It's Christmas Time.

Barry was invited to perform at the Jingle Bell Ball on Sunday December 18th.  The Jingle Bell Ball was taking place at the Edison Ballroom. The invitation said black tie only and you had to RSVP by November 18th which Barry did. There would be a cocktail hour, followed by dinner, entertainment and dancing. The night had come. Barry was wearing his Joseph Abboud tuxedo with a white shirt, tie and loafers. Carly was wearing an ankle length red dress with a black lace overlay by Alberta Ferretti and black heels by BGTERE. Both Barry and Carly were wearing wool overcoats over their evening attire. Barry and Carly were going to the ball with Eddie and Kelsey Arkin and Marc Hulett and Andy Somers. Now Andy Somers was no relation to actress Suzanne Somers. Eddie sprung for the limousine. The limousine picked up Eddie and Kelsey first. Then it came to Barry and Carly's home. Across the Williamsburg bridge to pick up Marc and Andy. They would meet Bruce Sussman and Rob Schuter  there. Once there everyone checked their over coats. Then they went to find their table. all eight of them were sitting together at the same table. Barry, Eddie, Marc and Bruce went to get the drinks. What's on the menu? asked Bruce. Barry said first course is your choice of spinach salad or French onion soup with dinner rolls. The main course is rack of lamb with garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus. For desert there will be cheesecake with raspberry sauce or chocolate molten lava cake with whipped cream on top. There will be baked salmon for those who don't like lamb. Vegetarians will get a grilled vegetable platter. Back at their table Eddie asked Barry since your performing what songs are you going to sing? I'm singing Silver Bells, I'll be Home For Christmas and River. Kelsey excused her self and said she was going to the ladies room. In the ladies room she heard a familiar voice. Now don't tell me she's here thought Kelsey. Kelsey finished in the ladies room and was going back to her table. She heard the same voice she herd in the ladies room. So she looked to her left and saw her. I thought that's who I heard in the ladies room. When she got back to the table she said while I was in the ladies room I heard a familiar voice. I thought don't tell me she's here. Once I left the ladies room to come back to our table I heard that voice again. When I looked to my left and there was Suzanne. with her hubby Alan. Now I wonder if she brought Scott Nevins with her and Alan said Rob. Those two lately seem to tied at the hip so to speak said.  She wears the same makeup said Barry. It's an overly smoky eye and very peachy lipstick. Was she wearing her favorite style of dress? It's either above the knee or to the ankle off the shoulder dress with a slit up one side of the dress. Yes it was a floor length off the shoulder dress with a slit up one side. The color was navy with some sequins sais Kelsey. To wear a skin tight dress like that you need to wear spanks said Marc. Spanks replaced panty girdles said Carly. I am so glad I don't need to wear a panty girdle or spanks said Carly. As cold as it is out there and she wore an off the shoulder evening gown with a slit up one side said Barry. Now if the ball was taking place in Los Angeles or Palm Springs. I could see wearing the gown she wore. But this is New York and it's December when it's cold outside. But that's Suzanne said Barry. She loves to show off her smoking hot body. I like showing off my body but I also like to stay warm in the winter said Carly. Before I got married one Saturday Macy's had their monthly makeup day. Once a month on Saturday at Macy's in their cosmetics department they show you how to apply your makeup. I stayed after the makeup session was over. I explained to CJ the cosmetician that I was getting married next month. I asked her what kind of makeup would look on my wedding day. CJ asked me what kind of dress was I wearing? So I pulled out my cell phone and showed CJ my wedding dress. It was by one of my favorite designers Alberta Ferretti. CJ said oh so you're going with a bohemian look. I said yes I was. She showed me how to do a natural look for my wedding. Since I had never been married Barry felt I deserved a real Jewish wedding. That's what we did on Sunday July 12,2015. We were married at 61 Chelsea piers at the Sunset Terrace. We did have to deal with Scott Nevins trying to stop us from getting married. When he couldn't stop us he came to Montreal to see if could ruin our honeymoon. No luck there either. After we got back from Montreal he tried one more time and failed again. Dinner ended and it was time for the entertainment. Barry was up first. He opened with Silver Bells, I'll Be Home For Christmas and River.  