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| February 15, 2009 | Broadway World | Manilow Friars Honor Featured in NY Daily News |
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| Barry Manilow was inducted into the legendary Friars Club on Saturday, February 14th, joining the ranks of such greats as Frank Sinatra, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg in the exclusive entertainers' group reports the New York Daily News. With worldwide sales of more than 75 million records, Barry Manilow's success is a benchmark in popular music. His concerts and night-club performances sell out instantly. He is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time, according to Radio & Records and Billboard magazines. Rolling Stone crowned him "a giant among entertainers... the showman of our generation," and Frank Sinatra summed up Manilow best when Ol' Blue Eyes told the British press, "He's next." Manilow recently created the Manilow Music Project as part of his Manilow Fund for Health and Hope. Answering the call of need at a time when arts and music programs in most schools is the first casualty in budget cuts, MMP provided $500,000 worth of musical instruments, as well as sheet music and music stands to 21 local schools in the Coachella Valley. |
| February 15, 2009 | Jam! Showbiz | Barry Manilow inducted into Friars Club |
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| Asbury Park Press | Barry Manilow inducted into Friars Club |
| New York / For Barry Manilow, the hottest spot north of Havana was the Friars Club. The singer of "Copacabana" and "Mandy" was inducted into the club Saturday, joining celebrities including Frank Sinatra and Billy Crystal as part of the famous group. As is standard for the club, Manilow came in for some teasing from speakers before he accepted the honor. |
| February 15, 2009 | United Press International | Manilow becomes Friars Club member |
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| NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Singer Barry Manilow thanked New York Friars Club members not only for accepting him into their group but not targeting him for their traditional roasts. The singer, known for such soft rock hits as "Mandy," was made an honorary member of the private club this weekend, the New York Daily News reported Sunday. "Thank you so much for not roasting me," Manilow said at Saturday's luncheon. "I've been roasted every day since 'Mandy' came out." Manilow also took time to recognize how his past hits, such as "Copacabana," have influenced the lives of others. "As I get older, I realize what my music has meant to people," the singer said. "It's overwhelming. Thank you for this." Friars Club Executive Director Michael Gyure said Manilow is a welcome addition to the entertainment club, the Daily News reported. "He's such an icon in the music industry," Gyure said. "It was a perfect fit." |
| February 14, 2009 | New York Daily News | "Friars Club mantle lowered onto Barry Manilow" by Caitlin Millat |
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| He writes the songs that make the whole world sing - and now he's getting his due. Balladeer Barry Manilow was inducted into the legendary Friars Club Saturday, joining the ranks of Frank Sinatra, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg in the exclusive entertainers' group. The cheesy crooner behind guilty pleasure hits "Mandy" and "I Write the Songs" became an honorary Friar at the club's midtown headquarters after an introduction by raunchy comedian and Manilow superfan Lisa Lampanelli. "As a flat-chested fifth-grader, I watched Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' for one reason - Barry Manilow," said Lampanelli. Manilow's music inspired her, but more importantly, it puts her in the mood. "He gets my juices flowing," she said, drawing a burst of laughter from the audience. The "Copacabana" singer and butt of many a Manilow joke said in his acceptance speech that he was overjoyed the notorious "Queen of Mean" spared him her usual snarky routine. "Thank you so much for not roasting me," Manilow said. "I've been roasted every day since 'Mandy' came out," he laughed. The Vegas entertainer arrived for the ceremony in style, ambling down a makeshift red carpet in head-to-toe blue velvet and sporting his signature lopsided smile. Manilow told the packed house of Friars that he was grateful he could impact people's lives with his art. "As I get older, I realize what my music has meant to people," Manilow said. "It's overwhelming. Thank you for this." Friars on the committee who nominated Manilow for induction said the decision to honor the superstar was a no-brainer. "He's such an icon in the music industry," said Friars Club executive director Michael Gyure. "It was a perfect fit." Manilow performed after the ceremony last night to soldout crowds at Nassau Coliseum. The singer is celebrating the release of his latest album, "The Greatest Songs of the Eighties," which includes covers of Journey's "Open Arms" and Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You." |
| February 11, 2009 | Newsday | "Barry Manilow at Nassau Coliseum for breast cancer" by Glenn Gamboa |
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| As he told "American Idol" contestants this season, Barry Manilow believes the secret to becoming a star is "preparation meets opportunity." But even as a star, Manilow is still looking for opportunities - especially ways that let him use his celebrity to help others, including signing on for a "Stand Up for a Cure" benefit concert at Nassau Coliseum on Valentine's Day. Newsday: How did you get involved with "Stand Up for a Cure"?
