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Hello in There: Bette Midler

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18 Comments on “Hello in There: Bette Midler”

  2. Hedley's avatar Hedley Says:

    July 9, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    Pander,

  3. Birgit's avatar Birgit Says:

    July 9, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    Can I start an international “War on Violins”? Another really great rendition drowned in sirup.

  4. Hedley's avatar Hedley Says:

    July 10, 2015 at 9:06 am

    Most rock ‘n’ roll audiences understand that it’s a very rock ‘n’ roll thing to do to keep an audience waiting. But when many of them are in their sixties, as was the case in Birmingham’s packed 14,000 seat Barclaycard Stadium last night, understanding starts to wear thin

    “How many of you drove here tonight?” she bellows. To the hands that go up she said, “So good to see that some of my fans can still drive at night.”

    The music is international. But much the comedy has been adapted to British tastes. A riff on how she wish she had ‘monetised’ her sex life a la Kim Kardashian is accompanied with projected mocked up selfies of her in bed with lovers of the past including, Putin, Jeremy Clarkson (cue a comment about gear sticks) and Jamie Oliver (something obscene with a lettuce leaf).

    Audience favourite hits such as Rose and that obscenely sentimental number one The Wind Beneath My Wings didn’t come till late on. But by then nobody minded the wait.

    From the review in the Daily Telegraph of Ms Midler’s efforts in the old country. Showed up a bit late with the same jokes as the US tour – oh well, I am sure I will be told it was a work of a genius.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      July 10, 2015 at 12:06 pm

      MDH,
      If I had the money, I would have seen Bette in Boston. I did see one of her tours a long while back, and it was amazing. She played perfectly to the audience who lapped it up, including me.

      It was a work of genius, her Barclaycard Stadium concert. I just thought I’d say it and save you the wait!

  5. im6's avatar im6 Says:

    July 10, 2015 at 3:00 pm

    And this is why there are wars because some people (or countries) try to bait other people (or countries) and I’m not going to fall into that cheap trap. You can froth over who you want to froth over and that’s no skin off my back and I’m sure not going to be a bully about it.


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