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| May 31, 2012 | Tulsa World | "Barry Manilow to perform in Tulsa; contributing to TPS instrument drive" by Jennifer Chancellor |
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| Legendary pop and American songbook singer-songwriter Barry Manilow wants to make the whole world sing - and play music. He’s kicking off an instrument drive for Tulsa Public Schools by donating a Yamaha piano, and hopes others will be inspired to give, too. BOK Center officials announced that anyone who donates a gently used musical instrument to the BOK Center Box Office at Denver and Frisco avenues will also receive two free tickets to Manilow’s June 8 concert in Tulsa. "I’m thrilled to be able to help bring the gift of music to these kids," Manilow said in a press statement. The drive runs through June 8. The drop-off location is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. "Mr. Manilow’s gift could not come at a better time, as our school district, like many others in Oklahoma, continues to struggle with budget issues that all too often impact music, art and other critical programs," said Dr. Keith Ballard, superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools. "We place a high value on the contribution that music makes in the educational lives of our children. We are so grateful to Barry for helping to make a difference." With worldwide record sales exceeding 80 million, Barry Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time with 47 top 40 hits. Manilow has produced, arranged, and released over 40 albums over the course of his career. The drive is part of The Manilow Music Project, a segment of the nonprofit Manilow Fund for Health and Hope. It was formed as a grass roots organization to assist local charities and programs. Its primary focus is to provide musical instruments to high schools and middle schools and to provide music scholarships at universities throughout the US, Canada, and the UK. More information on the Manilow Music Project can be found at http://www.manilowmusicproject.org/. Tickets also are available online at tulsaworld.com/bok, tulsaworld.com/ticketmaster, in person at BOK Center Box Office, or by calling 1-800-745-3000. |
| May 24, 2012 | Twin Cities Pioneer Press | "Barry Manilow donates 26 musical instruments to Stillwater youth program" by Mary Divine |
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| Musical instruments collected on behalf of singer-songwriter Barry Manilow were recently donated to Youth Advantage, a Stillwater-based nonprofit that helps low-income families pay registration fees for sports teams, arts organizations and educational-enrichment activities. Youth Advantage received 26 instruments, including a cello, a violin, clarinets, trumpets, cornets, saxophones, trombones, flutes and a French horn. Manilow performed at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul last month. Xcel employees collected the musical instruments to present to Manilow in honor of his nonprofit organization, the Manilow Music Project, which donates instruments and materials to school music programs. The instruments then were given to Youth Advantage to be refurbished and loaned out, said Suzanne Block, the group's executive director. "The goal of the Manilow Music Project mirrors that of Youth Advantage," Block said. "Youth Advantage clients will receive the refurbished instruments -- at no cost to them -- which will help them be able to pursue their passion for music." In addition to musical instruments, Youth Advantage lends athletic equipment such as cleats, baseball gloves, ice skates, hockey sticks and football pads. Youth Advantage, launched in 2009, serves children who live in the Stillwater Area school district and qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The group awarded 356 scholarships to 211 children in 2011; each scholarship was for about $100. |
| May 24, 2012 | News OK | "Barry Manilow donates piano to Oklahoma City Schools instrument drive" by Heather Warlick-Moore" |
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| Singer/songwriter Barry Manilow is helping launch a local instrument drive with the donation of a new Yamaha piano. The public is encouraged to donate new or gently used instruments and for each donation, people will receive two free tickets to Manilow's June 9 concert at Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown Oklahoma City. "It's an honor to be able to help give these kids the gift of music," Manilow said in a press release. Donated instruments can be dropped off at Chesapeake Energy Arena Box Office between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Deadline for donations is the day of the show. Manilow's donation is through his Manilow Music Project, a venture of The Manilow Fund for Health and Hope, a grass roots organization that helps local charities and programs by providing instruments to schools and music scholarships at universities in the U.S., Canada and U.K. "We are overjoyed that Mr. Manilow is so gracious and kind and that musical instruments will be donated to our district," said Karl Springer, superintendant of Oklahoma City Public Schools, in a press release. "No words can thank you loudly enough!" |
| May 24, 2012 | News OK | Barry Manilow donates piano to Oklahoma City Public Schools to launch instrument drive |