Barry Manilow: I jumped at it. I've been waiting for someone from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to find me. I have been down that road with so many friends, especially Suzanne [Somers], who's practically my best friend. Thank goodness she made it through, but there's always like an ax hanging over these people's necks. ND: You're doing your Vegas show essentially?
BM: It's a blown-up version of the Vegas show. When we do arena shows, there's no time limit, so I can throw a couple more songs in here and there until the audience gets tired, so that's always fun. ND: Will there be songs from the new album ("The Greatest Songs of the '80s") then?
BM: We do a handful of them. In Vegas, the one that gets the big standing ovation - and I mean yelling and screaming - is "Islands in the Stream." I did it with Reba [McEntire] on the album, and I don't have Reba here ... so we divided it amongst everybody on my stage. And man, oh man, what a fun moment that is! ND: Is there a '90s version coming?
BM: I don't think so. This is all Clive Davis' idea - these decades' tributes. I do what I can do to make them my own as an arranger, as a performer. ... I actually Googled the '90s, and I could not find 12 great songs with melodies in the '90s. ND: Really?
BM: Maybe I'm not looking in the right place. (Laughs) ND: Well, when is the next album of your material coming out?
BM: In my opinion, it will be out in the fall. I've got all the songs written, and now I've actually just got to dive into producing these songs ... I did an album a couple of years ago called "Here at the Mayflower," and it got me the greatest reviews of my entire career, and I think audiences really found it an interesting album. I've taken a break and followed Clive's lead for a couple of years, but I'm ready to start another concept original album. I'm ready to go. WHO Barry Manilow. WHEN|WHERE 8 p.m. Saturday, Nassau Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale. INFO $75-$2,500; 516-794-9300, ticketmaster.com, NYticketsonline |
| February 12, 2009 | Reading Eagle | "Barry Manilow returns to Reading for Sovereign Center concert" by Tracy Rasmussen |
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| After more than 30 years in the business there's still a lot to love about Barry Manilow. So, with your sweetie or going solo, Manilow promises to get your Valentine's weekend kicked off in style. The megastar will bring a version of his hit Vegas show to the Sovereign Center tonight, his first performance in Reading since 2002. "I've had 30 years or more of top records, and I try to get as many as I can into one show," said Manilow of his road show. "I talk a little bit about where the songs came from. It's fun." Yet while it's great to look back on his career, Manilow's still got a lot of career in front of him, too. "I don't know what the heck is happening," Manilow said. "I got a Grammy nomination (for "In the Swing of Christmas") this year. And every year I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, but so far, so good." Manilow acknowledges that there is likely some talent behind his success, but he said there's a great deal of luck and other people's hard work and sweat involved in it, too. "I think there are a lot of people out there with a lot of talent," he said. "I've had a lot of help and support from the talented people around me. My fans are very loyal, too. They are always there. So it's a combination of things." In fact, Manilow said he really has no clue how to write a hit record. However, songs like "Copacabana," "Even Now" and "Could It Be Magic" made it to the top of the charts penned by Manilow, in addition to songs like "Mandy," "Weekend in New England" and "Can't Smile Without You" that were written by others. "I don't know anything about hit records," he said. "I've had my portion of them, but I wouldn't know how to write them. I do know how to write a song, but when I've tried to write a hit song, it's usually the worst thing I've written. As a songwriter I just write it and hope people will like it." Picking songs has been a talent of his that he will admit to, he said. "If I like it the public usually agreed with me," he said. That connection to what the public likes started early for Manilow. Growing up in Brooklyn, Manilow said music was one of the few things he felt confident in, and found that even then his choices helped to bring people together. "I don't know what I would have done without music," he said. "I wasn't a very good student, nobody really inspired me, but I had this music thing going and I learned how to get along with everyone. My grades went up and it was a very social thing for me. It was a very, very important thing for me." Manilow was disappointed to learn that the schools near his home in Palm Springs, Calif., had evaporating music programs and old instruments, so he managed to raise funds and partner with other companies (including Yamaha) to change that. "I found $500,000 worth of instruments and gave them to every school," he said. "I had 30 trucks go out and deliver them. Now