Giants want Six in a Row

Giants want Six in a Row
With a three-game lead in the division, the Giants (10-1) are on a roll and can virtually wrap up the NFC East with a victory over the Redskins on Sunday. New York will also surpass their win total from last season (10-6).

NFL Commissioner aims to keep Super Bowl tickets out of the

NFL Commissioner aims to keep Super Bowl tickets out of the

Goodell wants to make sure the league can get the lowest priced Super Bowl tickets into the hands of fans who want to attend the game, not the ones who are looking to make a profit. While not claiming any changes to the NFL’s ticket policies were eminent, he did speculate possible ways to prevent scalping.

AC/DC tour review

AC/DC tour review

The loud boys from down under are tearing through the country and giving an awesome show wherever they go. The album is still at the top of the charts and everyone around the place is getting on board the Rock n Roll train. Get a load of the awesome set design…

The Jonas Brothers live in Las Vegas,NV

The Jonas Brothers live in Las Vegas,NV

NFL tickets price reduction

NFL tickets price reduction
The NFL has agreed to freeze and in some cases reduce prices for post-season games, in recognition of the tough times being felt by their fans and supporters. Football lovers may see prices fall for the upcoming playoffs by as much as 10% which will be welcome relief in these current uncertain economic times.

Radio City Christmas Spectacular tickets

Radio City Christmas Spectacular tickets
Bring your entire family! Audiences of all ages will delight in this multifaceted spectacular including Santa flying high above the crowd, childhood dreams coming true in the Nutcracker and touched as the true meaning of Christmas is brought to life with the awe-inspiring Living Nativity - the beautiful story of the first Christmas.

Madonna election night speech vid

Madonna election night speech vid

AC/DC live in Chicago first review

AC/DC live in Chicago first review

The first couple of shows have been an gone in Wachovia and Chicago. Overwhelmingly, the Aussie rockers satisfied the hungry crowd, delivering thier trademark ballsy rock at twice the necessary volume, but with a little less stage speed than may heve been seen in the past. With number one album in 30 country’s around the world,

ACDC tickets - review of Black Ice

ACDC tickets - review of Black Ice
ACDC new album will be released in about 10 days, but already sneak (thieved) copies have been circulating online. It is the first album since 2000, so the demand, interest and buzz about this album and upcoming tour is at fever pitch. Maybe these old rockers should tour more, an and release more material. Respected Aussie music journalist Bernard Zuel has tracked down a copy and his first thoughts are

Madonna Goes Off On Sarah Palin

Madonna Goes Off On Sarah Palin
Ok, its not very edifying, but Ms Material has a word to say about John McCain’s running mate. I think Madonna is not a fan:) Its not the first time she has weighed into the campaign with unflattering comparisons made about McCain in an earlier European show.

ACDC cranks up tour plans

ACDC cranks up tour plans

Rock vets AC/DC, who recently unveiled plans for their first world tour since 2001, have expanded the already-formidable outing by adding more than a dozen North American dates to their schedule.

The group plans to cap its fall outing just before Christmas with two newly added shows in Florida, and, following a short holiday, will get back on the tour trail to tackle a January slate that comprises 14 shows spread across North America.

Death magnetic new Metallica album

Death magnetic new Metallica album

Listen to the whole album in 4 minutes!!!!!

Some bright spark has put the whole Death Magnetic an one cool vid - an excerpt of each song for about 30 seconds.

Click and listen to Metallica’s newest and finest

Tickets for AC/DC tour dates sell out in record time

Tickets for AC/DC tour dates sell out in record time

AC/DC’s first world tour in eight years got an enthusiastic response from ticket buyers with 18 concerts selling out in record time, forcing the band to create additional shows in Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, and Oakland, CA. Their 18-month Black Ice World Tour kicks off on October 8 in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

ACDC tickets - Thunderstruck (Live At Donnington)

ACDC tickets - Thunderstruck (Live At Donnington)

ACDC are one of the worlds great live bands. Back on the road and heading to the USA very soon. Tickets have selling really quickly - many of the shows sold out in 15 minutes. Big ticket deals can put you in touch with those hard to get tickets. Here is some awesome live footage, excellent quality, of one of ACDC’s all time great songs….Thunderstruck. Enjoy !!!

Carried Away

Carried Away
IS THERE ANYTHING CARRIE UNDERWOOD doesn’t have going for her? She’s got the talent: She breezed past thousands of hopefuls to claim the title of American Idol three years ago. She’s got the looks: She’s been voted to People magazine’s Most Beautiful list the past two years. And she’s got the accolades:

Album Chart: Metallica sets record with No. 1 debut

Album Chart: Metallica sets record with No. 1 debut

Review: Celine Dion gambles at Nassau Coliseum

Review: Celine Dion gambles at Nassau Coliseum: "In case all the video screens, the 10-foot high rotating pedestal, the massive, multitiered stage with mechanized walkways, and the platforms that move like turrets in some sort of Vegas pop musical castle didnt make the point, Celine Dion is a bit over-the-top. She has 10 musicians, including a percussionist and a drummer, along with eight d"

Tina Turner ready for World tour

Tina Turner ready for World tour: "Tina Turner is preparing for her massive world tour,kicking off in Kansas October 1. The tour winds its way through North america and on to Europe finishing up in Manchester, UK 3rd April 2009. Adding a few extra shows, she now includes stops at American Airlines Center in Dallas (October 26), Toyota Center in Houston (October 27), Palace of Aubu"

Giants Elect Captains

Giants Elect Captains: "The Giants players have elected five team captains for the 2008 season, including three who holdovers from last year."

Current Broadway Shows and Tickets

Current Broadway Shows and Tickets: "Re-visit your passions in your favorite operas by attending the LA BOHEME re-make, RENT. But make sure you get to see those current Broadway shows, by hook or by crook"

Madonna tickets Las Vegas

Madonna tickets Las Vegas: "Great pic of Madonna s sticky n sweet tour."