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| Legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow hopes others will follow his philanthropic lead as he donates a Yamaha piano to launch a local instrument drive for the Oklahoma City Public Schools. "It’s an honor to be able to help give these kids the gift of music," Manilow said in a news release. People who donate a new or gently used musical instrument at the Chesapeake Energy Arena Box Office will receive two free tickets for Manilow’s June 9 concert in Oklahoma City. The arena will be the base for the Oklahoma City instrument drive, going on through June 9. Donated instruments can be donated at Chesapeake Arena between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. "We are overjoyed that Mr. Manilow is so gracious and kind and that musical instruments will be donated to our district. No words can thank you loudly enough!" said Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Karl Springer in the release. The Manilow Music Project is part of The Manilow Fund for Health and Hope. It was formed as a grassroots organization to assist local charities and programs. Its primary focus is to provide musical instruments to high schools and middle schools and to provide music scholarships at universities throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. For more information, go to www.manilowmusicproject.org. With worldwide record sales exceeding 80 million, Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time with 47 top 40 hits. Manilow has produced, arranged, and released more than 40 albums over the course of his career. For more information on Manilow’s Oklahoma City show, go to www.chesapeakearena.com. |
| May 20, 2012 | Irish Independent | Barry Manilow: I'm a secret Irishman |
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| When the legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow steps out on stage in Dublin's O2 next Wednesday night, take a good look at him and imagine how his life might have taken a different turn. We may know him as the dazzling performer who gave us great hits such as "Mandy," "Copacabana," "Bermuda Triangle" and "I Write the Songs," but the quintessential New Yorker, who was raised by his mother Edna and his Russian immigrant Jewish grandparents, is actually half-Irish. That side of him may have been suppressed, but there's no escaping the genes. Barry is tall and slender, just like his late father, Harold Kelliher, an Irish truck driver. Because of his humble occupation and his lack of Jewish credentials, Harold was not welcomed into the Manilow family. The complaint about the job was a bit rich, as Barry described his own background to me as "beneath humble". "The fact that Harold was an Irish truck-driver was hidden from the family," says Barry. "It was considered a terrible thing for my mother to have done. They wouldn't even allow my name to be Kelliher," he shrieks in disbelief. "They changed it immediately. When I was born, I was called Barry Pincus. They had to dig deep into my father's family to find one Jewish relative. They went back to the 1800s and they found one uncle, a Jewish guy called Pincus. My mother made my father change his name to Pincus. Right now it sounds stupid but back then they thought that having a Jewish son was the most important thing. To me, it means nothing. As a matter of fact, it would have been interesting if my name was Barry Kelliher and if I was raised half-Irish and half-Jewish, but I wasn't. The Irish part of me did not exist. It was gone and forgotten." Barry's parents divorced when he was still a baby. He was known as Barry Pincus until a few weeks before his Bar Mitzvah, when his grandfather brought him to have his surname changed legally to their family name Manilow. The grandparents played an instrumental role in rearing Barry, lavishing him with love and adoring his every move, all the while telling him that his biological father was "a monster father". "That's what I was told, and also that I shouldn't have anything to do with him," he says. But hindsight can often change your view. "I don't think he was a monster father at all," says Barry. There is a touch of tenderness in his tone. "I think he was a good guy. He tried to get in touch with me, but they wouldn't let him in my world." One day, Barry was walking around Brooklyn when a man called him by his name. There was something familiar about him and then he connected this face with the one stray photo of his father which he had seen. "It was my 11th birthday. He handed me a tape recorder and ran away and got back into his truck. I didn't see him for many, many years after that. They just would not allow me to have anything to do with him." Did they ever meet again? "He came backstage after a show -- a quick conversation. He kept trying to get into my life, but it was just too late, too late," he says ruefully. Barry's mother hooked up with another Irish truck driver -- Willie Murphy. The pair may have spent a lot of their time drinking, but it wasn't all bad. Barry listened to Willie's wonderful record collection and, later, his stepfather and his mother clubbed together to buy the talented boy a piano. It cost $800 and took five years to pay off, such was their love for the young Barry. He had already showed a talent with music. "They did a great thing," he says. It took a long time for Barry Manilow to make it big. He had a day job working as a log clerk in CBS and the very notion of packing in that sensible job to become a performer seemed like a crazy option. Eventually he took the plunge. He had been writing songs for many years. "I would send my