Greg Page leaves the Wiggles
Posted: November 29, 2006 12:49 pm
Here's spmething for those of us with kids:
The Wiggles are set to make a major announcement tomorrow, expected to be that yellow Wiggle Greg Page will be leaving the group due to a mystery illness.
A press release, issued this morning, states: "The Wiggles are set to make a major announcement relating to members of the group before they begin their national ... tour in Perth tomorrow."
After months of battling a mystery illness, Page is expected to announce that he will quit the group.
During the group's recent US tour, Page was replaced by his understudy Sam Moran in July because of the illness.
Page has been under a cloud in recent months, after contracting the illness, which has included regular fainting spells.
The Wiggles publicist, Dianna O'Neill, would not discuss what the press conference was about, but did confirm Page's illness.
"We don't know what's wrong with him - he's had a lot of fainting spells, he's had a lot of tests done to work it out. I spoke to him this morning and he said 'Yes, I'm tired, but the doctors haven't put a name to it yet, they just don't know,' " she said.
She denied the illness was a nervous breakdown.
"It's definitely not ... it's frustrating for him and everybody. We just want him to get better."
Business Review Weekly reported in 2005 that the Wiggles were Australia's most profitable entertainers, grossing more than $45 million that year.
The Wiggles are set to make a major announcement tomorrow, expected to be that yellow Wiggle Greg Page will be leaving the group due to a mystery illness.
A press release, issued this morning, states: "The Wiggles are set to make a major announcement relating to members of the group before they begin their national ... tour in Perth tomorrow."
After months of battling a mystery illness, Page is expected to announce that he will quit the group.
During the group's recent US tour, Page was replaced by his understudy Sam Moran in July because of the illness.
Page has been under a cloud in recent months, after contracting the illness, which has included regular fainting spells.
The Wiggles publicist, Dianna O'Neill, would not discuss what the press conference was about, but did confirm Page's illness.
"We don't know what's wrong with him - he's had a lot of fainting spells, he's had a lot of tests done to work it out. I spoke to him this morning and he said 'Yes, I'm tired, but the doctors haven't put a name to it yet, they just don't know,' " she said.
She denied the illness was a nervous breakdown.
"It's definitely not ... it's frustrating for him and everybody. We just want him to get better."
Business Review Weekly reported in 2005 that the Wiggles were Australia's most profitable entertainers, grossing more than $45 million that year.
