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Some dates for Burt in concert here in the UK have just been announced. Burt will have orchestra and special guest Joss Stone. Monday 27 June Colston Hall, Bristol Wednesday 29 June Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Monday 4 July Royal Festival Hall, London Wednesday 6 July Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (ban...

I was looking over the TV and Radio schedules for the holidays to see what delights there might be for us here in the UK and found this. BBC Radio 2 Thursday 31 December 12:05 (Midday) Paul Gambaccini with Burt Bacharach Duration 1 hour 57 minutes Paul Gambaccini talks to Burt and Kyle Riabko about ...

Having been at the concert I agree with comments already expressed especially those about Joss Stone, Alfie Boe and Shaun Escoffery. They certainly understood the songs and put a lot into them. The reason Michael Grade was the host is that this was one of a series of A Life in Song concerts at the R...

Just noticed that here in the UK Burt is also scheduled on TV to appear on BBC1s One Show at 7pm TONIGHT.
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......they are joined by legendary composer Burt Bacharach who talks about his life and career, and performs Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.
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Barry

Hi David

Thanks for the heads-up on the Bournemouth show had not seen that one. I am glad to say my wife and I have tickets for the first RFH concert.

Great to hear Eliza can stay on to see family.

Best regards,
Barry

Demand for the concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 26 June has been such that an extra date has been added. Following the concerts in Glasgow and Edinburgh Burt & Co will return to the RFH for an additional concert on Sunday 7 July. From the RFH web site: Burt Bacharach needs little introducti...

In addition to We Have All The Time In The World from the Bond film On her Majesty’s Secret Service Hal David also provided the lyric to John Barry's theme for Moonraker sung by Shirley Bassey.

As a boy I can remember JB with his group The John Barry Seven.

A sad loss.

Happy Birthday to the great Hal David. 89 today and thanks for those wonderful lyrics.

Barry

Just noticed in my play list (second post on this thread) I missed out The World Is a Circle.
It was in the movie medley after What’s New Pussycat.
Barry

A fantastic night and as always in the UK Burt got a great ovation before, during and after. As well as the BBC Concert Orchestra Burt had his core band with singers Donna, Josie and John. Special guests were Jamie Cullum, Beth Rowley and Adele. Here is the play list: What the World Needs Now Is Lov...

Yep it was Please Explain from the At This Time album. Later in the same show with guest vocalist Rufus Wainwright Burt did Go Ask Shakespeare also from At This Time and finally also with Rufus he did Kentucky Bluebird (Message to Martha). These last two can be seen on You Tube. A search for Bachara...

While looking at John Pagano's website I noticed on his Appearances page he has dates in London with Burt scheduled for October 21/22, this is just before the Italian tour. No other details at the moment. If it comes off this will be great news!!


Cheers,

Barry

Hi, The programme you want is not available commercially BUT you get a copy on a U.S. site: http://www.ioffer.com/ This is reather like eBay but you can buy rather than bid and you can often use PayPal for payment. Go to the site and in their search engine enter Burt Bacharach and in the categories ...