I get letters that all these kids are playing and having that joy." He's looking to expand that program into areas of the country where he performs his one night shows, by somehow encouraging music in those towns. "I'm hoping to get a program like that in place in the next couple of months," he said. Because for him, it's still all about the music. When he comes to the Sovereign Center he'll be showcasing more than 30 years in a show that is a version of the Vegas Hilton show, "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits and then some." Throughout his career Manilow has sold more than 75 million records, and had a string of 25 consecutive Top 40 hits. Last year he released "The Greatest Songs of the Eighties," which was his 62nd album and part of a series of albums that he began with the greatest songs of the '50s. Manilow said he doubted there would be a greatest songs of the '90s, though. "I looked up some of the songs and didn't really find anything that suited my voice," he said. "My next album is going to be a brand new original album." The as-yet untitled album is done, Manilow said, and should be out sometime in the next year. "I've always got at least five projects lined up," he said. "The well has not run dry. Music is the greatest vitamin out there." |
| February 11, 2009 | The Providence Journal | "Manilow masters the old and the new" by Rick Massimo |
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| Barry Manilow's show at the Dunkin' Donuts Center was dubbed "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits...and Then Some," and sure enough, the 65-year-old singer and songwriter started off with some "then-some" -- the relatively obscure "I'm Coming Back," with a heavy funk groove, almost like a remix. After that, it was hit time, with "It's a Miracle" leading into a fairly straightforward "Daybreak" and an abbreviated "This One's For You." "The Old Songs" and "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (which saw Manilow wade into the audience to pull a fan onto the stage) were jammed together, leading into an affecting, full-length "Weekend in New England," with Manilow at the piano... You knew Manilow had to tip his hat to the decade-retrospective albums that unexpectedly brought him a second life on the pop charts, but, notably, he started that section of the show with a salute to the '40s, with "Sing Sing Sing," "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" and more. From there, he ran through the decades touched by the records, with "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" standing in for the '50s, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "What the World Needs Now Is Love" [for] the '60s, his own "Looks Like We Made It" [for the '70s] and "Islands In the Stream" for the '80s. The show [worked] through some of Manilow's back catalog, including "Brooklyn Blues," from his 1987 Swing Street album (last night with a trombone solo from opening act Brian Culbertson). Even "New York City Rhythm," an album track from 1975, made the cut. And it must be said that if there was a vocal equivalent of being on steroids, Congress would be calling Manilow for an explanation: He's got more power and as much range as 30 years ago, as his versions of "Mandy" and "Could It Be Magic" in tandem with a 1975 video proved. And a stripped-down, piano-only version of "Somewhere Down the Road" was a highlight of the second half. |
| February 10, 2009 | New York Post | "Barry Special V-Day" by Dan Aquilante |
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| Barry Manilow is a lot like his creation "Mandy" - the kind of person who gives "without taking." Come Valentine's Day, Manilow will be giving it away in a benefit concert for Stand Up for a Cure, donating all proceeds from that Nassau Coliseum concert to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Speaking to The Post from his Palm Springs, Calif. home, Manilow joked about the frequency with which he donates his talents: "I say yes to everybody; if you ask me, I'm there. This concert is really important to me," he adds seriously. "I can't tell you how many women I know and love who've been diagnosed with breast cancer." Brooklyn-born Manilow, who studied at Juilliard and was a CBS Records mailroom slave before he hit the big time, believes he has responsibility to his fans. Especially the women, who have always melted for his love songs - and his charitable involvement with kids. But Manilow is troubled these days. "What bothers me most is that schools are cutting out music and drama departments." It seems that's true even in Palm Springs, where the local school system was cutting back on the arts. "I was upset. I saw what they were doing, so I bought them instruments to continue the music program." Recalling his youth, Manilow, 65, says, "When I was growing up in Brooklyn, I don't know what would have happened to me without the music lessons. I was a shy kid, I was an average student, but as soon as I started taking music lessons, I got better with people. My grades improved, and I found my passion." And