Burt teams up with Rudy Perez for new song dedicated to school shooting survivors

Burt Bacharach and Rudy Pérez have co-written a new song dedicated to survivors of school gun violence. “Live to See Another Day” will be available on digital platforms, including Spotify and iTunes, starting on Sept. 21. Anyone who would like to donate to help eliminate violence in our schools through the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation can visit the Live To See Another Day donation page or www.sandyhookpromise.org. Thanks.

Music Icon Burt Bacharach Teams with Rudy Pérez for New Song Dedicated to Survivors of School Shootings

Proceeds from “Live To See Another Day” will be donated to Sandy Hook Promise, a national violence prevention organization founded by parents who suffered losses in the 2012 Newtown shooting

New Elvis Costello album to feature songs co-written with Burt Bacharach

New Elvis Costello Album, Look Now, To Arrive October 12

Recorded in Hollywood, New York City and Vancouver, British Columbia, it combines classic Costello songcraft with vintage Attractions/Imposters musicality and sophisticated orchestrations. There’s a jazzy feel in parts plus co-writes with Burt Bacharach (Don’t Look Now and Photographs Can Lie) and Carole King (Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter).

Burt Bacharach at Royal Festival Hall: Live Review

Burt Bacharach at Royal Festival Hall | Live review

A living music legend took to the stage of the Royal Festival Hall this weekend. Burt Bacharach performed a superb two-hour concert, combining an equal mix of his era-defining pop music, film scores and a few new pieces. “It’s a tough time,” he explained midway through.

Wisebuddah to record major concerts for Radio 2

‘Quincy Jones and Burt Bacharach are two of the greatest music icons’: Wisebuddah to record major concerts for Radio 2

Content company Wisebuddah has signed a deal with promoter Senbla to become the exclusive audio partner of forthcoming London shows from Quincy Jones and Burt Bacharach. As well as recording the concerts, Wisebuddah will create two programmes dedicated to each live show to air on BBC Radio 2.

New Burt Bacharach songs highlight Some Lovers in Adirondack Theatre Festival

New Burt Bacharach songs highlight “Some Lovers” in Adirondack Theatre Festival

The Adirondack Theatre Festival opens its summer season on Friday night with the first Burt Bacharach work for the stage since 1972’s “Promises, Promises,” co-written with Hal David and featuring the hit “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again.”

ATF announces upcoming show Some Lovers

ATF Announces Upcoming Show SOME LOVERS

The 24th season of the Adirondack Theatre Festival will kick-off on with the romantic musical Some Lovers. The show will open at the Charles R. Wood Theater, located at 207 Glen Street in downtown Glens Falls, June 15th-23rd, with a preview on June 14th.

How we made Funkadelic’s One Nation Under a Groove

“I wanted the silky feel of the Dionne Warwick records with Burt Bacharach – a smooth groove, but funky.”

–George Clinton

How we made Funkadelic’s One Nation Under a Groove

We’d played a gig in Washington DC and afterwards two young girls, LaTanya and Darlene, came up to the car and told us it was was the best concert they’d ever seen. They said: “It was like one nation under a groove.” As soon as I heard that, I knew it had to become a song.

 

Bacharach, Oswalt, 98 Degrees: Gallo Center’s upcoming season packed with star power

Bacharach, Oswalt, 98 Degrees: Gallo Center’s upcoming season packed with star power

When the Gallo Center for the Arts opened in 2007, it was with much fanfare, but also a sizable debt of $14 million. But that’s so $12 million ago. Today, about to close an 11th season that could notch another recording-breaking year in ticket sales, the downtown Modesto performing arts venue has slashed that debt to less than $2 million.

Santino Fontana, John Cariani and more set for Promises, Promises in Concert

Santino Fontana, John Cariani, Donna Lynne Champlin, More Set for Promises, Promises in Concert | Playbill

Santino Fontana, John Cariani, Donna Lynne Champlin, More Set for Cabaret & Concert News Promises, Promises in Concert Jack Cummings III will direct the evening for the Transport Group. Transport Group has announced initial casting for Promises, Promises, the company’s second musical in this season’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series.