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Barry Manilow on His Farewell Concerts (‘It Is Goodbye’) & Why Today’s Lyrics Sound Like a ‘Run-On Sentence’


Barry Manilow opens up about his farewell concert dates, what he thinks about today's songwriting and more.

“My mother always wanted me to be a doctor,” Barry Manilow quipped on stage Tuesday (June 3) night at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena. Though he “never got to know” Joel, Manilow adds that he wishes that Piano Man well in his struggle with the brain disorder Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) that has taken him off the road. “I Write the Songs,” of course, remains cemented into Manilow’s setlists, including his “lifetime” residency at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, which resumes on June 12.

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