songs out but nobody wanted them because they wanted to do their own songs. "I made my first album and it was good but I thought that was the end of that, but then Clive Davis [the producer] came in and he found "Mandy" for me. I remember the day that Clive gave me my first royalty cheque. That morning I had bounced a cheque at the grocery story and then Clive handed me this big cheque. It just didn't compute. I used it as a bookmark at first. I was a professional by that time, but it hit me like a ton of bricks. My life changed in one day. I kept thinking it's got to stop, so I can get back to my regular life. I kept resisting and I was trying to hold this tidal wave of success, but I finally had to make friends with this new life and this new image I had become." Success wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Barry noticed that people were treating him differently. "You are one person one day and the next you are your image. Then the image becomes so big that people treat the image but they don't know who you are. That's what f---s everything up. You feel like you're behind a brick wall saying, 'Let me out. I'm here.' It's lonely and frustrating. My advice to young people when it hits you is to keep your family and your old friends close." Barry tells me that he became a brat, demanding that rooms were cleared before he would appear, but this, he now realises, was because he was lost. "I think I turned into a brat because it was all fear and confusion," he says. "The day it finally dawned on me that I was lost was an evening in Florida. I was sitting on the beach and I realised that everyone in the house that we had rented, everyone was on my salary. I had a cook, an assistant, a housekeeper, my agent, my manager and my publicist. I looked up and I said, 'Where did I go? What happened?' I hadn't heard from my friends and my family because it was all about the work and the new guy that I had become." Barry had been working very hard, but it was all about the music. He was too caught up in it to look at his bank balance, until he discovered that he was in serious financial trouble. Then it happened again six years later. "It just goes to show you how little importance I place on the material part of this career that I have. One part of me is kind of proud that I went broke twice. Money still means so little to me and money at that point meant even less. I had come from bouncing cheques. All I cared about was making the most beautiful music and working with the band. You'd think I'd learn, but I did it again. But I was lucky to have a career that was still successful. I was able to pull myself back together." These days, Barry lives alone in Palm Springs, alone save for his two dogs. "That's all you're gonna get about that," he says, before I even press for more. "I won't even tell you their names. After 35 years the thing that keeps me sane, in the middle of all this craziness, is my private life. The door closes." In his autobiography, Sweet Life, he wrote about his brief marriage to a girl called Susan. He blamed the breakdown of their relationship on the pull of the music. He couldn't do both. Something had to give and it did. His only commitment was to the music. "I've seen it happen to other artists and that's what happened to me," he says. "If you were married, it would be like taking your spouse to the office." But he is sphinx-like about his life now, except to say that he has great friends. "For 30 years, I was on the road, living out of hotels. I would put together a tour because I was always promoting an album. Being on the road like that really gets you down. When I stopped being away from home, I got happier. The success didn't make me happy -- the success was just money -- but happiness is being with the dogs, going to the movies and sitting outside in the sun." Barry Manilow is still beavering away. It's just like he tells me -- "I'm a creator." He has just released a new album, 15 Minutes. He completed a hugely successful radio documentary on legendary Broadway songwriters entitled They Write the Songs and he is looking forward to getting out on stage. He is busy, and that's the way he likes to be. This is also because he is incapable of relaxing. "I live in this great place and I've got a swimming pool with chaises longues all over the place. I've never even been on the chaise longue. I try. I really do. On a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon when the sun is out I take a book out there and I can last about 10 minutes. Then I go back to the keyboards." He has a good sense of humour and most important of all, he is able to laugh at himself... Barry Manilow will perform at the O2 Dublin on Wednesday. Tickets priced €91, €76, €54.65 and €33.50 are available from www.ticketmaster.ie and all Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. 24hr Credit Card Bookings: 0818 719300 (RoI) 0844 277 4455 (NI). Barry's 'Live in London' CD and DVD has been released by Stiletto Entertainment and Dress Circle. 'Live in London' is available now at Dress Circle shop in Covent Garden and www.dresscircle.co.uk. |
| May 18, 2012 | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News | "Donate an instrument, get Manilow tickets" by Chris Durden |
