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Barry Manilow
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Barry Manilow, a true legend of our time, finally returns to the UK with his non-stop hit-filled concert, "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits...and then some" on December 4 and 6, 2008 at The O2 arena. After hundreds of sold out performances at The Las Vegas Hilton since opening in 2005, "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits…and then some" will offer a larger-than-life experience, providing the audience with a truly unique evening of songs and memories! Manilow has been touted in Las Vegas as "one of the most popular singers in America" (NY Times), and is "among the best in the business" (Variety), with the Las Vegas Review-Journal urging concert-goers to "jump out of your seat and join the party!" The show Manilow will bring to London will be tailor-made for his beloved British fans. "The British public and I have had a long standing love affair for over 30 years. There is no audience for me like the people who party with me at a concert in the UK." Manilow says. "I am creating a show that I can only do in Britain. If I tried to do the show I'm putting together for the December concerts anywhere else in the world, the audiences would think I was nuts! But my British fans and I know better. We'll have a ball!" David Campbell, Chief Executive of AEG Europe, owners and operators of The O2, said: "We are delighted to welcome Barry Manilow to The O2. He is a highly successful world class artist with a huge deserved UK fan base. We know they will enjoy this early Christmas treat". With worldwide record sales exceeding 75 million, his work as a singer, songwriter, arranger and producer has earned Barry Manilow the highest honours and the distinction of being a powerful and commanding performer. Last year, Manilow released his 60th album of his career, The Greatest Songs of the Seventies, which became his third top-selling album in the span of two years. Concertgoers will have a chance to enter a contest to win a wild weekend in Vegas to see "Manilow: Music and Passion," which continues at the Las Vegas Hilton throughout 2009. |