A few other artists came up to perform. Then Barry came back out to do a few more songs. Barry, Debra, Shelly and Dana did Jingle Bells. Then he and Debra did Baby It's Cold Outside. Barry then mentioned he had written a new holiday song called Christmas In New York which he sang. Finally the evening ended and everyone went home. After Christmas Carly was on the internet when she saw that there was an earth quake in California. She sent Barry a quick text message to let him know about the earth quake. Barry then made a quick call to Garry to see if he and Denise were ok. Which they were. His family was up at his house in the Napa Valley. That was Rob and Susan. Adam and his family. Chris and his family. Kirsten and her family. Garry told Barry the earth quake was further south and slightly west in Nevada somewhere near Lake Tahoe. Carly saw that there was an earth quake out your way on the internet. So she let me know about it. We got another dog said Barry. another dog said Garry. How many is that now? he asked. Barry that's five. Max my Labrador Retriever. Abbey and Bialy sisters who are Weimaraners. Allie a Hungarian Vizsla a rescue from Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition. Charlie a Labrador Retriever mix from Magic Mission Beagle and Hound shelter from Buffalo New York. Now the big news is we bought the farm said Barry. You bought the what said Garry. The farm. Yes the farm said Barry. it's a four bed, three and a half bath farmhouse just outside of Lake Lucerne New York. The house sits on fifteen acres. It has a large building that was once and animal shelter. It will be that again said Barry. It will be Charlie's Home For Life Dog Sanctuary. A place where dogs can have a forever home. Then maybe get adopted by a family who wants to rescue a shelter dog. We'll have to have you and Denise come out for a visit he said.

Holidays



Hi Gang
It's Barry here wishing all my Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah. To all the rest of my friends a very Merry Christmas. Hopefully you all got what you really wanted for Hanukkah or Christmas.  I got a big surprise this year. My album Here At The Mayflower II (Many more stories inside.) is at number one for the fifth week in a row on the Billboard Hot 200 album chart. My Broadway songwriting partners and I just found out Here At The Mayflower is up for some Laurence Olivier Awards next year.  All six of us will be coming across the pond for the award ceremony. The ceremony will take place at the Royal Opera House on Sunday April 2, 2017. ITV will broadcast it live on television. While the BBC will broadcast on the radio.  I just put up on BTV my performance at the Jingle Bell Ball from Friday night. I sang Silver Bells, I'll Be Home For Christmas and River. Later on in the evening me Debra Byrd, Shelly Greco and Dana Robbins did Jingle Bells. Then Debra Byrd and I did Baby It's Cold Outside. Now on Friday December 30th and Saturday December 31st BTV will be broadcasting my Madison Square Garden concerts live for fans who can't be there. Prior to Friday nights concert BTV will broadcast my Friday afternoon sound check. On Tuesday January 3rd I'll be back on the road again at the Moda Rose Quarter in Portland Oregon. Then it's Seattle, Oakland, Phoenix, Vancouver, Edmonton. Regina, Winnipeg  Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal. After those dates I'll be off until June when I start my sheds tour.  