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Kudos to Neil Diamond for a first-class apology!
(Lauren Bloom's Blog)
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My hat goes off to singer Neil Diamond, whose ''silk and sandpaper'' voice has contributed so many hits to popular music. Unfortunately, even rock stars get sick now and then, and Diamond recently suffered a bout of laryngitis that left fans in Ohio disappointed after one of his concerts. Diamond not only publicly apologized, he did something that's almost unprecedented in the music industry ? he gave his audience their money back.
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Sep 4, 2008 @ 05:00 AM
Q&A with Neil Diamond
(St. Louis Today)
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Neil Diamond's hits go back to the '60s, but "Home Before Dark," released in May, is his first record to debut at No. 1....
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Aug 29, 2008 @ 07:00 AM
Singer Neil Diamond refunds fans' money after poor concert
(Telegraph - UK)
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Neil Diamond issued a statement on his web site apologising for the under-par performance.
Diamond, 67, who had a gravelly voice even in his salad days, was diagnosed with acute laryngitis after Monday's show in Columbus, Ohio in front of an 11,000 strong audience....
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Aug 28, 2008 @ 09:00 PM
Neil Diamond To Refund 11,000 Tickets After Poor Ohio Performance
(Rolling Stone)
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Following a poor performance at a concert in Columbus, Ohio, singer Neil Diamond felt it necessary to say sorry to his fans. But instead of just issuing an apology (which he did) and promising to perform better his next time through Ohio (which he said he will), Diamond will instead refund the tickets of every single person who attended the August 25th concert at the Value City Arena. To break it down numerically, that's 11,000 tickets that the Solitary Man will refund....
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Aug 28, 2008 @ 03:00 PM
A rapsy Neil Diamond gives refunds to concert-goers
(Paste Magazine)
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Neil Diamond was diagnosed with laryngitis after a recent concert at Ohio State University, where he reportedly ''sounded raspy.'' Many fans walked out during the event, which took place on Monday, demanding refunds and flooding the veteran singer-songwriter's inbox with grievances. A spokeswoman came forward today, offering reimbursement to concert-goers who submit their requests before Sept. 5....
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Aug 28, 2008 @ 10:00 AM
Neil Diamond Offering Concert Refunds
(411 Mania)
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Disappointed Neil Diamond fans will get a refund after attending a concert at Ohio State University in which the 67-year-old singer's voice sounded raspy....
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Aug 28, 2008 @ 07:00 AM
Neil Diamond has visited Green Bay before
(Appleton Post Crescent)
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Ask folks the last time Neil Diamond played Green Bay, and they'll tell you they don't think he ever has.
Then again, most people don't have a memory like Diamond....
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Aug 25, 2008 @ 03:00 AM
Diamond Plays On the Diamond
(Boston Globe)
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Neil Diamond, the old-fashioned showman, and Neil Diamond, the contemplative songwriter, teamed up over the weekend at Fenway Park for a concert that split the difference between the two....
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Aug 24, 2008 @ 11:00 PM
Neil Diamond takes his 'beautiful music' to Fenway
(Taunton Gazette)
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This is Neil Diamond telling you how it is at age 67: ''I'm not reaching out for anybody but the audience that wants to listen. That's all. I'm not doing anything logical. I'm not pre-planning anything. Maybe I would have had a better career if I had and thought it out, but it was all based on how well I could write the songs, and how good the songs would be, and how the audience took it to their hearts, and it's still that way - exactly that way....''
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Aug 24, 2008 @ 04:00 PM
Diamond makes some beautiful noise at the park
(Boston Herald)
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Neil Diamond's heart may belong to the Yankees, but last night he loaned his soul to Fenway Park.
It wasn't exactly a ''Hot August Night.'' But things have changed in the 36 years since Diamond released that landmark live recording: His hair's more under control, his shirts remain buttoned, the collars are unobtrusive and, perhaps most important, his oft-parodied dramatic performances are now tempered with smart restraint....
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Aug 23, 2008 @ 10:00 PM
Diamond night: Fenway feels Neil
(Boston Herald)
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Where it began?