Federer Number 2 Seed Doesnt sound right

Federer Number 2 Seed Doesnt sound right: "I just cant get used to the concept of the great Roger Federer as Number 2 seed! Sure, he made it through the first round fairly easily but number 2 !!??? Roger vs Raffy final maybe"

Umenyiora Out Strahan in not a chance

Umenyiora Out Strahan in not a chance: "Osi Umenyiora sustained a severe knee injury last Saturday night that will see him out for the whole season! What a disastrous start to 2008!! Straight away Giants managment were on the phone to one Michael Strahan to see if retirement was something he could put off another year."

Dementiava still in Beijing

Dementiava still in Beijing: "Fifth seed Elena Dementiava was still getting over her gold medal showing in Beijing, when she quickly disposed of Uzbekistan’s Akgul Amanmuradova. Ammanmuradova was up in the second set, when a gallant, perhaps tired, Dementiava recovered and won the final 4 games. Her tiredness was worth it all, with the proud title of Olympic Champion attache"

Madonna tour kicks off with political edge Madonna ticket

Madonna tour kicks off with political edge Madonna ticket: "Well, it was mostly fun, friviolity and loud danceable music. Madonna has kicked off her world tour with a show at Cardiffs Millenium stadium, in her adopted home of Great Britain. She will be touring the States during the height of the Presidential campaign, so Madonna has gotten the first word in with some political advertising of her own."

Sticky and Sweet – Madonna’s latest triumph

A concert tour to Europe is no longer new to American singer Madonna. Her last tour was the Confessions tour which started in the U.S. and ended in Europe. Sticky and Sweet kicked off in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium (which has a capacity of 60,000 people) and all Madonna tickets were sold out.

It was reported that her seventh world concert tour raked in a total of $194.8 million USD and this with a total of 60 shows. The attendance was well over 1.2 million throughout North America, Europe and Japan. This concert tour is currently the highest grossing tour for a female artist.

This year, we see Madonna heading out on her eighth world concert tour entitled Sticky & Sweet Tour. There is a huge sense of anticipation and critics are on their toes as they all watch if this 2008 concert tour would break the Confessions Tour record. Sticky & Sweet is set out to support her studio album entitled Hard Candy. This is her eleventh studio album and she aims to give her best once more to the series of concerts. The show will, once again, tour Europe and North America. Sticky & Sweet Tour is her very first venture from her business and recording deal with Live Nation.

Guy Oseary, Madonna’s manager, was the one who officially confirmed Madonna’s eighth world concert tour. He along with Arthur Fogel of Live Nation announced this to the public on May 8, 2008.

Madonna is a walking controversy but speculations have been brewing that equally-controversial Britney Spears might appear alongside the Queen of Pop.

Here’s a partial schedule of the Sticky & Sweet Tour:

1. August 23, 2008 at the Millennium Stadium in Wales
2. August 26, 2008 at the Stade Charles Ehrmann in France
3. August 28, 2008 at the Olympic Stadium in Germany
4. August 30, 2008 at the Military Airfield, Dübendorf in Switzerland
5. September 2, 2008 at the Amsterdam Arena in Netherlands
6. September 4, 2008 at the LTU Arena in Germany
7. September 6, 2008 at the Olympic Stadium in Italy
8. September 9, 2008 at the Commerzbank Arena in Germany
9. September 11, 2008 at the Wembley Stadium in London
10. September 14, 2008 at the Parque da Bela Vista in Portugal

The other half of September is to be spent in different stadiums from Spain, France, Austria, Montenegro, and Greece. October and November 2008 are slated for Madonna’s North American Tour. From October 4- November 30, 2008, Madonna will be touring the states of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, California, Texas, Illinois, to name a few. She will also visit Mexico, Toronto and Montréal in Canada. Madonna tickets are now being sold online (you can buy and sell on the Internet) so better hurry.

Madonna’s enduring legacy

Madonna’s creativity knows no bounds. Her latest album “Hard Candy” shows her collaborating with artists like Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. The single “Four Minutes” is already hitting the top of the charts and the video gives us an almost fifty Madonna keeping up, if not leading Justin Timberlake on the dance floor.

Her history is an interesting tale, and well chronicled. Born Madonna Louise Cicconne, she was raised in Detroit but moved to New York to work. She hit the heights of pop stardom early on in her career with an early album Like a Virgin topping the US Albums Chart in 1982 and selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She moved on to make more albums, tours, sold-out concerts and films (she has starred in 22 films).

Madonna’s endless creative ways of expressing herself makes her one of the world’s most interesting celebrities. In a time when sex was still taboo, she blatantly spoke and sang about it. And all this belies the fact that her upbringing was as an Italian Catholic. With her religious imagery and icons mixed with brazen outfits of fishnet stocking shirts over capri pants, she has defined fashion in the 1980s as well as provoked uproar in the conservative side.

Her artistic style earned the praise of critics for her ability to constantly reinvent herself. From punk princess to androgyny personified, from sex kitten to maternal woman, her looks have become the definitive fashion icons. She has contributed much to pop culture as she has to fashion, film and music.

Her last album was also not without uproar. Her title track “American Life” is her attempt at having a say in the war in Iraq. The track was made before the war started and she tells her fans to find ways to divert attention from entertainment to the conflict in Iraq. Critics however view the video of the track as nothing more than an endorsement of Bush’s war.

Madonna has always been a stirrer, with her often provoking statements (going as far as picking a fight with the Roman Catholic Church by lambasting a nun’s habit or French kissing Britney Spears in the MTV Awards), we can see that Madonna has since mellowed out. There seems to be a sense of domesticity in Mrs. Ritchie’s life with their children always in tow
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Madonna still has plenty to offer. Her Hard Candy World Tour is set to start in August starting in Cardiff, Wales. Madonna tickets are already available online as well as concert tours and dates. Madonna tickets are now available for her world tour which includes Berlin, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Rome, Frankfurt, Berlin, London, Paris, New York and Boston, among others.

Miley hits Number One

Miley Cyrus new album "Breakout" has gone straight to Number One on Billboard Top 200. Although this is the second album of hers to reach Number One, this is the first time without her (life-imitates-art) Disney character Hannah Montana - this time Miley does it all on her own. "Breakout" sold 371,000 copies in its first week.

