Barry Manilow
3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas NV 89109
1-800-222-5361
http://www.lvhilton.com/entertainment/manilow.shtml
"Manilow: Music & Passion"
when: 8 p.m.
2008 CONCERT DATES:
March: 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15
April: 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12
May: 7, 9, 10, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
June: 17, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28
August: 27, 29, 30
September: 3, 5, 6, 24, 26, 27
October: 1, 3, 4, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31
November: 1, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22
December: 29, 30
tickets: $110-$253.50 (732-5755)
Published 1/4/2008
"Barry Manilow has a contract extension through 2009 at the Las Vegas Hilton, but 32 shows this year are being canceled.
Hilton spokesman Ira David Sternberg said Manilow, 64, is "reformatting" his schedule.
Originally signed to 24 shows in 2005, he signed for an additional 150 through 2007.
He was sidelined in August 2006 because of surgery to have torn cartilage in both of his hips repaired.
Worried Manilow fans have been pressing for an explanation for the two shows he canceled during the Christmas holiday.
Asked if Manilow fans should be concerned that the cancellations are health-related, Sternberg said, "Not at all. He's signed for '09. He's revamping the show, which has been very successful for us and for him."
Manilow won an Emmy in August 2006 for outstanding individual performance in a variety or music program for his TV special "Barry Manilow: Music and Passion."
A Manilow fan site listed the canceled dates as: March 4, 6, 13; April 1, 3, 10, 29; May 1, 8, 21, 22, 28, 29; June 18, 19, 26; Aug. 26, 28; Sept. 4, 23, 25; Oct. 2, 21, 23, 30; Nov. 11, 13, 20 and Dec. 16, 18, 27, 28."