Don't forget Wednesday July 5th thru Sunday July 9th is the BMIFC Denver Convention at the Downtown Sheraton in Denver Colorado. I will be doing four nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Friday July 7th thru Monday July 10th. Saturday July 8th is the barbeque at Red Rocks. That's instead of the usual formal sit down dinner we always have. At the Red Rocks shows I'll be doing a tribute to my dear friend John Denver. I'm singing three of his songs. Music Is you, Leaving On A Jet Plane and Calypso. Both John and I were friends with ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Now at different times John and I got to go on the RV Calypso. That was Jacques Cousteau's ship. What a thrill that was for both of us to go on the Calypso. John went three times, Australia,  Atlantic Ocean and the Nile. I  went twice Alaska and the Galapagos Islands. Now every year  since my first trip on the Calypso Garry gives me a subscription to National Geographic Magazine. Christmas 2012 Carly got me a subscription to National Geographic Traveler magazine. Now every year I get their vacation travel book. It has vacations all across the world by air, sea and train. As all of you know I volunteer at Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition. I volunteer on Thursday afternoons when I'm not on the road. It's nice to see animals from BARC get themselves a forever home. BARC also takes in dogs from high kill shelters to see if they can find them good forever homes. The thing I don't like is when certain dogs don't find their forever home. Tiny, small and medium dogs have no problem getting a home. Big pure bread dogs, dogs that can be used for guard dogs and service dogs find places to go. Recently while on Facebook I saw a mixed breed dog. His name was Pecan Pie and he was from Magic Mission Beagle and Hound  Rescue up in Buffalo New York. Pecan Pie was a puppy part Labrador Retriever and part something else. Magic Mission Beagle and Hound Rescue was looking for a forever home for this little guy. I just knew he needed a forever home with be with me and Carly. I got their number and called them to tell them I wanted to adopt Pecan Pie,. Kevin Andrews my next door neighbor said he'd go up to Magic Mission Beagle and Hound Rescue to get Pecan Pie. Kevin went up on Thursday and came back on a Friday. He kept the puppy over night. Then the next day Saturday he brought Pecan Pie over to our house. Kevin told Carly the puppy's story and that I had adopted him. Carly gave him a new name. He's called Charlie now. Now we have five dogs. Labrador Retriever four year old male Max, Weimaraner puppies girls sisters Abbey and Bialy, Hungarian Vizsla on year old girl Allie and Labrador Retriever mix male Charlie. I feel sorry for those dogs who have trouble finding their forever home. After I started my One Voice Foundation to give a voice to cats and dogs who can't use their voice. I thought about building a dog sanctuary in upstate New York. This would be a place where dogs would get to spend their entire life being a dog. Now every dog we take in will go up on our sanctuary's website where people can find their forever friend and adopt them. if not they will be able to live out their life on earth just being a dog. Carly found some property just outside of Lake Lucerne New York. It's a four bed, three and half bath farmhouse on fifteen acres of land that is all fenced in. It has a big building where we can house the dogs. Since the newest family member Charlie is a rescue . Carly decided his picture would be perfect on the sanctuary sign. Next year we hope to open Charlie's Home For Life Dog Sanctuary. It will be a place where dogs can live out their forever life. All the dogs that come to the sanctuary are available for adoption. However if they don't get adopted they'll have a forever home at the sanctuary for as long as they live. We're going to employ people from near by Lake Lucerne who love dogs to help us run our dog sanctuary. For our forever residents they will get a proper burial in our dog cemetery when they pass away. Marc thinks I'm nuts. Garry said that's just Barry. Once we have Charlie's Home For Life dog Sanctuary up and running I'll put a link to the sit on my Facebook page. See those of you coming to the Madison Square Garden shows and the end of the week. Then see those of you with tickets to the rest of the surprise arena shows next year.
Hugs and love,
Barry and Carly
Sloppy dog licks from
Max, Abbey, Bialy, Allie and Charlie.