Miley's not on the road at the moment, but her good friends the Jonas Brothers are...tickets are available here...

Neil Diamond returns in triumph

There are some truly legendary performers, and Neil Diamond is one of them. And he is showing no signs of slowing down. Be warned, tickets to his upcoming shows are already available and his legion of supporters are snapping them up. He is immensely popular to both young and old in the audience. It would be best to get your Neil Diamond tickets as soon as possible.

Born January 24, 1941, Neil Leslie Diamond first played guitar at age 16 and immediately realized what he wanted to be. He developed a love of singing and was already exploring the option of becoming a life-long musician singing in a choir with the then unknown Barbra Streisand. However, after graduating from high school, Neil Diamond decided instead to go to college and pursue a pre-med course. However the thrill of music and the offer of $50 a week to write songs did he realize that he wanted a musician’s life instead of a doctor’s.

His first recording venture was not very successful. He also wrote songs for other artists until he signed with Bang Records where he got his first hit, “Solitary Man”. He also wrote and recorded during this period “Cherry, Cherry”, “Do It” and “Kentucky Woman”. But his ambition went beyond what Bang Records could offer so he signed with MCA Records in the late 1960s.

Neil Diamond’s first number 1 with “Song Sung Blue”. He also produced great hits such as “Sweet Caroline” (written for Caroline Kennedy), “Cracklin Rosie” and “Holly Holy”. Neil Diamond also starred in movies such as the remake of The Jazz Singer. He has written and sung numerous soundtracks for films. He didn’t produce hit songs during the 1980s to the 1990s but his shows still commanded great billing and huge crowds. His concerts were sold-out and he was 1986’s “most profitable solo performer”.

Neil Diamond continued to be very busy through the last two decades, producing albums as well as cover many of the classics. “Sweet Caroline” continues to be a favorite song and Michael Dukkakis made “America” his presidential campaign theme song. He has become a pop culture icon with many of his songs being covered by other artists such as a highly successful reggae cover of “Red Red Wine” and Smash Mouth’s version of “I’m a Believer”.

His ongoing concert tours are selling tickets like hotcakes with fans from all over the country still coming out to see him. Neil Diamond is a living legend, and one of those “must see” acts’. There are concert tours and his shows will run in St. Paul, Sioux City, Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Washington, Hartford, Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh and Albany, among others.

Madonna tickets Denver - some still available

The mighty material girl continues to reinvent and surprise. Madonna's latest album, Hard Candy, debuted at number one across the globe and has been dominating the charts since it's release on April 25, 2008. But why should we be surprised? She has been doing this since the early 1980's.

Always in touch with the current "state-of-the-art" (or should we say leading it?), the Queen of Pop’s album features vocal appearances by today's hottest pop artists such as Justin Timberlake and Kanye West. The producers of the album are the highly respected Timbaland and Pharrell Williams who receive both performance and production credits on the album.

Madonna’s 2008 Sticky and Sweet tour is on its european leg, and packing out stadiums wherever she goes. All this in readiness for her tour that will be unleashed here in October. Her shows have been selling well, and many shows are near sell-outs. In Denver, her only show is scheduled for Tuesday 11th November 2008, and if you act quickly you can snare some tickets at reasonable prices. The show in Denver will be held at the Pepsi Center

And what are we to expect in Denver? It will be the usual stunning array of music, stage antics, dancing and a song list that goes back to 1984!! During her Paris show earlier this year, always the one to stir up a bit of controversy, Madonna tried a bit of push-it-to-the-edge sexual antics by kissing one of the female dancers, or one of the female audience members. Swigging champagne bottle she yelled at the crowd “Who do you love more, me or the Rolling Stones?”

The Material Girl always puts on an amazing concert, and this is one show not to be missed. Her current single with Justin Timberlake has hit the top of the charts all around the world. It seems the world can’t get enough of this amazing lady, half way through her third decade of constantly reinventing herself and of being a superstar. And her catalogue of songs is awesome including “Like a Prayer”, “Vogue”, “Get into the Groove” and “Holiday”.

M Paul is a mad Madonna fan and runs the ticket selling site www.big-ticketdeals.com To get those hard-to-get tickets to see Madonna in Denver, follow this link.

Tina Turner: It’s a long way from Nutbush, Tennessee

Tina Turner’s shows have been described as “electrifying”, “awesome” and a “once in a lifetime experience”. This cannot be described as an overstatement. Tina Turner concerts are indeed all these and more. There are numerous reasons s to why she puts in such great performances. Or it could be because of her personality as a strong, willful and passionate woman.

Born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, Tina Turner first performed in Ike Turner’s shows in St. Louis. Ike changed her name to Tina after Sheena: Queen of the Jungle and they became The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. She married Ike in 1962. Working a heavy touring circuit, they rose to fame during the 1960s and 1970s, recording songs like “A Fool in Love”, “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” and “River Deep, Mountain High”.

Tina Turner’s tumultuous marriage life continued well into the 70s. Tina’s husband was a cocaine user who mismanaged the band and he produced Tina’s first solo album. It did not do well commercially. In 1976, over the Fourth of July weekend, Tina Turner finally left Ike Turner when he beat her before a Dallas show. She had nothing but thirty-six cents in her wallet. She left behind her abusive marriage as well as breached contracts.
She lived rough and appeared in TV shows to supplement her income. She finally got a divorce from Ike in 1976 and with trepidation commenced in earnest her solo career. She finally got the recognition she craved for in 1984 when she released her fifth album, Private Dancer. The album earned her three top ten singles in the United States, topped the charts in Europe UK and Australia and established her as a rock diva. She earned Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year all in the 1985 Grammys.

The unstoppable Ms Turner also made forays into film appearing in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, sung numerous soundtracks for movies, wrote her autobiography I, Tina and toured in Europe, the US and Latin America. In the latter, she performed for 184,000 fans and entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the single performer to have performed to the largest paying crowd in history.