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| Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow has entertained generations of fans. Now he's hoping those fans help inspire a child's love of music. Anyone who donates a new or gently used musical instrument to the INTRUST Bank Arena box office will receive 2 free tickets for his June 7 concert. "It is a privilege to be able to help kids by giving them the gift of music," says Manilow. Manilow's non-profit organization, the Manilow Music Project, is working to put musical instruments into the hands of Wichita Public School District students. The INTRUST Bank Arena will be the base for the instrument drive in Wichita. It will go from May 18 through June 7. The instrument drop off location is open between 10am - 6pm Monday through Friday, and 10am-3pm on Saturday. "This generous contribution from the Manilow Music Project will certainly enhance the Wichita Public Schools' musical instrument inventory. Thank you for supporting our district philosophy of making instruments available to middle and high school students," said USD 259 Superintendent John Allison. [ KWCH Video ] |
| May 18, 2012 | The Wichita Eagle | "Have some instruments to donate? You’ll get free Barry Manilow tickets" by Denise Neil |
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| Those who donate a new or gently used musical instrument can get two free tickets to Barry Manilow’s June 7 concert at Intrust Bank Arena, his Manilow Music Project charity announced Friday. The instruments must be brought to the Intrust Bank Arena box office by June 7. The instrument drop off location is open between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Manilow’s charity was formed to help depleted public school music programs. Last year, Manilow donated $300,000 worth of instruments to the schools affected by the tornado in Joplin, Mo. |
| May 15, 2012 | Billboard | "Barry Manilow: 'My Life Has Been One Big Miracle' - The iconic pop singer/songwriter celebrates his highest-charting live album in 35 years" by Gary Trust |
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| My life has been one big miracle." Reflecting on a career in which he been a regular presence on Billboard charts for close to 40 years, Barry Manilow has never taken his extraordinary success for granted. Two weeks ago, his new album, "Live in London" (Stiletto), with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, bowed on the Billboard 200 at No. 24. The launch marked Manilow's highest-charting live release since "Barry Manilow/Live" became his first No. 1 on the survey in 1977. The arrival of "London" gave Manilow his seventh Top 40 set in the last six years alone, a run that began with the No. 1 covers collection "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" in 2006. Last July, he debuted at No. 7 with "15 Minutes: Fame... Can You Take It?," an album of original material. Manilow first charted on the Billboard 200 with the No. 9-peaking "Barry Manilow II" in 1974. On the Billboard Hot 100, he's tallied 25 Top 40 hits, including 11 Top 10's and three No. 1's: "Mandy" (1975), "I Write the Songs" (1976) and "Looks Like We Made It" (1977). "It is the pinnacle of how the public feels about what I'm doing," Manilow says of a coveted chart ranking. "It gets down to the Billboard charts. To, 'does the public like this work?' The charts tell you whether you will be allowed to continue to do the work that you love to do." DICK CLARK: A 'FRIEND FOR LIFE' Count Manilow among the many legendary acts whose career the late Dick Clark helped foster. "My first national television appearance ever was on 'American Bandstand' at the end of 1974, when 'Mandy' came out," Manilow recalls. "I sang 'Mandy' on the show. The next week, it went to No. 1 and I had a pop career and a friend for life." Clark passed away on April 18 at 82. "Dick and I ... I don't know ... he connected with what I do. He just got me, even in those early days. I didn't even know what I was doing. But, he got me. "He just was so supportive of what I was trying to do: sing something that told a story, a lyric that would make the public feel something. A melody, a beautiful production," Manilow says. "Every record that I released from then on, he would let me do it on 'Bandstand,' whether it was a hit or not. Then, when I wrote 'It's Just Another New Year's Eve' (in 1977), he loved the song and allowed me to sing it every year on 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' at midnight for about 10 years." The pair continued to collaborate and expand their media platforms together. "When I came up with the idea of making a movie out of 'Copacabana' (Manilow's famed No. 8-peaking Hot 100 disco hit in 1978), (Clark) liked the idea and put his company behind it. We made the first made-for-television musical movie ever for ABC. It won an Emmy. He was just the most supportive guy that I can think of, other than (longtime Arista label head) Clive Davis," Manilow says. "Dick Clark was always behind me." HOW TO WRITE A HIT SONG Is there a secret to a lengthy, legendary career as a music icon? Manilow partially attributes his lasting success to listening to Top 40 radio and keeping tabs with ever-evolving trends. Above all, more important than any song's production or vocals? A memorable hook, Manilow says. "You give the public a good song, they'll tell you ... 