Neil Diamond World Tour 2005

Neil's confirmed 2005 tourdates are below. July-December US Tourdates expected soon, stay tuned!
http://neildiamondhomepage.com/tourdate.htm

Sat 03/05/05 Wellington, NZ WestpacTrust Stadium
Mon 03/07/05 Christchurch, NZ Westpac Trust Centre
Fri 03/11/05 Sydney, AUS Sydney SuperDome
Sat 03/12/05 Sydney, AUS Sydney SuperDome
Sun 03/13/05 Sydney, AUS Sydney SuperDome
Tue 03/15/05 Brisbane, AUS Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Wed 03/16/05 Brisbane, AUS Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Sat 03/19/05 Perth, AUS Subiaco Oval
Tue 03/22/05 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena
Wed 03/23/05 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena
Thu 03/24/05 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena
Sat 03/26/05 Adelaide, AUS Adelaide Oval
Mon 03/28/05 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena
Wed 03/30/05 Brisbane, AUS Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Tue 05/17/05 Sheffield, UK Hallam FM Arena
Thu 05/19/05 Manchester, UK Manchester Evening News Arena
Fri 05/20/05 Manchester, UK Manchester Evening News Arena
Sun 05/22/05 Hull, UK Kingston Communications Stadium
Tue 05/24/05 Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena
Thu 05/26/05 Ipswich, UK Portman Road
Sat 05/28/05 Birmingham, UK NEC Arena
Sun 05/29/05 Birmingham, UK NEC Arena
Tue 05/31/05 London, UK Earls Court Arena
Wed 06/01/05 London, UK Earls Court Arena
Sat 06/04/05 Bedfordshire, UK Woburn Abbey
Mon 06/06/05 Glasgow, Scotland S.E.C.C.
Tue 06/07/05 Glasgow, Scotland S.E.C.C.
Wed 06/08/05 Glasgow, Scotland S.E.C.C.
Sat 06/11/05 Dublin, IRE Lansdowne Road Stadium
Tue 06/14/05 Bristol, UK Ashton Gate Stadium



Neil Diamond concerts are fun.Its the only concert i buy my parents tickets to and take them with me.

The rumor is that this will be 64 year old Neil's last tour .Anyone else planning to go?I hope he plays MSG again.

Is Neil that freaking huge in Australia?

yes.There is even a websight counting down till he plays there (
23 Hours 10 Minutes 42 Seconds the last time I checked).

http://members.optushome.com.au/reminis ... 20Page.htm

how much were tickets?

I love Neil Diamond. If he comes to Canada, I'll definately get tickets.

I love when Will Ferrell imitates Neil Diamond.

I'm thinking about going to see 'Super Diamond - The Alternative Neil Diamond Experience' I have no idea what it's about, obviously a cover band with a twist. They're playing down at The Troc and would be fun to see, anyone ever heard/seen them??

Neil Rules.

Yes. That's what all our littluns' listen to, on the beach, in classrooms, at shopping centres, at the footy, losing their virginity, whatever.

"This next song I wrote after I killed a drifter to get an erection."

they rule!Here is their websight that has clips and stuff for you to get a taste. http://www.superdiamond.com/

also check out the "Best Heavy Metal Neil Diamond Tribute Band" Brother Love
http://www.neildiamondtribute.com/music.htm#

i cant hear about, read about, or think about without being reminded of

"Neil i want to party with you"

"It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography."

"if you grab one chip, and there all stuck together, it counts as one nacho"

here is my Top 20 Neil Diamond songs:

(I recently made a cdr of my favorite Neil songs and these are the mp3's/ songs I put on it)

1.Dry Your Eyes(Live)
2.Shilo
3.I Havent Played This Song In Years
4.I've Been This Way Before
5.You Got Your Troubles,I Got Mine
6.Open Wide These Prison Doors
7.I Am I Said
8.Holly Holy (Hot August Night version)
9.Sweet Caroline (Hot August Night version)
10.If You Know What I Mean
11.Songs of Life
12.The Boat that I Row (Live 2002 Stages)
13.Mama Dont Know
14.The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore
15.Remember Me
16.Im Alive
17.Yes I Will,Lady Magdalene (Live)
18.Hooked on the Memory of You
19.Be Mine Tonight
20.Walk on Water

I rode around in a car with Neil one afternoon and he smoked cubans and listened to metallica at ear bleeding levels..

Diamond Teams With Rubin

Pop legend returns to songwriting roots on upcoming set

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... 6.0.12.104


Rick Rubin is hoping to do for Neil Diamond what he did for Johnny Cash. The producer -- who revived the Man in Black's career in the Nineties with the Grammy-winning American Recordings series -- has revealed to Rolling Stone that he is producing Diamond's next album, the follow-up to 2001's Three Chord Opera.

"I've always been a fan. We got to meet and talk, and it just kind of happened," Rubin says of the project, which he hopes will be out by year's end. "We've done all the basic tracks, and we're gonna go from there."

The record will mark a slight change in direction for Diamond, moving away from his recent, lavishly arranged crooner material to his stripped-down singer-songwriter style of the late Sixties. "This is more of a songwriter's album than a singer's album," says Rubin.

Diamond made his name almost forty years ago penning such anthems as "Kentucky Woman," "Sweet Caroline" and "Cracklin' Rosie." The Monkees scored a Number One hit with Diamond's "I'm a Believer" in 1966, UB40 did the same with "Red, Red Wine" in 1988 and Urge Overkill's rendition of "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" was the leftfield hit from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack in 1994. Cash and Rubin worked up a cover of Diamond's "Solitary Man" for 2000's American III: Solitary Man.

Rubin hopes the record will underscore Diamond's reputation as one of pop's greatest songwriters: "He deserves it more than anyone."

Diamond is currently on tour in Australia. He will then travel to Europe before beginning a U.S. trek in July.


Cracklin' again

my mom LOVES neil, shes seen him like 5 times in concert.

i like him......"forever in blue jeans" is great.

that's pretty cool that neil is going to work with rubin, he is one of my favorite producers out there.