"Live by Request Starring Neil Diamond" is Highest Rated & Most Watched Installment in History of Critically-Acclaimed A&E Series.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001 New Neil Diamond Album, Three Chord Opera, Is Highest-Debuting Of Artist's Lifetime Neil Diamond is back and breaking records. "Live By Request starring Neil Diamond"--broadcast live on Saturday, July 28, 9pm-11pm (ET)--was the highest rated and most watched installment in the critically-acclaimed series of A&E "Live By Request" specials with a 2.0% of the Adult Audience reaching an average 1.6 million households. Highlights of "Live By Request starring Neil Diamond" included: Muhammad Ali's write-in request for "America" with Ali thanking Neil for making music, calling him "one of the most influential artists of our time"; Barbra Streisand's write-in request for their best-selling duet "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"; performances from Neil's new album, Three Chord Opera; and a host of Diamond hits--including "Holly Holy," "Sweet Caroline," "Cracklin' Rosie," and many others--played to an SRO See Self-regulatory organization. SRO See self-regulatory organization (SRO). cheering crowd. "Live By Request starring Neil Diamond" was broadcast live from Sony Music Studios Sony Music Studios is a well-known former music recording and mastering facility in New York City. The music and broadcasting complex was located at 460 W. 54th St., at 10th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan. It closed in August of 2007. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and was produced by Automatic Productions for the A&E Network. Released to stores on July 24, Three Chord Opera scored the highest chart debut--#15 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard 200 album chart--in Neil's career. Three Chord Opera has also achieved the highest first week's sales of any Neil Diamond album in the SoundScan era. The press is embracing Neil Diamond's Three Chord Opera. "These songs combine warm. accessible melodies with introspective in·tro·spect intr.v. in·tro·spect·ed, in·tro·spect·ing, in·tro·spects To engage in introspection. [Latin intr , openly romantic lyrics," wrote USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. while People magazine raved "...Diamond can blast away in that Big Bertha Big Bertha Either of two different sets of long-range artillery produced by the Krupp works (see Thyssen Krupp Stahl) in Germany during World War I. The first were 420-mm (16.5-in.) howitzers used by German forces advancing through Belgium in 1914. baritone baritone or barytone (both: băr`ĭtōn), male voice, in a lighter and higher range than a bass but lower than a tenor. like no one else.... The Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley Genre of U.S. popular music that arose in New York in the late 19th century. The name was coined by the songwriter Monroe Rosenfeld as the byname of the street on which the industry was based—28th Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway in the early vet continues to produce heroic, shirt-rending pop anthems." Or, as the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 pithily pith·y adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment. 2. Consisting of or resembling pith. put it: "Neil Diamond is cool. Again." In late September, Neil Diamond will embark on his first major tour in nearly two years (see itinerary following). Diamond's last public performance was his millennium concert in Denver, Colorado, a portion of which was broadcast as the "Rocky Mountain Time Midnight" portion of ABC's all night round-the-world Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 New Year's celebration. The top solo concert artist of the 1990s, Diamond continues to sell out major venues around the country and around the world. Neil Diamond has just seen the launch of his first-ever official website: www.neildiamond.com, which was praised by Joel Brown Joel Brown (born 31 January 1980) is an American hurdler. He finished sixth at the 2005 World Championships and seventh at the 2005 World Athletics Final. His personal best time is 13.22 seconds, achieved in July 2005 at the Bislett Games. of the Boston Herald The Boston Herald is a tabloid format newspaper, though not a tabloid in the traditional sense, and is the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts (the other being The Boston Globe). (Sunday, August 5, 2001) in an article headlined "Diamond' Official site is a real gem": "It's abstract and cool, like the opening of a James Bond film. It's happening."
Neil Diamond Tour Dates
Date City/State Venue
09/28/01 Columbus, OH Value City Arena
09/30/01 Washington, DC MCI Center
10/02/01 Boston, MA FleetCenter
10/03/01 Boston, MA FleetCenter
10/05/01 Detroit, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills
10/06/01 Detroit, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills
10/08/01 Chicago, IL United Center
10/09/01 Chicago, IL United Center
10/11/01 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
10/12/01 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
10/14/01 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena
10/15/01 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena
10/17/01 Philadelphia, PA First Union Center
10/18/01 Philadelphia, PA First Union Center
10/20/01 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
10/21/01 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
10/23/01 Rockford, IL Metrocentre
10/24/01 Moline, IL The Mark Of The Quad Cities
10/26/01 St. Paul, MN Excel Energy Center
10/27/01 St. Paul, MN Excel Energy Center
10/29/01 Fargo, ND Fargodome
11/01/01 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
11/02/01 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
11/04/01 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
11/09/01 Omaha, NE Omaha Civic Arena
11/10/01 Omaha, NE Omaha Civic Arena
11/12/01 St. Louis, MO Savvis Center
11/14/01 Milwaukee, WI U.S. Cellular Arena
11/15/01 Milwaukee, WI U.S. Cellular Arena
11/17/01 Dayton, OH Ervin J. Nutter Center
11/18/01 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
11/20/01 Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment Center
11/23/01 Oklahoma City, OK Myriad Convention Center
11/25/01 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
11/27/01 Phoenix, AZ America West Arena
11/29/01 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
11/30/01 Bakersfield, CA Centennial Garden
12/02/01 Portland, OR Rose Garden
12/03/01 Portland, OR Rose Garden
12/05/01 Seattle, WA Key Arena
12/06/01 Seattle, WA Key Arena
12/08/01 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
12/09/01 San Jose, CA Compaq Center
12/21/01 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
12/22/01 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
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