The Hardest Working Women in show Business, "Dionne&quo

[Vincent Cole]

I don't know how Dionne does this?

August 30 Watertown Fairgrounds Arena Watertown, NY

September 2 The Oasis Leisure Centre Swindon, UK

September 3 Hackney Empire London,UK

September 4 North Wales Theatre Llandudno, UK

September 5 Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, UK

September 6 & 7 Corn Exchange Kings Lynn, UK

September 8 Embassy Theatre Skegness, UK

September 9 Fairfield Halls Croydon, UK

September 10 Brentwood Centre Brentwood, UK

September 12 St. Davids Hall Cardiff, UK

September 13 Alexandra Theatre Birmingham, UK

September 14 St. Georges Hall Bradford, UK

September 15 Villa Marina Isle of Man

September 17 Philharmonic Liverpool, UK

September 18 Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, UK

September 19 Civic Center Aylesbury, UK

September 20 BBC Studios (live concert with the bbc concert orchestra
radio broadcast) London, UK

September 22 Faloconer Salen Copenhagen, Denmark

September 23 Musikteater Vejle, Denmark

September 24 Tinghallen Viborg, Denmark

September 27 Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands

October 6,7,8,9 Orleans Hotel and Casino Las Vegas,NV

October 21 North Fork Theatre @Westbury, Westbury, Long Island,NY

October 22 Ford Community & Performance Arts Ctr Dearborn, MI

October 29 Jamaica House Kingston, Jamaica

November 12 Kongresshalle Augsburg, Germany

November 19 Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, ON, Canada

December 7 TBA Ghana, Africa

December 10 Bergen Performing Arts Center Englewood, NJ

Dec. 15,16,17,18 Orleans Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV

March 16,17,18,19, 2006 Orleans Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV

April 15, 2006 Spotlight 29 Casino Coachella, CA

May 19, 2006 John A. Walker Community Center Wilkesboro, NC

May 20, 2006 Tennessee Theater Knoxville, TN

October 12,13,14,15, 2006 Orleans Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV

[Nikray]

I agree!!

[An Enormous BB Fan]

Can any voice take this kind of abuse?

[GehVorbei]

i´m not sure this schedule really qualifies as abuse. As-a-matter-of-fact my experience during the last couple of years was that these real tours where she stays in one country or region for a month or so packed with concerts actually does wonders for the flexibility of her voice.

And on top of everything she needs (and deserves) the money.

[Guest]

FROM HACKNEY EMPIRE SHOW -LONDON

Here I Am

April Fools

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Arthurs Theme

Valley Of The Dolls Theme

The Look Of Love

A House Is Not A Home

What The World Needs Now

Alfie

I Sing Because I'm Happy <Gospel>

Children Go Where I Send Thee <Gospel>

Don't Make Me Over

Walk On By

Anyone Who Had A Heart

You'll Never Get To Heaven

I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Message To Michael

This Girl's In Love with You

I Say A Little Prayer For You (With David Elliot)

Then Came You

All The Love In The World

Heartbreaker

Aquarela Do Brazil

Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again

That's What Friends Are For (with David Elliot)

and what a show it was THE VOICE on TOP FORM and DAVID ELLIOTT opening for his mom

[Guest]

Pop

Dionne Warwick

Hackney Empire, London

Robin Denselow

The Guardian

There are two obvious key ingredients for a long-lasting pop career.
One is to have a batch of classic songs identified with your name;
the second is to retain the enthusiasm to sing them as if they still
really matter.
Dionne Warwick's career has lasted for 43 years now: she started out
in the same year as the Rolling Stones, and like them she has
succeeded on both counts. The songs were provided for her, thanks to
her association with that classic songwriting team of Burt Bacharach
and Hal David, but the treatment has always been distinctively hers.
At 64, the one-time gospel singer from New Jersey is in remarkable
form. She came on looking very glamorous with a taste for glitter, 
and at once embarked on the sort of non-stop medley of standards that
most performers would save for an encore.
Here I Am, The April Fools, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,
Arthur's Theme (When You Get Caught Between The Moon and New York
City), and What the World Needs Now followed each other at breakneck
speed, with Warwick instantly putting her stamp on all of them with
her gently understated style. Even when she reached Alfie, a song
that is regularly wrecked by those who pile on the emotion, she
showed how a thoughtful, almost conversational approach can bring
life to the most well-worn standard.

Not that she lacks vocal power when she needs it. A piano-backed
monologue about her early years was followed by a reminder of her
gospel roots, with a joyful, stomping treatment of His Eye On The
Sparrow and Children Go Where I Send Thee("two that Mahalia Jackson
taught me") and then a non-stop run through many of her greatest hits.

Don't Make Me Over, from 1962, was followed by everything from Walk
On By to Barry Gibb's Heartbreaker, Tom Bell's Then Came You and
there were even surprises, including some soulful duets with her son,
David Elliott. Reports that this is her last British tour are
nonsense. When she's on this form, she'd be crazy to quit.

[Toms]

Got my tickets for the Dearborn, Mi show on October 22.
Dearborn is just outside Detroit. We are lucky here Dionne has been in the area 4 or 5 times in the last few years. Couple years ago she performed a benifit concert with Burt and full orchestra in Detroit, sponsered by Chrylser Corp. It was great. Saw her show last time with her son David Elliott, he is talented, but prefer Dionne by herself.
Just hope Burt adds a few more concerts to his schedule in the new future.
Tom