Burt Bacharach will be performing at Wrightegaarden in Langesund, Norway, on July 13 and at Casa de Campo de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, on July 29. The Langesund show’s location was previously listed as TBA and the Madrid venue is a different one than previously announced.
You can see all of Burt’s current tour dates by visiting the On Tour page.
Happy birthday to Burt Bacharach, who turns 81 today.
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Burt’s publicity folks have officially announced the dates for his European tour this summer.
July 9th Antwerp, Belgium Queen Elizabeth Hall
July 11th Rotterdam, Holland North Sea Jazz Festival
July 13th Oslo, Norway Venue TBA
July 16th Perugia, Italy Arena S. Giuliana
July 18th Lucca, Italy Piazza Napoleone
July 20th Taormina, Sicily Teatro Greco
July 22nd Brescia, Italy Piazza Loggia
July 24th Rome, Italy Cavea Auditorium Parco Della Musica
July 26th Malaga, Spain Malaga Teatro Cervantes
July 29th Madrid, Spain Madrid Conque Duque Theatre
In addition to the European dates, Burt will also perform on March 6, 2010, at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall. To see Burt’s complete upcoming concert schedule, visit the On Tour page.
Quite a few people have been asking about a Burt Bacharach page on Facebook. Well, fan Zachary Kappel has answered that call by creating a Facebook group dedicated to Burt Bacharach. If you’re a member of Facebook, join the group to post comments about Burt, discuss his music and share your thoughts with fans from around the world.
Burt Bacharach will be the special celebrity guest on Saturday’s edition of National Public Radio’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, the NPR news quiz.
Each week, the show invites a celebrity guest to play its “Not My Job” segment, in which host Peter Sagal asks the celebrity questions on a topic far removed from his or her area of expertise. It’s usually a lot of fun.
Wait Wait airs at various times on the many NPR affiliates, so check your local listings for the time in your area, but if you happen to miss it this week, you can catch Burt’s segment via Wait Wait’s website or its podcast.
Superfan Vincent Cole sent in these photos of Burt and his band before and after their show in Utica, N.Y., on Oct. 5, 2008. Vincent’s review of the show is posted on the Bacharach discussion board. Thanks, Vincent!
Burt Bacharach will debut his new CD—his first live CD in 30 years—on QVC tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 10 p.m. (ET).
Burt Bacharach Live at the Sydney Opera House features 32 songs spanning Bacharach’s career and recorded at the world-famous venue with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
During the QVC Presents Burt Bacharach QSessions Live broadcast, the Grammy® and Academy Award winner will perform a selection of songs from Burt Bacharach Live at the Sydney Opera House while giving viewers an inside look at the making of the album. Fans will also have the opportunity to purchase the CD with a specially packaged bonus disc, which was created especially for QVC, nearly three weeks before street date.
“As my first live album since Woman, which I released in 1979, it seems fitting for me to debut my latest CD live on QVC,” said Bacharach. “I am excited to be able to perform these songs for QVC’s viewers and really get to the heart of what these songs mean to me and what they have come to mean for my fans. It’s going to be a really fun show, and I hope viewers will interact the way my live audiences around the world do when we perform.”
Of special interest to serious Bacharach fans, a three-song bonus disc included with QVC orders will include Burt’s new composition “For the Children,” which was performed at the Sydney concert but is not included on the live disc.
On Sept. 29, Friday Music released Burt Bacharach’s 1981 motion picture soundtrack Arthur for the very first time on CD in the U.S. This new version, remastered from the original Warner Music source tapes and featuring brand new liner notes, contains some of Burt’s finest work of the period, including the No. 1 hit “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do),” performed by Christopher Cross. The CD is currently available via Friday Music’s website, but should soon be available via most major online retailers, including Amazon and CDUniverse.