Fans can expect some surprise celebrity guests. What else?
BOND: We’ll probably do “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” because we did that at our very first show. That’s always been our favorite.
“Once upon a time I was falling in love / But now I’m only falling apart.”
BOND: It kind of encapsulates everything.
» “Swan Songs as a Duo Plan Life’s Second Act,” New York Times, 18 Sept. 2004.
» “Grand Illusions: Down memory lane with Kiki and Herb,” New Yorker, 19 May 2003.