'yeah!'" While Manilow has, for four decades, made it look so easy, is there any way to teach the art of writing a classic pop hit? "Nobody knows how to do it," Manilow counters modestly. "If you're going to go into that world, you've got to listen to the radio, all day long. But, if you just want to be a creator, then you shouldn't. Just do what feels good for you." Inspiration, Manilow says, perhaps trumps any songwriter's plans for chart success. In the end, a song's heart has to come from a true place. "You know, there's a part of me that thinks that the best way to be commercial ... is to not (try to) be commercial." GIVING BACK Manilow is currently touring to support his new live album, playing at London's O2 Arena tonight (May 15), with four more UK dates lined up this month. He returns to the U.S. for 25 scheduled dates from June 7 through September 16. Earlier this month, the Brooklyn-raised Manilow played three shows at New York's Radio City Music Hall. "I speak faster there. I go into my 'New York energy'," he says. Still, despite his seemingly ever-full schedule, Manilow is passionate about more than his music. In response to the depletion of music programs in public schools, he formed the Manilow Music Project as part of his non-profit Manilow Health and Hope Fund. "Music classes are disappearing from schools, which is just killing me and every musician I know," he says. "When I talk to principals and teachers, they tell me that music classes are so important to kids. Their grades go up. They (learn how to better) interact with other students in an orchestra class or in a choir. It's not just playtime. It makes kids better students and better people." AFTER MORE THAN '15 MINUTES' OF FAME ... WHAT'S NEXT? From his philanthropic efforts to performing - and still adding to - his revered catalog, Manilow remains dedicated to the fans that helped him rank as Billboard's fourth-biggest Adult Contemporary act of the chart's first 50 years last year. (He's scored 13 No. 1's on the tally.) At this point, is there a list of achievements that Manilow has yet to attain? "It's getting thin, I gotta tell you," he laughs. "I've been so fortunate to be able to do every style of music that I've ever loved." Still, there must be one? "A Broadway musical, which is already written," Manilow reveals, referring to his 2003 musical "Harmony," co-written with Bruce Sussman. "Every pop songwriter thinks they can write a Broadway musical, but it's not true. You really have to know your way around it. "But, that's where I come from. Living in Brooklyn, I loved the Broadway musical world, songs moving the story along. I just loved it when I was growing up. It's my dream to do one of those." For now, though, writing, recording, touring and performing his charity work take center stage over the bright lights of Broadway and the work involved in bringing such a show to life. "These Broadway musicals, they're like pulling a boulder up a mountain. But, maybe one of these days, it'll happen," Manilow muses. Ultimately, Manilow says that while arranging music is his favorite career aspect (and that, "Singing is my least favorite thing to do, although I think I've gotten better at it..."), he considers his songwriting his greatest artistic contribution. "I come from the world of trying to write a song that will outlive me. That's every composer's goal: to write such a wonderful song that will live forever." |
| May 18, 2012 | The Daily News Online | Barry Manilow sets Rochester date |
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| ROCHESTER - The guy who writes the songs that makes the whole world sing is going to sing a few of his own come September. Veteran showman Barry Manilow is scheduled to perform 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at Blue Cross Arena at the Community War Memorial, 1 War Memorial Square. Tickets, which cost $9.99 (upper level bowl seating), $19.99, $39.99 , $59.99, $79.99 and $119.99, go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Arena box office, Ticketmaster outlets, including ticketmaster.com and by calling (800) 745-3000. Special silver and gold packages, with gifts, are available for $190 and $320, respectively. Manilow who is considered the top adult contemporary chart artist of all time by Billboard magazine may not have actually penned "I Write the Songs" himself (it was written by Beach Boy Bruce Johnston), but he made it his signature song. Manilow took the song to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in January 1976 and later won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Manilow has landed 47 Top 40 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100, a chart that encompasses all genres of music. Last month, Manilow release “Live in London,” an album and DVD with more than 17 hits that was recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra in London’s O2 Arena. The album debuted at No. 24 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. Last June, he released the [concept] album "15 Minutes," which opened at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200. |
| May 17, 2012 | WHAM ABC-13 | Barry Manilow In Rochester In September |
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| Rochester, N.Y. -- Barry Manilow will perform at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial on Friday, September 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Saturday, May 19th at 11 a.m. Prices range from $9.99 to $119.99 before fees. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, online through Ticketmaster or by phone at (800)-745-3000. Manilow released a new concept album last June, called "15 Minutes." |
| May 16, 2012 | Broadway World | Barry Manilow Still Hoping for HARMONY to Hit Broadway |
