Lorne wrote:

WE LOVE NYC: The Homecoming Concert, airing exclusively on CNN and presented by Anheuser-Busch®, Citi®, and Expedia®, and will feature a wide array of music icons and artists spanning entertainment and music, including Jon Batiste, Andrea Bocelli, Kane Brown, LL COOL J, Elvis Costello, Lucky Daye, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Cynthia Erivo, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Hudson, Wyclef Jean, Journey, JP Saxe and Julia Michaels, The Killers, Gayle King, Don Lemon, Barry Manilow, Maluma, New York Philharmonic, Polo G, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, and Rob Thomas. 
https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/08/19/cnn-to-exclusively-broadcast-we-love-nyc-the-homecoming-concert-produced-by-new-york-city-clive-davis-and-live-nation-on-saturday-august-21/

The concert had to be cut short when heavy rain and lightning from tropical storm Henri filled the sky during Barry Manilow's performance. I guess the guy upstairs doesn't like him either.
 

Lorne wrote:

Roman wrote:

The concert had to be cut short when heavy rain and lightning from tropical storm Henri filled the sky during Barry Manilow's performance. I guess the guy upstairs doesn't like him either. 

Yes, but that wasn't enough to stop Manilow. He still made it through the rain, and found himself respected as well.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/not-even-a-hurricane-can-keep-barry-manilow-from-performing.html

as soon as the announcer asked folks to leave, the cameras cut to the studio. munchalong might have finished the song he was doing but certainly couldn't have done another number or completed his set, as i'm sure the highly competent union engineers would have immediately begun powering down in the face of rain and wind.

while  some did gush about how great they believed his performance was, i thought he was terrible, attempting a vegas style cabaret song and dance act ("let's see how many of you remember this one!") for a festival crowd was very weak and cheesy, in my view. however, his voice did seem to be in reasonably good shape though.


 

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