This just in…new Bacharach tour dates for 2006.

Happy birthday, Dionne! Dionne Warwick turns 65 today.

Congratulations to Burt! Burt Bacharach received two Grammy Award nominations yesterday. Burt was nominated in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance Category for “In Our Time,” a collaboration with Chris Botti, and in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category for At This Time, his new CD. In addition, two performances of Bacharach compositions also received Grammy nominations: Seal’s recording of Walk On By was nominated in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category and Aretha Franklin’s performance of “A House Is Not A Home” from the album So Amazing: An All Star Tribute to Luther Vandross was nominated in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category. The 48th annual Grammy Awards will take place on Feb. 8, 2006, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS.