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This is Tony’s last time leaving the stage as a performer. And she really pointed out that this is Tony’s last time singing in public. And Gaga came out and sang him “Happy Birthday.” Then-you know how Gaga can be very self-consciously… genuine? So, she did that genuine Gaga thing where she’s being genuine-and she really is being genuine, but it’s so determinedly genuine. It was really beautiful and it was really poignant. Beautiful.” And it really wasn’t until the end, when Gaga was escorting him off the stage, that you had any inkling that this was a diminished performer, that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s, really. I mean, he didn’t do a lot of banter, obviously. He seemed like he was soaking it in.Īnd he seemed like he knew what was going on, where he was?Ībsolutely. And you were like, Oh my god, I wish that I could do this when I’m 95! He seemed really grateful.
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And there were times that that timbre that made him so famous was perfectly there. And he sang a bunch of high notes and got most of them. And so, the songs that he sang solo, every word was there. Because music inhabits a different part of your brain than, like, words or driving. He moved slowly, but he also seemed… What I know about Alzheimer’s is that the music in you is the last to go. And her last outfit was floor-length gold lame with a three-quarter-length gold lame cape that she twirled and twirled and twirled.
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She had her hair in that up blonde ’do the whole time. Off the shoulder, with white trim at the bottom. Her second outfit was a tea-length kind of Christian Dior silhouette, very, very shiny, plastic-looking black dress. So, her first outfit was a floor-length white and silver spangled, I think strapless, dress with a huge feather boa that she used to great effect for the entire first segment and ended up almost shredding at the end.
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It’s very much Lady Gaga singing jazz standards with an unbelievable orchestra jazz band. But she brings her point of view to all of her interpretations of the American Songbook. She didn’t do any Gaga numbers that had been jazz-ified. Was it all standards or did Gaga do jazz versions of her songs?Īll standards. And then they did a couple duets at the end He actually did, like, eight songs that were shortened versions of his songs. And she actually made a joke, she was like, “I know you’re wondering where Tony Bennett is and you’ve been wondering that for the last 30 minutes…” And then she sang the last song and Tony came out. But she performed for what felt like over an hour. So, it was hard to have any sense of time. It was mainly Lady Gaga-you know, they took our phones away and locked them away like Madonna. It was like, Oh, this is why I pay all this money to live in New York City. And the crowd was singing along and there were spotlights going around. The highlight for me was that she sang “New York, New York” right before Tony Bennett came out in, like, a top hat. The room was…everybody was there to party. People have asked me all day how the show was, and it was like…magic! My four sentence review has been: Lady Gaga was on point, at the height of her power, relaxed and fun and sounded amazing. He was at Radio City for the final of the two nights, so of course I had to pump him for the details. Luckily, my buddy Robert, a Manhattan-based musician, was one of those lucky enough to score a ticket. He and Gaga are releasing their second album of jazz standards in October, and according those who saw them, this week’s performances were “magical.” Press was banned from both gigs and fans had to surrender their phones at the door. The legendary singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016, and the Radio City concerts were billed as the “last NYC performances of his career.”īut Bennett is going out in style. The two-night stand marked Bennett’s 95th birthday-and what is likely his final onstage performance. This week, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett reunited to play a pair of shows at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (Photo by Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images)