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| SweetVirginia |
BARBRA TO HIT THE ROAD AGAIN
By RICHARD JOHNSON with PAULA FROELICH and CHRIS WILSON
March 21, 2006 -- PEOPLE who love Barbra Streisand concerts are the luckiest people in the world - because the legendary songstress is doing another farewell tour, Page Six has learned.
The Brooklyn-born diva - who previously bid her fans goodbye in 2000 - is to hit the road this fall, says our insider, but there's already plenty of behind-the-scenes intrigue.
We're told that Streisand's tour will have 20 shows, in which she'll perform "in the round" from the middle of arenas. She'll be paid $2 million per show, and the best tickets will go for $1,500 a pop.
Streisand's handlers have yet to secure an opening act. "They've tried unsuccessfully for Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond and Andrea Bocelli as opening acts," says our music industry snitch. "They're trying to get [operatic vocal group] Il Divo now."
Our mole continued, "The big worry is, 'Can Barbra lose the extra 50 pounds she's put on?' She feels that confirming the dates is the only thing that will make her lose the weight.
"The promoter is Michael Cohl, who does the Rolling Stones. The industry is freaked out about her ticket prices as the greediest ever. Her manager, Marty Erlichman, has screwed [talent agency] CAA out of their involvement, so there's a lotta bad blood out there about this one."
Streisand's last "final" tour began on New Year's Eve 1999 in Las Vegas and ended at a sold-out Madison Square Garden show in September 2000, which drew the likes of Rosie O'Donnell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Penny Marshall, Madeleine Albright and Drew Barrymore.
In June of 2004, Streisand, a vocal critic of President Bush, sang at a Los Angeles fundraiser for Sen. John Kerry, raising $5 million for his campaign.
More recently, Streisand worked on a new album with former Bee Gee Barry Gibb, starred in "Meet the Fockers," and holed up at her Malibu mansion with her husband of seven years, James Brolin.
Erlichman was said to be traveling yesterday and could not be reached for comment. Streisand spokesman Ken Sunshine declined comment.
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| Break The Spell |
$1,500 may sound crazy, but I remember a few years ago some Madonna shows snatched up as much as $2,000 for the best seats. |
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| SweetVirginia |
And the Barbra Streisand concert
comes complete with that handy
liberal wacko political lecture.
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| Gazza |
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Break The Spell wrote:
$1,500 may sound crazy, but I remember a few years ago some Madonna shows snatched up as much as $2,000 for the best seats.
yeah..off scalpers or brokers..different ball game.. you'd get that for a Stones show too
I remember a few years ago Streisand charging a couple of grand for a new years eve show and thinking that prices like that would never happen in rock n roll because it had an entirely different type of audience and culture
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So much for THAT
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| Break The Spell |
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Gazza wrote:
yeah..off scalpers or brokers..different ball game.. you'd get that for a Stones show too
I remember a few years ago Streisand charging a couple of grand for a new years eve show and thinking that prices like that would never happen in rock n roll because it had an entirely different type of audience and culture
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So much for THAT
I used to think that way as well, until the mid-90's when the Eagles reunion thing happened and tickets were over $100, a first for a rock band. I was hoping it would just be them, but those prices ten years ago were a sign of things to come. |
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| Angiegirl |
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemories.....
Gosh, Redford looked good back then, sigh... |
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| FotiniD |
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Angiegirl wrote:
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemories.....
Gosh, Redford looked good back then, sigh...
Well, and if you ask me, he still does  |
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| SweetVirginia |
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FotiniD wrote:
Well, and if you ask me, he still does
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| jb |
I love Barbara and shall attend.............look for the $1500 dollar tickets for any future Stones gigs..............>? |
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| pdog |
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jb wrote:
I love Barbara and shall attend.............look for the $1500 dollar tickets for any future Stones gigs..............>?
Don't do IT! Celine will tour again, save your money for her! |
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| jb |
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pdog wrote:
Don't do IT! Celine will tour again, save your money for her!
You must embrace the Joey...........but for him, we all would not be here:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::>Amen |
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| voodoopug |
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jb wrote:
I love Barbara and shall attend.............look for the $1500 dollar tickets for any future Stones gigs..............>?
Young Jake is at it again....he will created at least 67 multi millionaires before he retires!!!! |
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| pdog |
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jb wrote:
You must embrace the Joey...........but for him, we all would not be here:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::>Amen
We all... LOL!
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| jb |
The new "Pdog" has emerged.............a user friendly, illustrated poster... |
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| pdog |
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jb wrote:
The new "Pdog" has emerged.............a user friendly, illustrated poster...
What's new is old...ect, ect...
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| jb |
Pretty!!!! natlie Portman is one hot, smart, Jew!!!!!!!!! |
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| pdog |
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jb wrote:
Pretty!!!! natlie Portman is one hot, smart, Jew!!!!!!!!!
Hot, smart and jew are often used to desribe us... |
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| Angiegirl |
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FotiniD wrote:
Well, and if you ask me, he still does
True, for nearly 70!  |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
I never understood her appeal. I don't care about her politics one way or another. She seems so goddam square. |
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| jb |
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Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
I never understood her appeal. I don't care about her politics one way or another. She seems so goddam square.
It's a 'Jew thing" |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
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jb wrote:
It's a 'Jew thing"
Oh. Well she is talented and if that sort of music appeals to someone that's cool....I guess.... She does have more class that Cher though. |
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| jb |
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Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Oh. Well she is talented and if that sort of music appeals to someone that's cool....I guess.... She does have more class that Cher though.
Cher , beleive it or not, was /is one of the higherst grossing tour acts of the last decade....Her numerous "final tours" have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars..... |
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| Saint Sway |
this pairing makes sense
Cohl was successfully able to turn "The World Greatest R&R Band" into a cheesy Vegas Act.
maybe he can turn Streisand into a rock star. |
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| Angiegirl |
Isn't she hated with a passion by conservatives?
Yeah?
She'll be a star all over. |
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| pdog |
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jb wrote:
Cher , beleive it or not, was /is one of the higherst grossing tour acts of the last decade....Her numerous "final tours" have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars.....
Yentil will kill on her next tour, she will bring in more money than U2 and The Stones combined. |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
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Saint Sway wrote:
Cohl was successfully able to turn "The World Greatest R&R Band" into a cheesy Vegas Act.
What's the difference? |
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| Jumping Jack |
She is more widely hated than Bono! |
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| jb |
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Jumping Jack wrote:
She is more widely hated than Bono!
No............Macca takes the cake(and you pay the bar tab)... |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Babbs isn't as wardrobe crazy as Cher. At least Babbs takes her own music more seriously. Cher delights in the spectacle. Which is ok I guess. |
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| jb |
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Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Babbs isn't as wardrobe crazy as Cher. At least Babbs takes her own music more seriously. Cher delights in the spectacle. Which is ok I guess.
I find Cher attractive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