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| In an interview with Billboard, music legend Barry Manilow revealed that he still hopes HARMONY, a musical that was originally scheduled to be Broadway-bound in 2003, will still open on the Great White Way. Manilow told Billboard, "Every pop songwriter thinks they can write a Broadway musical, but it's not true. You really have to know your way around it. But, that's where I come from. Living in Brooklyn, I loved the Broadway musical world, songs moving the story along. I just loved it when I was growing up. It's my dream to do one of those. These Broadway musicals, they're like pulling a boulder up a mountain. But, maybe one of these days, it'll happen." Manilow collaborated with librettist/lyricist Bruce Sussman on Harmony, which follows a group of six singers called The Comedian Harmonists (some of whom are Jewish) through Weimar-era and then Nazi Germany. First presented at the La Jolla Playhouse, the Broadway-bound musical failed to make it to New York due to funding problems. Copacabana is another musical that Manilow wrote with Sussman (as well as Jack Feldman); songs from both can be heard on the album "Manilow Scores." |
| May 15, 2012 | Monster and Critics | Barry Manilow is much better after surgery |
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| Barry Manilow has finally recovered from his hip operation and insists he is "back and much better." The 68-year-old singer blames "years of jumping around to 'Copacabana'" for the painful bursitis and torn leg muscles he suffered last December. Speaking on UK chat show "Lorraine" today (15.05.12), Barry said of his health: "It's 85 to 90 per cent back, but it was a wild trip! It was really bad, it just makes me realise I've taken my health for granted all of my life. Don't take your health for granted you know because when it goes away you miss it and I had four months of real agony - but I'm back and I'm much better!" The 'Mandy' singer - who has a long-term concert residency in Las Vegas - is currently touring the UK until May 23 and he insists he has no intention of slowing down, despite his advancing years. He said: "I can't figure out why on earth I keep doing it ... I say to myself, 'What are you doing up there?'" Barry enjoys passing on his years of experience to the next generation of musicians and he relished being a mentor to the hopefuls on "American Idol" when he appeared on Simon Cowell's TV show. He said: "I'm as old as the hills and I've had so much experience with this world of music. I loved helping these kids." |
| May 14, 2012 | NJ.com | "Revel adds Barry Manilow to its lineup" by Marc Berman |
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| Revel has [added] pop superstar Barry Manilow September 8 to its entertainment roster in Ovation Hall. On September 8, Barry Manilow brings his show to Ovation Hall for an evening of Manilow classics like "Mandy", "This One's For You", "Looks Like We Made It" and so many more. He is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time, according to R&R and Billboard Magazines. Rolling Stone crowned him, "a giant among entertainers... the showman of our generations," and Frank Sinatra summed up Manilow best when Ol’ Blue Eyes told the British press, "He’s next." Manilow’s track record includes 47 top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, May 23 at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster locations, online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. |
| May 14, 2012 | Go Local Worcester | Barry Manilow to Perform at DCU Center |
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| One of the most successful pop artists in American history is coming to Worcester. Barry Manilow will perform at the DCU Center Friday, September 14th at 7:30 pm. The show is a part of Manilow’s tour to promote his new album, LIVE IN LONDON. It is also the only New England stop on the tour. LIVE IN LONDON hit the Billboard charts as the #1 Internet Album and #5 amongst Indie Albums. It is [his] highest charting live album since 1977. Manilow has been ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time by both R&R and Billboard Magazines, and Rolling Stone has crowned him "a giant among entertainers... the showman of our generations." Frank Sinatra summed up his thoughts on Manilow succinctly when he said, simply, "He’s next." Tickets for the show will go on sale Saturday, and can be purchased at the DCU Center box office or online here. |
| May 14, 2012 | WFMZ | Barry Manilow to take stage again at Sovereign Center: "Mandy," "I Only Have Eyes For You" singer to play Sovereign Center |
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| READING, Pa. - Local fans of legendary crooner Barry Manilow are in for a treat. The soulful songster is set to take the stage at the Sovereign Center in Reading on Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the performance will go on sale at the Sovereign Center box office and through Ticketmaster on May 19 at 10 a.m. Last month, Manilow released "Live In London," an album and DVD packed with more than 17 hits and recorded in London's O2 Arena with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. His music has generated worldwide sales of more than 80 million records. Manilow last performed at the Sovereign Center in 2009. |
| May 11, 2012 | Wonderwall | "Barry's Back!" by Stacie Anthony |