Oh My

Oh my was right. Carly had just come in the house. When she heard the door bell ring. She went to the front door and looked out the peep hole. It was her neighbor Kevin standing on the porch with a
puppy in his arms.  Carly opened the front door and told Kevin to come on in. Kevin said to Carly you're going to kill me. I'm going to kill you said Carly. Yes that's what Barry said you'd do when I showed up with this little puppy. Carly took a look at the puppy in Kevin's arms. Aw how cute said Carly. It's a boy dog and his name is Pecan Pie. Pecan Pie said Carly Yes said Kevin that's his name. He's part Labrador Retriever and something else. Pecan Pie comes from Magic Mission Beagle and Hound Rescue up in Buffalo NY. Barry saw this little guy on Facebook before he went out of town. Somehow Barry just knew this puppy needed a good home and he had the good home for him. If Barry could he'd bring home every stray dog he sees said Carly he would.  I do need to let the dogs out she said. So she called Max, Baily, Abbey and Lily. All four dogs came upstairs from the garden floor. Why don't we go outside said Carly. Maybe Pecan Pie he needs to go too. Carly, Kevin and the dogs went outside. Kevin took the leash off Pecan Pie. All five dogs took off running. Max, Baily, Abbey and Lily seem to be getting along with Pecan Pie. He definitely needs a different name said Kevin. Carly watched the puppy as he chased the other dogs. He looks like a Charlie  to me said Carly.  The puppy came over to Carly. You need a deferent name Pecan Pie. How about the name Charlie said Carly. The puppy perked up when he heard the name Charlie. Ok then Charlie it is she said. Kevin told Carly the puppy was almost a year old. He's had all his shots and he's been fixed. When we started dating Barry told me about this pipe dream he had said Carly. Barry mentioned how he'd love to have some property in upstate New York. So he can have a dog sanctuary. This sanctuary would be a place where dogs  that don't get their forever home would get to live. Instead of being euthanized in a gas chamber said Carly. Barry hates shelters that put dogs in gas chambers when they can find them their forever home. That is why Barry started The One Voice Foundation to give dogs a voice. Barry met Joe Dwyer who runs Daniel's Dream. Daniel was a stray dog running the streets. He was picked up and taken to this animal shelter, When they couldn't get him adopted they put him in a gas chamber with 16 other dogs. When the shelter people came back to take to dead dogs out. There was Daniel wagging his tail. They just couldn't put him in the gas chamber for a second time. So they tried to find him a home. The Dwyer family heard about Daniel and decided to adopt him. In the state of Pennsylvania there is Daniel's Law. That's a law that Joe Dwyer and Daniel got passed. The law bans gas chambers in the state of Pennsylvania. Joe and Daniel are trying to get that same law passed here in New York State. Daniel is called the Miracle Beagle because of surviving the gas chamber.  Kevin told Carly he need to get his three dogs outside. So he left and went home to let his dogs out.  On Saturday December 17th Carly ran into Kevin and Amy at Trader Joe's. When's Barry coming home? asked Amy. He has one more show tomorrow night in Denver at the Pepsi Center. So he should be home sometime on Monday said Carly.  Now while we were dating Barry told me about his pipe dream to have a dog sanctuary.  It would be a place where dogs of all ages who can't get their forever homes. Would be able to live out their life instead of being euthanized. I decided that Barry's pipe dream should become a reality. We've been talking for while about buying some property in upstate New York somewhere. Barry said he wanted a farmhouse retreat with plenty of land for that dog sanctuary he's been talking about. I went on Realtor.com in June. That was while Barry was over in London. I found a farmhouse with fifteen acres  just east of Lake Lucerne Warren county New York. The farmhouse has four bedrooms, three and a half baths with a two car attached garage. It also had a barn on the property. I went up a few weekends this past summer. Plus I was up there for a week in September. My parents came that week to help me with the furniture. I had some local house painters who painted each room the colors I wanted. I've been collecting furniture and other stuff then storing it all in a rented storage unit. This past weekend I went up there to get the farmhouse ready for Christmas. I had the neighbor down the road help me pick out a Christmas tree. While I was there I made gingerbread men cookies. I popped popcorn and strung it with cranberries for the tree. The tree has lights and old fashioned decorations. I got food for the refrigerator. Woods been chopped so we can build a fire. Barry will be home tomorrow sometime said Carly. I told him I thought we should spend Christmas up at the farmhouse. Barry doesn't have to be back until December 28th. That's so he can get ready for the two Madison Square Garden concerts On Monday morning Carly got up and let the dogs out. She was off for the next two weeks. When the dogs were done she brought them inside. She cleaned out their bowels and gave fresh water plus food. Carly then went into the kitchen to make breakfast. After breakfast she went upstairs to pack her suitcase. She had gotten dog food and treats the last weekend when she was at the farmhouse to decorate for Christmas. Soon she heard the front door open. Hello everyone I'm home.  Carly came downstairs to greet him. She gave Barry a kiss on the lips. Oh we've got some four legged friends eyeing us said Barry. He picked up the puppy and said you must be Pecan Pie. No he got a his name changed to Charlie said Carly.  Hi Charlie
said Barry as he scratched his fur. I have something for you Carly said. So Carly went downstairs to her computer room. She came back up with a wrapped package. This is for you she said. You can go a head and open it. Barry unwrapped the package. It was a sign that read Charlie's Home For Life Dog Sanctuary. While we were dating you told me about your pipe dream of having a dog sanctuary.  Since we found that farmhouse before you went to London. I thought it would be the perfect place for your dog sanctuary said Carly. In fact I thought we should go spend Christmas up there this year. Oh guess who lives up the road from us your co-producer Eddie Arkin. Eddie lives up the road from us really said Barry. Yes and he invited us over for Christmas Eve.

