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Afterwards, drop a comment with your full review of One Last Time. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE was taped at Jazz at Lincoln Centers Frederick P. 'We only got a couple of shows left and I really am very sad about it,' Gaga told the crowd before singing Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life,' which she dedicated to Mr. His family first went public with his diagnosis in February, and a revealing 60 Minutes segment followed in October (which you can view here).Ĭlick on the attached listicle to watch (or rewatch) select performances, then vote in our poll and tell us which songs touched you most. As Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's Cheek to Cheek world tour nears its end, the duo made a stop in Atlanta, GA for a sold-out show at the Chastain Park Amphitheatre. The Cheek to Cheek Tour is a co-headlining tour by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga in support of their album Cheek to Cheek (2014). It marked the first official full-length release between the pair and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2015.Gaga kicked things off with a four-song set, beginning with “Luck Be a Lady.” That was followed by “Orange Colored Sky,” “Let’s Do It” and “New York, New York.”īennett came out next, performing “Watch What Happens,” “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” He was also accompanied by Gaga on three songs - “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “Love for Sale” and “Anything Goes” - before he closed things out with “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”īennett and Gaga first collaborated on Bennett’s 2011 release Duets II, before they put out two complete albums together: 2014’s Cheek to Cheek (which took home a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2015) and 2021’s Love for Sale (which recently netted six Grammy noms).īennett, now 95, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2017.
“Anything Goes” is the opening track on Cheek To Cheek, the first collaborative album between Gaga and Bennett shared in 2014. “It just reminded me that anybody that has a family member or someone they love that’s suffering from Alzheimer’s or Dementia, music is magic. “A couple years later, his Alzheimer’s just started to set on, and I said ‘let’s go into the studio now’… When I tell you that when jazz begins, this man lights up in a way that is such magic,” Gaga said. The pair’s appearance at Radio City came as part of a two-night run that ultimately became Bennett’s final live performances before retiring at the suggestion of his medical team following a diagnosis with Alzheimer’s Disease. And he goes, ‘Hey Lady’ – that’s what he calls me – ‘we need to make a Cole porter record, all Cole Porter songs, all love songs.’” “Our album Cheek to Cheek went No.1 and I called him and said, ‘Hey Tone, we’re number one all over the world with a jazz record’. Artist: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Tour: Cheek to Cheek Tour, Venue: Stadio Comunale Santa Giuliana, Perugia, Italy. Tony Bennett says he and Lady Gaga plan to spend more time joined at the musical hip or, if you prefer, cheek. The legendary performer has performed duets with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Faith Hill, bringing his music to a brand new (and beyond appreciative) modern audience. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga at Umbria Jazz Festival 2015. Tony Bennett is, as his wife Susan puts it, a national treasure.
“Watching him begin his journey with Alzheimer’s years ago, I remember I wanted to make good on a promise I made to him,” she explained. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Prepare To Go ‘Cheek To Cheek’ Once More. Gaga also spoke with Colbert about her collaborative work with Bennett during an interview to pair with the performance. Earlier this month, the duo shared a performance of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” from Cheek To Cheek for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert filmed earlier this year at Radio City Music Hall. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, prominent American recording artists first met backstage in 2011 after Gaga had performed a rendition of Nat King Coles 'Orange Colored Sky', at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City, New York, United States.Thereafter Bennett asked Gaga to sing a duet with him on his upcoming album.