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| After wrapping a seven-year residency in Las Vegas and recovering from extensive hip surgery, Barry Manilow is back! With his record-breaking album "Live in London" and his first original record in 10 years, "15 Minutes," in the bag, we got to chat with the pop legend about recovering from surgery and what it's like to be back on tour. Read on, Fanilows, and don't forget to check out tour dates on his website. Wonderwall: Congrats on the success of the deluxe edition of "Live in London!" Tell us about your experience recording and filming this performance with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Barry Manilow: Thank you, I am so proud of this album and the DVD. It was a big surprise that we were actually able to do it because when we got to the O2 [Arena] and we had made an arrangement that I was going to be accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which is so thrilling. When we rehearsed, I said to my manager, "We've got to get this on tape." And, we scrambled around to get a truck and cameras and audio, and it was a last-minute thing that we actually recorded that night at the O2. Everybody was scrambling to get cameras, lighting, audio, microphones and 75 musicians. They somehow miraculously set up the whole thing during that afternoon. We taped it that night, audio and video. I've got some great people working for me. They made a beautiful record and a beautiful DVD. I couldn't be prouder. |
| May 11, 2012 | CBS Baltimore | Barry Manilow To Perform At 1st Mariner Arena In September |
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| Barry Manilow will be performing at the 1st Mariner Arena on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the chart-topping singer-songwriter’s concert will go on sale on Saturday, May 19 at 10 a.m. at the 1st Mariner Box Office and on Ticketmaster's website and at all Ticketmaster outlets. Prices of the tickets will rage from $19.99 to $129.99. Manilow’s latest album "Live in London", released in April 2011, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Internet Albums charts and has become [his] highest-charting live album since 1977. His "15 Minutes" CD, released in June 2011, debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Top 200 and No. 1 on the Independent Chart. Manilow has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and and is labeled as the top adult contemporary chart artist of all time by R&R and Billboard magazines. |
| May 11, 2012 | Baltimore Sun | "Could it be magic? Barry Manilow to play 1st Mariner Arena" by Wesley Case |
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| Barry Manilow, the "Mandy" singer with more than 80 million (!) worldwide sales, will play 1st Mariner Arena on Saturday, Sept. 15. Tickets — ranging from $19.99-$129.99 — go on sale next Saturday, May 19 at the 1st Mariner Arena box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and by phone at 410-547-7328. |
| May 11, 2012 | UticaOD.com | Barry Manilow to perform at Turning Stone Aug. 18 |
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| VERONA - Looks like he'll make it. Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Barry Manilow is scheduled to play the Event Center at Turning Stone on Saturday, Aug. 18. It is the first time Manilow has visited the venue. Best known for a string of Top 40 hits in the '70s and '80s (e.g., "Mandy," "Looks Like We Made It," "Copacabana") Manilow is still making the charts. His latest album, "Live in London," debuted in April at No. 24 on the Billboard Top 200, according to a news release. Tickets to the Aug. 18 show are $52, $57 or $70, and may be purchased by calling 877-833-7469 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. |
| May 10, 2012 | Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News | "Barry Manilow to perform at Manchester Arena" by Sam Yarwood |
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| Legendary entertainer Barry Manilow is set to return to the North West as part of his lastest tour. The artist, best-known for his songs such as "Mandy," "Could it be Magic," and "Copacobana (At the Copa)," will be appearing at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Saturday, May 19. The 68-year-old will be performing tracks from his latest album, "15 Minutes," along with all the hits from his back catalogue. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and has won the American Music Award For Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist three times. The show starts at 8pm. Tickets are priced from £35-£85. To book, call 0844 847 8000 or visit www.men-arena.com |
| May 9, 2012 | Theatermania | "Barry Manilow to Perform at The Chicago Theatre in July" by Bethany Rickwald |
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| Barry Manilow is set to perform at the Chicago Theatre, July 12, 13, and 14. Manilow's performances will celebrate the success of his new album Live in London, which he recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Manilow's Broadway credits include his Tony Award-winning Barry Manilow on Broadway and Barry Manilow at the Gershwin. He also contributed songs to Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue and The Madwoman of Central Park West. In the West End, his music was featured in Barry Manilow's Copacabana - The Musical, which went on to tour the U.S., Australia and Asia. |
| May 7, 2012 | Press Release
(SOURCE: STILETTO) | Manilow's Live Album Breaks 35 Year Chart Record: Barry Manilow's LIVE IN LONDON Debuts As #1 Billboard Top Internet Albums, #5 Indie Albums And # 24 On The Billboard Top 200 |