Facebook Up Date Post

Hi Gang
It's me Barry once again. I had to rearrange my Canada schedule for a TV special I'm taping called Barry Manilow and Friends. Which I'm taping at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The friends that I've invited to be on my special are Melissa Manchester, Kenny G. and Carly Simon. The special will air on Wednesday May 10th at 10pm on PBS. The new Canadian dates are as follows Rodgers Arena Sunday January 22nd Vancouver. Rodgers Place Tuesday January 24th Edmonton, Brant Centre Friday January 27th, MTS Centre Monday January 30th Winnipeg, Air Canada Thursday February 2nd, Videotron Monday February Quebec City and Centre Bell Wednesday February 8th Montreal. Yes we were able to add a concert in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday February 2nd. All the venues were willing to cooperate with me on the changes. Tickets for the Air Canada Centre are on sale now for the same price as the rest of the Canadian shows are. The tickets are $75 for platinum, $30 for front floor, $25 for back floor, $20 for lower bleachers, $15 for middle bleachers and $10 for nose bleed back bleachers. Last nights Pepsi Centre concert in Denver was a blast. I got a huge surprise when saxophonist Kenny G. came out to play with me. Kenny C. is also on Concord Records. Kenny G. and I were also label mates on Arista Records. I've been starting these shows with Do You Know Who's Living Next Door? from Here At The Mayflower. As all of you know that song starts out with a saxophone solo. Now I figured the saxophone solo was coming from Dana Robbins. But it wasn't it was coming from both Kenny G. and Dana Robbins. Later on Kenny G. and Dana Robbins played saxophone on my jazz version of Billy Joel's New York State Of Mind. Then we also did a jazz version of mine and Marty Panzer's song It's A Miracle Dana was the one who figured out how to give that song a jazz feel. Now I'm off till Friday December 29th and Saturday December 31st when I'm playing two nights at Madison Square Garden. The Saturday night show won't start until nine thirty. The first act will start at nine thirty and go to ten thirty. Intermission will be ten thirty to ten fifty. The second act will start at eleven and go to twelve midnight when we ring in 2017. The New Years Eve show will have some surprises and special guests. Also I have a new furry son named Charlie. Charlie is a mutt. He's half Labrador Retriever and half something else. Charlie came from Magic Mission  Beagle and Hound Rescue in Buffalo New York. That now makes five dogs. Max a Labrador Retriever, Abbey and Bialy Weimmaraners, Lily a Hungarian Vizsla and Charlie the Labrador Retriever mix.  Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.; Oh and speaking of New Years Eve. The entire New Years Eve concert at Madison Square Garden is being broadcasted live on BBC American, BBC Canada , BBC 2 UK and ABC 3 Australia. As well as it's being taped for a DVD that will come out next year. I added a suggestion section to my Facebook page. If you have some ideas tell me about them. If you happen to be in New York City or you live in and around New York City. On Saturday December 17th 7pm the Bronx Zoo is having their caroling around the animals. This is something they do every year. Carly says the kids love singing to the animals. So come join us as we to go Christmas caroling around the zoo this year. Then after the caroling there will be hot cocoa and homemade cookies for everyone. If you come out for the annual Bronx Zoo Holiday Fest you will see me there. I was asked to lead the caroling thru the zoo. You'll even get to met one of the newest zoo babies. His name is Barry and he's a giraffe. His mom's name is Lola and his dad's name is Groucho. There's two other male giraffe's named Chico and Harppo. And yes they were named after three of the Marx Brothers. I'm also telling Carly we need to go past the Kola Bears habitat. One of the Kola's is named Garry. He is sponsored by my ex manager Garry Kief. I sponsoring Barry the giraffe. I also sponsor Manny the Polar Bear.  So until I see some of you at Madison Square Garden on Friday December 30th and Saturday December 31st. Or sometime next year during the outdoor sheds tour. Have a great holiday.
