The legend closes beautifully for the band COCKTAIL (Cocktail) The famous band with a large fanbase held their final concert, “COCKTAIL 77 EVER TOUR,” at Thephasadin Stadium in Bangkok. Many fans attended both in person and online.
What made this concert special was choosing to end the band on 24 Dec 2025 GMT+7, the day Cocktail was founded 23 years ago.
During parts of the show, lead singer Om Pandpol opened up for the first time about feelings he’s held for 23 years, saying he chose this meaningful day to close the chapter beautifully and completely.
“Over these 23 years, there has been one thing inside me driving me. At first, I didn’t plan to speak, but with digital footprints, I wanted to leave something behind. For 23 years, my strong desire and motivation to work daily was to prove I could make music my stable career. I wanted my parents, family, wife, and child not to feel hardship because I chose music.
But I never expected such major obstacles that affected my feelings as a young, not-so-strong, inexperienced person. Sitting in the G16 circle, I heard many stories from senior bandmates about hardships, scarcity, exhaustion, and uncertain futures. They fought through and became beloved popular artists.
In that moment, I realized I was born comfortable. I had no such problems. None of us here faced hardship. We were lucky to have warm families and stable means—not wealthy, but never fearing no food tomorrow. It sounds like no problem, but it became a point of comparison, saying I wasn’t real, wasn’t struggling—"treading on chicken droppings without fear.”
Family support, money bought, others helped—I chose not to speak of this for 23 years because I wanted my work to tell the story. My band and I worked hard for 23 years. Cocktail was the first thought upon waking and the last before sleep. 23 years passed.
Overall, Cocktail was always there because I wanted to show that though born comfortable, dedication and hard work were no different. I wanted to prove existing biases could be broken through music alone, without begging for sympathy. That’s why I didn’t speak, show emotion, complain, or explain—I let the work speak.
Ultimately, whether success was great or small, good or bad, I gave my best. After 79 concerts and many hit songs—if a hit means people like and sing along—I believe I earned some recognition.
But now that I’ve grown, I no longer think like before. I don’t feel the need to win or hold grudges about people saying I never struggled. I’m not angry about those who wrote or said I never had hardships, that I got famous right away with Grammy, while others were underground artists for years. If underground means indie for 3 years, I was 8 years. They don’t know.
I’ve learned no one knows everything about us. They have the right to see us however they want. But I no longer chase to prove anything. I just want to reach my goal to prove music is simply music. It connects us without walls of gender, status, beliefs, or anything. You may like one song but not another, like one album but not another. But once we know each other, it’s forever.
I consider myself most successful in life by standing amid so much love from you all and proving that hard work can sustain a band, showing we can build a stable life through music. That is my greatest pride.
Because now that it’s over, I can say this without asking for sympathy—not at all. It’s in the song “Lifetime.” I never begged for sympathy, never begged anyone, always proud. But today, I sincerely thank you. I’m glad to have met you. It’s an honor to serve you.”
After Om finished speaking, fans applauded loudly throughout Thephasadin Stadium. Some smiled, some wept, feeling sadness and happiness together. In the final four songs, Om invited all six members on stage. Om had previously said this concert would begin with all as COCKTAIL and end with Om, Chao, Phillips, Neng, Park, and X—not as COCKTAIL anymore.
The concert ended beautifully, full of joy and tears, with all band members embracing. Especially Chao, who came to hug Om with tears held back. Every memory from this last concert became deeply moving, clearly proving COCKTAIL was more than a band—it was part of many lives.
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