Hi Gang It's me Barry coming at you from my home studio. Well what's news? First off the Canadian tour was a blast. Every show was sold out packed to the rafters. The fans were so warm to all of us. Right now I'm taking a breather from the music. The new album New York State Of Mind is due out on Tuesday April 25th. Now one thing that I will never ever do is charge big bucks for my concert tickets. Brian Murphy is doing a four show mini concert tour in May. I also heard the title of his new album is called My Kind Of Town Chicago Is. Marc heard Brian's album comes out on Friday April 21st. Brian shows are at the Forum in Los Angeles, Allstate in Chicago, Nassau in New York and
Foxwood Casino in Mashantucket. Remember my Twitter tweet for January 1, 2017. Get Ready For A New Year New Tour New Albums. You all know about the new tour already. My summer sheds concert tour. I just told you about the new album. My songwriting partners and I had a blast giving the songs jazz arrangements. I even wrote a couple of new songs. I'm doing an album signing at the Barnes and Noble in Union Square at 33 E. 17th St. on Monday April 24th. The album signing will be between 1pm and 4pm or until I've singed everyone's album. On April 25th I'm doing a one night only concert to promoted the album at the Barclay Center. Tickets go on sale Friday February 24th. Brian Murphy's fans are pissed because he's playing the Nassau Coliseum and not the Barclay Center. I beat brain to the punch so to speak. Meaning I got the Barclay Center before Brian did. So that's why he's playing the Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday April 25th, Now get this front row is $1,175. His Platinum package is $2,250. Garry, Marc and I think he's totally crazy for charging $1,175 for front row and $2,250 for his Platinum Package. I'm only charging $175.25 for front row at the Barclay Center. But then it's his management and ticket sellers who are behind the outrageous ticket prices. I've been selling my own tickets since 1985. I first went on tour in 1984 with my Paradise Tour. The ticket sellers wanted to charge big bucks for my tickets. Which of course Garry didn't like. So starting with 1985 and my Copacabana Tour Garry hired our own concert promoter. Dean Nash has been my concert promoter ever since the Copacabana Tour. That way we can keep the ticket prices down. So you fans don't have to pay big bucks for my tickets. Dean Nash takes care of tickets and promotion of my concert tours. Garry, Dean and myself have made sure that ticket scalpers and ticket sellers can't get tickets to my concerts. You won't find my tickets being sold on Amazon, eBay and by any ticket sellers. Tickets are sold only through the fan club, the venue box office and Ticketmaster. This has made the ticket scalpers and sellers very pissed off. Tough taters ticket scalpers and sellers. My fans deserve the tickets for a reasonable price. Not for outrageous prices like you guys charge. I just got my new cowboy boots. I even got some new jeans and shirts. Remember back to 1992 when I started my The Greatest Hits and Then Some Tour? For that entire tour 1992 to1996 I wore cowboy boots, black jeans, shirts, vests and a tail coat jacket on stage. I decided for the summer sheds tour I would bring back that outfit but up date it a little. Russ McKinnon, David Rosenblatt, Mark Levine, Mike Lent, Ron Pedley, Kevin Pollick, Andy Herbert, Dana Robbins, Joey Melotti, Debra Byrd, Billy Kidd, Shelly Greco and Kion Harris. They'll be with me this summer. We kick off the New York State Of Mind summer tour on Friday June 2nd at the Xfinity Center Boston. Also remember the BMIFC is having their convention in Denver Wednesday July 5th through Sunday July 9th. The BMIFC has extra room nights for Sunday July 9th and Monday July 10th for any fans staying for Monday nights concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. To all convention goers on Saturday July 8th you need to be in the lobby before 1PM. 1PM is when we board the busses for Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Your going out there early so you can sit in on my afternoon sound check. After that we're having a barbeque. I intend on being there. I'm adding two extra chairs on either end of the picnic table. So
instead of five fans sitting with me. There will be seven fans sitting with me. We're having the usual picnic fare hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, coal slaw, chips, buns and the fixings. Then after the concert on Saturday we'll go back to the picnic area for a bon fire and make S'mores. Toasted marshmallow with chocolate between graham crackers. It's a Girl Scout tradition. What's really interesting is I'm older than Brian by three years and I can still do a two hour show. Brian on the other hand only does ninety minute shows now. For you fans who weren't at my two Madison Square Garden shows December 30th and 31st. I did my usual two hour with twenty minute intermission on the 30th. Then on the 31st. I did the same as the night before. Except after the usual New Years Eve stuff. I was back stage and David came to the dressing room. He asked me to come out into the hallway. I did and I hear shoes stomping on the floor, hands clapping and chants of Barry, Barry, Barry. I went back on stage and the audience was still sitting in their seats. I asked them aren't you sleepy? They replied NO!. I guess you're not ready to go home just yet. They yelled NO!. So I said just a second. I went backstage and told everyone the fans hadn't left yet. I asked them if they were game to do a little more. My peeps said yes they were. We went out in our every day clothes and did another ninety minutes worth. What they didn't know and now they will along with the rest of you is that the entire two hour New Years Eve concert. Plus the ninety minute extra was audio and video taped for a three disc set Barry Manilow Live At The Garden which is due out on May 30th. Well t
that's the latest from little old me. See you somewhere down the road.
Barry
