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IV of Spades vocalist Unique Salonga leaves band

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/04/17/iv-of-spades.jpg"/><figcaption>IV of Spades announced the departure of its lead vocalist Unique Salonga (bottom right) on Saturday. <em>Daniel Joseph Aguilar, IV of Spades Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA- Indie rock band IV of Spades on Saturday announced that its lead vocalist Unique Salonga has &quot;officially left the band.&quot;</p><p>In a Facebook post, the band said Salonga left to &quot;continue with his personal endeavors.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/IVOFSPADES/posts/1993986150863039" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;Yesterday, May 4, we finally had the chance to talk as a band. Unique Salonga officially left the band to continue with his personal endeavors,&quot; remaining band members Zild Benitez, Blaster Silonga, and Badjao de Castro said in a statement.</p><p>The three assured their fans that they would continue to perform and produce more music.</p><p>&quot;Despite the circumstances, we will continue to create and share more music and to play our shows in the coming weeks,&quot; they said.</p><p>De Castro also tweeted a photo of the band apparently inspired by the Marvel film &quot;Avengers: Infinity War,&quot; where Salonga appears to be disappearing.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/VOg5KQjMCQ">pic.twitter.com/VOg5KQjMCQ</a></div>— Badjao (@imbadjaodc) <a href="https://twitter.com/imbadjaodc/status/992377255731998720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>IV of Spades is best known for hits &quot;Mundo&quot; and &quot;Hey Barbara,&quot; which have millions of views on YouTube.</p>

<p>In a Facebook post, the band said Salonga left to "continue with his personal endeavors."</p>

In a Facebook post, the band said Salonga left to "continue with his personal endeavors."