For most people with a lifetime of achievements, time to settle back and reflect on life would be in order. But not this lady, as she is coming out of 8 years of retirement. She probably never did retire. She is set to tour again in October kicking off in Kansas City. She will continue to tour until November and you can get Tina Turner tickets in registered ticket sellers. Tina Turner tickets are already available for her shows in Chicago, Minneapolis, Rosemont, Los Angeles, among others.

The Jonas Brothers are the next big thing!

Ok, ok....the Jonas Brothers ARE are the next big thing NOW (or is that the current big thing!) Although still very much popular in the US and Europe, their upbeat music appeals to the 10 to 14-year-old girl market. Seen in Nickelodeon and Disney Channel shows like Zooey 101 and Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers have staged their own revolution in the pop music scene.

The Jonas Brothers as a band began with the youngest in the group, Nicholas Jonas who had his first role in a Broadway show at age seven. He was originally signed as a single act and released a self-titled album with songs like “When You Look me in the Eye”, “Dear God” and “Time For me to Fly”. Around about the same time brother Joseph also performed in Broadway’s La Boheme.

Columbia Records president Greenberg decided to sign the brothers and they started 2005 touring with Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys, Kelly Clarkson, the Cheetah Girls and the Click Five. The Jonas Brothers released their debut single “Mandy” the same year and had several of their songs featured in shows like Zooey 101, Disney Mania 4 and American Dragon Jake Long.

The group was dropped by Columbia but signed on with Hollywood records in 2007. They released their album self-titled Jonas Brothers and entered the Billboard Hot 200 in the fifth spot. They continued on making television appearances in Hannah Montana and performed at the Miss Teen USA. In January of this year, the Jonas Brothers jumpstarted their Look Me in The Eyes Tour with a show in Tucson, Arizona.

This year has been an exciting one for young trio, with sellout shows around the country and the release of the third album. The Jonas Brothers played some of their A Little Bit Longer songs in their tour, as well as opening acts for Avril Lavigne. The Disney Channel has also aired their reality series Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream and has just wrapped up the Disney Original Movie Camp Rock. Come summer 2008, a massive tour is planned, and they will start touring to promote their latest album.

The Jonas Brothers has been consistently compared to the Hanson Brothers who achieved considerable fame in the 1990s. But unlike Hanson, the Jonas Brothers have more attitude when it comes to their melodies. Their subject revolves around contemporary teen issues such as school, love and hope for the future. Their influences range from the Backstreet Boys to Weird Al Yankovic.

The Jonas Brothers will perform in Raleigh, Scranton, Saratoga, Baltimore, New York, Bethel, Buffalo, Washington, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, among others. Jonas Brothers tickets are already available and can now be purchased online.

Coldplay: La Vida and death

Coldplay has been compared to bands like U2 and Oasis, both of which come from the UK. The comparison is easy to understand since the music and subject matter can be similar. Coldplay shares the same political convictions of Bono and the rest of U2 and the melodic and hauntingly abrasive rock songs of Oasis.

Coldplay got the world’s attention with the release of their first album in 2000 titled Parachutes which shot through the top of the Albums Chart in the UK. It was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize and earned the Best Alternative Music Album award in the 2002 Grammys. It bore their most recognized single “Yellow”.

The second album, A Rush of Cold Blood to the Head was released two years after in August 2002. It won 2003 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and the single “Clocks” was named Record of the Year. Coldplay’s second album was both critically and commercially acclaimed and was full of passionate themes of love and longing.

It opens with the thoroughly political song “Politik” written in response to the 9/11 New York bombings. It follows with the hauntingly sad “In My Place”, “Scientist” and “Clocks”. Although the songs can be very vague in terms of what they want to tell their listeners, the melody helps in delivering the message.

Now recognized as a serious band that can sell out shows as well as records, in 2005 Coldplay released X&Y which become the best-selling album of the year. Itchalked up almost 4 million record sales worldwide and debuted in the number 1 spot in 22 countries. The single “Fix You” became the theme song for the hopelessly in love while “Speed of Sound”, with its upbeat tempo was a commercial success.

The current album, titled Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was released April of 2008. Coldplay continues to dominate the charts and record sales with the album selling 302,000 copies in three days. It has since been tagged as one of the “fastest-selling records in UK history”. Its carrier single, “Violet Hill” earned a place in UK’s Top 10 and the US Top 40. “Viva la Vida”, based on download sales alone became the UK number 1.

Coldplay are about to tour UK, Europe and North America this year to promote their latest album. A number of fans were able to win free Coldplay tickets for their free shows in New York and London. Coldplay are set to perform in more than 90 shows this year and Coldplay tickets for July to September shows in the US and Canada are already available online.


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Coldplay Hit Number One

Coldplay have reached the top of the charts this week, not only in the US, but also in the UK and Australia. Even before hard copy albums are on sale in the US and UK, they were still the most downloaded artist, giving them top berth. Tickets can be found at www.concert-ticketdeals.com

The British rockers are preparing for a world wide tour over the summer, and you can catch them in Chicago on 22nd and 23rd July 2008.

Neil Diamond plays New York: tickets still available

Neil Diamond has added an additional show to his New York section of his tour this summer. It will be another Hot August Night, here in New York City, as one of our favourite sons returns to perform his magic. His tour across North America begins on July 19th in St. Paul, MN and takes him to 37-cities. In New York City, his shows are playing at the Madison Square Gardens, Tuesday 12 August, Thursday 14 August, Friday 15 and Saturday 16 August. Great tickets are still available from www.concert-ticketdeals.com but they are selling fast.

Neil Diamond Tickets New York, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 7:00 PM – View tickets here!

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Neil is certainly one of the most popular songwriters and performers of the modern era. With hits from the 1960s to the 1980s, and still recording albums, he has a loyal army of Diamond fans that reminisce with him.

