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Barry Manilow Last time in Portland: 26 years ago

Venue

Cross Insurance Arena

1 Civic Center SQ, 04101, Portland, ME, US

Capacity: 6,733

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Doors open: 19:00

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Barry Manilow biography

Barry Manilow (born 17 June, 1943) - aka Barry Alan Pincus - is a singer/ songwriter and producer from Brooklyn, New york.

Manilow is well known for his songs "Mandy", "Copacabana" and "Can't Smile Without You", he has had a long and successful career. During which he has sold over 80 million records internationally. In 1978, his five albums were on the best seller charts, along with the likes of The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen and Herb Alpert.

He has won three American Music Awards during his career. Many artists have praised Manilow's work, including Frank Sinatra himself, for some of his self-produced number one singles. Bob Dylan was actually quoted to have said to him "Don't stop what you're doing, man. We're all inspired by you."

As well as helping to produce albums for other entertainers, he has made songs for several musicals, films and advertisements during his career

In 1992 Barry was made the master of ceremonies at Elizabeth Taylor's 60th birthday party which took place at Disneyland in California, for which he sung to her and her husband at the big event. Since 2010 he has gone on to headline at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas.

Manilow sang at the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Manilow has also been known for the large amounts of charity work he has done in his lifetime.

Live reviews

A Barry Manilow concert has been on my wish list since I was a child. I was so happy when I had the opportunity to see him live, at the Pensacola Bay Center, in January, 2014.
Always the gentleman, Manilow isn't one for tacky outfits, instead performing in a suit with a shiny pink vest and matching pocket handkerchief. Now well into his golden years, Manilow proved himself to be the consummate entertainer, hitting the stage with the same energy he had when he began is five decade career.
Manilow's first song, "It's a Miracle," had the entire audience on its feet, singing, dancing, and clapping, and set the tone for the rest of the evening. He even did a little dancing himself, shimmying right alongside of his back-up singers as they joined him at the front of the stage.The hit list contained all time favorites, “This One’s For You,” “Mandy,” “Copacabana (At the Copa),” “I Write the Songs," without shorting the audience out of the need for ballads, sitting at the piano and singing "Even Now" and the deeply touching "I Am Your Child."Fortunately, Manilow left Las Vegas in Las Vegas and there wasn't any glitzy or tacky Vegas show to be seen.
It was simply Barry Manilow, his back-up singers, and the instrumentals, which was all the show needed.If you're not a Barry Manilow fan now, make it a point to see one of his shows and you will be.

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