Me, Olivia, Mykel McCarthy and Michael |
Had an amazing time last night in Atlantic City with Olivia Newton-John at her concert at Caesars. The concert was sold out and clearly the audience was in love before Olivia even hit the stage.
Great set of songs. Of course the hits (Xanadu, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Physical, Have You Never Been Mellow, all that...) a medley of her earlier country hits, some Christmas songs (Christmas on My Radio, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas), some new songs (Weightless from her upcoming movie "A Few Best Men") and ending with songs from Grease. It's amazing that Olivia sounds almost better than she did 30 years ago. She was in excellent voice.
For Michael's birthday, I asked Olivia to bring Michael up on stage to be a T-Bird in "Summer Nights" which was huge for Michael. His parents were with us, so they got to see Michael sing onstage with Olivia. Very cool.
Then we had some time backstage with Olivia and the band before her bus had to head on to Albany.
One last thing I gotta say: Olivia was wearing some fierce black pants and looked amazing in them. Sex symbol in her 60s. It's obvious why the public is still in love with Olivia and her music.
With her fab new movie, 2 CDs in the works plus some other things, I'm looking forward to Olivia's 2012.
Xanadu!
...Some other things??? Hints Hints please!
ReplyDeleteLOL... sorry. I'm thinking of Olivia's Cancer and Wellness Centre opening, the release of her cookbook in several countries and the symphony concerts in Oz. Plus more things we don't even know of yet.
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Great photo, Randy. Sounds like you guys had a terrific night. How cool is it that Michael got to be a T-Bird!! ; )
ReplyDeleteGrest photo my friend. Hope to meet you someday. We have Olivia and Broadway in common, but you are the professional. I read that you actually formed part of the Follies company years back. Wow!!! That production is a big mistery to me because I was quite sick during that period and was not able to follow the news. If you can tell me a little bit of your experience. I am nuts about Follies :)
ReplyDeleteGreat that Michael sung with Olivia!!!
One question, maybe we met sometime years back as I went to a lot Olivia's shows, since Vegas New Years Eve in 98 to my last concert in Los Angeles, I think in 2004 or 06.
Thanks and chau from Spain.
Carlos
Wow! Someone else spells their name like I do. Very cool. Great post. It's a beautiful picture of all of you!!!!! The best part must've been Michael going on stage. A memory for a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the latest news of our beloved Olivia! I'm sooooo jealous...& love you too. LOL!
ReplyDeleteLoved this show so much. It was first Olivia concert and meeting her afterwards was icing on a cake.
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