BARRY MANILOW
2008 CONCERT DATES:
March: 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15
TICKET SALES:
You can call the Las Vegas Hilton Box Office (24 hours a day) at 800-222-5361 for tickets or book online.
TICKET PRICES:
$95-$225 (plus tax & service charge)
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SHOW TIMES:
All shows: 8:00PM
BIOGRAPHY:
Barry Manilow's unparalleled career encompasses virtually every arena of music, including performing, composing, arranging and producing. A Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Manilow has triumphed in every medium of entertainment. Industry charts rank him the undisputed Number One Adult Contemporary Artist of All Time with record sales exceeding 65 million world-wide. This pop icon has written hundreds of songs and performed around the globe thrilling millions of fans, winning a Grammy, two Emmys, several Tony Awards and an Oscar nomination along the way.
Manilow’s roots are in Brooklyn, New York, where music was an integral part of his life. By the age of seven, he was a budding artist taking accordion lessons and playing on a neighbor’s piano. Deciding to make music his career, he attended New York College of Music and Julliard still working in the mailroom at CBS to pay his expenses.
In 1972, Manilow met Bette Midler and became her music director, arranger and pianist. Later that year, Manilow signed with Bell Records (later Arista Records) to record his debut solo album. In 1974, the release of Mandy launched an unprecedented career and 25 consecutive Top 40 hits including Even Now, This One’s for You, Weekend in New England, I Write the Songs and Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again. Four years later, five of Manilow’s albums were on the charts simultaneously — a record rivaled only by Frank Sinatra and Johnny Mathis.
Among his albums are such diverse musical styles as The Greatest Songs of the Fifties (2006), Manilow Scores: Songs from Copacabana and Harmony (2004), Manilow Sings Sinatra (1998), Singin' with the Big Bands (1994), Showstoppers (1991), Swing Street (1987), 2:00 A.M. Paradise Café (1984), and many others, including 38 Top 40 Hits. Albums he has produced for other artists, including Bette Midler, Nancy Wilson, and Dionne Warwick have been nominated for Grammy Awards.
This past year – 2006 -- certainly was a year of record and to date, one of the most successful in Manilow’s career! In January, Manilow released The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties which became not only his first Number One debut, but his first Number One album since the triple-platinum double LP Barry Manilow/Live in 1977. In the Spring PBS aired Manilow: Music and Passion, originally taped in December 2005 in celebration of his 100th performance at the Las Vegas Hilton. The special not only garnered Manilow his second Emmy, the subsequently released DVD of the same name went platinum. Manilow kept up the strong work ethic he has embraced all these years and released The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties. The much-anticipated disc—the 59th album of his career -- hit the charts at Number Two, allowing Manilow to experience something no other performer ever had – two albums in the same calendar year hitting the Number One and Number Two spots respectively!
Manilow’s 2nd DVD of the year, First and Farewell, was released and celebrates this singer/songwriter/producer’s illustrious career. In his own words, as well as songs, Manilow shares with the viewers that after 30 years of live performances Barry Manilow bid ‘farewell’ to life on the road. The significance of a farewell tour can only be truly understood when you see and hear where it all began. Manilow discusses, in two very personal interviews on this DVD, his career, spanning 30 years to the month. The response was resounding and the First and Farewell DVD hit Platinum! The year came to nice, well rounded close with Manilow continuing his hit Las Vegas show Manilow: Music and Passion through 2008 and beginning work on his Greatest Hits of the Seventies!
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