Hugs,
Barry

Facebook Post For November 29th.

Hi Gang,
It's me Barry coming at you from Hot'Lanta Yes I'm in Atlanta already for Wednesday nights Philips Arena concert. Now Friday was "Black Friday", Saturday was " Shop Small"(Shop your local shops in your neighborhood.),  Monday was "Cyber Monday" and today is "Giving Tuesday."  In honor of Giving Tuesday I'm giving you fans two free digital downloads The New Girl In 2B and Who Is The Shadow Man? from Here At The Mayflower II (Many more stories inside.)  I've got some  great news to share with all of you. I made the cutoff period to be nominated for Grammys for 2017. So I just found out from Marc I'm up for three Grammy Awards for 2017. They are  Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance Male. Wish me luck gang. Also I was also asked to preform at the Grammy Awards. The Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday February 12, 2017 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles CA. So you know where I'll be on Sunday February 12. 2017. In fact they asked me to open the Grammy Awards. I said sure I would gladly do that. I decided to do the gospel version of It's' A Miracle that Ray Charles taught me. So what's going to happen is we're going to take Ray Charles' part of It's A Miracle and put that on a screen behind me. That way it will look like he's performing with me. Like he did on my second TV special. I'm sure you all saw that photo of me standing with three other guys that was shared all over Facebook. Well that's my head but not my body. My head was photo shopped onto someone else's body.  I'm not that skinny people. I have no idea who the two guys on the outside are. I do know the second guy from the left is Scott Nevins. I know what Scott wants however he's not going to get that. I'm a very happily married man. I have been married for one year, five months and eighteen days. What Scott doesn't understand is I married my best friend on Sunday July 12, 2015. Scott has always thought I was bisexual. Which I'm neither that bisexual nor gay. The reason he thought I was bisexual is because he wants me as his life partner. Not going to happen ever. My life partner is Mrs. Barack Manilow. Also known also as Dr. Carly Manilow DMV(Doctor of Veterinary Medicne). She is the head veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo Bronx New York. Many of you fans also know Carly as one of you guys a Barry Manilow fan and fellow BMIFC member. Some of you are friends with Carly.  Some of you belong to the local sanctioned fan club she started called One Voice BMFC. just so you know I am not very sick.  Carly sent me a post from one of her Barry Manilow Facebook groups. Where some fan said that someone said I was very sick. Well I'm not very sick. I saw my general doctor last month. He said I gained five pounds since the last time I was there. I also got my flu shot. Maybe Brian Murphy  might be the one who's sick. I haven't seen him  since the Let Freedom Ring benefit on Veterans day. Up next is Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans, San Antonio, Chicago and Denver. Then I'm off until Thursday December thirtieth and the thirty first NYE when I'm at Madison Square Garden. After that there's  four show in the US and six shows in Canada. Then I'll be off until June when I start my summer sheds tour across America. It's time to go for dinner. David just came into say everyone else is ready to go for dinner. To all who are coming to Philips Arena tomorrow night your in for a great concert. As Rachel Ray says "See you when I see you."
Love and sloppy wet kisses,
Barry.