that passion was for writing, performing and producing music that has an emphasis on love. When asked about the best era for the love song, the crooner didn't hesitate. "Oh, the '50s," he says. "The '50s songwriters were just beginning to make melodies rock. The songs still had clever lyrics and gorgeous melodies." Those are the same elements Manilow attempts to bring to his music. "I've had a career where I lucked into having sung and written some really great love songs like 'Even Now,' 'This One's for You,' and 'Weekend in New England.' I think these are beautiful songs, and I'm proud to have written them." He also believes his music is very romantic. "I'll be doing as many of these songs as I can when I play the Nassau Valentine's Day show." While Manilow is a romantic, he doesn't kiss and tell. "I've got one really big surprise aimed at it being a Valentine's Day show," he says. "I won't give it away, but I guarantee it will be a really romantic moment." Barry offers a Cupid-like tip: "If you want to romance your date, try holding hands when I sing 'Weekend in New England.' I hear that works for most guys." |
| February 6, 2009 | The Providence Journal | "Barry Manilow, done with oldies, has album of new songs in the works" by Rick Massimo |
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| Barry Manilow had surprising success in the past few years with recorded retrospectives of the greatest hits of the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s, but he says he's through looking back. "I've gotta get back to writing my own stuff," the multiplatinum-selling singer says. "This has been a lot of fun, and it's great that it's always been successful, but I'm done." Manilow's The Greatest Songs of the Eighties came out in November, and it followed the criteria for the previous retrospective albums -- the songs had to have been number-one pop hits and they had to have melodies that stuck out for Manilow. So the '80s compilation features Manilow's takes on classics such as "Open Arms," "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Time After Time," with mostly straightforward productions and Manilow's voice, which is as strong as ever. Manilow says that the whole idea of doing that kind of looking back wasn't his, anyway; it was label head Clive Davis' -- "I would never in a million years do anything like this," he says. "I've fought [Davis] on every single song he's given me," Manilow says, but since Davis was the one who encouraged Manilow to record a little ditty called "Mandy" back in 1974 -- you may have heard of it -- Manilow always gives Davis' ideas a listen. That's how The Greatest Songs of the Fifties came to be, and when that disc was a smash, it made sense to keep going. But no more. Manilow says that as he has worked through the decades, he's found that melody gradually took a back seat to the rhythm. "The rhythm got much more aggressive, as people got into computers and drum machines. But what I kept looking for was the melody. Little by little, the melody kept taking a back seat." He adds that "I doubt very much that I [could] go into the '90s, because there was very little melody in the '90s," and although he admits he thought that about the '80s before he started wading into the music, he's also done with looking back simply because he's ready to do a record of his own songs. Next up for Manilow is a new original album, and while he's still writing the songs for it, he says of the tunes he's done so far that "It's more of a rock 'n' roll album than I've ever done. If you dig into my earlier albums, you'll see that there are a lot of moments where I try to break the rules and go away from the adult-contemporary world, into some aggressive, guitar-driven songs. I really loved writing them, and I don't think I sound too bad on them." Now, though, the priority is another road jaunt, which have been getting shorter and scarcer over the years. Manilow's been doing a greatest-hits show in Las Vegas for three years, and he calls Vegas "home." He doesn't go on the road for extended jaunts anymore; short trips are more his speed. He recently got back from four nights in London, and says, "As long as it wasn't a month-long tour, I was able to handle that." Sure, but at age 65 and with a successful show in your adopted backyard, why go on the road at all? The key, he says, is in the titles of the Vegas show and the road show. The Hilton shows are called "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits"; the road show is called "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits...and Then Some." "The audiences in Vegas, it's finally gotten to what they warned me about: no fans, or a handful of fans, and the rest are strangers. Sold out, but strangers. And they want to hear the hits. So I can't be too inventive at the Hilton." On the road, he says, he gets to play for more dedicated fans, so he can stretch out beyond his 39 Top 40 hits. "They know my work, but they can't afford to drag themselves to Vegas. So I can be more inventive in my shows on the road. And I will. And I do. I