Opening day at Fenway Park. Neil Diamond - via videotape - sang ''Sweet Caroline'' to the Red Sox crowd and announced he'd be the star of the ballpark's big 2008 rock concert....
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Aug 22, 2008 @ 06:00 AM
Neil Diamond shines in the night
(Albany Times Union)
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ALBANY ? It was a "Hot August Night" at the Times Union Center on Wednesday.
Superstar Neil Diamond brought his band to the arena for a superstar show that found him reprising many of the hits found on his landmark 1972 live album, "Hot August Night," as well as other chart-toppers and fan favorites from throughout his long career....
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Aug 22, 2008 @ 06:00 AM
Diamond songs sung true
(Las Vegas Sun)
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Jay White performs as Neil Diamond on Sunday at Le Bistro Theatre at the Riviera, where he has been impersonating the entertainer for nearly 10 years. Diamond has said he isn't considering an ongoing Vegas show and left the city off his tour schedule, so this former insurance salesman is local fans' go-to guy....
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Aug 19, 2008 @ 05:00 PM
ROUGH DIAMOND
(New York Post)
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NEIL Diamond spewing obscenities and shooting heroin? It nearly happened. In the upcoming bio, "He Is . . . I Say," David Wild reveals the famed singer-songwriter wanted to shed his squeaky-clean image by portraying Lenny Bruce in the 1974 flick "Lenny" and even did a successful screen test....
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Aug 19, 2008 @ 08:00 AM
Name the best crowd participation concert song
(Entertainment Weekly)
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I went to see Neil Diamond at Madison Square Garden Friday night, and it could be the most fun I've ever had at a concert. Though the squeals I let out at the start of "I Am... I Said" and "Love on the Rocks" were involuntary, I could've probably controlled myself during "Sweet Caroline" but didn't....
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Aug 19, 2008 @ 08:00 AM
Diamond delivers a gem of a concert
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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Neil Diamond's hard core fan base showed up at Mellon Arena last night to hear the iconic singer-songwriter deliver a solid two-hour set of some of the most popular tunes ever penned.
Diamond kicked the night off barreling through "Holly Holy," "Beautiful Noise" and "Street Life" with such professional polish and showmanship you forgot that this guy started his career as a Tin-Pan Alley songwriter and is pushing 70 years old....
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Aug 19, 2008 @ 06:00 AM
Neil Diamond concert hits nostalgic note with fans
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
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Buzz up!
Neil Diamond is one of those hallowed performers who never seems to age. At the Mellon Arena Monday night, he put on a concert awash in nostalgia; the fans who came to hear the hits got them, from "I Am ... I Said" to "Sweet Caroline."
What's surprising is that this was not a show that belongs in a time capsule....
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Aug 18, 2008 @ 09:00 PM
This time it's not a recording
(Boston.com)
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There's something almost mystical about the prospect of Neil Diamond singing "Sweet Caroline" in the flesh at Fenway Park next Saturday. The song, which blasts from the speakers at every home game, has become the team's unofficial anthem and more: a rousing eighth-inning singalong-turned-musical totem whose propitious properties remain a mystery - even to the songwriter who the folks at Fenway have been trying to lure to the park for years....
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Aug 16, 2008 @ 05:00 PM
Music Preview: 50 years going, Neil Diamond finds the top of the charts
(Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
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Well, like him or not, he's one of the most successful recording artists of all time:
* He's sold nearly 120 million albums worldwide.
* He's had 38 Top 40 hits.
* His songs have been covered by everyone from Sinatra to Presley to Killdozer....
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Aug 14, 2008 @ 05:00 AM
Glittery Diamond Charms Fans (and a Convert) With Greatest Hits
(Bloomberg News)
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Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Looking rugged and fit in a black suit and glittery embroidered shirt, Neil Diamond belted out ''America'' as 12,860 mostly middle-aged fans at New York's Madison Square Garden danced and sang along like a backup choir.
To my amazement, I was one of those fans at Diamond's sizzling two-hour show on Tuesday night....
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Aug 13, 2008 @ 10:00 PM
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