“Yeah. I would be open to it, and I’m sure Fred would too.”
— Eric Brittingham on the possibility of a Cinderella one-off tribute show for Jeff LaBar

REUNION NEWS — Recent interviews with former members of the band Cinderella have started to make the rounds, and there has been talk of a possible ‘One-Off‘ reunion show.

The subject of a tribute show to the band’s late guitarist Jeff LaBar has been talked about by the band according to select members, but nothing has been said or shared that shows it’s headed in a direction to happen just yet.

In a new interview on the Waste Some Time with Jason Green show, the band’s drummer Fred Coury spoke about his relationship with the other guys.

Blabbermouth covered this story and shared the following: “Well, we all still play our instruments. So, Tom [Keifer, CINDERELLA frontman] is out touring. Eric [Brittingham, CINDERELLA bassist] is doing a benefit — Rock For Hope, I believe it’s called — he’s doing that next week. I’m right now playing on Billy Morrison‘s record. So we’re all pretty active in playing. We have our chops up. So if something had to happen, if it was, like, ‘Oh my gosh. You guys can save the world. We need to have you play,’ there’s no reason we couldn’t.”

Coury went on to say that he is still in contact with Keifer and Brittingham. “I just talked to Eric this afternoon,” he said. “And I speak to Tom quite often. Yeah, we’re brothers. I mean, first of all, I owe everything to those guys.”

He continued: “I walk every day in the morning and at night. That’s how I unwind… That’s the time that nobody’s around. The streets are dark and I just get to walk. And the other day I listened to [CINDERELLA‘s third studio album, 1990’s] ‘Heartbreak Station’ for the first time in 20 years. I hadn’t listened to it from top to bottom. And I forgot some of the songs. I was, like, ‘I don’t even remember this song.’ And it was so refreshing to go, ‘Oh my gosh. I’ve completely forgotten about this.’ And I loved it. It was so cool. And that’s when I called Eric yesterday, and I spoke to him again today for something else, but I called him yesterday and I was, like, ‘Dude, when was the last time you listened to one of our records top to bottom?’ I was, like, ‘It was amazing.’ All the memories started flooding back. So yeah, it was pretty cool. I feel like I’m a very lucky person.”

More from Blabbermouth: “In a separate interview with the Another FN Podcast With Izzy Presley, Eric was also asked about the possibility of the surviving members of CINDERELLA playing together again. He responded: “Early on, right after Jeff passed, [the idea of doing a tribute concert] was kind of floating around. I think our old manager was trying to get something together. But it would never be the same without Jeff. And I see so many bands that it’s like watering down a drink. And I really don’t want to… I mean, I love KISS — I grew up with them and I don’t wanna knock them — but it’s not the same. 1975 KISS is not like KISS with Eric Singer. And I love those guys too, but it’s not the same.”

When interviewer Izzy Presley brought up the idea of CINDERELLA playing a one-off concert with Jeff‘s son Sebastian LaBar, who has played guitar for both SALIVA and TANTRIC, stepping in for the late CINDERELLA guitarist, Eric said: “Yeah. I would be open to it, and I’m sure Fred would too. Tom, he’s been with his solo career for — what? — 13 or 14 years now, and he’s really vested in that. And that’s where his heart is. So I don’t know if he would really wanna do it. But I would be open to it [and] Fred would be open to it, but I don’t know if it would ever happen. Sebastian‘s a great player, he’s a great guy. That would make sense, but I don’t know if that would ever happen. I wouldn’t wanna go out and do a tour or anything like that. If it’s a one-off thing for a good reason, I would be open to it. Otherwise, remember the band how the band was.”

For his part, Keifer confirmed to Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station that he is “still in touch” with his longtime CINDERELLA bandmates. He said: “Fred is really talented…He’s just really, really found a niche that he loves. He’s got a beautiful studio out there, and he’s done a lot of really great work. He and I are in touch a lot… He does TV music. He does stuff with sports. I mean, he’s a busy guy. Eric, the last I’d heard, he had a couple of different projects that he was involved in musically, and he played with Bret Michaels for a while. I don’t think he’s playing with Bret anymore. I’m not sure. He’s played with a couple of different artists and done some session work here in town.”

LaBar died back in July of 2021, and Metal Sludge covered the sad news here.

There have been a few tidbits floating around over the years since LaBar passed, that the subject of a possible reunion show of sorts, or a tribute for the guitarist was considered but nothing has come to fruition yet.

To read the full article at Blabbermouth, go here.

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