{"id":2253363,"date":"2026-01-27T20:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2253363"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:36:05","slug":"barry-manilow-announces-final-long-island-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/barry-manilow-announces-final-long-island-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Manilow announces final Long Island performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow has added UBS Arena<\/a> to his ongoing tour, a stop that will mark “his final Long Island performance,” according to the venue.<\/p>\n

The April 13 show is part of what Manilow is calling “The Last Concerts.” Tickets for the general public will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at barrymanilow.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Manilow, 82, announced in December that he had been diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer<\/a>\u00a0and moved 10 January dates to future months. After undergoing surgery (thanks to the early detection, he posted last month on Instagram<\/a>, his medical team is optimistic), Manilow is now expanding his tour: He recently added six new March shows in mostly Southern states, according to Pollstar, and his latest round includes seven new April shows in the Northeast.<\/p>\n

At each show, Manilow will honor a local educator with the Manilow Music Teacher Award, part of an education fund he launched in 2008. The award comes with $5,000 in cash and $5,000 to be used for classroom instrument purchases. Nominees will be revealed Feb. 19\u00a0and online voting will end March 19.<\/p>\n

Manilow, a soft-pop balladeer who rose to fame<\/a> in an era of rock and disco, racked up an impressive list of hits that included “Looks Like We Made It,” “Can\u2019t Smile Without You,” “I Write the Songs” and “Copacabana (At the Copa).” The latter became a 1985 television movie for CBS in which Manilow played the tragic hero, Tony, opposite Annette O\u2019Toole as the showgirl, Lola. Though Manilow\u2019s hits had stopped coming by the 1990s, he continued to release studio albums \u2014 a total of 31 so far \u2014 and in 2005 launched the first of his popular Las Vegas residencies.<\/p>\n

And he\u2019s still going: Manilow\u2019s latest single is “Once More Before I Go,” a cover of a Peter Allen song, which was released in September and is currently at No. 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Though the song\u2019s title suggests a career capstone, Manilow will reportedly release new music this year.<\/p>\n

Also in April, Manilow will receive the President\u2019s Award from the American Advertising Federation for his work on iconic commercial jingles for Band-Aid, McDonald\u2019s, State Farm (“Like a good neighbor”) and more.<\/p>\n

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