Unscheduled Surprise Eighteen City Tour

Barry was on the road again.  It was Thursday morning seven am and everyone was at JFK for their flight to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Tonight was the first night of  eighteen unscheduled surprise concerts that Barry was doing. It was Barry his usual band of suspects. Plus Debra Byrd and Dana Robbins and the Grant Street campus chorus. Barry went into his warehouse of clothes, props an sets for his Mayflower  fire escape set. That's the set he used back in 2001/2002 during his Manilow Live Tour. Barry was opening his show with I'm Coming Back from Here At The Mayflower. For the first half of these shows Barry was wearing a bolero jacket that looked like what a elevator operator would wear. Kenny Garrett was the designer behind the bolero jacket. The band was wearing bolero jackets too. Only in a different color than Barry's was. The girls Dana Robbins, Debra Byrd and Shelly Greco would be wearing black strapped dresses with sparkly bolero jackets. They all got to JFK at five am for their seven am flight. They would be arriving in Detroit at around ten am eastern time. Once they got to Detroit they went by bus to their hotel. After Barry got to his hotel room and put his suitcase down. He decided to go for a walk. He headed over to the Palace of the Auburn Hills to check it out. Once there he saw some fans standing there. He stopped to say hello to them, pose for pictures and sign some stuff for them. He answered their questions about why he was doing all these unscheduled surprise shows.  Hopefully you are with someone who can watch your spot while you go to eat,  hit the ladies room and change clothes said Barry. I went into my warehouse of clothes, props and sets. So I could bring back the fire escape sets from the Manilow Live Tour 2001/2002. Me and the boys in the band are wearing bolero jackets and black pants that look like an elevator operator outfit. That's for the first half of the show. And yes all these shows are two hours long. What I did to create this unscheduled surprise road trip. Was I made a list of cities across the US I wanted to perform in. Then I checked  to see if each city had an arena in them. I then checked their calendar to see when they had a free day that I could perform there. I quickly snatched the empty dates for this unscheduled surprise road trip. I'm doing major cities in the US and Canada from November seventeen to January thirty first. I checked to see which days were clear for me to preform in.  So that was how I figured out this unscheduled surprise mini concert tour. I'm off tomorrow. Then on Saturday 11/19 I'm at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh PA. Then on Sunday 11/20 it's the Barclay Center Brooklyn NY. Off Monday. Tuesday 11/22 it's the Prudential Center Newark NJ. On  Wednesday 11/23 it's the TD Garden Boston MA. Off Thanksgiving and black Friday. Then on Saturday 11/26 it's Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia PA. Off Sunday. Then Monday 11/28 Colonial Life Columbia SC. Last but not least Wednesday 11/30 Philips Arena Atlanta GA.  Yes I'm added eight shows in December and ten shows in January. I put up the new cities with their the dates in a Facebook message on my page. Go check it out the dates on my calendar section of my Facebook page. I hope to see you at one of those concerts. Yes they're all arena shows. so as many fans can come see these unscheduled shows as possible.  I'm also doing  Platinum Packages at all of them. Tickets will be the same price for those shows as the ones I'm doing right now. $75 Platinum, $30 front floor, $25 back floor, $20 lower bleachers, $15 middle bleachers and $10 nose bleed bleachers. Oh BTW I just added some Canadian dates in January. So the March Canada tour is now in January. We didn't get enough fans for the Weekend In Canada so we canceled it. Tickets for the Canadian dates are the same price as the US dates. And yes I'm promoting Here At The Mayflower II (Many more stories inside.) album. Fans doing platinum will get a vinyl copy of that autographed. It's lunch time so I need to go eat. See you all tonight said Barry. Barry went back to the hotel to get the rest of his group. Then they headed to this restaurant he heard about on Diners, Drive-In's and Dives. Back in two thousand fifteen Barry and company went to Primanti Brothers in Pittsburgh for lunch. Every sandwich you got came with the works and French fries on them too.   Barry was glad he put together this unscheduled surprise road trip since his house was in a mess. The first floor which was the master floor was being remodeled. Barry had fallen in love with the farmhouse style. While he was out looking for new bedroom furniture. He saw the Magnolia Homes line of furniture by Chip and Joanna Ganes of HGTV's Fixer Upper.  