A House Is Not A Homepage: The Music of Burt Bacharach

Vincent Cole sent in a few photos taken at Burt’s recent performance at the Music Center at Strathmore.

Burt will be appearing at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008.

Burt performs in Princeton, N.J., on June 7 for the McCarter Theatre’s 30th Annual Gala Benefit, and New Jersey’s Packet Online has a nice article to preview that show, What’s It All About, Burt?

Fernando reports in the Discussion Forum that the great U.K. reissues label Ace Records is scheduled to release a new collection of Bacharach rarities on July 15.

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Alvina just sent me these great photos of Burt at the Las Vegas Hilton on May 11, 2008. Since the show took place the night before Burt’s 80th birthday, Alvina and her friend Barbara delivered a cake in the shape of a grand piano to Burt before the show. Duff Goldman would be proud…

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Tina sent me this a while ago, but I finally got around to formatting and posting Burt’s updated Official Press Bio.

Burt Bacharach turns 80 today.

Burt has added a concert in Denver in September to his upcoming performance schedule. For the complete list of upcoming Bacharach performances, visit the On Tour page.

I posted links to a few recent articles and a video interview with Burt in conjunction with his current tour of Australia. You can access those via the Media page.

Also, Bacharach fans might be interested in checking out Just A Little Lovin’, the latest CD from American country music songwriter and vocalist Shelby Lynn. Just A Little Lovin’ is a tribute to Dusty Springfield and includes Lynn’s versions of two Bacharach songs recorded by Springfield, “The Look of Love” and “Anyone Who Had A Heart.”

January 29, 2008
At a press conference in Melbourne, Australia, today, Burt Bacharach announced that he’s written a new orchestral composition for the Sydney Symphony inspired by his tour of Australia last summer. “For the Children” will have its Australian premiere this Thursday night during Bacharach’s performance with the symphony at the Sydney Opera House. In addition, plans are in place to record Bacharach’s two performances with the symphony this week for a new CD to be released later in 2008, Burt Bacharach Live at the Sydney Opera House.

Burt’s tour of Australia and Japan–which he began a few days early in order to catch the men’s final of the Australian Open–coincides with this year’s Grammy Awards, at which Burt is scheduled to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In Burt’s absence, the award will be accepted by his children, Cristopher, Oliver and Raleigh.