sing songs on the road that I don't do in Vegas." But that's not all Manilow is working on. "I've got such a list of projects," he says. "It's always been excellent for me," and some of them may finally be bearing fruit. Manilow says his latest musical, Harmony, about the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, a German singing group that found international acclaim before being forced to break up by the Nazi regime, is progressing apace. He's found a producer who has the show booked in three theaters outside New York this fall. When it's pointed out that he said the same thing in an interview five years ago, he agrees and says, "I'll believe this all when I see it." Manilow's other passion these days is his Manilow Music Project, a charitable foundation that, among other things, brings musical instruments back into public schools. Recently, he bought $500,000 worth of instruments for every school in the Coachella Valley, and he hopes to have a similar effort at each of his road stops starting later this year. "It was so rewarding to all of us... You wouldn't believe the letters I'm getting about these bands in these schools -- playing music again!" Getting musical instruments back in kids' hands is crucial, Manilow says; he remembers his own childhood when he testifies to the importance of music. "I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had some of that. Forget about becoming famous or making records; I don't know what I would have done as a person if I hadn't landed in the band. That was my social life. My other grades got better! I know that's what happens to these young people." Barry Manilow performs at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, 1 La Salle Square, Providence, RI, Wednesday night at 8. Tickets range from $19.99 to $119.99; call (401) 331-2211 or go to www.ticketmaster.com. |
| February 6, 2009 | Times Leader | "Manilow brings his magic to the arena" by Brad Patton |
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| Outside it was a cold, February night in Wilkes-Barre, but it felt just like Las Vegas inside the Wachovia Arena on Thursday.
That's because Barry Manilow brought a spectacular road version of his Las Vegas Hilton extravaganza "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits" to the area. And for 90 minutes, the audience was transported not only to the warmer climes of Vegas, but also back in time to when the Brooklyn-born singer ruled the airwaves in the 1970s. The show was exactly as advertised: a hits-heavy dose of Manilow, featuring at least parts of 19 of the 20 songs found on his 2002 compilation "Ultimate Manilow." Throughout the evening, the highly-celebrated artist was ably backed by a 10-piece band and four background singers as he flawlessly recreated his legendary songbook. "Wilkes-Barre -- the town named after me!" he said following his second number. "Just who was this Wilkes guy anyway?" Following an opening number full of relevant lyrics such as "I'm coming back to you," the big hits that have helped him sell more than 75 million records started with a spirited version of "It's A Miracle." That was quickly followed by a medley of "Daybreak," "Somewhere in the Night" and "This One's For You." "I'm so glad you still like these songs," he said to uproarious applause. During "Ready To Take A Chance Again," he got into a contraption of some sort that lowered him from the stage to the arena floor. He then rode back up with a female audience member, slow dancing to the Academy Award nominated tune from "Foul Play." Manilow then took to the piano for the first time to play "Weekend in New England," which he called, "one of the most romantic songs in my catalog." A collection of female crowd members made the singer smile when they very audibly shrieked as he sang, "When can I touch you." After a great version of "Bandstand Boogie" highlighted by a vintage photo of the young singer with Dick Clark back in the ‘70s on the video screen, Manilow changed from a black jacket to a sparkly silver one as he began a musical journey through the songs of the 1940s through the 1980s to commemorate his highly-successful series of albums that do the same. He began with Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing" and quickly went through two more from the big-band era before going through the 1950s with "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" and the 1960s with "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "What The World Needs Now Is Love." "I know a little something about songs of the ‘70s," he said before launching into "Looks Like We Made It." That was followed with his most recent single, his version of "Islands in the Stream," which he sings as a duet with Reba McEntire on his latest album, "The Greatest Songs of the Eighties." He then took to the piano again for a mostly solo version of "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again" which segued into "Even Now," which climaxed with a remarkable display of vocal power that brought the crowd to its feet. Other highlights (and there were many) included: an impressive version of "Memory" from "Cats" that brought such a wild response from the audience that it caused the singer to say, "All right, I'm moving here," a stirring monolog about his grandfather spotting something musical in him as a child and taking him to a "Record Your Own Voice" machine when he was 5-years-old in the middle of "I Made It Through The Rain," and a sing-along version of "Can't Smile Without You." Towards the end of the show, Manilow told the crowd that the best song lyrics can make you think about other things besides just romance, such as people who are no longer with us. He said he thinks about his father whom he lost when he was only 2 when he sings this next number, and then went on to sing a poignant, stripped-down rendition of "Somewhere Down The Road" that brought tears to the eyes of many in attendance. He then sang "Ships" and briefly left the stage as a clip of an appearance on "The Midnight Special" from 1975 began on the video screen. In the clip, he was introduced by his mentor Clive Davis and was shown singing his first hit, the No. 1 smash "Mandy." As the video got to the end of the first chorus, Manilow and his band reappeared on stage and picked up the song to wild applause. The video segment, which ended with a live Manilow singing a few lines of "Could It Be Magic" with his younger self from the 1970s, led into a rousing rendition of "I Write The Songs" as nearly everyone in the crowd waved blue light sticks in unison. Manilow again briefly left the stage before coming back out in a canary yellow jacket to sing "Copacabana (At The Copa)" as the female background singers appeared dressed as show girls, and the hugely entertaining evening came to a close. |
| February 6, 2009 | Citizens Voice | "Manilow-mania takes over Wachovia Arena" by Alexander Choman |
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| Pop music's most prolific crooner of the post-Sinatra age returned to town Thursday night and this time proved what happens in Vegas doesn't always necessarily stay in Vegas. Pop music's quintessential singer/songwriter Barry Manilow, brought his Las Vegas show, "Ultimate Manilow," to the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza before an audience of 6,500 people and proved why he still maintains such broad appeal in a concert that featured material from his "Greatest Songs of the 80s" along with a collage of Manilow staples. It was Manilow-mania all over again as the Brooklyn-born performer proved why Northeastern Pennsylvania is one of his "favorite places to play," offering up many of the songs that have reached gold for him in four different decades. He's been writing the songs for sure and a whole generation of listeners have been buying them up since "Mandy" first hit the airwaves. The always congenial host wasted little time belting out the favorites as versions of "I'm Coming Back," "Miracle," "This One's For You" and what he called the most romantic song in his catalog "Weekend in New England," wooed the Wachovia Arena audience. Manilow croons his hits with an unapologetic sincerity whether they are odes to loves lost or romance realized. In either circumstance, few can translate the emotion as well as Barry. Manilow worked the spacious arena stage with three female and one male backup singers. Musically, the 65-year-old entertainer was supported by a talented 10-piece band. Manilow is the definition of audience friendly. He laughs, smiles, brings audience members on stage and seems to do all of the right things that make an audience feel like he has come to sing for each one of them personally. And that's not an easy feat either folks. This guy is something special. Manilow's offering of power ballads ignited the crowd like few others can. Renditions of "Can't Smile Without You," "Could It Be Magic," "Bandstand" and, of course, "Copacabana," proved his register has maintained an artistic quality envied by artists half of his age. Manilow's songs [including "Daybreak," "Ready to Take A Chance Again" and "Looks Like We Made It"] have stood the test of time quite nicely, thank you. In addition to his catalogue of hits, Manilow also showed reverence for his predecessors delivering hits from decades gone by. Whether it was his versions of "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "[Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree]" or "Love Is a Many Splendor Thing," Manilow took his historical patronage to a whole different level. Barry Manilow is a consummate entertainer. He works hard at it and his audience acknowledges that effort. So do his fellow artists like the late Frank Sinatra and the legendary Bob Dylan. Before you write him off as the sultan of smaltz, listen to this guy closely. Of melody and rhyme, he knows quite a bit. He may not be the darling of the critics, he might not be eclectic enough to grace the cover of the hip, arty music magazines, but Barry Manilow is positively adored by his core audience. Something he never ever has lost sight of. Just ask his fans. |
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