He opened his European leg of the tour on 25 May 2008. His Rotterdam set list included:

One More Bite Of The Apple/Holly Holy (from Home Before Dark, 2008/
Touching Me, Touching You, 1969)
Street Life (from Beautiful Noise, 1976)
Beautiful Noise (from Beautiful Noise, 1976)
Lady Oh (from Beautiful Noise, 1976)
If You Know What I Mean (from Beautiful Noise, 1976)
Cherry Cherry (from The Feel Of Neil Diamond, 1966)
Thank The Lord For The Nighttime (from Just For You, 1967)
Hello Again (from The Jazz Singer, 1980)
Love On The Rocks (from The Jazz Singer, 1980)
Home Before Dark (from Home Before Dark, 2008
Don't Go There (from Home Before Dark, 2008)
Pretty Amazing Grace (from Home Before Dark, 2008)
Crunchy Granola Suite (from Stones, 1971)
Done Too Soon (from Tap Root Manuscript, 1970)
Forever in Blue Jeans (from You Don't Bring Me Flowers, 1978)
Brooklyn Roads (from Velvet Gloves and Spit, 1968)
I Am I Said (from Stones, 1971)
Solitary Man (from The Feel Of Neil Diamond, 1966)
I'm A Believer (from Just For You, 1967)
You Don't Bring Me Flowers (from You Don't Bring Me Flowers, 1978)
Song Sung Blue (from Moods, 1972)
Man Of God (from 12 Songs, 2005)
Hell Yeah (from 12 Songs, 2005)
Sweet Caroline (from Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show, 1969)
Cracklin' Rosie (from Tap Root Manuscript, 1970)
America (from The Jazz Singer, 1980)
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (from Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show, 1969)

A New Star is Born In the Heights

It was a blockbuster-free zone when the Tony awards arrived this year with all the usual red-carpet excitement and promise. The winner of the Best Musical was “In the Heights”, a joyous celebration about chasing the American Dream and lottery winnings in Upper Manhattan Latino families. With its salsa-inspired rap numbers, and dynamic dancers and music, the show has been a hit amongst theater goers and critics alike.

Written and conceived by 28 year old Lin-Manuel Miranda while he was in college, the show features Miranda taking center stage, bounding around dynamically and punching out the rap-dialogue in a style many musical goers may be unaccustomed. And when taking the stage to accept his award he continued the style telling the audience “I used to dream about this moment, now I’m in it,” “Tell the conductor to hold the baton a minute.” And with a nod to Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, Miranda raps: “Look, Mr. Sondheim, I made a hat where there never was a hat and it’s a Latin hat at that.”

Miranda’s show is a window into modern Latino culture, perhaps with a positive spin, but a window nonetheless. His first Broadway show, Miranda wrote the score and all of the songs, as well as playing the lead role. He simply lights up the stage with a dazzling display and draws the viewer in. The show played off-Broadway for a season. The music is bright and vibrant and very modern. “In the Heights” also won awards for the score, orchestrations and choreography.

With no major blockbuster show taking all the awards this year, the prizes were shared around. Winners in the recent past such as Jersey Boys and Wicked are still playing to packed houses around Broadway. The revival musical “South Pacific” picked up seven wins including best revival and best actor — for the lead, Paulo Szot — in addition to four design awards and an award for best director, Bartlett Sher.

Other winners were:

Best play: August: Osage County
Best revival of a musical: South Pacific
Best performance by a leading actor in a musical: Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Best performance by a leading actress in a musical: Patti LuPone, Gypsy

The 62nd annual Tony Awards was hosted by com0edian and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg. Around 790 people from the theater industry -- from actors, to directors to journalists -- vote for the Tony Awards. The Tony Awards were established in 1947 and are named after Atoinette Perry, whose nickname was Toni. Perry, who died in 1946, was an actress, stage director and philanthropist.

Spamalot tickets available in New York

Delivering in the spirit of the much loved “cult” movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, Monty Python’s Spamalot has been delighting the crowds on Broadway since its first show in March 2005. The story takes a lot of licence on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and the spoof musical parodies all and sunder in its quest to bring the crowds to their knees in laughter. It pokes fun and laughs at the Arthurian legend and quaint old English mannerisms, and has a go at that great tradition that we love dearly: the Broadway musical!

There are lots of familiar references to Python offerings from the seventies that make it to the stage including ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”, with nods to “the Lumberjack Song” and “Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch and the “Dead Parrot” sketch. Monty Python fans will love it and will relive some fond memories, and new audiences, unfamiliar with Monty Python, will gain a new appreciation of the peculiar British humour that is Monty Python.

Further lampooning targets in the show include a Lloyd Webber-esque power ballad “The Song Goes Like This” and a “Boy From Oz” style dance number “His Name is Lancelot”. Yentl and The Producers get an honourable dig the song “You Won’t Succeed on Broadway”.

Monty Python’s Spamalot received 14 Tony Award nominations, more than any other show in the 2004–2005 season. It won three awards:
• Best Musical
• Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Sara Ramirez)
• Best Direction of a Musical (Mike Nichols)

All ages will love this show and you are not going to want to miss the chance to see this musical! It has recently finished a successful season in Melbourne, Australia, and the final date is already scheduled in London’s West End for early 2009. Whether you are a Monty Python fan and will know all the jokes within this musical, or if you just love a good night of laughs and great music, then this is the show for you! Make sure you get your friends and family together - because you always need someone to rehash a joke with you!

Monty Python’s Spamalot is showing now at the Shubert Theatre, 225 W 44th Street ,New York, NY 10036

Madonna tickets in Los Angeles

Yes you can get Madonna tickets in Los Angeles

Madonna’s 2008 Sticky and Sweet tour is packing out stadiums across Europe, in readiness for her tour that will be unleashed here in October. Her shows have been selling well, and many shows are near sell-outs. In Los Angeles, her only show is scheduled for 6 November 2008 and will be held at Dodger Stadium, and if you act quickly you can snare some tickets at reasonable prices.

Her latest album, Hard Candy, debuted at number one across the globe, has been dominating the charts since it's release on April 25, 2008. The Queen of Pop’s album features vocal appearances by today's hottest pop artists such as Justin Timberlake and Kanye West. The producers of the album are the highly respected Timbaland and Pharrell Williams who receive both performance and production credits on the album.