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LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAMMY®, Tony®, and Emmy® Award-winning recording artist Barry Manilow celebrates the success of his new album LIVE IN LONDON as it hits the Billboard charts at #1 Top Internet Albums, #5 Indie Albums, and #24 of Billboard's Top 200. That's the highest charting LIVE album since 1977. This marks the second consecutive powerhouse debut of a Manilow CD from the partnership of STILETTO Entertainment and INGrooves FONTANA in less than year. Manilow's 15 MINUTES CD debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Independent Chart in June. "This is just incredible," says Manilow. "Two successful albums in one year? I couldn't be more grateful." Recorded in London at the O2 Arena May 4-11, 2011 with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, LIVE IN LONDON provides audiences with gorgeous arrangements of Manilow classic hits "Looks Like We Made It," "Mandy," and "Can't Smile Without You," among others, available on either the CD or in the deluxe (CD & DVD) package with a 16 Track CD and the 13 Track DVD. About Barry Manilow
With worldwide record sales exceeding 80 million, Barry Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time, according to R&R (Radio & Records); with 47 top 40 hits to his credit on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Manilow has produced, arranged, and released over 40 albums over the course of his career. About STILETTO Entertainment
STILETTO Entertainment is an international entertainment production, management and marketing company producing hundreds of concerts, theatrical productions, production shows, TV specials and live events throughout the world. STILETTO maintains rehearsal, production, and studio facilities at its principal offices in Los Angeles. More information is available at http://www.stilettoentertainment.com/. |
| May 3, 2012 | WCBS-FM Radio | "Barry Manilow Talks Radio City, Dick Clark, His Ailing Hip And More!" by Louis Pulice |
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| At almost seventy years old, music legend Barry Manilow is still going strong. He has sold over 75 million albums, accumulated nearly fifty top forty hits and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. Barry just wrapped up three successful nights at Radio City Music Hall this week. The shows were rescheduled from the original dates that were scheduled back in February because Barry had to undergo hip surgery. Dan Taylor had the privilege to catch up with Mr. Copacabana himself this morning on CBS-FM [ Dan Taylor Interview with Barry Manilow ]. "I’m doing just fine. It was a nasty hip surgery, a lot of people were saying it was hip replacement surgery, but I wish it were, this was way crazier than that. It was four really terrible months but now I’m back and I’m really happy that the people of New York waited for me, because I would have done anything to play those shows. We had a great three nights." This was not the first time Manilow has had hip surgery and he blames the whole thing on "30 years of singing and jumping around to Copacabana. I blame it all on Copacabana anyway! But I’m back and jumping around on stage again." Barry recorded a live CD/DVD titled, Barry Manilow: Live In London with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, which was released last Tuesday, April 24th and is available for your listening enjoyment now. Recorded LIVE at the O2 Arena, the DVD of the concert and the long-form CD are packed with classic hits and a few surprises. He also plays songs from his latest album of new material, called 15 Minutes (released last June). "The thrill for me was that I was backed up by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and it was one of the top experiences of my life. And this album, I don’t mean to brag, but it’s got to be one of the best live albums and DVDs I’ve ever seen. It’s just a magnificent sounding record." It was recently revealed in an interview that the late Dick Clark kept the American Bandstand theme song, co-written by Barry Manilow, as the hold music on his office’s telephones long after it went off the air. Manilow actually wrote the lyrics to the medley and Clark ended up using Manilow’s version for ten years on his show. "Dick heard it and started to use that version on his show for ten years, and that was a thrill," says Manilow. "It wasn’t easy to write, but it was fun." When asked about the recent passing of the legendary broadcaster, he says that he was "a real gentleman and really supportive for all of my career." What’s next? Manilow says he has a million different ideas, but with this hip condition he can’t even begin to sort them all right now. But rest assured he will be going forth with his plans shortly. "You know me, they’ll be a next one any minute now." |
| May 2, 2012 | Chester Chronicle | "Barry Manilow to perform at Manchester Arena" by Will Harris |
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| Legendary entertainer Barry Manilow returns to the Manchester Arena next week on his latest tour. The 68-year-old will be performing tracks from his latest album, 15 Minutes, along with all the hits from his back catalogue. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and has won the American Music Award for Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist three times. The show starts at 8pm on Saturday, May 19. Tickets are priced from £35-£85. To book, call 0844 847 8000 or visit www.men-arena.com. |
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