First Show - Phil Wright (3/31/98)

(Thanks to Lucy Waters for date corrections! - 4/10/98)

Favorite Show(s):  The whole concert was amazing. The songs... the sound... seeing Barry up close and at the BEST Theatre in the WORLD! - Mark Worrall (of England) (7/20/99)

First/Favorite Show (February 7):  It was so exciting. I felt as if I got to know Barry at this concert. It was terrific. - Anne Hudson (Grimsby, England) (11/13/99)

Favorite Show:  I liked the "small" venue and intimate atmosphere (on the other hand, being one of 40,000 at Blenheim '83 was awesome!). - Charmaine Hallmark (of the UK) (1/23/2000)

Favorite Show (London): In England, Barry is much freer than he is in the USA. I love all the off-color humor jokes he told. - Jeanine M. Rozum (South Bend, IN) (4/8/2000)

First Show (January 30) - Ruth Osborne (High Wycombe, England) (7/2/2000)

First Show (February 1): Wow! What a show, what a man. This for me is the BEST location. It's small, intimate and just him and me. Wow! What a thought!! - Lynne Smith (Hertfordshire, England) (11/6/2000)

Favorite Show - Myra Foster Edwards (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England) (9/6/2001)

First Show (Birmingham) - Ian Hammond (of England) (3/11/2002)

First Show: I was a Barry Manilow fan from the day I first heard "Mandy" on the radio. How can I describe perfection? Barry's concerts are just MAGIC! - Dorothy Woodburn (Northallerton, North Yorkshire, UK) (5/17/2002)

First Show - Sherry Russell (London, England) (9/22/2004)

First Show (Scotland) - Norma Ferrier (Edinburgh, Scotland) (2/5/2000)

First Show (Scotland) - Barbara McGookin (Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland) (3/19/2000)

Favorite Show (February 14, Manchester): [What I liked about this show was] Everything! The crowd was wild and so was Barry!! - Alison Lawrence (Nottingham, England) (4/21/2000)

First Show (Edinburgh): This was my first Barry concert at the age of 18, having been a big fan since "Let's Hang On" in 1981 (age 9). I loved every minute of this concert and the next four I managed to get to. - Wendy Rae (Dundee, Scotland) (7/30/2000)

First Show (March 1, Liverpool) - Jane Gregg (Liverpool England) (5/16/2002)

Favorite Show (March 4): It was Barry at his best - funny and most unpredictable. We never knew what was coming next. I love it when he surprises and drags out songs we have forgotten about. His voice was on top and the concert flowed into such a crescendo. I thought the audience would explode! I never saw such excitement and hilarity in a concert room. He tops himself every year but this one still stands out as the most fun I ever had at a Manilow concert. - Tracy (of the United Kingdom) (5/24/2002)

Favorite Show (February 12): Ah, Manchester! Got to meet Barry backstage and his delightful crew and band members. What a night! [Barry]'s got a great sense of humor. - Passy Schuld (Antwerp, Belgium) (9/12/2003)

Favorite Show (Brighton): Barry is so entertaining. He puts so much into his shows. I just listen to him All The Time. No one can sing a ballad like Barry! He's the best. I took my daughter and husband to the show. They loved it and told everybody how fab Barry is. All the family has been brought up with his music. - Jackie Langford (Purley, Surrey, England) (1/8/2004)

Favorite Show (February 14, Manchester Apollo): This concert was magical because we were going to The Freemason's Hall in Salford after the concert to a charity party Barry attended, and the anticipation of meeting Barry there made the concert even more exciting than ever. The whole experience was a once in a lifetime dream come true. - Tracey Harrison (Hull, Yorkshire, England) (4/23/2004)

First/Favorite Show (Wembley Arena): Unbelievable! I base myself on Barry's concerts [and] what a showman he really is. Barry is ahead of our time for concerts and always gives 100 percent. Thank God I was born in the mid-60's to hear this wonderful composer. - Les Lowther (Hemel, Hempstead, England) (7/19/2004)

National, the sponsor, is a famous electronics company (also called Panasonic).
Eolia is the name of the Air Conditioner!
"Eolia", the song, was a big hit in Japan.
Hideki Saijo (duet partner on "In Search Of Love") attended the concert
The regular ticket price was 10,000 Japanese yen (approximately 140 yen per $1 at the time)!