And what are we to expect in LA? It will be the usual stunning array of music, stage antics, dancing and a song list that goes back to 1984!! During her Paris show, always the one to stir up a bit of controversy, Madonna tried a bit of push-it-to-the-edge sexual antics by kissing one of the female dancers, or one of the female audience members. Swigging champagne bottle she yelled at the crowd “Who do you love more, me or the Rolling Stones?”

The Material Girl always puts on an amazing concert, and this is one show not to be missed. Her current single with Justin Timberlake has hit the top of the charts all around the world. It seems the world can’t get enough of this amazing lady, half way through her third decade of constantly reinventing herself and of being a superstar. And her catalogue of songs is awesome including “Like a Prayer”, “Vogue”, “Get into the Groove” and “Holiday”.

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American Idol sets alight the digital download

America’s favorite show American Idol has finished and the outcome has been decided, and we knew David was going to win it – we just weren’t sure which one. In the end it was by a considerable margin, with 12 million votes, or 56 percent of the vote, and David Cook came out the clear winner of American Idol season 2008. The season finale was watched by 32 million viewers.

And to think that David Cook wasn’t even going to try out for Idol. It was his brother and an American Idol producer who talked him into going through with the audition. He grew up outside Kansas City, MO, and works as a barman, playing gigs around Tulsa, Okla. He has the experience of a small-show rock performer, and over the course of the series showed his versatility and style with a number of excellent renditions of well known rock/pop songs from artists as diverse as Michael Jackson (“Billie jean”), Collective Soul (“The World I Know”) and Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”.

Already, David Cook’s marketability is on display and he is moving product. His first release-proper “The Night of My Life” debuted on the Billboard Top 100 at number 3 and number 1 on the digital download list. A couple of the songs he has sung throughout the show also show up in the Hot Digital Tracks chart, including his version of U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, and “Dream Big”. It is a truly great thing to see that even songs that have not even been officially recorded or released can show up on the national charts.

Downloads went mad after the finale. Undercover.com reports that 1.5 million digital sales were generated following the finale of American Idol. And that wasn’t just for the American Idol stable of performers. David Cook sold 942,000 downloads, with second place getter David Archuletta selling 323,000 downloads. Guests on the final show also benefited from the exposure, with George Michael selling 83,000 tracks last week. Carrie Underwood sold 64,000 units, while ZZ Top's 'Sharp Dressed Man' was downloaded 14,000 times. Collective Soul's 'The World I Know' had a 1000% increase, selling 23,000 sales. OneRepublic's 'Apologize' sold 40,000 units. It did 6000 the previous week.

And what of the vanquished? Coming runner up in American idol is hardly a sentence to anonymity and a quick resumption of one’s former life. Seventeen year-old piano balladeer David Archuleta had a number of excellent performances in the final few shows of the series. Many tipped him as the eventual winner. The judges certainly thought he had the goods. But the voting public preferred the more confident Cook. Archuleta will join his top 12 colleagues for the 54 date tour across the nation through the summer. A seasoned performer will emerge, and it is a sure thing that we haven’t heard the end of David Archuleta.

The American Idol Live concert tour kicks off on July 1 in Glendale, AZ. Tickets are available from www.concert-ticketdeals.com

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Is this the last chance to see Tina Turner?

After performing together at the 50th annual Grammy Awards, Beyonce’ called Tina Turner “the Queen”. And she is certainly known as the Queen of rock & roll or the Queen of R & B. And the Queen’s grand tour of 2008 just got grander. It is not billed as a farewell tour, but the concert-going public know when there is one show they do not want to miss. Due to unprecedented demand, six more concerts have been added to Tina Turner’s gruelling schedule, across the States.

As soon as the tour was announced anticipation began building and when tickets were released for the first show in Kansas City MO, they sold out within 2 minutes. If that is possible – sounds like a lot of jammed phone lines and ticket selling systems. But she is one popular lady. Extra concerts have been added to Kansas City, Boston, Toronto and Chicago, while new shows have been added in Hartford and Minneapolis.

This will be Tina Turner’s first tour since the record breaking and triumphant tour of 2000. It was in that year, following the success of her platinum-selling album Twenty Four Seven, she cemented herself as a stadium rock superstar. She is rightly regarded as the first genuine female stadium rock superstar, selling out 120 stadiums across the US and Europe, and grossing $80 million in the US alone. It was the biggest tour of that year and the biggest ever undertaken by a female artist, performing to more than 2 million people.

In 2008, with 24 shows scheduled, what can the fans expect? Tina is known for her high-energy action packed performances and a song list that extends back to the mid sixties. “River Deep, Mountain High”, “Proud Mary”, “What’s Love Got to do With it” and “Nutbush City Limits” are some of the favourites that the crowd can expect. But the greatest treat will be seeing the first diva of rock & roll in full flight, after an extended absence. After this will we have to wait another eight years? This might be the last chance ever to see the great Tina in concert.

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American Idol…it’s all over!

Yes it is true – we cant get enough of a good thing! Yes, we might well have had enough of Randy doing the “dawg”, Simon doing “the pompous scowl”, and Paula doing the “purdy but professional” for seven whole years. It’s been a long time since Kelly and Clay and Ruben. But this year the show has rolled out another fantastic menu of musical numbers, insightful and unwarranted feedback, a bit of friction on and off the set, yet still produced a wonderfully diverse and interesting group of finalists. It kept us thoroughly engaged for quite a few weeks.

With 49 shows scheduled, the Top 10 finalists will undertake a massive tour this summer. Like previous years, the shows are likely to be a mix of some of the great highlights of the onscreen journey, and some of those stirring group numbers.

If you have missed out on the excitement so far, the top two were:

David Archuleta: This 17-year old baby-faced high school student has excelled on American Idol. Archuleta’s heartfelt ballads and strong vocals make the young girls scream, and have earned him a massive nationwide fan base

David Cook: Beginning with a brilliant performance of Lionel Richie’s “Hello”, this guitar-playing rocker has brought something original to his performances each week. It is likely that David Cook will be among the American Idol concert tour’s biggest draws this year.
David and David were favourites throughout the series to make it to the final.

