Timeless was a concert tour by entertainer Barbra Streisand. Following her hotly anticipated Millennium Concert 1999/2000 (which is cited as being part of this tour) Barbra decided to take this concert on the road for an 8-day tour of Australia, Los Angeles & New York. The tour grossed a record-breaking $70 million and drew audiences of 200,000 for only 10 dates.

History

The tour was directed by Streisand and Kenny Ortega and based on the original plan for two New Year's concerts marking the start of the 21st century. The dates were released in April and all tickets sold out within hours of going on sale. Following the success of the millennium concerts, Barbra decided to take the tour on the road and visited Australia for the first time and included Melbourne and Sydney before heading back to America for four other concerts in Los Angeles and New York City. While only ten shows were performed, they were spread over nine months.

Broadcasts and recordings The week before the final shows Columbia Records released Timeless: Live in Concert, a 2-disc CD of the millennium show that entered the US Billboard charts at number 21 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album includes a credit for Sydney Philharmonia Choirs who recorded backing tracks in March 2000 (the weekend after their live performances with Barbra in Sydney) that were included in this 'live' album. February 2001 saw the DVD release of Timeless, which debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard Top Music Video Sales chart and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Set list

"You'll Never Know" "Something's Coming" "The Way We Were" "Cry Me a River" "Lover, Come Back To Me" "A Sleepin' Bee" "Miss Marmelstein" "I'm the Greatest Star" / "Second Hand Rose" / "Don't Rain on My Parade" "Something Wonderful" / "Being Alive" "As Time Goes By" / "Speak Low" "Alfie" "Evergreen" "Papa, Can You Hear Me? / "You'll Never Know" "A Piece of Sky" Intermission "Putting It Together" "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" "Send In the Clowns" "Happy Days Are Here Again" "Get Happy "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb) "I Finally Found Someone" (with Bryan Adams) "Tell Him" (with Celine Dion) "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil Diamond)" "Sing" (with Jason Gould) "I've Got a Crush on You" "The Clicker Blues" "Simple Pleasures" "The Main Event" / "Fight" "I've Dreamed of You" "At the Same Time" "People" "Happy Days Are Here Again" "Don't Like Goodbyes" "I Believe" / "Somewhere"

Set list per official DVD track listing.

Shows + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue North AmericaDecember 31, 1999Las VegasUnited StatesMGM Grand Garden Arena15,842 / 15,842$18,231,213January 1, 2000 AustraliaMarch 9, 2000SydneyAustraliaSydney Football Stadiumrowspan="2" rowspan="4" March 10, 2000March 15, 2000MelbourneColonial Stadium70,000 / 70,000March 17, 2000 North AmericaSeptember 20, 2000Los AngelesUnited StatesStaples Center31,284 / 31,284$12,600,000September 21, 2000September 27, 2000New York CityMadison Square Garden25,994 / 25,994$14,393,750September 28, 2000Total143,120 / 143,120$63,456,176

Personnel NOTE: Some performers do not appear in person. Bryan Adams – vocals Robert L. Adcock – celli Louis Armstrong – trumpet Steve Becknell – french horn Douglas Besterman – arranger Chris Bishop – engineer Peggie Blu – backing vocals Chris Boardman – arranger Ralph Burns – arranger, adaptation Jorge Calandrelli – arranger Darius Campo – violin Chris Carlton – engineer Jon Clarke – woodwind John Clayton – arranger Don Costa – arranger Joe Covello – photography Debbie Datz-Pyle – contractor Mario de Leon – violin Neil Diamond – vocals Celine Dion – vocals Chuck Domanico – bass Bruce Dukov – violin Sam Emerson – photography Martin Erlichman – executive producer Bob Esty – arranger, conductor David Ewart – violin Peter Fletcher – product manager David Foster – arranger Bruce Fowler – trombone Ian Freebairn-Smith – arranger Lauren Frost – vocals Matt Funes – viola Judy Garland – vocals Barry Gibb – vocals Phil Gitomer – technical manager Savion Glover – actor Mark Graham – librarian Gary Grant – trumpet Dan Greco – percussion Henry Grossman – photography Marvin Hamlisch – arranger, director Jack Hayes – arranger Gwen Heller – violin Randee Heller – vocals Ryan Hewitt – assistant engineer Jerry Hey – trumpet Dan Higgins – woodwind Jim Hoffman – librarian Rupert Holmes – arranger Carrie Holzman-Little – viola Paul Jabara – arranger Bruce Jackson – sound design Ron Jannelli – woodwind Alan Kaplan – trombone Eddie Karam – arranger Suzie Katayama – celli Steve Khan – narrator Jay Landers – executive producer Alec Ledd – vocals Annie Leibovitz – photography Brian Leonard – violin Warren Leuning – trumpet Gayle Levant – harp Dane Little – celli Charles Loper – trombone Jeremy Lubbock – arranger Stephen Marcussen – mastering Nick Marshall – mixing Peter Matz – arranger, producer Kevin Mazur – photography Ed Meares – bass Don Mischer – producer Suzette Moriarty – French horn Horia Moroaica – violin Ralph Morrison – concert master Peter Morse – lighting design, lighting director Dan Newfeld – viola Robin Olson – violin Kenny Ortega – writer, assistant director Marty Paich – arranger Dean Parks – guitar Joel Peskin – woodwind Barbara Porter – violin Sid Ramin – arranger Tom Ranier – keyboards Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction, design Dave Reitzas – mixing Nelson Riddle – arranger Bruce Roberts – arranger Gil Romero – violin William James Ross – arranger Randee Saint Nicholas – photography Mark Sazer – violin Walter Scharf – arranger Harry Shirinian – viola John Simpson – engineer Frank Sinatra – vocals Kim Skalecki – assistant Lew Soloff – trumpet Michael Starobin – arranger Barbra Streisand – director, vocals, producer, writer Neil Stubenhaus – electric bass Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator Karen Swenson – consultant, photo research Phil Teele – trombone Alberto Tolot – photography Bob Tricarico – woodwind Charles Valentino – actor Fred Vogler – engineer Jürgen Vollmer – photography Randy Waldman – arranger, keyboards Brad Warnaar – French horn Phil Yao – French horn Ken Yerke – violin Firooz Zahedi – photography, cover photo Patty Zimmitti – contractor Robert Zimmitti – percussion Torrie Zito – arranger Simon Page - Artist Security Director David Lindsay - Artist Security

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