He emailed Joanna Ganes to ask her about the master floor color scheme. He explained to Joanna that the master bedroom, bath and closets took up the first floor of his five floor brownstone. He wanted to paint the walls on that floor a sleepy blue color. Then would the shiplap bed in dove grey go with the silhouette five drawer chest mirror dresser and the cameo night stand all  in white . He took pictures of all these furniture pieces and the paint color and put them all together. He got a reply from her saying that everything would look fine together. Carly was in charge of everything while he was gone. Carly was coming with her friends,  Vicki Smith, Janice Primavera, Rita Zucker, Kathy Rooney Henrey, Melissa Lang and Libby Thomas. These were all members of the One Voice Barry Manilow Fan Club. The girls were going to the Barclay Center concert on Sunday November twentieth and the Prudential Center concert on Tuesday November twenty second. Barry had gotten all seven of Carly's friends including her Platinum Packages for the Barclay Center concert. Carly had taken Thanksgiving week off. On Monday the twenty first the girls were going into Manhattan to see Here At The Mayflower Barry's latest musical. Barry had gotten them tickets to see it. Kathy mentioned what a nice guy Barry was.  Carly then told Kathy Barry had gotten them tickets to his Wells Fargo Arena concert in Philadelphia PA. He had also sprung for the Hyatt at the Bellevue and the Amtrak tickets. This was for Carly, Kathy, Vicki and Janice. Now the four of them would be sitting in the second row center section. Carly also go a hold of Vicki and Janice to tell them about Saturday nights show at the Wells Fargo Arena. We have tickets in the second row center section, round trip Amtrak tickets and one night at the Hyatt at the Bellevue. Then on Sunday Barry said he was taking us to XIX (Nineteen) restaurant for brunch.

Facebook Post Friday November 18th,

 

Hi Gang
It's me Barry coming at you from Pittsburgh. Yes Pittsburgh where I'll be tomorrow night at PPG Paints Arena. There has been a big change in the schedule. I love it when people just plan forget to tell you they double booked. Meaning they booked one person first then forgot they booked that person and then booked you after. Which is what the people at Radio City Music Hall did. They booked both me and Tony Bennett for the same  dates Wednesday December twenty eighth thru Sunday January first. So I'm giving up my Radio City Music Hall shows. Since they booked me after they booked Tony Bennett's Holiday shows. Which were the same dates I asked for. Not to worry everyone. I added another eighteen more unscheduled surprise arena shows for both December and January. Starting with Sunday December fourth Amway Center Orlando FL., Tuesday December sixth Fort Lauderdale FL., Friday December ninth Smoothe King Center New Orleans LA., Sunday December eleventh American  Airlines Center San Antonio TX., Thursday December fifteenth United Center Chicago IL., Sunday December nineteenth Pepsi Center Denver CO. and Friday December thirtieth and Saturday December thirty first Madison Square Garden.  Tuesday January third Moda Rose Quarter Portland OR., Friday January sixth Key Arena Seattle WA., Sunday January eighth Oracle Arena Oakland CA. and Wednesday January eleventh Talking Stick Resorts Arena Phoenix AZ. Hey Canadian fans Guess what I'm coming to your neck of the weeds much sooner. Instead of coming in March I'm coming in January. Yes you heard me right I said January. Now the dates are as follows Rodgers Arena January 20th Vancouver BC, Rodgers Palace Sunday January 22nd Edmonton AL, Rodgers Place Tuesday January 24th Regina SA, Canadian Tire Centre Friday January 27th Ottawa ON, Centre Bell Sunday January 29th Montreal QC and Videotron  January 31st Quebec City. There will be Platinum's for all the January shows in the US and Canada. Ticket prices will stay the same front floor $30, back floor $25, Lower bleachers $20, middle bleachers $15 and nose bleed bleachers $10. Platinum Packages will be $75 each. Front row center seat, after show backstage meet Barry for ten minutes, photo taken with Barry, vinyl copy of Here At The Mayflower II (Many more stories inside.) autographed and a disposable camera with photos of you and Barry. Oh and I'm still doing my summer sheds tour next summer. For anyone going to the  PPG Paints Arena concert tomorrow night. You're in for a treat. See you there everyone that's going.
Hugs,
Barry