And the rest of the American Idol stars for 2008 … hope you haven’t forgotten them:
Syesha Mercado: Syesha might just be the reason to buy your American Idol tickets as she has an awesome Broadway-style voice and presentation. She’s a dynamic diva with a million-dollar smile that is known to bring the house down from time to time.
Carly Smithson: Carly is often spoken as one of the purest talents on this year’s American Idol show. She is an Irish-born singer who delighted judges and fans alike with her powerful voice and playful personality.

Jason Castro: Jason has an easygoing style that made him a hit with legions of young fans. He has a mellow yet sincere style, and this dreadlocked performer has inspired comparisons to laid-back stars like John Mayer and Jack Johnson.

Brooke White: Brooke comes through like a ray of sunshine, with performances that reflect this authentic spirit. Her gentle voice is perfectly suited for heartfelt melodies. Brooke evokes comparisons to classic singer/songwriters like Carly Simon and Carole King.

Kristy Lee Cook: Kristy Lee is an up and coming country star with a winning personality and a huge fanbase to match. She’s most at home singing up tempo country classics, and we expect her to be a lot of fun in the American Idols Live! performance setting.

Michael Johns: Michael is a native Australian who was given rave reviews for his bluesy performances, as well as his renditions of classic Queen songs. With large numbers of female fans, he’s going to be hugely popular on the American Idol tour.

Ramiele Malubay: This pint-sized dynamo has a huge voice that made her an early favorite to win American Idol. She’s at her best on the uptempo pop songs, and her personality wins the room.

Chikezie Eze – Known on American Idol by his first name, Chikezie takes risks across genres as diverse as R&B, pop, and country. This L.A. native promises to be an exciting live performer on the American Idol stage.

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Song sung Caroline – Neil Diamond’s greatest song?

There will always be a great deal of interest in the genesis of one of the greatest love songs of the 1960s. To fans across the world, it is one of the most recognisable songs of the 60s, a lively, catchy song to a girl known simply as Sweet Caroline. Now, 40 years after its release, the singer and songwriter Neil Diamond has revealed the inspiration behind the song: the Caroline in the song was Caroline Kennedy, now the only surviving child of President John F Kennedy.

Diamond, 66, revealed how he had never revealed the origins of the song with anyone, preferring to keep it to himself until the day he actually met Caroline face to face.
Diamond opened up, telling both the press and the song's subject about its origin, when he finally met the now Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, and performed the song for her 50th birthday. He stated that the song was quite important to him and one of his first really big hits, going onto to be a massive seller. “I have to thank her for the inspiration," he said. The song really made his mark and left the public in no two minds that Neil was a great songwriter and performer.

He told Associated Press that he was happy to have gotten it off his chest and to have expressed it to Caroline. “I thought she might be embarrassed, but she seemed to be struck by it and really, really happy."

The motivation for the song came from a photograph of the then nine-year-old Kennedy the singer saw in a magazine while staying at a hotel in Memphis.
"It was a picture of a little girl dressed to the nines in her riding gear, next to her pony," Diamond said. "It was such an innocent, wonderful picture; I immediately felt there was a song in there."

A few years later, Diamond penned the song inspired by the photograph. It became a hit, reviving his flagging career and eventually selling more than 2 million copies and providing countless karaoke singers with a chance to shine.

Ever popular the song recently reappeared in the singles chart in the US, thanks in part to the fact that it is belted out during home games at Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team. "I think they consider it good luck," Diamond told the Associated Press, adding that the Red Sox have become his favourite baseball team.
Just for memories, here are the words to the great song – you can hum along to the melody…

Where it began
I cant begin to knowin
But then I know its growin strong

Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Whod have believed youd come along

Hands, touchin hands
Reachin out
Touchin me
Touchin you

Sweet caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Ive been inclined
To believe they never would

But now i
Look at the night
And it dont seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurtin runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when Im with you

Warm, touchin warm
Reachin out
Touchin me
Touchin me

Sweet caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Ive been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no

Sweet caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Ive been inclined
I believed they never could
Sweet caroline

Concerts - Neil Diamond at Earls Court, London in 2005

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It’s 1st June, 2005 and three years less a month or so since I last saw Neil Diamond perform here at Earls Court. I’m wondering if this could be a mistake because the 2002 concert was so fantastic and Neil so charismatic that I’m not sure if he can possibly live up to my, now very high, expectations.

The atmosphere is electric in the 17,000-odd seat arena and I wish that Neil would hurry up and get on stage. I don’t have to wait long. The band, all 12 pieces, emerge through the floor of the stage and the show begins with “Crunchy Granola Suite”, swiftly followed by more vintage Diamond.

Neil is just the same - the black trousers, the sparkly shirt, the energy, the voice, the charm and the mixture of panache and passion with which he delivers the timeless favourites.

Contrary to expectations, there is nothing from his imminent new album, but a sort of a preview in the form of a set of acoustic numbers including “And The Grass Don’t Pay No Mind”, a personal favourite of mine which Neil performs sitting down with his guitar.

Some of the oldies have been given a slightly new treatment in terms of arrangement, but the voice, the centrepiece, is the same. In tribute to UB40s hit with Red Red Wine, Neil starts to rap part way through. I’m not sure that I don’t prefer the original though. “Forever in Blue Jeans” introduces some interesting brass and harmonies from the three backing singers (one more than last time)

The patriotic “America” brings the crowd to their feet (even the London crowd) and “Sweet Caroline”, as ever, makes everyone sing along, our enthusiasm encouraging Neil to a couple of encores.

Except for those rare seated moments, Neil roams the stage with his usual energy, encouraging the crowd (as if they need it) and generally looking as though he is having a good time. He has the ladies in the audience practically swooning through the slightly suggestive “Play Me” and his sotto voce asides nearly bring them to their knees.

For me, apart from “And The Grass Don’t Pay No Mind”, the highlights were “Desirée” (missing from the 2002 tour) and “You Don’t Bring Me Flower”, once again in duet with Linda Press and an encore of the fabulous“I’ve Been This Way Before”.

