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Tony Bennett

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
SW7 2AP
T: 0207 589 8212
Tube: South Kensington,
Gloucester Road, Knightsbridge
13 & 14 April 2005, 7pm
UKP39.50

Still Crooning Strong
Tony Bennett brings the better days back during his short stop-over in London.

"THE CHAIRMAN of the board" and "The Velvet Fog" may be gone, but Tony Bennett, their standard-singing contemporary is still going strong. Although he never achieved the fame of Frank Sinatra or Mel Torme in his early years, Bennett did make a name for himself with a few late 50s and early 60's vocal classics like "I left my heart in San Francisco". More impressively, rather than resting on his laurels, in the lest decade he has had a remarkable rebirth, beginning with his 1994 MTV Unplugged album going multi-platinum, winning a Grammy, and introducing his music to a whole new generation of fans.

Now in his late 70s, Bennett is still hitting the road, after playing a one-off gig at Royal Festival Hall in early December, he will be playing two dates at Royal Albert Hall in the spring.

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