I can’t believe how fantastic this show is, the lights, the music, the skill and camaraderie of the band but above all, the sheer presence and unmistakeable voice that is Neil Diamond.

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The Police – the third album

The record company was keen for a new offering and a return to touring. After a relatively short recording schedule, Zenyatta Mondatta was released in the autumn of 1980. It became the Police's US breakthrough album, reaching the Top Ten in the U.S. and Canada. In the UK, the album spent a month at number one.
The album was originally going to be called Trimondo Blondomina, meaning "three blond guys (dominating the world)," but the band did not want another title referring to "blond" so that title was dropped. They reached a consensus with Zenyatta Mondatta. Zenyatta Mondatta is supposedly a composite of several things. "Zen" comes from the eastern religion. "Yatta" is rumored to have ties to Kenyatta (the leader of the Mau Mau's of Congo-Zaire-Kenya). "Mond" comes from "Monde" - the French word for world. The whole thing was then articulated in such a way to sound like "Reggatta." Another possibility is that the title came from "Zenith" and "Monde," which means "Top of the World." A third theory: In Japanese, Zenyatta Mondatta allegedly has a somewhat rude meaning: "gave money, gave a massage."
"Don't Stand So Close to Me," the album's first single, became the group's second number one single in the U.K. and in America, the single became their second Top Ten hit in the spring of 1981. Earlier that year "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" made it to number ten. By the beginning of 1981, the Police were able to sell out Madison Square Garden, and were rising in the ranks of the worlds most celebrated artists.
Sting was reported as having stated that he regretted the rushed recording for the album. However, many critics would later cite it as one of their strongest efforts evidenced by the album winning two Grammy awards. The instrumental "Behind My Camel," written by Andy Summers won the band a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The song "Don't Stand So Close to Me" won the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance For Duo Or Group.

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Neil Diamond releases his US tour dates

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After releasing 29 albums is his illustrious career, Neil Diamond has announced that he will tour the U.S. and some of Canada this summer. Following is a list of the dates.

July 19 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
July 22 - Sioux City, IA @ Tyson Events Center
July 24 - Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center Omaha
July 26 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
July 29 - Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
July 31 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 3 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
August 5 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
August 7 - Hartford, CT @ XL Center
August 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
August 12 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 14 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mellon Arena
August 20 - Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
August 23 - Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
August 25 - Columbus, OH @ Value City Arena at The Schottenstein Center
August 27 - Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
August 29 - St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
September 14 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Center
September 16 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
September 18 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
September 20 - Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
September 22 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden
September 24 - Seattle, WA @ KeyArena at Seattle Center
September 26 - Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
September 28 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
October 1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
October 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
October 7 - San Diego, CA @ San Diego Sports Arena
October 10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
October 12 - San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
October 14 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
October 16 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
October 19 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
October 21 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
October 24 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
October 26 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
October 28 - Orlando, FL @ Amway Arena Orlando
October 30 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

The Police finish world tour in New York

The Police are ending their world tour in New York City on August 4, 2008. There are 30 new US dates announced for May and July. Elvis Costello and The Imposters will be the opening act for The Police on the May & July legs of the tour. After completing the tour, the band will not release any albums of new music. Apparently the band members will go their separate ways and continue where they left off - working on their own individual projects.

The Police have been nominated for a People's Choice Award. The show aired on January 8, 2008. They were nominated in the category "Favorite Reunion Tour." They did not win.

Famous auction house Christie's held a Pop and Rock Memorabilia sale in New York which featured some Sting and Police items; part of the Ian Copeland estate. The sale was held on November 30, 2007 and included vintage concert posters, many record awards and a Rolling Stone cover plaque.

On October 1, 2007, The Police were honored in Paris, France, with an award called "Order of the Arts and Letters" for their contribution to the arts.

On September 29, at their Paris concert, The Police were joined on stage by original Police guitarist, Frenchman Henry Padovani, for the song Next to You.

In September, 2007 in London, there was a new photo exhibit featuring pics from the early days of The Police, called On The Beat: The Police. The exhibition ran from Wednesday, September 5th - Sunday, September 23rd

Who is Neil Diamond?

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It is hard to believe that there are many concert goers and music lovers who may not know the name of Neil Diamond! They may know Miley, Hilary, Kelly or the Jonas Brothers, but when you ask them what thier favourite Neil Diamond song is, they glaze over.

Neil Diamond has has been a pop music stalwart since the mid-1960s. His songs, compositions, and performances are legendary. He has had numerous hit songs such as "Kentucky Woman" (1967), "Song Sung Blue" (1974) and "Love on the Rocks" (1980).

In the early 1960s, he wrote the Monkees' 1967 hit "I'm a Believer" around the time he began his own recording career. On the strength of a string of hits, Diamond became one of the best selling performers of the 1970s.

His devoted fan base carried him through the 1980s and in the 1990s he was rediscovered by a new generation of retro-loving pop fans. He has released two soundtracks for the movies (Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 1973 and The Jazz Singer in 1980, with Diamond also starring in the latter film), several albums of live performances and many collections of his greatest hits. His 2005 album 12 Songs was hailed as a return to his early days of songwriting and was the basis for one of the top grossing tours of the year. His other songs include: "Cherry, Cherry" (1966); "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" (1967); "Red, Red Wine" (1968); "Sweet Caroline" (1969); "Cracklin' Rosie" (1970); "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (1978, a duet with Barbra Streisand); and "America" (1981).

Idol takes on Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond night on American Idol continued another night of Idol mentors from yesteryear.

Tonight each of the contestants sang two songs from Diamond’s extensive song collection. David and David were easily the best two contestants tonight. I still believe they are likely to face off in the finals.

Miley is back

Putting the controversy about those Vanity Fair shots behind her, Miley returned to the stage this Saturday. Sharing the concert bill with Jonas Brothers and the Cheetah Girls, Miley bounced back to full form in Florida for a special Disney Channel performance.

With no mention of the Vanity Fair issue, the 15 year old star of the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana performed several songs in a concert that will be included in the forthcoming Disney Channel Games.

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